The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-05-15

n SOOu puDllC TOdu is 10 De DuliL
between Burley and Oakley Tho
matter was decided upon at recent
meeting OF the county commissioners.
The fourth annual convention of the
Twin Falls Presbyterial Missionary
society met at Jerome, May and 8.
This organization is made up of all the
churches in southern Idaho.
Howard Palmitie, aged II, suicid.
ed at Twin Falls, shooting himself
in the head. He had become involved
in some youtnful indiscretion and had
brooded over it until he had lost his
reason.
Leo Parkinson of Preston Idaho. a
member of the graduating class at the
West Point Military academy, is anx-
ious to hold a commission in the Ida
no volunteers in the event war is
declared on Mexico
Because he is alleged to have been
abusing some of his people and APP
plying epithets to them they would
not stand for, a warrant was sworn
out for the arrest of Rev. Thomas, a
colored minister. at Pocatello.
Mrs. William Giddis and son. Will
lam, of Cokeville, Wyo., were brought
to Montpelier last week and operated
en- for appendicitis. The case is quite
a peculiar one, both mother and son
being stricken at the same time.
The postoffice department is hav-
ing considerable difficulty in letting
the contract for the carrying of mail
into Star valley Two bids, by both
the Montpelier and Cokeville routes,
have been rejected, and new bids are
now being called for.
C. E. Giese, engineer of the extra
freight which ran into a Great Nor
thern passenger train on March 25,
resulting in the killing of Alonzo earle
of Spokane and ]. F. Decker of Sc
attic, engineer and baggageman, has
i-bsen released from custody.
The need of a municipal incinera-
ton plant, it's cost and practicability,
was discussed before the Boise chap
ter of the Council of Women Voters
last week, and provoked an interest
ing discussion. This plant would cost
in the neighobhood of $4,000.
Prosperity win have to be spelled
with capital letters in order to express
the conditions which are to exist in
the Upper Snake River valley, all OF
Idaho and the entire northwest, this
fall, when the great crop of grain, hay,
fruit and potatoes is to be harvest
ed.
Mrs. Mary Spencer, wife of James
T. Spencer, is dead from oedema of
| the heart, superinduced by asthma,
| from which she had been suffering
| for the past two years. She was born
in England in 1856 Since her mar
riage in 1883 she had lived with her
| husband at their ranch near Tendoy
Through action instituted before the
utilities commission the Twin Falls
Water Works company would compel
the Twin Falls Water company TO
permit it to connect a 16-inch pipe
with its canal for the purpose of con
veying water to reservoir for use
| in Twin Falls, the water to be PAID
for at reasonable rates.
The grading contract for the Snake
river belt line of the Oregon Short
Line in Idaho has been let to the
Utah Construction company of Ogden
| The belt line will have a total Length
! of approximately seevnty-two mile:
and will extend from the Lincolr
sugar works, just outside Of Idaho
Falls, to St. Anthony, and thence t.
| Menan.
l.. o. Leonard of Boise, president o.
The proposed Butte. Boise & Pacific
railroad, was in Challis last week He
is interesting many CT TIC residents
of Lemhi and Custer counties in his
road and states that he will bring
engineers and representatives of the
capitalists who will finance the pro
ject, and that he will take them over
he route of the entire system.
To accommodate the passenger traf
tic that is expected at Lava Hot
Springs, Idaho. when the state OF
Idaho makes various improvements
and enlarges the springs resort, the
oregon Short Line plans to erect :
mail depot at that town. The only
ort of station at present is a shelter
tation.
! B. P. Shawhan, in charge of thu
King Hill irrigation project for thu
state, is highly pleased with the a
ton of the state prison board and th'
state land board in their final conclu
sion to employ number of the con
victs in work to be done on the pro
iect-
Because of the low price of Leaf
the Morning mine, one Of the larges
properties of the Federal Mining
Smelling company, will close dow
soon for needed repairs to the bi!
mill, hoist and shaft, according q
word received in Spokane.