The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-16
In THE GEM STATE

The State Association OF Optome
trist held two day session at Boise
last week.
The curfew law is being enforced at
Boise. and after o'clock all children
are forbidden TO be up toxin.
The spring meeting CT the U. p
Presbytery of Idaho was held in the
Weiser church ON Tuesday. April Z.
Weiger is to have a chautaqua this
year, and from the outline of the pro
gram SO far it will be the biggest
event of the kind ever pulled off in
that SECTION.
Through being convicted of escaping
from the penitentiary, Clifford Chase
has had his penitentiary term extend
ed not less t an six months nor more
than five years.
B. +. Noble. whose home is at New
berg. Ore, was severely injured when
he jumped from moving train in the
short Line yards at Nampa, his head
striking a stand pipe.
Anticipating a good show business
from Chicago, leased the Wheaton,
theatre, and will open it as a vaude-
vile and picture house.
While wrestling with fellow stu
dent at Caldwell. Ralph King stepped
Unexpectedly into an old post hole,
wrenching his leg so that the bones III
mis- right ankle were fractured
A railroad in Bannock valley in
the next hundred days instead of the
next hundred years is the slogan Of
the United Bannock Valley Booster
association.
Grover Garner and Con Siliken, both
rom Shoshone basin, are held in the
county jail at Twin Falls awaiting a
hearing, charged with the theft of $50
worth of fence wire, some oats and
harness.
Tenants of a rooming house in
Nampa, all women were given a scare
when an unknown man entered the
house and dropped to rest and sleep
in the bath tub He drew a stiff fine
for vagrancy.
The Idaho Wool Growers associa-
tion has joined the Boise Traffic bu-
reau as a body and all transportation
matters in connection with the wool
and sheep industry will hereafter be
handled through the bureau.
The commissioners in charge of the
arrangements for Idaho's parsicipa.
tiOn in tho banana oYpoSitic, Of Co,
Francisco have selected as official hos
tess for the Idaho building Mrs. Will
liam ii. Ridenbaugh of Boise.
AS protection to its members
against the practice that is becoming
somewhat common in Twin Falls of
young men and boys taking cars with
out permission, the Twin Falls Auto.
mobile club has offered reward for
their arrest.
Governor Haines has honored the re-
QUESTION of 6overnor Stewart of Mon
tant for the return to that state of
Henrietta Burch, wanted at Dillon for
child desertion, and Charles White
lead, wanted at the same place to
answer to the charge of felony.
Frank Anderson, laborer former.
ly employed on the Boise Irrigation
project, died at Boise from a malady
that has proved a puzzle to the attend.
ng physicians, who are inclined to be-
leve that death might have been caus-
I'd by some sort of ptomaine poison
ng,
The revival of mining in the Occur
Alenes, owing to the light snowfall
asst winter and the early access to
he different properties, has resulted
N the levying of assessments, that the
early season may be taken advantage
IF. and muclNactive development is an.
icipated
The big Lost river irrigation system
With its dam at Mackay, its fine sys-
.em of cement canals and laterals, its
lrops and headgates. a system in which
t is claimed that practically $4,000
300 has been invested, went to the
Utah Construction company for $35 900
1t the receivers sale.
According to the report submitted
% the state treasurer by Secretary of |
state Clifford. there was received from
ali sources in the first quarter of the |
'ear 1914 total of $1703210. Over |
)ne-half of this amount was received |
n payment of the registration of mo- |
or vehicles and for dealers licenses
md transfers.
Arrangements have been made by
he Payette Commercial club for a |
monster good roads meeting to be held
II this place on April 20. at which
ime D. Ward King, inventor of the
aous King road drag, VIII instruct
he people of the Payette valley in
low to build roads cheaply. also dem.
the use of the drag.
Secretary George Stoll of the Poca.
clio Commercial club is formulating
plan whereby a federation of all
outheastern Idaho commercial climbs
nay be formed. a number Of the sur.
ounding city clubs are anxious tn
ONE in, and McCammou has already
oted to do so.
Recently delegation of live citL
ems go; together at McCammon and
rganfzed a commercial club for that
nterprising town.
Idaho has only one named peak hav-
lg an altitude greater than 12noo