The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10
IDAHO STATE NEWS.


The exhibit last week BY the dolnes
tic art department Of the Academy OF
Idaho. at Poeatello. was the best and
most artistic ever seen in the city.
John Hammond and ]. Jones Of MAY
were seriously injured when giant
powder which had been thawing in a
stove exploded and wrecked the cabin.
While A. W. Stoker and family were
absent from their home at PocateHo,
a thief entered the house and stole
jewelry, furs and money to the value
of several hundred dollars.
Twin Falls claims the distinction OF
originating and putting into operation
an innovation in the way of a free ".
eeum course for the various eommu
mites Of the Twin Falls tract
In a recent interview, L. o. Leo.
nard, who is promoting the Butte
Boise and San Francisco railroad,
spoke enthusiastically of the prospects
Of securing the necessary funds for
the project.
While walking through dark hall.
way in her home at Nampa, Mrs.
Louis Larson fell down a stairway,
fracturing her left arm near the Shout.
der and sustaining several other palm
Ml injuries.
The excitement created by the dis
Covery of gold near Hagerman has ex-
tended to the Bliss section. All of the
country adjoining Bliss bordering on
Snake river Is being staked out in
mining claims.
Homer Henry, aged 20, proved a
hero when he saved his two young sis
tiers and girl friend from death when
the Henry home at Nampa was de-
stroyed by fire, young Henry being
seriously burned.
Apple growers in Idaho are gener.
ally feeling confident that they will be
able to dispose Of their crop at good
prices, after all the scare they have
had because of the loss Of European
markets through the war.
The Juliaetta opera house was de-
stroyed by lire last week and the
building with its contents is a total
loss. The origin OF the fire is a mys-
terry, however, it Is believed to have
started from a defective fue.
Mrs. AIbina Williams, who it was
claimed was the only woman survivor
of Brigham Young's company, which
came west in 1S47, died at Poeatello
of complication Of troubles. Mrs
Williams was SS years of age.
The residence of Frank Eiding al
Rockland burned to the ground with
its contents. The loss is $1,000, part
ly covered by insurance. The new
waterworks has not been completed
and the business district was threat
ened
At the flrst meeting OF the board Of
directors of the American Falls and
Rockland Valley railroad since the fl
last week, only matters pertaining tt
promotion of the road were dis
cussed.
Business men of Pocatello stats
that the Thanksgiving trade brough
into circulation great many bogus
dollars and half dollars. A number q
these coins, made chiefly of lead and
very poor in detail, have been turned
over to the federal inspector.
The new nixon school building wal
dedicated last week. The building il
S4xSO feet, of pressed red brick anC
sandstone, and was erected at cos
of about $4,000. The building il
modern in every respect and il
equipped with a heating plant and al
electric lighting system.
Leland Bennett, a 15-year-old DO.
Of Twin Falls, suffered the fracture o
two ribs and sligAt perforation o
one lung In q runaway accident whel
his horse dragged the buggy in whicl
he and two other boys were riding
over the guy wire of telephone pole
All the boys we're thrown out
The two and a half-year-old SON O
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. LamoTeaux o
Twin Falls had narrow escape from
death by hanging. While playing in
swing and twisting the rope abou
himself, the child in some manner go
1t tangled about his neck in such
way as to strangle him, being rescue
lust in time.
The supreme court has held that tn
writ OF mandate applied for by Judg
Alfred Bulge of Pocatello to be direci
cd against Secretary Of State Clifford
to compel that official to issue to hir
four-year commission as justice Q
the Supreme court under the appoint
ment by Governor Haines, should b
granted.
BY far the largest bond ever n
quired in Boise was fixed by the pr'
bate court for Mrs. Robert Noble
widow of the late Robert Noble. whe
her husbands viii was admitted I
probate. The bond is one million do
lars.
The new school at Lava HI
Springs was dedicated Thanksgivin
day. Appropriate exercises wei
held, the exercises closing with
swim In the new bath house and
grand ball in the evening
The renort cones from Kamiah tina