The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

Inc city OF Boise will require AZ
proximatSiy 100000 10 meet fts e1
pclises during the coming fiscal year
While no official announcement la
been made yet, II Il understood tina
regular trains Will be run TO Smiths
Ferry on or before August !.
A report fom HALEY IL 10 the effec
That Joseph Normington. q well knows
mining man OF that district, may BIZ
fatally injured as the result OF beinf
struck BY falling tree.
Grain farmers have Just begun the
harvesting OF one or the largest crops
ever grown In the Cambridge section
The dry farmers are reunning head
era az well as binders.
Jordan Valley IL tremendously In
terested In the Boise.W innemucca
railroad, and though tho town boasts
q population OF but 500, II has pledged
$4,000 toward the railroad.
A cloudburst above Pearl ON the
gath carried wall OF water ten feet
high down tne Pearl canyon, washing
ont houses and damaging mining
property. No lives were lost.
Yankee Rue knocked out Spike
Hennessey In the third round OF what
was 20 be a tenTound match at Bur.
ley. The bout was fast and furious
from the time the gong sounded.
Idaho has total unAurveyed area
OF 2i,2S1,360 acres, according 20 We.
port Just prepared by Surveyor Gen.
oral Utter. Ada and IAtah are che
only counties IN which all the land
has been surveyed.
Heavy rains on the gath did serious
damage In Boise and at various south.
ern Idaho points. rivers and creeks
rising rapidly and overlooking. aood.
Ing sections OF Boise as we'll as
streets In surrounding towns.
Irving Price, a young man wen
known at star, Is Ia the county iail
81 Boise, charged with grand larceny.
The charge IL based on the theft OF
q COW from Charles Mcnowali, d
rancher near Star. about May /.
!. The man who assaulted the I2.year.
old daughter OF Peter Thell, rancher
rssldlng three miles northwest OF
Nampa, is still at large and the OF
ficers have been unable to discover
any clue to aid them In their search.
James Ailshie, a i3.ysar-oId Boise
boy, son OF Chief Justice Alishie OF
the supreme court made splendid
showing In the Hayden lake tourna.
ment. held recently 1T spokane under
the auspices OF the Spokane Tennis
club.
A war that will embroll all OF Eu.
rope viii DO the outcome OF the
trouble In the Balkans. Is the opinion
Of Sigmund Falk OF Boise, who has
Just arrived from Vienna, where he
has been making his home for some
time past.
Daniel Mcmillan. butcher Of Hag
erman. Was drowned while fishing in
the Malad river. The tragedy was ali
che more distressing because OF the
failure Of son. Ross, boy OF ID
sears, 70 save his father after most
heroic efforts.
Tong Chung. q Chinaman, lies In
Boise hospital with a bullet wound
that may prove serious He Was shot
through the body by fellow coun
tryman. The police are looking for
Fons Loon, the man who Is said &c
have done the shooting
The eastern seedhouse that has
contracted for large acreage Of |
peas In the Twin Falls section will |
erect large warehouse Tor the
handling OF the present crop. The
building win be 20 BY 100 feet and
The greater portion three stories In
height
With a view OF taking the bonds OF |
he Twin Falls Electric railway, and |
the road to the Shoshone
'alls at once. George Bogart, repre-.
senting Gutter. May q Co. large /
bonding firm Of Chicago. made an in.
spection OF the line and equipment
ast week.
The secretary OF the interior has
the time for the payment
of maintenance and drainage charges
assessed against lands on the North
Side Minidoka project Until after this
years crops are marketed, but on
The condition that the settlers pay
tent per month for each acre.
A severe electrical Storm occurred
It Caldwell on the Gath. accompanied
~ torrential raiH which did = great
Teal OF damage to crops OF all kinds.
standing grain. The dis.
urbance put the electrical power
company out Of commission for sew
sral hours. and 300 telephones were
nut out Of commission. II
Accusing him OF spying on their
patrons in order to learn the identity
u prominent local men. four women
II the underworld. inmates OF the
lew restricted district at Pocateno.
'0uneed upon Patrolman Oaks and al
nosl sent him 10 the hospital.
The new workers relief law which
vas passed by the last legislature re.