Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-30
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Il fractured collar bone.
Eose has twenty-one First Aiders"
who can qualify for nurses in the Red
Cross organization should their sery-
les be needed in Mexico.
Bids have been asked by the Oregon
Short Line for the grading of seventy
tix miles Of right of way in Idaho for
the construction Of the Upper Snake
valley loop.
Judge Ralph P. Quarles, at one time
CHIEF justice of the supreme court o.
Idaho, has been made associate justice
OF the supreme court Of Hawaii by fed.
eral appointment.
The treasury department has is
sued a charter to the Rupert Nation
al Bank of Rupert. which is convert
ed from state institution. 1t has
a capital of s25,0CO.
President Wilson has nominated the
following Idaho postmaster: r. S.
Storey. Burley; James V. Hawkins.
Occur d'Alenes, Z. c.. Davis. Miner:
A. Ediehesen, briggs; l. A. Mecham,
Preston.
The state fish hatcheries at Hay
Spur and Sand Point have been or
dered closed by May /, and the EN-
ployes have been notified that their
services Will not be required afteI
that date.
BENJAMIN F. Dwyer, an old soldier.
stepped in front OF the automobile
driven by Herbert Lemp at Boise, ald
died as the result of the injuries he
received. All accounts agree that the
accident was unavoidable.
The new auto stage service between
Huston on the Caldwell Traction line
and Homedale, the new town and me-
tropolis Of the Gem irrigation district
on the south side of the Snake river,
was inaugurated last week.
Seven choice registered Percheron
stations from to years old were
shipped last week from Meridian to
Cclvil.e, Wash. The stalliocs had
been purchased by United States gov
eminent for the Indian farmers.
The bill to extend the privileges Of
the public land laws to minors upon
reaching the age OF is years. which
has been so earnestly advocated ry
Representative Smith of Idaho has
been favor2biy reported to the house.
Upsetting a teapot OF scalding hot
tea. the 20-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. l. Alvorn of Meridian
vas severely scalded about the face.
neck. chest and arms. The injur-
les while extremely painful. are not
/ uf a serious nature.
At the order OF the land commits
sicner of the Northern Pacific rail
road company. S23.44S has been de
posted for the use of the surveyor
] generals office in its work in sur
reying the lands owned by that com
pany i'll the northern part of the state
Fred Klebe. Great Northern track.
walker az Crossport. four miles east
or boomers Ferry. was killed by a
fau from the caboose of freight
train. lie was riding out from Bon
ners Ferry to his work and was seat
cd on the steps of the caboose when
he lost his balance.
Because in fun he ridiculed a Ger
man sheepherder in his employ. Johr
Hastings, foreman OF Brown & Stew
art S sheep camp at Mayfield.. lies a
the point of death. with two bulle
holes through his abdomen and back
ana Carl Sutterly. the man who sho
Hastings. is a suicide.
Harry Gordon of Boise has beer
granted a pat'St for deyice for au
tomaucally locking box cars on the
inside by means of an attachment
with the coupler. BY the inventor
railroads. ii is expected. will save
thousands of dollars annually in pre-
| venting hoy rnhhariac
Pocatello is to be the headuuarter,
or the Oregon Short Lines depart
ment of motive power. This move j,
regarded as significant Railway of
hciiSs say it is made because Pocatel
10 is more central point than Sal
Lake for conducting the affairs of tn,
motive power department
Sheep in Idaho have decreased au
merically 10 per cent in the last tw,
wears. according to all estimate pre-
pared by the National Wool Ware
house q Storage company The de
crease in Montana has been 80 pc
cent; Wyoming. 20 per cent: Utah
10 per cent; Oregon, 10 per cent.
An indication of the many polls
cal changes which the state of Idah
aas undergone may be found in tn
experience of w. Van Irons of Hagei
man. who. while citizen of ldah
for twenty-three years has during tn
time lived in the same house and We
has paid taxes in five different couI
ties.
A Washington dispatch announce
that Senator Body is strongly in ia
vor of the enactment hv congress of
rural credits bill which viii authoriz
loans direct to farmers at low rate
of interest. and is now devoting cor
n siderable study to the subject. Wit
! n view to framing bill which wi