The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

lum which the state is building at that
famous resort few miles from Poca-
tello.
After several years of drought Lew
iston is again wet. several saloons
having been granted licenses. The
new city ordinance governing saloons
is strict and the license is high.
All previous records for firstday
enrolment at Boise summer normal
school were shattered last week, when
the total enrolment reached 172 The
BEST previous record. LA, was made
n 1912
| The Pocatello band has begun a
series of evening concerts. The band
is making an effort to provide funds
to send the organization to the Pan
anna fair in 1915. The city will assist
in this scheme.
| Delegates from the southeastern
part of the state to the convention of
district No. of the Idaho Association
of Optometrists met in Pecatello July
elected president.
/ Brooding over the loss of his posi-
ton with a farm machinery company
at Pocatello and fancied wrongs was
too much for Edward Sicko's mental
ity. He became insane few days ago
and will be sent to the asylum.
The Payette city council has voted
to submit to the people plan to I'm
stall a water filtration system for the
city water. An election will be called
at an early date for the purpose of
voting bonds for this improvement.
Jake Yenter, tailor of Pocatello,
who sustained an injury to one of his
eyes when pop bottle exploded, will
lose the eye, according to the doctors
Tie eyeba1l was so badly lacerated
that it was impossible to save the
sight
William Mahan, brick mason, Is in
the Pocatello hospital as result OF
quarrel with Laborer G. S. Ward
while at work on the east side school
building. Mahan had his skull crush
ed in by a blow form a shovel in the
hands of Ward.
OF the seventeen perfect babies, &C
cording to the Better Babies contests
held throughout the country under
the auspices of the Woman's Home
Companion last summer, Idaho has
the proud honor of owing one, Mas.
ter Charles A. Adams of Boise.
Eddie Duffy of Brooklyn won from
Mysterious" Jimmy Brown of Ogden
in boxing contest at Pocatello, SEIZED
uIed for fifteen rounds. At the END
OF the eleventh round Browns seconds
threw up the sponge on account of 6
broken wrist suffered by Brown.
Chairman Turner of the state high
way commission has issued a call fol-
BIDS for the building of that part of the
highway through Bonneville county
to be known as the Idaho Falls-Yellow
stone highway, the bids to be opened
at the state engineers office at Bois'
on July 81.
Demanding an investigation of tn
charges of failing to enforce the liquo
and the disorderly house law, an
that they had been derelict in thei
duty, Chief of Police Webb Reeves an
Detectives Rousin and Handy hav
notified the city commissioners c
Boise they refuse to give up their o.
fees.
Chief of Police Webb Reeves an
Detectives Handy and Routson wer
ousted by the city commission Q
: Boise, following an executive session
! with Mayor Arthur Hodges, whel
! charges were considered that the pc
!. lice department was openly permittin
the illegal sale of liquor and disorder
ly houses to operate.
:, A mass meeting of farmers and Wa
y ter users, held at Twin Falls, passe
q resolutions to the effect that only sue
= legislative candidates known to be i
sympathy with the interests of tn
- farmers in the matter of the repea
of such legislation relative to the II
:, stallation of rating fumes and ifs
screens at the head of canals woul
receive their support.
Secretary George Stohl of the p
/ catello Commercial club has returne
from a visit to the commercial club
| of Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Shelley an
| other points, and claims that all (
the clubs visited are in favor of
closer union of commercial clubs
the southern part of the state.
Il "A representative of the departmel
/ OF the interior, is in Idaho Falls Il
the purpose of making soil surve
of that section of the state, for go
eminent report on climate, crop co
ditions and other data of an agricu
ture nature, also a typographical ma
for distribution by the department.
Il DR.. Edward o. Sisson, commissio
er of education for the state of Idah
was in Pocatello last week inspector
the work of the state summer norm
| school. He also made careful |
spection of the academy experiment
farm and seemed highly pleased wit
the great number of practical demo
strations progressing there.