The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-05-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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Boise has twenty-one "FYrat A,s. !.
who can qualify for nurses in tba 81
Cross organization should their go 80
ICES be needed in Mexico 9s's'
Bids have been asked by the Gree.
Short Line for the grading Of seyan,,
elk miles Of right of way In Jdaho y
the construction Of the Upper snara
| valley loop.
Judge Ralph P. Quarles, at one I'm.
chief Justice of the supreme cour,
Idaho, has been made associate mes
Of the supreme court of Hawaii Nv ~
eral appointment. ~
| The treasury department has !.
| sued charter 70 the Rupert Matt
al Bank of Rupert, which is conraa,
ed from state institution, n T..
capital of $4,000. lag
President Wilson has nominated 4.
following Idaho postmaster.
Storey, Burley; James v. Hawkin.
Occur d'Alenes, E. C. Davis, Miner
A. Ediehesen. briggs; L. A. Mecbam
| Preston.
The state fish hatcheries al Ia,
Spur and Sand Point have been j.
dered closed by May /, and the an
ployes have been notified that thai,
services will not be required afte,
that date.
BENJAMIN F. Dwyer, an old soldier
stepped in front of the automohiia
driven by Herbert Lemp at Boise a,d
died as the result of the injuries -
received. Z All accounts agree that The
accident was unavoidable.
The new auto stage service betwaen
Huston on the Caldwell Traction limo
and Homedale, the new town and me-.
tropolis of the Gem irrigation district
on the south side of the Snake river
was inaugurated last week.
Seven choice registered Percberon
stallions from to years old were
shipped last week from Meridian Il
Colyile, Wash. The stalliocS had
been purchased by United States gov.
eminent for the Indian farmers
The bill to extend the privileges 81
the public land laws to minors ,upop
reaching the age of is years, which
has been so earnestly advocated hy
Representative Smith of Idaho has
been fayorably reported to the house.
upsetting a teapot of scalding hot
tea, the 2O-months-old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. j. Il Alvorn Of Meridian
was severely scalded about the face.
neck, chest and arms. The iniurt
les, while extremely painful, are not
81 a serious nature.
At the order of the land commits
sioner of the Northern Pacific rail-.
road company, $23,44S has been de-
posted for the use of the surveyor
generals Office in its work in sur,
iVeying the lands owned by that com,
pany in the northern part Of the state.
Fred Klebe, Great Northern track.
walker at Crossport, four miles east
OF Bonners Ferry, was killed BY
fall from the caboose of a freight
train. He was riding out from Bon
ners Ferry to his work and was seat
ed on. the steps of the caboose, when
ne lost his balance.
Because in fun he ridiculed Ger
man sheepherder in his employ, John
Hastings, foreman OF Brown & Stew
arts sheep camp at Mayfield, lies at
the point of death, with two bulle.
holes through his abdomen and back,
and Carl Sutterly, the man who shot
Hastings is suicide.
Harry Gordon of Boise has been
granted a patoSt for device for ap
Dramatically locking box cars on the
inside by means of an attachment
with the coupler. BY the invention
railroads, it is expected. will save
thousands of dollars annually in pre-
venting box car robberies.
Pocatello is to be the headquarters
OF the Oregon Short Lines depart
ment of motive power. This move Is
regarded as significant. Railway Of
ficiass say it is made because Pocate.
10 is more central point than SAL
Lake for conducting the affairs OF enc
motive power department.
Sheep in Idaho have decreased nlf
merically 10 per cent in the last TWO
years, according to all estimate pre-
pared by the National Wool ware
house & Storage company. The de
crease in Montana has been 40 per
cent; Wyoming. 20 per cent; utan'
Is per cent; Oregon. 10 per cent.
An indication of the May pollsf
cal changes which the ssate OF ldaao
has undergone may be found IN lne
experience of w. Van Irons Of Hagef-
man, who, while a citizen Of idano
for twenty-three years has during 'hs
time lived in the same house, ana ~
has paid taxes in five different coan,
ties.
A Washington dispatch announces
that Senator Body is strongly u
vor of the enactment by congress :. :
rural credits bill which will ah9hos'ss
loans direct to farmers at low raw