American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

preparing an ore exhibit for the Idab.
building at the Panama exposition
Senator Brady has Introduces
bill appropriating 500, 900 for the IS
chase Of a site and the erectior
a public building at Payette.
Work is progressing in splansu
shape on the site for the federal bnsS
ing for Po~catello. and about "a ~
are employed In the work Of exesrs.
ing.
The preliminary survey of the r,u
road to be built by the Boise Pava,,.
Lumber company into the timber I.
bought recently from the state viii h.
started in a few days.
t. S. Matthias entered a pIea =,
guilty to the charge OF bigamv :.
Mountain Home and was given
sentence of six months to five year.
in the state penitentiary.
The fourth annual conference fr
the boys of southern Idaho and cas-.
ern Oregon, held under the auspiess
of the Young Mems Christian associ,
ton. was held in Nampa last week
Jas. Bradshaw. on account Of the
death of his baby, has filed a sl30n
case against DR.. Kelley, at chaIis
for an improper diagnosis Of thu
case, and an overdose of antitoxine
The Gooding Leader reports that a
jack rabbit a in front Of a railroad
motorcycle, causing the machine to
be derailed. badly injurying the rider
r. H. smith, signalman for the rail
road company.
The state sanitary board had no
right to offer or to pay bounty IN
the heads of predatory wild animals
though this has been done for three
years or so past. This was the ruling
made by Judge Davis at Boise last
week.
]. d. Browning, representing an
eastern syndicate, announces that
work is to be commenced with as lit
tie delay as possible on construction
of the street railway for PocateIlo.
the city council having granted a fran
chise.
Using a rock with effect, but fail
ing to find his mark with a bottle Of
carbolic acid, some unknown fend
made a dastardly attempt on the life
of Mrs. Robert Mckinley at Boise,
when she answered a ring from the
doorbell.
George H. Stewart, justice Of the
state supreme court, was stricken
with paralysis at Occur d'Alene ca
March 25. The court was in session
there at tn. time. Justice Stewart
was rendered completely helpless by
the stroke.
The Michigan-idaho Lumber com
pany is preparing to open its mill IN
Payette about July 1. A drive Of
about 100000 feet of logs will be
brought down the Payette river On
the first high water for the summer
and fall run.
1t has been learned that an unfa-
vorable report has been made by the
engineer who made the government
survey of the st. Joe and st. Mares
rivers with a view to improving the
banks of these streams by the war
department.
The governor has appointed seven
teen representative citizens to attend
the conference of Representatives AZ
the irrigation convention to be heidi
Denver April 9 in response to the sus-
gestion of Secretary Franklin K. Lane
of the interior department.
Arrangements nave been MADE iM
the holding of a big field day at WEI
ser some time this spring. froiss
sor Bresnahan has communlca'su
with several neighboring schools anl
it is hoped to have at least hve u
six represented in the contests.
In a telegram to George w. Perkins
of New York, John P. Vollmer y,
Lewiston announced that he wOu'
run for governor of Idaho on the ris
gressive ticket if drafted. VollHer :
a banker and money lender. nc
the heaviest individual taxpayer
Idaho.
Enthusiastically marching ,niO0 Z
the downtown business section
Boise on March &c, forming a pal
between six and seven BLOCKS 'o
1900 prohibitionists made a oe~
stration which has never before -
duplicated in Idaho. Among
were both men and women.
Idaho launched a new sche ~.
solve the convict labor problem W.
the land board and the prison ~,or
in joint meeting decided 10 Il
convict labor in the reclamai0 c.c
10000 acres of state land IN 'ne -,
Irrigation district in Owyhee
about thirty Ieiles from Boise
Eight cents a pound I'VE Noe
was paid for a carload OF L" n
shipped from Juliaetta last "eeA osli
is said this is the highest priv