Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-02-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

was stalled In a cut three miles from
Picabo.
George N. lift. a former resident OF
Pocatello, consul at Nuremberg, Ter
many. has been promoted to consul
at ST. Gall. Switzerland, with an In
crease in salary.
suit has beer fled against the Utah
Power & Light company for sio'ooo
damages by the estate OF Steve Gill
bert. who lost his life last June while
at work in the c~ompany's power plant
at Idaho Falls.
The report of the secretary OF the
Pocatello Commercial club shows
hat 90 per cent OF the business
houses are members OF the club. and
that there are nearly 300 members In
good standing.
Governor Haines has denied the
requisition OF Governor Stewart OF
Montana for the return to that state
Of Charles F. Thomas, wanted at Mis-
| soula for child desertion. which ID B.
penal offense in Montana.
]. A. Owens. vice-president. and c
l.. Robbins. a director of the Bank OF.
Nampa. Ltd. which vas closed by
the state bank commissions Septem-
Der 27, 1913, are charged with violat
ing the state banking laws.
The HALEY Electric company has
filed articles of incorporation for rec
ord. The capital stock is $4,000
Fred w. Gooding OF Shoshone, Frank
X. Gooding OF Gooding and John X
Hart of HALEY are stockholders.
A carload OF material for the In
terror work on the new st. Charles
Roman Catholic church ut HALEY has
arrived. and another carload is ex-
pected. when the work will be com
pleted as rapidly as the weather will
permit.
A trades school maintained in con
nection with the city schools or sep
arately. is the solution which Judge
Dunbar OF the juvenile court sug
gests for the idleness OF the Boise
boys and girls between the ages OF
IA and Is.
William ok and Harold l.. Hart
yigsen have been named as members
| Ol lHt DOll1t LULU ~ ~
succeed H.. Willard Green and J. y
Campbell. resigned. Green resigneo
because his record was brought W
before the grand jury recently In ses
sion.
The announcement that the state
highway commission, In the extension
Of the proposed state highway from
Il a.. IDa.LA han ntnnnAI the
same to run so as to leave Emmett
on the road" has produced a strong
spirit OF protest In the Emmett sec
ton.
Witnesses were unable TO appear
upon behalf OF the shippers and peti
TONERS living on the Hill City branch
, OF the Oregon Short Line ON account
OF the road being blockaded with
I snow and the Idaho Public utllitiei
:. commission continued the hearings
! until February %.
Work on a 100000 passenger sta
ton at Pocatello will start on or be
fore May / and the station will be
0 completed before 1915. Money has
y been appropriated for the station anc
the plans are ready. This was the
assurance given the public utilities
commission last week.
Idaho Falls has greatly increased
! in productive output during the last
year. From August /. 1912. to June l
1913. there were billed from there
1857 cars OF potatoes. From August
y !. 1913. to February J.. 1914. there
= have been moved from Idaho Fallt
!, 1913 cars Of potatoes.
II Oregon Short Line officials have
given assurances to the public utili
ties commission that work on n $500.
4, 900 passenger station at Pocatcllc
o would be started on or before May !
o and that the new station would be
r rushed to completion to be ready for
o the heavy passenger traffic OF 1915.
2 Governor Haines has issued .
{ requisition on Governor Johnson OF
California for the return to Idaho Of
c. +. Lore. who Is under arrest In Los
Angeles. He is wanted for making
. a false report last April to the bank
& commissioner on the condition Of the
Bank Of Nampa, OF which he was
/, cashier.
T John l.. Cox, the young man who Is
serving a term In the penitentiary
under conviction of having robbed
his companion OF a silver watch on
the streets OF Boise while both men
were drunk. was permitted to attend
y his mother funeral last week
2 through the clemency OF Governor
Haines.
James A. Pinney, one of Boise =
leading business and public men,
'hree times mayor OF that city anu
a pioneer OF Idaho. died at his home
February 3. Death was due to quich
pneumonia. He was one of the mrs.
a white settlers at Florence. Idaho. anu
Stabilized the first mercantile DUST
ness IN Idaho City.
Idaho women are finding many un
usual occupations which are pro'lnt
highly lucrative. Mrs. Robert NV
!, Ciosky of the snake River kenne,,'
near Caldwell. has been enr"Eeu ~ :,
. raising fancy dogs for two years ""s