Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Parma last week attracted a salts
factory attendance.
Representative French has intro
duced a bill authorizing an appropria-
ton OF 100000 Tor improving the
Occur dAlene river in Idaho.
The movable school held in Emmett
under the supervision of the agricul
tural department of the University OF
Idaho, was a success in every way.
After seven and a half rounds of
The fastest fighting ever seen m
Boise. the Battling Dane was given
lhe decision on foul over Maurice
Thompson.
The supreme court has denied an
application for a writ OF habeas cor
lus by ]. S Settlers. now confined in
he state prison on the charge OF hav.
hg passed fictitious draft.
The business men of Nampa have
Interested themselves in the high
school band to the extent that they
have established a fund with which to
purchase uniforms for the boys.
The Bank of Juliaetta has annexed
the Citizens State Bank of Juliaetta,
and the two are now one institution.
The field seemed too small for two
banks, but large enough for one we'll
conducted institution.
Senator Borah's amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill appropri-
ating s1S,S40 to continue the Boise as
say office throughout the coming fiscal
year, was adopted by the senate ap-
preparations committee.
Another new county fight is on in
earnest and the people of Falk. New
Plymouth, Fruitland and Payette are
forming as unit to keep the Payette
valley together as one county and the
Boise valley as another.
Action is to be taken by the city
council of Boise which will start an
investigation of the detective depart
ment relative TO the charges which
are being made in connection with the
gambling scandal in the city.
The neglect and cruel treatment Of
dumb animals will no longer be coun-
tenanced within the city of Nampa. a
city humane officer having been ap-
pointed, with jurisdiction over all the
dump animals within the corporate
limits.
For three days Silver City, Della
mar and the surrounding mining
camps We're without electric power or
lights and the supply of coal oil and
candles was nearly exhausted. The
trouble was caused by break in the
power wire.
A special train will leave Boise Feb
ruary ., carrying the Boise Polo club |
to the polo tournament at Los An
geles, Cal, in which the men from the |
eiaho capital will compete. The tour.
will last from February Is to
March s.
The Dewey line is new completed to |
the big eddy below Smiths Ferry. and |
graded to the Payette lakes The
work OF putting steel on the uncom- !
plereu section, traversing Long valley. |
will be begun, 1t is Announced, as soon
as spring opens,
A OIL making the promotion Of box
ing matches il Idaho felony, pun
ishable by Imprisonment for not less
than one year in the state peniten,
tiary, has been introduced in the
house Of representatives by Repre-
sentative Storey.
The Boise Commercial club has de.
cided to send & man into the Twin
Falls section to aid the Commercial
club of that place in securing the
building of the Twin Falls, Oakland .
San Francisco railroad from Wells,
New, to Twin Falls.
Persons divorced in this state may
go to another state and get married
before six months have expired and
still be legally married after they re-
turn to Idaho, under the existing law.
according to a decision in the district
court at Boise last week.
A headon collision between two
freight trains was narrowly averted
on the Oregon Short Line near Spen-
Ger, through prompt work on the part
of brakeman. with the aid of a de-
rail switch. AS it was, runaway
train loaded with ice was switched
into the sagebrush.
j. Wisely and w. ]. Wittenberg O,
Carmen creek last week shipped the
first carload of hogs ever sent by rail
from Salmon CITY. The shipmen,
consisted of SO head, averaging 2.001
pounds each, and it is estimated that
they will bring 1925 per hundred
pounds in Portland.
A few mel are to be put to work in
a day or two sinking holes in places
on the Magic dam for the purpose OIL
locating leaks with view of stop
ping them with cement. These holes
through which the water finds its way
through the dam are believed to be
crevices in the solid rock.
Adopting as their motto "Compul.
sorry Honesty" the Idaho State