Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-02-05
IDAHO A NEWS

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as Apple Day.
The new church edifice built by the
Latter-day Saints at Shosaone was
formally opened for services last |
week.
The president has nominated
James w. Pearson as postmaster at
HALEY and Roy b. Herndon as post
master at Salmon.
The senate on Tuesday Of last week
confirmed three Idaho postmaster:
James w. Pearson. HALEY; Thomas
j. Cox, Jerome; l.. w. Rigsby, Rex.
burg.
Mrs. w. j. Miller, wife of a con.
ductor on the Short Line. died in Pc.
catello following an operation for ap
pendicitis. Her home was at Nampa
and she was in Pocatello visiting.
Senator Brady has introduced bill
appropriating 10000 to build a road
across the Targhee forest reserve
from Warm river to Yellowstone. link.
ing the Boise-Y Yellowstone highway
with the Yellowstone park.
Irrigation problems that concern
southern Idaho are to be tackled al
the maintenance and operation con
ference of engineers on Idaho recia-
nation projects, which is to be held
at Boise. February 3, 4 and 5.
After Ike Cohen and Ed Warner
had fought ten Of the fastest round
of milling even seen in Boise, the rel
alive standing of the two candidates
for fistic honors was SO close that
the referee called the fight a draw.
Samuel Winters was inspecting i'm
provements around his trout lake.
near American Falls, when in some
way a large boulder of some tons
weight was dislcdged and pinned him
to earth by his arm, crushing it from
the elbow down.
The body of the man who commit
t ted suicide by throwing himself in
front of a Short Line train travelling
A. miles an hour west of Nampa has
been positively identified as that Of
, Oscar Hammer, a rancher residing
nine miles from Ola.
Destitute and. respondent. Mrs
Wylie Rhoads attempted suicide at
Boise. inhaling chloroform, but her
condition was discovered by a neigh
Dor in time to save her life. She
and her two children had been de
serted by her husband.
Through a payment of s3S,340.67
made last week by Harry l.. Day. in
e pursuance of his agreement to pay
p the cepositors in the defunct State
y Bank of Commerce, of Wallace. prac
tically in full. the receiver will be
enabled to declare a dividend of about
; per cent.
A Pocatello dispatch says: Drs. o
b. Steeley and w. F. Howard re
t ceived notice that they had re
signed from the federal pension ex
aiming board for this district. ant
o that in their places were appointe'
n DR.. f. H. Poole and F. NJ. Ray, ais
d Of this place.
q Congress will probably pass thu
If Borah-French bill which proposes II
n settle the lon~g-standing controvers,
d over the Marble creek lands in mort
Idaho, and which also confirms tn
title of the state TO some $4,000 acre
of lands acquired by exchange Q
school lands with the forest service.
Sc The Y. NJ. c. A. building at Payett
ie was destroyed by fire last week, cau'
RS ing a loss of S37. 900. The blaze
IN supposed to have started in the bas'
Up ment and to have been due to tn
or carelessness of the ~janitor in BULL
rs ;-r ,D h;u fra in fhn fprnaCa an
e. leaving it while he went to breakfas
oe There was an average of 265 pri
"a oners confined in the state penitel
U.s. tiary every day during the past yea
the average cos the state for III
keep of each man being $1S5.90 ft
the year, or a total of S49.272.S6.
~ The HALEY city council has pu
AZ chased a set of hobs on which
oo have n of the hose carts mounte
re In order that the firemen may mol
~ easily reach the scene of a fire whe
m the ground is covered with NOW
~ What promises to be n of Il
most successful meetings of ent
neers yet held in the state is sch
~ 3uled to commence in Boise Februal
}, when the Idaho Society OF Ems
leers will start their fifth annual co
W.. vention.
a Responding to many requests fro
IN farmers who wish to do their ov
,er pruning but have not the necessa
". knowledge of methods the state hi
rs. ticultural inspector is arranging
give instruction to all who apply
the office in person.
The plan to construct a brid
ng across Snake river at Shoshone fal
bio which has been under discussion
IN the people OF Twin Falls county I
on the past month or two. is now a c.
ers tainty, the question Of financing
work having been settled.
An unknown man was killed at
road crossing near Moss siding on
az Oregon Short Line. half way betwe
at Nampa and Caldwell, when
re- crawled onto the track directly
'"S front of an onrushing easthou
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