Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-11-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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hospital on the 29th. As
1t is probable that Boise will :, -,
future have a chain gang. The MY
ohers committed to the city IAN MIN
then be put to work upon he CT,
OF the city and in measure nar ea
their board. 10y tof
The s-year-old daughter Of Mr. 49,,
Mrs. Lew Alfred, of Pocatello n'h'
was sent on an errand at night 10 Nv
lleyed TO have attempted to cross
a plank over the river In the darL,os-
and was drowned 'ness
As result OF the phenoma,a,
cess OF ]. b. Frey. a Deer Flat settle
under the Payette Boise proiac, :.
raising potatoes, there will prohahlv -
some 10000 acres set out IN tub
In that vicinity next season
Mr.. and Mrs. A w. McOuav ana
Hanson are in jail at Pocatello Will
Lynn Beacon is in the hospital AZ Tho
result of a stabbing affray. whom
row between the married pair 90
CURED In the McQuays room.
The proposed sale OF u. 600 acres q.
timber land to the Barber Inmho.
company by the state OF Idaho ha.
been held up as the result OF bid
which was filed without being accom-,
panied by the name OF the filler
Boise has lost again in the litira,,o,
Involving license money for the usa
or its streets from the Boise Artes,,n
Hot and Cold Water COMPANY for tho
circuit court OF appeals al San Fran.
cisco has reversed its former decision
There Is apparently a strong possI.
billy that the real murderer OF Soar.
face" Sam Thomas az Mud Lake may
never be known, as Bill Williams and
Nose Johnson both fired on Thomas
and neither will say which shot killed
him.
The body OF Oscar Whitman. agea
% years was found behind the counter
in the Stoddard Hardware store at
Nampa. Idaho. where he was emrloyed.
with a bullet hole in his head In.
cicatlons are that he committed sui.
eide.
j. b. Frey. OF Deer Flat this wear
made $4,000 from fifteen acre patch
or POTATOES. He gathered 9 900 bushels
an average OF 600 bushels to the acre
He used the Idaho Rural variety and
got an average price OF 80 cents
bushel.
Before n year has elapsed the l.
ID. S. community OF Idaho Falls ex.
pects TO have one OF the handsomest
amusement halls In the state Il not
the finest The foundation work on
the $4,000 building has been com,
menccd.
A Boise dispatch announces that the
Beaver River Power company. which
entered the local electrical field IN
opposition 10 the Idaho-Orcgon Lgh,
and Power company. has Just sold out
10 the Idaho Railway. Light and Power
company.
In vote taken at Shoshone on the
| question OF municipal ownership Of
! the towns water system. which has
been offered for sale by the Kuhn
Interests. the proposition carried four
TO one The price fixed upon for the
purchase is $4,000
So serious has become the car short.
age situation in southern and eastern
Idaho that the public utilities com.
mission OF the state has made that
special business with the Oregon
Short Line In the hope that the con-
dltion may be helped.
The result OF the competition at the
recent Canyon county fair for the best
yield OF oats per acre has just been
announced by the officials OF the or
ganization. l.. l.. Young takes the
premium with the magnificent showing
OF l6S bushels TO the acre
The highest price. II Is said e'er re-
ceived for cattle Of a certain kind any
wher in the world was recorded IN
Boise last week when deal was
closed whereby local stockmen con
tracted to sell seventeen carloads OF
feeder steers at SEQ n head.
There was not single car avail
able for loading potatoes In ldaao
Fails. on the goth. notwithstanding
the clamoring of the dealers anu
farmers. who have reached stage
where they are skeptical OF the re-
peated promises of railroad people
That the warning majority ana
minority stockholders OF the idaho
Oregon l. ut and Power company o.
Boise may reach n settlement Of tnen
differences out of court now seeins
probable. for conferences have peen
going on I'm which advances have pee"
made by both sides.
While searching two Span'a'us'
police officers OF Pocatello iound
number of rings. which led to an III
vestiga'ion. The men were plac'a ~
llil under snpicion. ard search OF lne,
room uncovered steamer trunk nn.u
Nath $50 worth of jcwelry. Dehe'e'
10 have been stolen.
The state veterinarian visited Al'o
last week for the purpose OF Kli'ns
eleven horses suffering from slanu'
ers. These horses had been IN qu"i,
antine for thirty days. and had pe.n
thoroughly tested no establish '"'
presence of CHAMBERS beyond quesllo"