Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-01-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Brown has been appointed temnoro~-
receiver of the American Nat,ona,
Bank OF Caldwell. which has closed
Its doors.
A sturgeon. weighing 245 pouna.
was captured near the bridge AZ Sal
MOI last week. 1t measured = Co.,,
8 inches in length and is the largos,
fish ever caught in that distric,
The Bonanza copper mines loc.,
ed near Montpelier. have closed dow,
Tor the winter. A great deal of necos
sary machinery has been Installed On,
Manager Eckhoff expect to shin roo
ularly next spring.
a Jury at Pocatello brought in
verdict OF guilty against Walter Gran,
charged with arson and consnirao,
The penalty is from 1--WE years n No
Grant Is regarded as the leader n,
ring" at Pocatello.
Oliver Mink. perhaps the Oldest In.
dian In southern Idaho il not in tho
northwest. died peacefully and alone
at his cabin south OF Pocatello lac,
week. Mink was very old. probably
well past the century mark.
The Idaho Railway. Light & Power
company OF Boise. holding company
for the Idaho-Oregon Light & Power
company. has been placed In tho
hands or a receiver by Judge Franz
s. Dietrich OF the federal district
court.
The Idaho state highway commits.
sion met at Pocatello last week and
awarded a contract for construction
OF the first stretch OF the state high.
way This will be two and one-halt
miles between Pocatello and Port
Neuf.
+. c. OMalley. who has been ap-
pointed postmaster OF Pocatello. nv
President Wilson. is a prominent Al.
torney OF that city and was formerly
city attorney. lie has lived in Idaho.
four years. most OF that time being
spent in Pocatello.
The suit for $4,000 damages
brought at Salmon City against the
Lemhi Power company by Mrs. Max
Smith for the death OF her husband
who was alleged TO nave been killed
by a live wire last April. has been
settled out OF court.
The mar killed and badly mutllat.
ed by a train In the Glenn's Ferry
yards has been identified as Earl ;.
Sawyer OF Syracuse. Neb. His rela-
tives were communicated with and
gave instructions TO bury the body
at Glenn's Ferry.
That she will lead = better life was
the condition on which Matte King.
1 colored woman. was released from
the city jail at Boise. The woman
was convicted some time ago Of run
aing a disorderly house and selling
liquor illegally.
A dispatch from Washington states
that the buildings n grounds OF the
Fort Lemhi Indian agency will short
~ be sold at public auction. by an
act OF congress passed last July, the
state OF Idaho was given a prefer
Acc right to buy this property.
With a cash reserve OF % per cent.
and with securities OF sufficient value
t. pay its depositors In full. the Of
icers and directors OF the American
National bank In Caldwell voluntaril.
turned the institution over to Fred
Brown. national bank examiner. for
liquidation.
During the past month the Oregon
Short Line brought 775 actual set
tiers into Idaho. Many are farmers
who are tired OF the droughts OF the
middle west and have beer drawn to
a lane where drought. hailstorms. cy-
clones and billiards are known only
from hearsay.
To the fact that the board OF par
dons of the state followed a custom
established for years, Arthur b.
Cults. former cashier Of the Idaho
state bank. OF HALEY. owes the
Christmas present he received Thurs
day in the form OF a full and absolute
pardon from the state penitentiary.
The Southern Idaho Producers as
ISOLATION has decided to pool all ship
ments OF potatoes sold after Decam-
Der /, 1913. and the producers nave
been notified TO that effect. Inc
claim is made that II the potatoes
had been pooled in monthly snip
ments the price in October would
have averaged n cents and in NO
vember 70 cents.
The city of Idaho Falls scored a
legal victory last week by obtaining
a dismissal I'm the district court ID
the claim for $4,000 damages hleu
by Julia A. Rush. for the death Oh
her husband. an employe of the CITY,
who was killed by a cave-in whhs
diggir.g n sewer trench.
Assessor Grimmett has issueu d
statement to the effect that the taxes
OF Bingham county for the year WIZ
AMOUNT to 1885,. 900, of which SlSiuVo
goes to the state and the balance ii
county, city and school expenses,
Blackfoot city receives s26,5OV anu
It's schools get 1888 900.
The bridge across the Payette r"e.
between Fruitland and Payette IL nv"