The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-03-05
In THE GEM STATE

Mrs. Hattie A0ueIHdHu Vi WIN
Falls has received notice from her
lawyers in Chicago that she has in
herited 100000
Governor John NJ. Haines has an
nounced his intention to seek renom-
ination and reelection on the Republi-
can ticket as chief executive OF the
state of Idaho
The custer suit which was brought
against Sheriff Lowry at Pocatello
some time ago for alleged irregular
conditions around the county jail, was
dismissed last week by the county at
torney.
The public utilities commission has
issued an order to permit the Wash
ington Water Power company to file
a supplemental schedule of rates for
electric lighting in the Occur d'Alene
mining district.
The application for full and COM
plete pardon for B. F. ONeil, the con-
victed Wallace bank president now
serving a term in the Idaho state
penitentiary, will not be given
hearing for some time.
DR.. Woods Hutchinson, noted
physician, is quoted as saying that
Harry Orchard, confessed murderer
of Ex-Governor Steunenberg, is insane,
and it would not be safe to permit
him to mingle with the world.
Alfred Hogensen, cashier in the
Boise office of the American Express
company, met with painful and per-
haps serious accident, when he was
thrown from his bicycle with such
violence as TO cause conclusion of the
brain.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has dismissed the complaint of
Miller Bros. of st. Anthony, against
the oregon Short Line in which it was
alleged that the rate on wheat from
Ashton, to Springfield, Mo-, was excess
sive.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has issued an order making a
rate on coal from Wyoming and Utah
mines to the Occur d'Alenes of $3.5 a
ton, the same rate now applying to
coal shipments from those mines to
Boise.
The annual banquet of the Canyon
County Bar association was held in
Caldwell last week. The attendance
was the largest in the history of the
organization, twenty-six of the forty
members of the Canyon county bar
being present.
With a plurality of 81 votes and
clear majority over all candidates of
80, P. NJ. Davis was the successful
candidate at the election held among
the local Democrats to determine the
popular choice for the position of
postmaster at Boise.
The will of the late James A. PIN
ney of Boise makes provision for the
distribution of the estate, estimated
at 1880 including $4,000 life insur
ance, to the widow, Mrs Mary Roger
Pinney, who is named executor, and
their three daughters.
The operation of the Idaho North
ern branch of the Oregon Short Line
has been attended with much trouble
for the past two months. No train
ly, the present terminal near Rose
berry, since January II.
The supreme court has granted Dan
lei R. Jones, convicted in Bingham
county and sentenced to serve an in
1eterminate term in the penitentiary
for embezlement Of $1,000 of the funds
Of the Blackfoot state bank, of which
lie was cashier, a new trial.
Last week forty-five new citizens
arrived in Homedale. Eight families
consisting in all of forty-five indivi-
duals, occupying one passenger coach
and accompanied by three cars Of
household goods, arrived to make
their home In the Gem district
Fans of Pocatello and surrounding
towns have started an agitation in ia
vor of four-town baseball circuit.
The towns included will be Pocatello.
Idaho Falls. American Falls and
Blackfoot This may be extended to
include Downey, Bancroft and Rex
burg.
The Great Shoshone & Twin Falls
Water Power company in its war on
the Idaho Power & Light company.
| formerly the Beaver River Power
company, is now seeking. It is
charged, to keep the latter company
and its successor out of Twin Falls
county altogether.
AS result of the decision of the
public utilities commission, which was
that the Beaver River Electric COM
pany had no cause to invade Poca-
tello. Twin Falls and other cities
where good service was already being
rendered. the work of that company
in Pocatello has stopped.
A cheese factory will be located at
Meridian by the Boise Cooperative
Creamery company, in which nearly
every dairyman and raneher In that
section Is interested The enterprise
calls for the expenditure of about ST.
500 for building and for about ST.
900 for the equipment of the plant.
At the national corn exposition at
Dallas. Texas, Canyon county
| grower. T. NJ Nelson, was awarded
the $500 trophy for the best single
ear of corn and the $1,000 trophy for
the best ten ears. The prize winning