The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

near McCammon.
The new trail arranged through the
Boise national forest to Hill City will
afford the means of moving 10000
sheep to the loading point with almost
no shrinkage.
In anticipation of a record breaking
crowd the management of the Lake
Lowell amusement resort decided to
prohibit the sale or use Of fire crack
srs on the grounds on July 4th.
ID. M. Jones, residing three miles
northeast of Star, lost about 1855
worth Of hay by fire last week. The
| hay caught fire from weeds which
Johns was burning in the field.
Lucille Paul, little girl who was
| terribly burned in bonfire at Rex.
burg, about a year ago and who has
been confined to her bed most of that
time, is so much recovered as to De
| out again.
Farmers of Blue Creek, Pocatelle
and Curlew valleys have appointed o
| committee to wait upon Oregon Short
Line officials to try and secure the
construction of branch line through
their territory.
Howard Shipley and Pat WEIGH. two
pld-time prospectors of the Hope coun-
| by, with three claims near the Green
Monarch mine near the mouth of the
| Clarksfork river, were found murder
| ed in their cabin at Green Monarch
last week.
| While engaged in installing an n.y.
draulic ram for the watering of his
orchard and berry tract at Middleton,
]. II. Maybee had the misfortune to
have two fingers painfully crushed
when his hand was caught in the ma
chinery of the pump.
Interest In tennis is being revived
among the lovers Of tennis in Twin
Falls. Much enthusiasm was shown
last year in the tennis tournament
held there, and the Twin Falls Ten
mis- association is planning similar
event for this summer.
Recently the Commercial club OF
Rexburg took up subscription among
the merchants sufficient to employ a
leader for the town band during the
summer. In return the band is Civ
ing two public concerts a week, on
Wednesday evening and Sunday after
noon.
| The o. S. L. is having some diff
Guilty in laying its double track al
Montpelier, and the engineers in
charge OF the work believe that 9
great deal of pile driving will have t.
be done before the track is thoroughly
solid at point about mile east o.
town.
Lightning struck the country home
Of Mrs. M. e. Ogden, near Rockland
and burned 1t to the ground The
house was unoccupied, the Ogdens
having recently moved to Rockland
The lightning also struck IN the barn
yard of John w. Howard, killing a val
liable horse and burning q stack Of
hay
The assessment roll for Nez Perez
county has been completed and shows
the total valuations in the county
exclusive of the railroads, telephone
and telegraph lines, to be $14,S94,255
which is but little over $4,000 NOR,
than the valuations established In the
county last year by the state board o.
equalization.
Old folks day was celebrated al
Rockland, June 20, with about 200 ole
folks of the county between the age
of sixty and eighty-five in attendance
ALI the people of Rockland owning
automobiles sent them to the variou:
places to bring the aged people t
town, where an extensive program hal
been prepared.
Word comes from Idaho Falls, Ok
ford and other surrounding communi
ties of severe frost few night
ago. Potato vines were in some In
stances laid low and tomato plant
were entirely destroyed This is III
usual for this time of the year an,
means also that much corn, beans an,
peas will have TO be replanted.
Orders have been received at tn
Boise federal building from Presiden
Wilson TO close all the offices in tn
buildings Saturday afternoons fror
June Is to September 10. and the Of
der is in effect. 1t will mean that al
the federal employees will be given
half holiday once a week.
Brigham Matthews of Woodville set
Element, about eight miles south 0
, Idaho Falls, committed suicide Jun
10. He went to the orchard and sa
down under a tree, and placing tn,
muzzle of shot gun to his heat
pushed the trigger with a stick, tn
charge blowing the top of his hea'
off.
The Big Lost River irrigation pro
lect is at last on the high road to sue
, cess after its many tributions. Ever
/. indication now points to the upbuild
ing of the finest irrigation system il
he state. with at least 100000 acre
!. of the best farming land and wa