The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-08
INLAND NORTHWEST

Senator Francis G. Newlands Of Ne T
vada declares that the United States
is entering upon a period Of prosperf /.
ty greater than it has ever known" .
The State Dairyman's association
and Swine Growers association viii
meet in Gooding. Idaho. for a three
days session beginning Wednesday.
January the 7th
Rigby, idaho, is going to make
present TO jefferson county OF
brand new courthouse. and the build
ing is already under way and will ba
completed in a short time.
During February. twelve exa'aina-
position of postmaster at all fourth
blass postofices. at which the annual
compensation is $3.50 or more.
Potato growers of the Idaho Falls.
Idaho, district have introduced an In.
novation in the way of installing gas
lighting and heating plants in their
potato cellars and storage pits.
Last Christmas was the fourth
white Christmas In the Walla Walla
valley, Washington, in 20 years. and
the five inches of snow that covers
the ground is the deepest on record
The Northwestern railroad has
just finished purchasing a right-of-way
from Lander, its present western ter
minus. To Idaho Falls. Idaho, $50
miles. and construction work is said
to be scheduled To begin before July /
Harry +, Hilton, one time a prison.
er in the Utah state prison now un-
der sentence of death for the killing
OF Thomas Chase In Denver, is said
to be writing book telling OF the In.
fuences that resulted In his life Of
crime.
One man was killed and another
probably fatally injured when strik-
ers attacked guards Of an Atchison,
Topeka a. Santa Fe railroad bridge,
connecting the mines at Radiant and
Rockville, in the strike district near
Trinidad. Colo.
Assemblyman J. ]. Schoer, who has
the distinction of being one OF the
few To recover from broken back,
bone, departed last Saturday for Salt
Lake City To have a final X-ray ex-
animation OF his injuries, says the
Wells Herald.
Albert pahlstrom. preacher. who
says he has spoken Ia most II the
Swedish churches OF the United
States. and who says he Is the found
er OF n club called "Heliga." with TO-
900 follwers, is In jail at Tacoma
Washington. on white slavery
charge.
The highest mountain in Wyoming
Ii Gannett peak, whose elevation, &C.
cording To a chart published by the
United States geological survey, iA
1875 feet above sea level The Grand
Teton is a close second at 1871 feet,
and Fremont peak IL only seventeen
feet lower
The American National bank Of
Caldwell. idaho. closed its doors last
week and is now in the hands of
the state bank examiners. The failure
OF the institution is blamed To for,
mer cashier. s., d. Simpson, who re-
signed from the institution about two
months ago and left town
It is predicted that during 1914
Utah and Idaho farmers will raise
from 80 to 10 per cent more hogs
than last year The increased inter
est In hog raising Is caused by tho
fact that farmers are learning that
they get more money for their grain
II they feed IL TO hogs than II they
sell Il outright
Attorney General Peterson acting
on the report made by state Sanitary
Inspector Wallis, viii probably take
some action against the Oregon Short
Line railroad company so far as the
passenger depot at pocatello. Idaho.
ls concerned he having decided that
F the present building is more Of d nuL
sanee than a benefit
Idaho is not the only s1te In the
west that Is trying to save Its assay
office in the interest Of the mining
Industry. Montana is aroused and is
putting forth efforts through her sen
ators and representatives. 10 ward on
that sentence OF death that seems
about TO be pronounced on all western
assay Offices by the authorities al
Washington
In the same cell on Christmas day
with $. " Moore the man he sen.
fenced to jail for six months for being
drunk and beating his wife. George
Bingham Justice Of the peace at Oak
Grove Eve miles north ~ Oregon
city. ore facing a charge identi
cal with the one for which MoorA
Is completing the nth month ~ sia
months sentence
family dinner ~ siytynye With
not one outsider. vas enjoyed IN Ncr
idiaH, Ida on Christmas Whon J VI.
Anderson. mayor Of the city. and his
wife and relatives, assembled I'm the
odd Fellows hall at noon for n. FIRST
complete family reunion tn many
years. The dinner Naa cooked by the
members Of TIE several families and
brought to the bail
Nevada sheep have iargsod the CAT
rage market 10 an extent aard's real
fred ly those not "a touch af-h the
livestock situation Ni4.ts thousand
spring lambs were purchased sn5
shipped by one firm between August l
and October - and az these sN. "re
went 60 The Chicago market