The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-20
IDAHO STATE NEWS

anu elk are exceedingly plen-
'iiul ~ the game preserve In the paw.
ette forest, according to forest rang.
ers.
About 50 horses on Lost river have
.iready been killed, and other quar-.
tntined, due to an outbreak Of CLAN.
ders.
Theodore Tweed, aged IA, was seri.
ousiy injured as the result OF cave.
In while working in a gravel pit near
Twin Falls.
Members Of the national house Of
representatives ate Idaho apples on
FeDruary ,, Apple day in the north
west, pronouncing the fruit to their
| liking.
Haroid j. Friedman, whose parents
! I'VE In Twin Falls, has been appoint
cd an engineer on the board which
viii take the physical valuation of all
OF the railroads Of the United States.
Senator Brady Of Idaho has been
assigned to membership on the com
nittee on public buildings and
grounds, which handles all public
building legislation. He retains his
other committee assignments.
Reports from southern Idaho indi.
cate that much activity in commercial
lines is being displayed in those sec.
lions this winter, and the opening OF
spring will find every man there busy.
with perhaps a shortage of help.
ldahos new poultry association was
put on its feet at a meeting held az
3oise last week The capitalization
Of the association is fixed at $4,000.
The second week in January was des-
ignated as the date for the next show.
| The state supreme court has unan-
imously refused to GUST Mayor Arthur
Hodges of on charges of permitting
disorderly houses to operate and Of
permitting the illegal sale of liquor
The court held that it had no juris-
diction.
The news comes from the Dallas,
Texas. National Corn show that Idaho
has captured the sweepstakes prize
for the best car of corn exhibited. A
prize was also won by this state for
the best display Of corn produced in
western zone
A member of the Idaho Falls lodge
of Elks returned recently from trip
to the Jackson Hole country to make
an inspection into the condition of
the elk in that region, and reports
them in better condition than for the
past three years.
! Proper care given to animals about
to become mothers and their young
Immediately after birth, is urged by
/ Professor H. ". Hochbaum. county
agriculturalists of Ada country. He
points out where dollars and cents
are lost yearly through this lack OF
! care.
Movements in the lumber business
{ recently indicate that Pocateilo viii
,e made the base for distribution anc
! he general operations of the heaviest
lumber concerns of the southern por
ion of Idaho. Warehouse facilities
ire available and shipping facilities
ire established.
In the arrest at Caldwell of two rail
road contractors or teamsters. vii
Paulos and Frank Caras, who have
been wintering at the fair grounds, tn
officers believe they have in custod.
the men who have been carrying on
wholesale system of petty thieyer
here for several weeks.
The first work that will be under
4 .aken in the spring by the Oregon
I Short Line will be the resumption
the double tracking in the Second dis
trict between McCammon and Mon
pelier. which was begun last year an
continued until the winter weathe
a prohibited further work.
Idaho potato and fuit growers wi
next season market their crops unde
a plan similar to that employed b
the California fruit growers TO Sc
their citrus crops. A chain OF ware
houses and storage cellars will be e.
J, tablished which will care for the on
d ut until it can be sold advantageous
ly.
superintendent A. B. Stevenson
the Short Line gives out the authorit
d tive statement based upon examin
ton of the Chesterfield dam that 1t
entirely safe. 1t has been examine
9 by three or four engineers, ncludln
the state engineer. and the joint co
: clusion is that 1t is in safe cond
ton.
About As cattlemen. members OF Il
: Pavette association. representing
600 head of cattle. were IN EInme
= last week to secure allotments 4
I grazing. The range will only accol
| modate 1000 head. and the superyis'
mad quite problem in apportloniI
- ia,,fiS If the Payette fore