The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-09-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS

iston State Normal school viii open
Tuesday, September Is.
The 'War Bonnet Roundup and
Bonneville fair opened Monday al
Idaho Falls and WIN continue five
days.
The senate has passed Senator
Brady's bill increasing the cost limit
Of the Pocatello public building from
100000 to s125,0O0.
The total registration OF Canyon
county for the primary election was
1860 voters or this number 2,041
were new registrations.
Caldwell potato growers face a
shortage OF cars for moving their crop
that at present bids fair TO deal a Sc,
rious blow to the potato industry Of
the section.
The Bear Lake county fair will be
held from September 20 to October 1.
Besides the usual exhibits Of the coun-
~ there will be horse races and other
amusements each day OF the fair.
A wood rat which started to make
feast off the insulation on the
wires at the south min rock house OF
the Baker Hill & Sullivan put the city
of Kellogg in darkness for about 15
minutes.
Clifford NJ Carpenter, a resident OF
| Haileys underworld, was stabbed to
/ death by L. H Gadd, one of his asso-
| ciates. as the result OF quarrel the
two had over one Of their women &C
7uaintances.
There will be In the neighborhooo
| Of FIVE thousand cars of fruit and veg
| stables shipped from southeastern
Idaho this year. This is an estimate
which has been made by c. ]. Sinsel,
commission merchant Of Boise.
The Twin Falls Railway company is
aow running the electric storage bat
| terry cars TO Shoshone falls on regular
schedule From 1880 in the morning
until 1880 in the evening the cars viii
run 10 the falls every three hours.
Not finding her Japanese husband
| all that she expected him to be in the
! way OF liberal proyider. Emma Taku-
mi, an American. has filed suit against
Frank Takumi. Japanese whom she
married August 4. 1913, in Weiser.
lit a meeting Of the farmers Of Ada
county. held in Boise. it was decided
10 ask the county commissioners TO
ms Ike an appropriation for the purpose
Of making an exhibit OF the products
Of the county in the state building az
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
| Members Of the tug-of-war teams
from the Ada county grange and
from the Boise labor unions. VINO are
20 contest at the celebration in Co
umbia park Labor day. are working
every day in an effort to get into con
4ition to beat the other fellows.
Tom Byers, shift boss at the Hecls
nine at Wallace, came to his death
while riding the cage to the surface
Though the cage was carrying nine
passengers at the time, little is known
of the accident, it happening some
where between the 1900 and 900-fool
eyels.
4 Judging from the crop reports, the
soil ami climatic conditions of the
Deer Flat section. south OF Caldwell
ire ideal for potato growing. With 3
favorable market and transportation
means many OF the growers anticipate
l return Of 5000 per acre from theil
spud acreage.
William Trout was gored by a but
at his ranch near Standpoint. receiving
a lengthy cut on his right thigh. Trou
was in the act OF leading the ANNA
10 water when 1t attacked him, and ht
escaped further injury by crawling
to the house. followed by the still
threatening bull.
The clerical force at the state audi
tors office has just completed the tab
ulaticn OF the amount of the tax 10 b
raised by each of the counties for tbs
purpose Of meeting all general ex
penses Of the state The rate is FL
mills this year as against rate o
24S mills last
a tentative contract between tn
Nampa+SIeridian Irrigation distric
and the United States reclamation
service for reclamation and drainag'
work to the estimated amount o
S3.s04, 500 on lands within the salt
district, has been submitted for ap
proyal to the state engineer.
Harvest OF grain is in progress il
the elevated regions OF southeastern
Idaho. and third crop alfalfa is heini
cut in the southwestern localitie:
Conditions have been favorable 10
this work and the yields are good
There is now prospect OF some fourtl
crop alfalfa in favored sections.
Pruue picking in the southern Ida
no district began Tuesday and it i
estimated that by Thursday shippini
i'll be in fun swing throughout III
Boise and Payette valleys. F. Y. Maj
tin. local agent of Chicago frui
l company which buys heavily in thi
section OF the country. estimates tn
total crop to be in the neighborhoo'