The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-06-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The estimate for the next years ex-
penditure of the Independent school
district of Boise shows material
decrease.
The local option vote as officially
canvassed by the county commissions
ers gives the vets a majority in Nez
Perez county of % votes.
There are at present twelve inmates
at the Ada county poor farm, all men.
Three were admitted during the month
and three left. one having died.
A bad break in the banks of the
Grand View irrigation canal was I'm
doubtedly caused by gopher hole or
a ground squirrel burrow in the bank.
The good roads loop from Boise via
Eagle is nearing completion to Eagle
island. The rock crusher and camp
will move across the river this week.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for CaIdwelps first Chautauqua,
to be held July 2 to z, has perfected
preliminary arrangements for the
event.
The 10-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. P. H. Dif,enbach, residing
on ranch west of Nampa, fractured
both bones of her arm when she fell
from porch at the Diffenbach home,
The Farmers Equity society of Bear
Lake county has organized with the
following officers: President, Geo. H.
Hall of Raymond; vice-president, John
+. Quayley of Montpelier; manager
and secretary, M. E. Scott.
Mystery surrounds an explosion OF
dynamite near the Sam Lancaster
home, four miles southwest of Filler.
The family had just returned home,
when an explosion took place near
the house. No one was hurt.
The Minidoka project is becoming
noted as a sheep resort during the
winter months. More than 100000
head were fed on the project last sea
son, most of which were brought in
from the range for the purpose.
A heavy draught of lice killer was
taken by Mrs. Carl Elder of Kellogg,
with suicidal intent and would have
proved fatal had not a physician been
ported to have prompted the deed.
The eucalyptus cases, in which notes
aggregating over $4,000 and given by
residents of Camas Prairie was in
volved have been decided in favor of
the defendants, who purchased lands
in California on which it was proposed
to grow eucalyptus.
Protection of the forests of the state
against fire was the principal matter
considered by the land board at a re-
cent meeting. On the recommends
ton of Land Commissioner Day a
number of wardens, deputy wardens
and guards were appointed
Arthur Shirley of Blaine, six years
of age, is claimed to be the champion
fisherman OF his age in Idaho. He
fishes in the back water from the
Magic dam which comes right up to
catches mess for breakfast.
An automobile driven by l.. A
Savage of Kellogg jumped the bridge
below the Morning compressor and
turned turtle in the river Savage
and one of the passengers were pinned
under the machine, but succeeded in
escaping without serious injury.
The present system of street light,
ing In Idaho Falls is to be extended
to include all of the business section.
Fifty additional cluster light posts
are now being installed The Ore
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bearing its share of the expense.
A small frame cottage occupied by
Eadeth v. Smith at Boise, was Quilted
by fire one night last week The FIRE
appeared to have started from an
overheated fiue. Mrs. Smith was i'll
in bed at the time the blaze broke
out and the alarm was turned in by
some passerby.
Plans for the new station of the
Oregon Short Line at Pocatello, con-
templates one of the finest depots in
the west, and will lie one of the largest
in the Short Line system. The build.
ing will cost close to 100000. 1t is
to be stone and brick structure ana
fire-proof throughout. A
In fulfillment of the promise made
to the settlers upon the Minidoka and
other projects in Idaho by Secretary
Lane when he visited here early last
fall the best drainage engineer in the
world. sir William Wilcocks, is max
ing tour of the projects under the
direction of the reclamation service.
s. ID. Simpson of Caldwell and Lee
Overt, Spokane, had narrow es-
cape from death or terrible injury
on Shoshone falls grade, near Twin
Falls, when brake on their car re-
fused to work and they were forced
to run their car into the embankment
to prevent it from going over the
grade.
The bids for the construction of the
Carnegie library at Idaho Falls were
opened. but owing to all being above
the appropriation, the contract was not