The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS


ton designing Thursday. February 5, !
as Apple Day.
The new church edifice built by the |
Latter-day Saints at Shoshone was
formally opened for services last
week.
The president has nominated
James w. Pearson as postmaster at
HALEY and Roy B. Herndon as post
master at Salmon.
The senate on Tuesday of last week
confirmed three Idaho postmaster:
James w. Pearson, HALEY; Thomas
]. Cox, Jerome; L. w. Rigsby, Rex
burg.
Mrs. W. ]. Miller, wife of con-
ductor On the Short Line, died in Po-
catello following an operation for APP
pendicitis. Her home was at Nampa
and she was in Pocatello visiting,
Senator Brady has introduced bill
appropriating $4,000 to build road
across the Targhee forest reserve
from Warm river to Yellowstone, link
ing the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES highway
with the Yellowstone park.
Irrigation problems that concern
southern Idaho are to be tackled at
the maintenance and operation con-
ference Of engineers on Idaho recla-
nation projects, which is to be, held
at Boise, February 3, A and 5.
After Ike Cohen and Ed Warner
had fought ten of the fastest rounds
of milling even seen in Boise, the rel.
alive standing of the two candidates
for fistic honors was so close that
the referee called the fight draw.
Samuel Winters was inspecting i'm
provements around his trout lake,
near American Falls, when in some
way a large boulder of some tons
weight was dislodged and pinned him
to earth by his arm, crushing it from
the elbow down.
The body of the man who commit
ted suicide by throwing himself In
front of a Short Line train travelling
As miles an hour west of Nampa has
been positively identified as that of
Oscar Hammer, rancher residing
nine miles from Ola.
Destitute and respondent, Mrs.
Wylie Rhoads attempted suicide at
Boise, inhaling chloroform, but her
condition was discovered by neigh
Dor in time to save her life. She
and her two children had been de-
serted by her husband.
Through a payment of $3S,340.67,
made last week by Harry L. Day, in
pursuance of his agreement to pay
the depositors in the defunct State
Bank of Commerce, of Wallace, prac-
tically in full, the receiver will be
enabled to declare a dividend of about
IL per cent.
A Pocatello dispatch says: Drs. o.
liz. Steeley and w. F. Howard re-
ceived notice that they had re
signed from the federal pension ex.
aiming board for this district, and
that in their places were appointed
DR.. F. H. Poole and F. NJ. Ray, also
Of this place.
Congress will probably pass the
Borah- French bill which proposes to
settle the long-standing controversy
over the Marble creek lands in north
Idaho, and which also confirms the
title of the state to some 100000 acres
Of lands acquired by exchange OF
school lands with the forest service.
The Y. M. C. A. building at Payette
was destroyed by fire last week, caus
ing loss of $4,000 The blaze Il
supposed to have started in the base
ment and to have been due to the
carelessness of the ianitor in build
ing up big fire in the furnace anC
leaving it while he went to breakfast
There was an average of 265 pris
oners confined in the state peniten
, tiary every day during the past year
the average cost the state for tn,
keep of each man being $1S5.90 TO
, the year, or a total of s49,272.S6.
The HALEY city council has pun
. chased a set of hobs on which t
! have one of the hose carts mounted
l In order that the firemen may NOR
3 easily reach the scene of fire whel
the ground is covered with snow.
What promises to be one of tn
most successful meetings of eng
, neers yet held in the state is scht
! duled to commence In Boise Februar
Us, when the Idaho Society of Eng
. neers will start their fifth annual col
vention.
Responding to many requests froI
farmers who wish to do their ow
pruning but have not the necessar
knowledge of methods the state no
ticultural inspector is arranging 7
give instruction to all who apply {
the office in person.
The plan to construct a bridg
across Snake river at Shoshohe fall
which has been under discussion b
the people of Twin Falls county IL
the past month or two. is now ce
tainty, the question of financing tt
work having been settled.
An unknown man was killed at
road crossing near Moss siding on IL