The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-15
In THE GEM STATE


Of 1914, citizens of Boise will have
the pleasure Of riding to aad from
Barber over an interurban trolley
| lire.
Up to July /, 1918, SS,132,S3l was
expended by the United States gov
eminent ON the Boise reclamation pro-
ject, OF which the Arrow Rock dam
is the key
During the past year the school
population in Idaho increased from
l04,735 to 10S.S50. a net gain of 4,115
students. Over $1,S00,000 was paid
out to teachers in salaries.
II is probable that the case of
Franklin county against Bannock
county will be reopened, in order to
more fully determine the boundary
line between the two counties.
The value OF the mineral and mental
output of Idaho for the year is given
as $22, S07 ,575, an increase of S778,247
over 1912, and representing 1853, 942 500
pounds of lead, zinc, copper, silver and
gold.
During the past year Idaho fruit
growers shipped 1900 cars of fruit Of
the highest quality, netting producers
| $l038,270 profit and added 5000 acres
| area
In 1911 the Oregon Short Line
| brought 1898 emigrants into southern
Idaho. In 1912, the last year for
which complete figures are at hand,
the same company brought in 0,407
emigrants.
Canyon county will rank second
with the counties of Idaho and will
be exceeded only by Ada county in
the amount of property shown on the
abstract of the personal assessment
roll for 1913.
When the last federal census was
taken Idaho had within her borders
| 325,594 men, women and children.
This was an increase In the ten years
from 1900 of 1913 per cent, record
made by but few of the states.
Bert Mattingly Miller will probably
be brought back to Boise from Vale.
| Ore, to answer to the charge of grand
| larceny. He is accused of stealing 4
| team of horses from J. w. Willis,
which were later sold in Oregon.
The state now has in round num-
bers $10000,000 in its permanent en-
dowment funds derived from the sale
of state lands. And the state still
owns about 100000 acres of land and
timber of probably $12,OO0,OO0 in
value.
Two members have been added to
the Pocatello city council Eight
months ago the Fifth ward was Gre
| ated. which gives two more on the mu
nicipal representative body, but the APP
pointments were delayed until last
week
NJ. e. Whitehead, charged with issu-
ing a check ON a bank in which he
had no funds, pleading guilty as
charged in district court at Caldwell
and was sentenced to serve 60 days
In the county Jail. The check in
question was for 500.
Little Lost river irrigation project
is to be revived The state bond board
will apply to the federal government
for the segregation OF the land in,
eluded in the project. This amounts
to little more than 10000 acres in
Blaine and Custer counties.
The Idaho Falls postoffice was
swamped one day last week by the
receipt of $50 50-lb sacks of -four
from the Ucon mill for local delivery.
The first delivery under the new reg
ulation by the local office kept several
drays busy to meet the demand.
The public funds on deposit in the
American National bank of Caldwell
when 1t suspended business, Deem
Der 30 and passed into the hands o.
a receiver for liquidation, are h every
instance amply secured according 10
both public officials and officers OF the
bank
The board of inquiry held at Nampa
to investigate the accident on the
Idaho Northern branch when motor
car collided with the rear end of the
regular train placed blame for the
same wholly on Conductor f. A. Bon
ner and Brakeman ]. F. Sewell OF
the train.
Parties are negotiating for the con
struction at Pocatello OF a 100room
hotel to cost not less than 100000.
The only arrangement now to be made
is To induce the owners of the desired
realty to take stock in the hotel COM
pany equal to the value of the lots in
question.
In 1914 the Oregon Short Line pro
poses to tap two of the richest agri-
cultural sections IN Idaho. One sec
tion lying between Idaho Falls and
st. Anthony. a wonderfully rich agri-
cultural district, is to be encircled by
a belt line or loop so miles long to
cost $1.50o,00O.
President D. Worth Clark of the
Wilson club has issued a call to all
Democrats to gather in Pocatello on
the evening of January S for the reg
ular jackson day banquet and speech
making
The gold strike recently made in
the Allie mine at Gilmore, is said to
exceed any strike that has ever been
made in that camp. Reliable reports
say that the strike was made at the
depth Of 500 feet where a large vein
OF gold GRE was encountered which is
estimated to run from $4,000 to SO.
O00 per ton