The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-11-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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elevator and -four mill.
II Is intended by the board Of Sho.
shone trustees to install the new mic,
rogen lights for street illumination
doing away with the present arc
lights,
The poles are being delivered for
the extension of the electric power
up the Salmon river to the new site
for the big dam which win be built by
the Salmon Power company.
Harold KimbalI, aged 6. who was
run over by trail wagon at Poca,
tello, died from his injuries. Ii seems
the driver was not To blame. as he
did not know the boy was on the
wagon.
Frank A. Terril. deserted from
the United States army, who was
captured at Pocatello. was taken "a
Salt Lake, where he was turned over
to the commanding officer at Fort
Douglas.
II the plans of the city fathers be
carried out by the signing of a con.
tract with the Short Line Railroad
company the town of Shoshone is q
embark upon the enterprise of fur
nishing water for railroad purposes a,
that station.
The first car load of clover seed
raised on the North Side tract was
shipped from Jerome last week. The
car was made up OF Alsac and red
clover, for which the shipping com
pany paid to the farmers in the vi
entity OF Jerome $500.
At the present time there are 2Of
threshing outfits at work in the grair
fields between Idaho Falls and DriRgs
in the Teton basin. The valley be
tween Blackfoot and Idaho Falls pre
sents an equally busy scene. gather
ing in the products OF the field.
John w. Eagleson OF Boise, second
highest In the primaries September
! for the Republican nomination foa
state treasurer, has been selected By
the executive committee OF the Re
publican state central committee az
Republican candidate &c stAta treas
nrer.
Farmers in all the sodthern and
southeastern Idaho country, particu
larly in the dry farming localities
are arranging to put In a record acre
age In grain, being stimulated to ex,
traordinary efforts by the fall rains
which have been unprecedented In
extent.
The Civic club OF Pocatello ia en-.
tering heartily into the plan to send
a Yuletide ship to the European PEG.
pie as a 1ift OF good cheer from the
American people, and arrangements
have already been perfected TO gather
parcels from all who wish 70 donate
for this worthy cause.
In runaway accident at Rock
land. fine horse owned by o. r.
Really was killed and two others bad
ly injured. The horses were fright
ened by a motorcycle and ran. catch.
Ang part of the harness on a post
throwing one horse down and drag.
ging 1t underneath the wagon
The immense warehouse Of hmert
can Falls is being enlarged AAd more
scales are being installed for next
years work. There are eight grain.
buying firms at that place, drawing
principally from Rockland valley
Last year 100000 bushels OF wheat
was shipped from that place
No accurate estimates RE available
TO date as TO the amour. NJ the DO
tato crop in Idaho and northern Utah.
as the harvest is not completed. The
Idaho Falls district, however. reports
the harvesting of 5000 carloads, and
other districts viii show a CORE.
spondingly large yield
Considerable difficulty is being Ell.
peTienced by the Oregon Short Line
in moving the Idaho potato crop 10
market centerB owing to shortage OF
refrigerator cars. The crop this year
is at least so per cent greater than
in 1913 in spite Of loss sustained In
the southern section Of the state from
potato disease.
That his ls-months-old baby might
live and grow up free from scars,
James Jones. night marshal OF Weiser.
lay on the operating table for more
than an hour while surgeons removed
more than forty square inches OF skin
from his limbs and grated in upon
the chest aud upper portion OF the
baby, which had been burned.
As a result of the strong protests
filed with the Idaho public utilities
commission against the proposed
changes in passenger train schedules
by the Oregon Short Line. which II
permitted to become effective would
mean the elimination Of ave trains.
the passenger department of the read
has decided 70 continue in service the
train To Boise from the west
The rural school at Baker won
out Of the forty-siK
prizes given for the work Of school
at the recent Lemhi county
lair.
A crew OF men from the Lemhi
Power COMPANY are rEnntng a line
rom the shoup bridge 10 the Hot
Springs TO supply that resort With
electric current