The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-10-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

several thousand collars VIII De
expended in the near future on a
great publicity campaign in behalf of
Pocatello.
An ibex was killed last week on
and Rabbitfoot This is the first ibex
known to have been taken in that
part of Lemhi county.
The man who was struck and killed
by train as he was riding on a
hand speeder near Huntington, is be-
lieyed to be Lee Garrett, escaped con-
Wet from the Idaho penitentiary.
George M. Garner who attacked
his sister with an AK at Caldwell on
June 10, severely injuring her, has
been bound over to the district court
on a charge of assault with intent to
commit murder.
The Barteau orchard, west of
Nampa, which has been one of the
most consistent apple producers in
this section for the past five seasons,
will market 5000 boxes of fancy grade
apples this year.
The state board of education has
selected Ralph T. Bickell, secretary
of the Boise Independent school dis
trict, as auditor for the commission.
Mr.. BickeIl will have charge of all
the school accounts.
A sheepherder known only by the
name of Shaw is dead and Roy Daley
is in Jail at HALEY as the result of
shooting affair at Muldoon. The kill
ing is said to have been the result
of drunken carousal.
A petition is being circulated by
citizens of Star calling for an cleo
ton to be held at some time in the
near future at which the question of
disincorporating the village will be
| submitted to the voters.
Three men attempted TO hold up the
patrons of A. w. Vests saloon near
Idaho Falls. West grabbed six
shoter, lodged behind the bar and
looked for an opening. The would-be
robbers backed out of the saloon.
The office force of the state land
department is busy looking after the
taxes assessed against land sold by
| the state to settlers. Up to this time
the state has made approximately
5000 farm loans OF these, 5000 are
still unpaid.
Representative French of Idaho
has been chosen member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Republican
congressional campaign committee
which is to direct the Republican
fight to regain control OF the house
of representatives.
Caldwell won the annual choir con
test held at Nampa, while Namp;
was second and Meridian third. Ros
well and Boise also competed. Thu
saengerfest was well attended anC
the singing of high order. This il
Caldwell's second successive victory
At a special meeting of the coun
ty commissioners at Salmon it wa
decided to survey the proposed roaC
up North Fork to the Bitter Roo
summit and to get an estimate of tn
cost of construction. The forest ser
vice people have offered to help il
the work.
The report comes from Washington
that the secretary of agriculture ha
informed Senator Borah he believe,
it would be impossible for his depart
ment at this time to extend and aid Il
, eSadicating cholera which has sprea
} to an alarming extent through south
] ern Idaho.
The United States, through its dis
trict attorney, has brought sui
against Joseph B. Bistline, forme
county commissioner and one of Pr
catellos most prominent citizens,
pioneer, for $4,000, alleged to be tn
value of land illegally obtained froI
the government.
Messrs. William c. Ross, constru,
ton engineer, l. J. Highland. hydral
lie engineer. and Fred Abrahams, a
torney, representing Chicago synd
cate, have been in Idaho Falls lookin
over the proposition of an electri
railroad and interurban line into tn
! Goshen country.
= The Southern Idaho Water PowC
company, one of the Kuhn interest
has been entered in default by Juds
Bulge at Pocatello to amounts t
falling nearly s1S5,OoO Various sui
had been brought by parties for dar
| ages sustained by backwater fro
| the power dam.
\ Representatives of the dry force
\ In the forthcoming local option can
7 paign in Bannock county met in p
| catello last week and organized fC
the purpose of making vigorous opp
sition to the wet interests. who r
Gently published a declaration (
principles IN favor of an open town
| The Emmett country need not fe;
to go up against California in IL
| production of grapes, either
| yield or quality, according to NJ
j jor Fred Reed, Iaho's commission
to the Panama exposition, who is co
81 fdent that Emmett grapes can win Il