American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-01-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

National Bank Examiner Fred
Brown has been appointed temporary
receiver OF the American National
Bank of Caldwell, which has closed
It's doors.
A sturgeon. Weighing 245 pounds,
was captured near the bridge at Sal
mon last week. It measured s feet
s inches In length and is the largest
FISH ever caught in that district.
The Bonanza copper mines, locat-
ed near Montpelier. have closed down
for the winter. A great deal of neces'
sary machinery has been installed and
Manager Eckhon expects to ship reg
ularly aext spring.
A jury at pocatello brought In a
verdict OF guilty against Waller Grant
charged with arson and conspiracy.
The penalty is from hve years to life
Grant Is regarded as the leader of a
ring at Pocatello.
oliver Mink. perhaps the Oldest In
dian In southern Idaho II not in the
northwest. died peacefully n alone
at his cabin south OF Pocatello, last
week. Mink was very old, probably
well past the century mark.
The Idaho Railway, Light & Power
company of Boise. holding company
for the Idaho-Oregon Light a. Power
company, has beer placed in the
hands OF a receiver by Judge Frank
S. Dietrich of the federal district
court.
The Idaho state highway commits
sion met at Pocatello last week and
awarded a contract for construction
Of the first stretch of the state high
way. This will be two and one-half
miles between Pocatello and Port
Neuf.
p. @. O'Malley who has been ap
pointed postmaster Of P~ocatello, by
President Wilson. is a prominent at
torney Of that city and was formerly
city attorney. He has lived in Idaho
four years. most OF hat time being
spent in Pocatello.
The suit for $4,000 damages
brought at Salmon City against the
Lemhi Power company by Mrs. Max
smith for the death OF her husband
who was alleged to nave been killed
by a live wire last April, has been
settled out of court.
The man killed and badly mutilat-
ed by a train in the Glenn's Ferry
yards has been Identified as Earl S.
Sawyer Of Syracuse. Neb. His rela.
tives were communicated with and
gave instructions to bury the body
at Glenn's Ferry.
, That she will lead a better life was
the condition on which Matte King,
a colored woman, was released from
|; the city jail at Boise. The woman
was convicted some time ago Of run
ming a disorderly house and selling
[ liquor illegally.
, A dispatch from Washington states
that the buildings and grounds of the
Fort Lemhi Indian agency will short
ly be sold at public auction. BY an
act OF congress passed last July. the
: state OF Idaho was given a prefer
> ence right to buy this property.
y With a cash reserve of 2S per cent
Q and with securities of sufficient value
? to pay It's depositors In full. the OF
y ncers and directors OF the American
4 National bank In Caldwell voluntarily
turned the institution over TO Fred
n Brown. national bank examiner, fol
liquidation.
During the past month the Oregon
!, short Line brought rs actual set
tiers into Idaho. Many are farmeri
who are tired of the %droughts OF th'
middle west and have been drawn &
y a land where drought. hailstorms. cy
clones and billiards are known onl,
n from hearsay.
0 To the fact that the board OF par
d Ions OF the state followed a custom
d established for years. Arthur Il
l. Cults. former cashier OF the IdahI
state bank. of HALEY. owes tn
Christmas present he received Thurs
A day in the form OF a full and absolut
pardon from the state penitentiary.
The Southern ldsho Producers al
ISOLATION has decided to pool all shiI
= ments OF potatoes sold after Deceu
~ Der /, 1913. and the producers hav
y been notified TO that effect. Tn
10 claim is made that II the potatoe
,; had been pooled in monthly shiI
II, ments the price in October woul
u have averaged u cents and in N,
vember 70 cents.
n The city of Idaho Falls scored
legal victory last week by obtainin
a dismissal In the district court Z
az the claim for $4,000 damages file
. by Julia A. Rush. for the death q
IN her husband. an employe OF the cit,
a who was killed by a cave-in Will
I'd digging a trench.
or Assessor Grimmett has issued
20 statement to the effect that the take
AL OF Bingham county for the year wi
ha amount to s2S5.OOc. Of which Sist.OO
, goes TO the state and the balance 70
county, city and school expense.
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