Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-01-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

f'N' d" poisc VIII pay 1921
this year on every $1,000 worth .,
taxable property they own.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Nesbitt OF Pavetts
has been appointed matron OF ,hs
asylum for insane at Blackfoot.
The state highway commission !,
session at Boise officially named tho
trunk Ines CT the state highway svs.
TEN comprislag 1862 miles and ,rav
ersing twenty-seven counties.
President ID. Worth Clark Of ,ba
Wilson club has issued Il call IN all
Democrats to gather in Pocatello ON
the evening OF January s for the reg.
ular Jackson day banquet and speech.
making.
The United Spanish War Veterans
OF southeastern Idaho VII meet again
In Pocatello On February 8 to install
officers and have a general reunion
In which the ladies' auxiliary will mar.
~ticipate.
leopold Werthheimer died last
week at HALEY from pneumonia with
which he was stricken Christmas
morning. He came TO HALEY in lSsa
and opened a store which he since
conducted.
Cattlemen at Boise valley are hay.
ing their troubles. 1t seems that the
hay Is not what It should be. Much
OF the first crop was spoiled by the
rain. ana tie critters" are partic.
ular. They turn up their noses at il.
Whether the suit against the bond
OF the Big Lost River Irrigation com.
pany Is to be decided by the state
courts or become a federal case "a
mains now for Judge Dietrich OF the
United States district court to de
eide.
Beardsiey Memorial hall. the girls
dormitory at tho Idaho industrial
schooi at Weiser. was destroyed by
IRE last week. Eight inmates we're
gotten out without injury. The loss
Is placed at $4,000. with but little
insurance.
In connection with the annual er.
hibition OF the Idaho Poultry associ.
alton at Boise there will be. for the
hrst time In Idaho. a dog show. and
Efforts are being made TO secure the
entries OF the many valuable dogs in
tina. vicinity.
There Is considerable sentiment
among the vets OF Pocatello and in
Bancroft. Soda Springs and Downey
In favor OF dividing Brnnock county
with Soda Springs al the county seat
This will be one VI the issues Of the
next campaign.
Thousands OF acres OF Land are ly-
ing idle Az summer fallow zach year
In eastern Washington. eastern Ore
gon and northern Idaho that are well
adapted TO the growing OF beans,
states Farmers Bulletin No. SOL. is-
sued by the department OF agricul-
ture.
The official count of the ballots
polled In the last local option cleo
ton held in Bannock county recently
has been made by the county com
missioners. The dry majority was
702. with 5.4O6 people voting. This
reduces the dry majority OF two years
ago which was 799.
~ hAt bAouAHly lf'oAO'h cAAt ~
Nampa last week. forty-hve head u
cattle. mostly grade aiilch COWS. were
sold at prices ranging from si5 20
s95 per head. FIFTY head Of hogs
were disposed OF. several head q
horses and "A quantity OF farm ma
chinery. and all brought good prices.
II has remained for a Boise boy.
George II. Wyman. Jr.. to perfect a
process upon which the chemists OF
the mining world have been at work
for the past quarter Of a century.
The Wyman Rotation process VIII
save the zinc which Is found so freely
In most Iced ore. n also the copper.
Theodore Turner. mayor Of Poca'
tello and chairman OF the state high
a commission will leave within
the next few days for Washington Tor
the purpose of inducing the interior
department to urge an appropriation
of 100000 to be applied TO that por'
ton of the north and south state high
ways I'm Adams and Idaho counties
DR.. f. Lee died at the general hos
pital at Idaho Falls. December y, at
ter an Illness OF several months. lie
had been a resident Of Idaho FAILS
for over twelve years, whore he was
engaged in the practice Of dentistry
He was born ut Bountiful. DAVIS
county. Utah. and was 80 years "i
age.
With nearly -four and onehaf NH
lion dollars worth of personal prop
erty on It's assessment roll. the DOCKS
Of Ada county at the close oil TINS
year will show good and increasins
business and values. This amouu'
probably exceeds that of any otneI
county of the state and is eXciusi's
Of the real estate.
In the belief hat the present to
quirements OF the new federal game
law are not In accord with the neeus
Of this state. the Idaho State Sports
mems association has undertaken wv
task OF securing n dispensation SUI"
as is In effect in Oregon II ""s"
ington to set the season back INV
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