The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-02-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS


q street car In Boise. has beer
awarded $1,000 damages by jury.
Representative Farmin, Of Bonner
county. did the feature shooting al
the Boise Gun clubs shoot last week
He took ninety-six out Of possible
800.
To date 1880 carloads Of potatoes
from bingham and Bonneville counties
have been shipped east. aud $500 car
loads remain 10 be sent 10 the eastern
consumer.
Az Bowman'a camp OF the Idaho
Northern railroad in the canyon near
Van Wyck. the crew has been com
PEELED 10 discontinue the rock work on
account Of deep SNOW and bad weather,
J. d. Stay, convicted Of forgery. was
taken 10 the penitentiary from Cald'
well last week. Stay. who pleaded
guilty to the forgery OF several small
checks. viii serve from one to four.
lean years.
The city OF Nampa win save $7,39s
bn It's light and power bills during the
next twenty-five months. due TO the
new contract entered Into BY the coun.
ell and the Idaho Railway Light Il
Power company.
An q result Of the recent action OF
the council In calling for competitive
bids for the city's light and power
contract. the monthly electric light
bills Of the city OF Caldwell will bc
practically cut in two.
Reports received from the rabbit-in-
tested districts OF Lincoln county In
aicate the Wholesale destruction OF the
pests as the result OF the paris green
campaign begun under the direction
Of the county commissioners.
state Engineer A. u. Robinson OF
Wallace has resigned, giving as his
reason that he had been verbally re-
Ruested TO do 40 by Governor Hainea.
The term OF office OF tho engineer
you'd not have expired for two years.
John Tinaley. a young miner. and a
husband of but a few weeks, was
fatally injured near Wallace. when he
attempted TO board freight traln on
tho burke branch OF the o. w. X. a.
". Ills young wife witnessed the ac.
eident.
State Game Warden Barber has an
bounced the appointment OF w. N.
stephens. former state game warden.
a. chief deputy OF the department.
and X. Q. West OF Moscow as assist.
Snt chief deputy for the southern end
Of the state.
Paul Oeiton. dope hend, broke the
big plate glass window In the front OF
= pharmacy at Idaho Falls because the
management OF the store refused him
iaudanum. and after he had attempted
10 break the show cases and had been
ejectad from the store.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. the former
chief Of the government bureau OF
chemistry. who was making a lecture
tour OF the United States in the In.
lerest of pure food education. was
stricken III on his arrival ut Idaho
Falls and has left for home.
That the average daily overdrafts
Tor tho State Bank OF Commerce OF
wallace for four years prior TO It's fail
are were slle,eGs OF s16.66a more than
the capital stock OF the bank. was the
testimony At Occur d'Aiene OF L. G.
Wilson. receiver or the bank.
At a meeting in Boise OF members
OF the Sons OF love. an organization
OF electrical workers numbering 5000
members In America. one OF the prin.
cipal speakers was John A. Topper. a
pioneer In electrical development. who
installed tho first arc Light in Salt
Lake.
Members OF four Pocatello women's
clubs have nailed protests TO the Ban
mock county members OF the lesisla.
ture asking that they oppose the bill
introduced by Col II. v, A. Ferguson
and known as house bin No. Ia, eff
fecting the property rights OF married
women.
sam Poulons. a Greek. confined in
the jail At Pocatello. awaiting trial on
charge OF murdorous assault. is
alleged to have murdered six prison
guards in his native country and as.
sisted in the escape OF many prison.
ers. cablegrams have been sent to
the Greek government
j. ID Browning and l. r. Martineau
Of Salt Lake have filed two surety
bonds aggregating $500 with the city
council as a guaranty OF good faith In
carrying cut the provisions OF an cleo
trio street railway franchise and an
electric lighting franchise recently
granted them ~ Poeatello.
In one OF the shortest opinions
handed down by the supreme court
OF the state in many years. the Ore
goa short Line Railroad company Is
compelled TO pay the sum OF $3.50 to
Delbert W. Lott OF Rexburg for the
loss Of two horses at a crossing in
the northern part OF Rexburg.
Seventy-fonr carloads OF Idaho pota.
toes in two special trains. the largest