American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-07-09
idaho STATE NEWS

Chief Justice Ailshie will ret,re
from the supreme court bench of the
state on July 20.
The newest infant in the Idaho club
world is the Lemhi Woman's club.
The meetings will be held f~ornightly.
The three state conventions. Dem
ocrats, Republicans and Progressives,
have adopted platforms declaring for
prohibition in the state of Idaho.
That community entertainments for
sunday afternoons pay from a civic
point Of view has been the expert
ence of Twin Falls during the past
few months.
w. c. Smith Of the Tendoy Sheep
company, reports a successful past
year for his company. He has Just
completed shearing and the crop to
tailed about $4,000 pounds.
The distributing of free ice cream
cones to many hundreds of children
on July 4, vas one of the features
OF the splendid celebration which
was held in Twin Falls on that day.
A penitentiary convict who ESCAPED
a few days ago from the road camp
near Glenns Ferry, in custody of the
sheriff Of Lincoln county, was appre.
hended at Owinza for burglarizlng a
residence.
The new Gorby theater at Glenns
Ferry was dedicated recently. The
building is n of the best in the
state of Idaho, and is large enough
for a town many times the size of
Glenns Ferry.
A station house has been construct,
ed on top of Thorn creek peak. IL
miles southeast of Idaho City, with
telephone connection with many
points in the forest reserve and with
Idaho City.
E. w. Doss, aged So years, who
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. A. NJ. Lyons, on a farm four
miles north Of Pocatello, was buried
June 30. DR.. Doss was a retired ply
stefan and died Of senile decay.
Boise assay office will continue in
operation for another year beginning
July l, but Senator Brady's amend
ment has been cut so that total
amount carries $1,000, same as was
appropriated for the present year.
Miss Marie Baumgartner Of Twin
Falls vas painfully burned when gas
oline with which she was cleaning
clothing in the back yard Of her home
exploded. The fire was caused by
friction induced by rubbing the
clothing.
In some mysterious way the organ
at the Methodist church at Nez Perez
caught fire shortly after the Junior
league had finished their meeting
Sunday afternoon and the upper half
was completely burned off before the
fire was discovered.
A baby girl, two months old, was
left at the railroad station at Poca,
tello by someone who came in on a
train from the south. There is no
clew to the father or mother. 1t
seems that there is no question but
that it has been deserted
News has been received Of the
death of Edwin R. Rawley at his
home on Lost River. Mr.. Hawley
was one of the oldest pioneers Of
that part Of Idaho. He and his broth
er came to Idaho SOM time in the
seventies and located on Lost River.
AS the result of a quarrel and
shooting scrape some time ago at Po-
catello when Chasses Fish was shot
through the arm by w. H. Scott, Fish
last week swore to a warrant charg-
ing Scott with assault with intent to
commit murder. Both are prominent
business men Of Pocatello.
Farmers Society of Equity have
been organized during the past two
months at Georgetown, Montpelier,
Geneva, Raymond, St. Charles, Dingle
and Ovid, the latter taking in the
towns of Liberty, Lanark and ShAr-
on. The headquarters for the dis.
trict in the county are located in
montpelier.
The Emmett fruitgrowers have un-
Ter consideration a contract for th4
ale of their crop of peaches 10 ah
organization of buyers from Twin
Falls. These buyers will take the en-
: ire shipabse crop, not previously con-
J sractej for, and will pay cash for the
'ruit on its delivery at the cars in
emmett.
Double misfortune came to Claude
Petrosse, a young rancher, while
working in a bayfield, east of Twin
Falls. A beam of a big hay derrick
, )roke and Rocked him unconscious
! rom his wagon. His team became
I frightened and in c~ircling the hay
. stack ran over PetrOsse, fracturing
lis thigh and dislccating his hip.
Milton Prov shot and killed his
liece. Miss Mary Palmer. and then
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