Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-05-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

DN the cOrOners jury.
Founders Day" one Of the most
important occasions Of the year at
the College of Idaho. at Caldwell, was
royalty celebrated Friday. May s.
1t is possible that strong box taken
from the Overland stage in 1863 by |
robbers has been unearthed by Frank |
Evelyth. rancher living near Bull.
good public road is to be built |
between Burley and Oakley. The |
matter was decided upon at a recent /
meeting OF the county commissioners.
The fourth annual convention of the
Twin Falls Presbyterial Missionary
society met at Jerome. May and 6.
This organization is made up of all the
churches in southern Idaho
Howard Palmitie, aged II. suicid-
ed at Twin Falls, shooting himself
in the head. He had become involved
In some youtnfui indiscretion and had
brooded over it until he had lost his
reason.
Leo Parkinson OF Preston Idaho,
member of the graduating class at the
West Point Military academy, is anx-
ious to hold commission in the Ida
no volunteers in the event war is
declared on Mexico.
Because he is alleged to have been
abusing some of his people and APP
plying epithets to them they would
not stand for. warrant was sworn
out for the arrest of Rev. Thomas, a
colored minister. at Pocatello.
Mrs. William Giddis and son, Will
lam. of Cokeville. Wyo., were brought
? to Montpelier last week and operated
2 on for appendicitis. The case is quite
a peculiar one. both mother and son
= being stricken at the same time.
The postoffice department is hav-
ing considerable difficulty in letting
d tie contract for the carrying of mail
irto star valley Two bids, by both
5 the Montpelier and Cokeyille routes
y have been rejected. and new bids are
y now being called for
c. +. Giese. engineer Of the extra
freight which ran into a Great Nor
thern passenger train on March %.
resulting in the killing of Alonzo earle
r OF Spokane and J. +. Decker of Sc
attic. engineer and baggageman. ha:
been released from custody.
The need OF municipal incinera
! ton plant. its cost and practicability
was discussed before the Boise chap
p ter of the Council of Women Voters
81 last week. and provoked an interest
1t ing discussion. This plant would cost
d. in the neighobhood of $4,000.
L Prosperity will have to be spelled
II with capital letters in order to express
10 The conditions which are to exist il
'i he Upper Snake River valley. all o
De Idaho and the entire northwest. thi
all. when the great crop of grain. hay
~ ir9lt and potatoes is to be harvest
lk d
X Mrs Mary Spencer. wife OF Jane
ne 7. spencer. is dead from oedema o
IA the heart. superinduced by asthma
RS from which she had been sufferin
Sc Tor the past two years. She was Dor
is in England in 1856 Since her mai
he rage in 1889 she had lived with he
husband at their ranch near Tendo,
Through action instituted before tn
utilities commission the Twin Fall
~ the Twin Falls Water company {
90 permit it to connect l6inch pip
:, with its canal for the purpose of COZ
49, veying water to a reservoir for us
in Twin Falls. the water to be pal
for at reasonable rates.
The grading contract for the Small
VI river belt line of the Oregon Sho
Line in Idaho has been let to tn
Utah Construction company of Ogde
Ra. The belt line will have Il total leng
mis- of approximately seevnty-two mil
.ra and will extend from the Linco
49,, sugar works. just outside of ldal
=, Falls, to St Anthony, and thence
Menan.
l.. o. Leonard of Boise. president
VI The proposed Butte. Boise X Pacii
railroad was in Challis last week. /
Is interesting many CT tho rasiden
tho Of Lemhi and Custer counties in h
i,u road and states that he will bril-
engineers and representatives of q
ems capitalists who will finance the pr
ject. and that he will take them ov
ne route of the entire system
To accommodate the passenger tr'
r tic that is expected at Lava II
der Springs, Idaho. whdp the state
e,c- Idaho makes various improvement
ent. and enlarges the springs resort. I
Of Oregon Short Line plans to erect
GERS small depot at that town. The on
sort OF station at present is shelf
station
b. P. Shawhan, in charge of
nam King Hill irrigation project for
leNt state. is highly pleased with the
sure ton of the state prison board and
lean state land board in their final conc
unc sion to employ number OF the
victs in work to be done on the
ject.
Recause of the low price OF \