Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-09-18
IDAHO STATE News

nc "eo'se T. han orchard. nea.
Emmett. will produce 10000 cra,a.
of primes from 30 acres. He ia nasa
Ing 100 crates per day.
1t Is reported that Hugh Wb,,n.u
the notorious Idaho bandit. and =,
bert p. Sesler. his companio, ."
serving sentences in the state penIten.
tiary under assumed names.
One bear a day for three dave q
succession is the hunting record
ported by Irving w. Stoddafsl q NJ
Der OF 2 government surveying nar,n
working in Clarks fork in Rom
county. Aef
Edgar Wilson, former congressn..
from Idaho has been taken IN ~.
Idaho state asylum at Orofno -
which he was committed by the stat
district court for a period OF two
years for inebriety.
The Oregon Short Line bridge ov..
Willow creek. near Middleton wa.
saved from total destruction from
fire only by the active work NJ c,,,
zens OF Middleton. The bridge cauyh,
fire from sparks or cinders from ths
train.
J. r. Hunter has finished pu,tiny Nm
the third crop OF hay on Frozen boz
ranch. near Emmett. and will havs
another cutting before fros, coma.
making four crops from the same Lam.
In one season. Great is the Emme,,
country.
Ed Miller and Bussey Bower q,
Hagerman. in the past two week.
have caught ten sturgeon. The larv.
est one caught weighed lust GA
pounds. which they hauled over IN
Twin Falls and disposed OF II at IL
cents a pound.
In one OF the most Spectacular ton
MS matches seen within the state Of
Idaho. Ben Q. Pettingill OF Boise. nun.
ner up In mems singles in the Idaho
state tennis tournament, won from A
h. Eaton OF Mountain Home. holder
Of the trophy cup In mems singles
Salmon is experiencing an Ice fam.
inc. The high water In the Salmon
diver undermined the ice house OF ".
J. Brown. In which about 200 tons OF
ice were stored. The ice machine Al
the Lemhi market rated at three tons
daily capacity. is unable TO supply
A movement has been started to
place Salmon on the Park to Park"
route by building road from the
Blghole basin. across the summit Of
the Bitter Root mountains at the
head OF Norfolk creek. connecting al
Gibbonsyille with the existing stage
road.
That the Gilmore & Pittsburg rail
road forms part o. the Hin system 10
believed TO have been definitely set
tied by the recent filing OF the annual
statement OF the Northern Paclnc
which shows that railroad TO hold
most OF the securities OF the Gilmore
a Plttsburg.
John L. Mcpherson rendered his
resignation as state horticulture IN
spector at meeting OF the state
board OF horticulture last week The
resignation was accepted. and at the
same meeting c. X. Macy OF CouB
Gil Valley. Adams county. was elect
ed to the position.
Mayor Hodges OF Boise IS working
out new plan for handling the traf
fic between the city and the fair
grounds during the coming state fair
His plan Is to segregate the wagon
and automobile tranic. and he be-
lieves the situation will be consider
ably relieved thereby,
ub. Tru.. -. - for
mer citizens OF the Hawkeye state. al
its annual meeting In Boise a short
time ago. took steps TO include the en-
tire state In it's organization. 4 vide
awake Hawkeye In every community
in the state is TO be set at work TO In
crease the membership.
Warden Shook OF the state peniten-
uary Is not inclined to consider seri-
ously the application of Harry Or
chard. murderer OF former Governor
Steunenberg. for n pardon. You can
tell the public for me- said the war.
den, that there is little danger oil
Orchards being pardoned.'
Some of the depositors OF the de
funct Idaho State bank OF HALEY have
commenced proceedings asnst e"'
American Surety company OF Ne"
York to recover $4,000. the amount
OF the conpany's bond as surety LOT
Bank Examiner William Cruise. who Is
charged with failing to do his duty
whereby the depositors lost their
money.
Investigations made by the state LAX
commission since the adjournment o.
the state board of equalization reVea'
the fact that the Utah Power & Lght
company. successor to the old Teilu'
ride, is assessed this year on all Inc
property 1t owns in the state at SzVo'
ll5. Last year IL was assessed III
Bannock county alone at s65O.OOo.
Thirty-five carloads of new potatoes
were shipped from Caldwell durlhs
the month of August. They were con
signed at prices ranging from so Genus