Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-30
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO

Falls. The match was one of tn,
most evenly contested ever seen il
that city.
Bannock county's share of the rev
enue derived from the national for
est amounted to S3,0134S. which sun
was turned in to the county treasurer
last week.
Physicians in Bannock county mus
enter formal bid for the position Of
county physician before they VIII be
considered by the new board of coun
ty commissioners.
While hunting along the ditch
bank near his place south OF Hollis.
ter. Perry R. Crawford accidentally
shot and killed a valuable horse be.
longing to Guy ]. Peters OF Amster.
dam.
-Four hundred and fifteen carloads
Of freight carload shipments only
were received at the Nampa station
during the month of December, &C
cording to a statement issued at the
local freight depot.
Meridian seems to be about the
only town that has been entirely free
from the smallpox, chickenpox, scar.
let fever and diphtheria that have pre-.
vailed in that section of the county
during the present winter.
E. L. Estes, bad check artist. who
was SO unwise as to choose Canyon
county for his field of operation, has
been apprehended at Medford, Ore,
and will be brought back to answer
to a charge of issuing and cashing a
worthless check.
Roy Barnes OF Pocatello, an cleo.
trician formerly employed by the In
dependent Electric Supply company,
has been arrested on the charge OF
stealing 500 ponds of copper wire
from the Mountain States Telephone
& Telegraph company.
On the Minidoka irrigation project
In southern Idaho there is a move
ment on foot to organize the local |
banks for the purpose of advancing |
funds to purchase a limited number
of dairy cattle to be sold to the |
ldrmeTS at Cost.
The state board of health has re.
appointed James H. Wallis as state
pure food and sanitary inspector for
the next two years. Mr. Wallis was
congratulated by the members of the
board on the good he had accom-.
plished the past two years.
Fire at st. Anthony on the 22nd de.
stroyed several buildings and for a
time threatened the entire town. the
loss being over 100000. Several mar.
row escapes resulted from tumbline
roofs and walls. Six firemen were
overcome from cold and exhaustion.
For forging a check for the amount
of Sc, Alfred Rudisel, a young man
who claims to be but IT years of age.
was committed to the state peniten.
tlary from Caldwell to serve an indie
terminate sentence Of from eighteen
months to fourteen years at hard
abor.
The United States senate mas
passed Senator Borahs bill authoriz.
ng the state Of Idaho to select phos.
pnate lands under its agreement of
exchange with the forest reserve. on
condition that the United States re.
serves all rights to any phosphate de.
)osits in the land.
one of the biggest deals made In
IDAHO irrigated land was closed last
week when L. H. Sweetser, former
Lieutenant governor of the state. trad.
ID his 1,040-acre -anch on Raft river
n Cassia county for property in Can.
ION and Boise counties. The ranch
S valued at 100000.
David NJ. Hand, former pastor of
he First Baptist church at Moscow.
Who was convicted of having been
he means Of the delinquency of Ha,
lei Benedict, the 17-year-old daugh
er or the superintendent of the Ban
ISL sunday school, was sentenced to
rom five years to life Imprisonment.
The new state capitol of this state
ust completed and the main section
u which occupied, is conceded to be
me OF the finest of its kind in the
United States. The building will cost
z, 900, 600.
The McMullen-Dunham Gas Power
company of Idaho Falls has filed ar
icies of incorporation with the sec.
etary Of state. The company is can
talized for $4,000. 1t will manufac-
ure gas and gas products.
J. S. Hickey, one of the pioneers of
'ampa and one OF the Oldest railroad
nen In the west, died Sunday of heart
isease. He was GO years of age. Mr.
Hickey retired from active railroad
york seven years ago after forty
ears service.
The Beaver River Power companv
actively engaged in preparing TO
deliver power to the residents Of
caldwell in the near future. A large
rev is employed in the city at the
resent time erecting poles and string
lg wires.
While Charles Schafer, a stonema.
on living at Pierce Park, was in
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