The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

playing to an average attendance Of
over 10000 people.
il Coz has been arrested at Boise.
on the charge Of having held up and.
robbed William G. Bruce, taking
watch from his victim.
The farmers in the vicinity OF
Middleton are busy with the harvest
ing of the third crop Of alfalfa The
crop generally Is heavy.
Municipal ownership of water
works may be proposed by the city
council of Boise. the proposition now
being under discussion.
Mrs. Christiana Yergensen. who died
at Emmett last week, was born in 1885
and crossed the plains to Salt Lake In
1853, settling at Emmett twenty-five
years ago.
Baseball teams composed OF former
| members of the Union association
were one Of the attractions Of the
fair at Twin Falls. morning and after
noon games being played.
| Plans for the pioneers reunion and
picnic to be held on the capitol
grounds at Boise, Immediately follow
ing the pioneers pageant. September
"a, are rapidly being worked out by
various committees.
The Meridian grade schools and the
rural High school opened for the
years work Monday. September p.
The opening date was postponed to
permit the scholars TO help in the
prune harvest in that vicinity.
Occur d'Alene has a grievance
against the Kootenai Power company,
the company that is supplying that
community with electrical energy. and
has appealed to the public utilities
commission for relief.
Juan Garcia and Ysabel Sensido
were taken TO Helena from Boise last
week, where they win be tried for en-
tering into this country without
proper inspection, and if found guilty
of the charge will be deported.
Infrequent visits to a homestead en-
try cannot be designated as the esGab-
lishment of a residence upon it, in the
opinion of the register and receiver Of
the Boise land office, as expressed In
an opinion handed down In contest
case.
George Tckeshi, the japanese pris-
oner who has served time in the
Blackfoot Jail for white slavery, was
taken out last week and started for
Seattle, from which port he was TO
be sent to Japan as an undesirable
citizen
Idaho Falls has added another
wreath to the laurels already won and
is being heralded over the state as
the "spotless town" and is being
held up as a shining example of clean
illness to the other cities and towns
Of the state.
Settlers on the Medbury tract are
determined to have cancelled the con
tract between the state and the King
Hill Extension Irrigation company
charging that the company has com
pletely fallen down in the matter Of
furnishing water.
A grand jury was sworn In at Poe
atello last week and commenced it
y Investigations A heavy crimina
"a docket Will be turned over to tbs
,e body. The criminal actions include
Or murder, arson, bootlegging. burglary
~ and minor offenses.
ID A Washington dispatch says that ;
tn lively fight is brewing between Sen
Is. ator Borah of Idaho, and the interior
ed department, because of the adverse re
port, made by Assistant Secretar.
81 Jones. ON the Borah bill amending thu
81 three year homestead law.
The levy of the Nampa highwa,
district is a decided decrease owe
~ that of last year and will raise abou
be $4,000 as compared with $4,000 i
1912 The cut is due largely TO tn
fact that the roads of the distric
have been put in good shape durin
the past year.
B. F. c'Barney'') o'Neil, forme
president of the defunct State Ban
of Commerce, of Wallace, must serv
an indeterminate term of from two
ten years in the Idaho state penitent
airy, the supreme court having q
firmed the judgment to that effe'
rendered in the lower court
oc- Ulysses Bearup, who murdere
re Deputy McaFdden a short time agl
a AL Thompson. pal of Bearup. bot
- Wyoming convicts; AL Tracy, wi
80 ness; Durant, Mexican charged wit
~ bootlegging, and a Mississippi neg
~ burglar, attempted to break jail
CIV PocateIlo last week. but their pla
'er- was frustrated.
The city of Occur d'Alene has file
a complaint before the public utiliti,
commission of this state against Il
"" alleged excessive and unreasonab
pill rates charged for electric power
ng. the Kootenai Power company and as
der ing that the commission make an
vestigation and upon its findings ord
the rates to be reouced-
All previous records OF westel
San Idaho fruit shipments. not only