Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-19
In THE GEM STATE

'"Nbo ~ W. SldnurOd or POcatellO
mas resigned as member OF the Ida.
no public utilities commission.
While trying to shoot a chicken for
dinner. Mrs. Hinshaw Of Picabo shot
herself In the foot, SCATTERING the
bone of one toe.
Idaho has furnished this wear
enough Italian prunes to feed the en-.
tire standing army OF the United
States for five years
The State Seed Growers associa.
ton has made extensive plans for the
state seed fair to be held in Twin
Falls. December l, and 3.
The board OF pardons has granted
pardon to r. S Mathis. sentenced
from Mountain Home to from six
months to five years for bigamy.
Several people of Wallace, who are
either childless or have grownup chill
dren. are considering plan to bring
over number OF children of the Bel
gian sufferers and adopt them
The postofiice safe at st. Mares
was blown open and the robbers es
capped with $4,000 in registered money
and $500 in postage stamps Sever
suspects were arrested.
Miss Grace NJ Shepherd, state su
perintendent OF public instruction. has
returned from Ann Arbor. Mich.
where She had been attending
meeting Of the executive board OF
the National Education association.
One orchard on the bench west OF
Boise consisting OF two and one-hali
acres. produced crop OF prunes this
year which sold for fourteen hundred
dollars; another two and a half acre
orchard produced 1852 pounds which
sold for sl.l35.Os.
Though the newly elected state ad
ministration will not be inauguratec
until January 4. the Idaho State
Sportsmen' association is already &C
tive in an effort to secure the ap
pointment OF game warden who will
have its Endorsement
Snowfall has interrupted work or
the Warren wagon road in the Idaho
national forest This is state roaC
used by every one travelling between
Mccall and Warren. and all provis
ions and parcel post packages for tn
Warren mining region.
To secure man for the position o
assistant melter at The Boise assay OF
fee a civil service examination vii
be held December in several cite
OF the west The position pays sl.2O
"A year and the examination is open t
all males OF 20 years or over
W c. Janks. a well known bushes
man OF Twin Falls. manager OF III
Robertson 4 Janks Packing compan
and the Modern meat market. ha
been arrested on q charge OF stea
ing IA sheep from the ranch OF o. !
Thomas. near the packing plant.
Two thousand acres OF bearin
prune orchards in Idaho produced 81
hundred cars OF green fruit this yea
About 10 cars OF dried prunes RENAL
vet on hand This represents abol
40 per cent OF full crop, with abo'
one.half OF the total acreage in bea
ing
The Idaho public utilities commi
sion will send one of its members
Denver to appear before the examine
of the interstate commerce COMM
sion on November II to prote
against the order of the Union Pacii
system closing the Ogden gateway
passenger traffic from other system
harry Dejaggers. Chester Fulto
, George Davis and George clark, u
der arrest at ogden. Utah. are wal
ed at Pocatello by Prosecuting ATTIC
ney Smith, who has charged the
with grand larceny. They are allie
ed to have held up and robbed Jam
Bolts in the railroad yards at Poe
tello.
The Idaho Power 4 Light compal
has been successful in its legal FIG
with the Great Shoshone & Tw
Falls Water Power company for &C
troll OF the power site rights along t
Malad river, valued in the thousan
OF dollars, according to decision Il
has lust been handed down
The public utilities commissi
! holds that the Idaho Power & Lii
company and the Clear Lake Power
J. Improvement company cannot en-
o tls. Twin Falls electrical field in &C
petition with the Great Shoshone
d Twin Falls Water Power company
q whose control that territory now
Republicans will control the II
legislature OF Idaho. having, acco
ing to returns complete from the t
ty.three counties. elected ninet
'e senators and thirtythree represel
o' tives. To control the senate seN
teen senators are needed. and to
IN troll the house thirty-one represol
TX tives
a Robert Noble. formerly known
the sheep king of Idaho. died at
wv home in Boise after an illness OF
90 about four days, brought on by
vous breakdown which aggravated
on betes. a disease from which he
M suffered for years.
The fact that the English army