Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-03-20
IDAHO
IDAHO STATE NEWS
JEROME

900 board feet of timber in the Priest
river valley of the Kaniksu national
forest, Idaho.
Wong Man Sui, who seriously stab
bed Wong Ken, during fight in Boise,
is being held pending the outcome of
hen's wounds. The injured man will
probably recover.
The Caldwell Commercial club has
passed a strong resolution favoring the
employment of a county farm expert
and pledging the membership to as
'sist the movement in every way.
The Ryan public utilities bill enact
ed by the recent Idaho legislature will
Decome operative within sixty days, as
Governor John M. Haines attached his
signature to the measure on March 13.
The Boise Statesman estimates that
the cigars smoked during the Twelfth
session of the Idaho legislature. lust
closed, If placed end on end, would
make continuous stream of tobacco
forty-two miles in length.
A calf that closely resembles a bull.
dog. when viewed from the front, and
looks like prehistoric beast when a
side view is taken, has made its an
pearance in Meadows. The animal
did not live long, and the hide has
been stuffed.
The hope OF the people of the north
west for a half century will be rea-
'ilzed during the year 1914-an open
river from Lewiston to the sea. and
making of Lewiston in reality a sea-
port connecting with the deep water
ports OF the world.
A company is being organized at
caldwell to establish the first potato
nlour and potato flake factory in this
country. The plant is to be in opera
fion by May of this year and will have
capacity for handling 10000 pounds
of raw potatoes per day.
Former State Auditor Theodore
Turner of Pocatello has been indorsed
by the leading Republicans of the
state for position on the state board
which will have control of all the
state educational institutions, soon to
he appointed by the governor
Arnold Meacham, formerly of Poca-
tello, and at one time a detective of
the Anti-saloon league, and who is
wanted by the authorities to answer a
charge of horse stealing, has been To-
Gated in Lethbridge, Canada. where
he is serving three months in Jail for
assault
Twin Falls is not abandoning its
plans for the construction of the pro-
posed railroad line to Wells, New. to
connect with the Western Pacific and
shorten the distance between Boise
and San Francisco 5S2 miles, but the
boosters of that section are at work
on the proposition.
A proposal to sell Salt Lake the
rights to 45,00O,OOO gallons of water
a day from the Black canyon springs
In Idaho with the idea that the city
would pipe the water a distance of 1873
miles has been submitted to the Salt
Lack city water commissioner by F.
o. Nelson of Grace, Idaho.
A Washington dispatch SAYS that
when the senate reorganizes Senator
Borah will retain membership on all |
committees to which he is now as
signed. Senator Brady will be a mem
der of the committee on military af-
fairs, agriculture, conservation. ma
tional banks and coast survey.
The first gun in the city campaign
Tor election on April / was fred by
the Socialist party at Pocatello on
March 13, when they met and placed
a complete city ticket in the field. D.
y. O'Mahoney, former Socialist candi-
date for secretary of state, was nomi.
mated for mayor.
1t is claimed that the great part o.
the sheep which are diseased in the
southeastern part of the state come
from Utah, where they have been win
tered. They are driven through the
southeastern counties to the ranges
where they come in contact with Idaho
sheep and spread the disease.
John De Witt, a Pocatello watch.
maker, has recently invented a wrist
watch with a device to awaken Sleep
lers. The watch is attached to the
which Is a strong cord The cord is
attached to the mechanism of an Or
binary timepiece and when the alarm
goes off the cord tightens and awakes
the sleeper.
Because the young woman refused
ITO marry him after he had obtained a
license, Clarence Walker who had
Just arrived at Grangeville from Cali
iornia after serving four-year term
In San Quentin penitentiary. shot and
probably fatally wounded Miss Helen
Beck, Is years old, wounded two other
people and then killed himself.
Contracts for construction work on
the Owyhee irrigation project are now
being prepared. Ten thousand acres
more land have been added to the
project, making the total 10000. This
has been done by increasing the water
lift to 325 feet.
William Caravelis, well-known
Creek labor agent and M;la Notoo