The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-30
IN THE GEM STATE


me assessment rolls show a very
:, material increase in Lemhi county
livestock particularly cattle ana
sheep. nu
me statement that one orchardist
al buhl will have 10000 boxes Of
peaches seems almost Incredible Nc,
II Is no doubt true, SAYS the RnbI
Herald Dun'
neports from Little Lost valley ara
70 the effect that that section in an.
loylng unusual prosperity this wear
Inc nay and grain crops are the best
in years.
NUMBER OF people who attended
picnic at the Tyhee school housa
were poisoned by impure ice cream.
several being near death before a phy.
stefan arrived.
). I. Coughlan OF Idaho Falls was
Dadly scalded about the face when
the engine of his auto became hot and
ne TOOK on the radiator cap to cool
II, the steam striking him in the face
A Dootlegger" has been arrested al
Pocatello who is charged with having
sold cold tea at $3.50 a bottle. the
purchasers believing it was whiskey
they were buying.
work OF laying steel on the Upper
Snake valley loop of the Oregon Shori
Line began on Saturday and will be
rushed to completion as fast as the
grade can be prepared for.
The Pocatello city council has de.
cided to call special election on
August 25 to vote on $500 900 bond
issue for the purchase and improve
ment of the Pocatello Water com.
panys holdings.
The S-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Cantwell, ranchers residing
a short distance below the Swan Falls
power plant on the Snake river, south
of Nampa, was bitten by a rattlesnake,
and as result is in a critical con.
dition.
The Short Line is rapidly completing
feeders lines in the western part OF
this state. After four years of con,
struction work 1t has Just completed
the Idaho Northern road from Emmett
To the Payette lakes, a distance Of
102 miles.
Plans are being considered for the
installation Of new power plant oil
the Salmon river. The Gilmore mine.
will use great deal of the power
which will also furnish power to thu
large gold dredge to be built on Geert
son creek.
The new registration law, II Is esti
mated by county officials, will worl
the saving o. close to $1,000 for tn,
taxpayers OF Canyon county, in the
registration of voters for the cominl
election, as compared to the expense
of registration two years ago.
William Mahan has a good chanc
to recover from the effects of
crushed skull, which resulted from
blow with a shovel in the hands O
c. s. Ward, at Pocatello. The tw
men got into quarrel because Ward
who is a laborer, spilled mortar on
trowel
Many sportsmen are unwittingl
breaking the law, according to me-
who have been out shooting since tn
opening of the chicken season. The
declare that many well meahin
hunters are not distinguishing b,
tween grouse and sage chickens an
are shooting both.
John w. Givens, medical superin
tendent of the Northern Idaho SAM
tarium at Orofino, reports to Gov
ernor Haines that the total salary AM
maintenance outlay of his institution
for the second quarter OF 1912 wa
S5,97992 and for the second quartz
of the present year $7,5774O.
A homesteader named Hogle save
a passenger train from running int
an open switch on the Elk rive
branch of the Milwaukee road, say
the Rathdrum Tribune. Hogle foun'
a chain caught in the open switch an
being unable to remove it. waited an
tagged the train at Perdue.
I
NJ. ]. Harris, division engineer {
the Oregon Short Line, with stan
seven engineers and clerks. have a
rived In Pocatello and have beer y
Gated in the telegraph Office aha IN
depot building pending the building
the new depot A car OF Office equil
meut also arrived and is being II
stalled.
After 4 legal battle of a year
standing. the jury at Pocatello r
turned a verdict last week in favor
Jesse S. Richards Of Virginia, Bal
mock county, in his suit against IN
Portneuf-Marsh Valley irrigation con
uany for failure to supply water a
cording to contract on Richard
Downey tract
New counties created in Idaho,
whole or in part. out Of one or sever;
counties. irrespective Of whether II
territory OF the new county Is
dry" or all wet" or part dry an
mart wet" are as though they wei
wet" territory and subject to II
saloon license system. according TO
decision of the supreme court
Mrs. Ina u. Trask viii receive fror
the Boise King Placers eompan
81 600 and her minor son. " F. Trss'
wiu receive $4,000 as result o. IN
Judgment OF the supreme court
the suit instituted TO recover damage