Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-07-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

iouHu WHICH is DelltNeu 10 De tldl Vi
y Greek drowned while in swimming
near McCammon.
The new trail arranged through the
| Boise national forest to Hill City will
afford the means of moving $4,000
sheep to the loading point with almost
/ no shrinkage
| In anticipation of a record breaking
| crowd the management of the Lake
Lowell amusement resort decided to
prohibit the sale or use of fire crack
/ srs on the grounds on July 4th.
d. NJ. Jones, residing three miles
| northeast of Star, lost about $25c
worth of hay by fire last week. The
hay caught fire from weeds which
Johns was burning in the field.
Lucille Paul, little girl who was
terribly burned in a bonfire at Rex
burg, about a year ago and who has
been confined to her bed most Of that
inc. is so much recovered as to De
out again.
Farmers of Blue Creek, Pocatellc
and Curlew valleys have appointed o
committee to wait upon Oregon Short
Line officials to try and secure the
construction of branch line through
their territory.
Howard Shipley and Pat. WEIGH, two
old-time prospectors of the Hope coun-
ty, with three claims near the Green
Monarch mine near the mouth of the
Clarksfork river, were found murder
ed in their cabin at Green Monarch
last week.
While engaged in installing an n.y.
1raulic ram for the watering of his
orchard and berry tract at Middleton,
]. H. Maybee bad the misfortune to
have two fingers painfully crushed
when his hand was caught in the ma
chinery of the pump.
Interest in tennis is being revived
among the lovers of tennis in Twin
Falls. Much enthusiasm was shown
last year in the tennis tournament
held there, and the Twin Falls Ten
mis- association is planning a similar
event for this summer.
Recently the Commercial club OF
Rexburg took up a subscription among
the merchants sufficient to employ
leader for the town band during the
summer. In return the band IS CIV
ing two public concerts week, on
Wednesday evening and Sunday after
noon.
The O. S. L. is having some diff
Guilty in laying it's double track at
Montpelier, and the engineers in
81, hot
great deal of pile driving will have to
be done before the track is thoroughly
solid at a point about a mile east Of
town.
| Lightning struck the country home
of Mrs. NJ. e. Ogden, near Rockland,
and burned it to the ground. The
house was unoccupied, the Ogdens
having recently moved to Rockland.
The lightning also struck IN the barn
yard of John w. Howard, killing val
liable horse and burning stack of
hay. -, -
Tie assessment roll for Nez Perez
county has been completed and shows
the total valuations in the county,
exclusive of the railroads, telephone
and telegraph lines, to be $14,S94, 255,
which is but little over $4,000 more
than the valuations established in the
county last year by the state board OF
equalization.
Old folks day was celebrated at
Rockland, June %, with about 200 old
folks of the county between the age
of sixty and eighty-five in attendance
All the people Of Rockland owning
automobiles sent them to the various
places to bring the aged people tc
been prepared.
Word comes from Idaho Falls, Ok
ford ard other surrounding communi
ties of severe frost a few nights
ago. Potato vines were in some IL
stances laid low and tomato plants
were entirely destroyed. This is un
usual for this time of the year ant
means also that much corn, beans ant
peas will have to be replanted.
Orders have been received at tn
Boise federal building from Presiden
! Wilson to close all the offices in tn,
buildings Saturday afternoons from
J June Is to September Is, and the OF
der is in effect. 1t will mean that al
: the federal employees will be given
half holiday once a week
Brigham Matthews of Woodville set
Element, about eight miles south O
Idaho Falls, committed suicide Jun.
10. He went to the orchard and sa
down under tree, and placing thu
muzzle of shot gun to his heat
pushed the trigger with a stick. tn
charge blowing the top of his heat
? off.
The Big Lost River irrigation pro
lect is at last on the high road to sue
cess after it's many tributions. Ever,
indication now points to the upbuild
Ing of the finest irrigation system il
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