The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS


wife and two small children.
After an investigation of three
weeks the Oregon Short Line has de.
cided that it win not electrify the VIII
der branch running south from Cald
well.
Clyde Drake. the 13-year-old son OF
DR.. o. NJ. Drake OF New Plymouth
died in Salt Lake from wounds from
the accidental discharge of a 32 auto
matte pistol.
Brooding over the probable fate oil
relatives in the war zone in Europe
Henry Stems, rancher of the Nez
Perez section, ended his life, hanging
himself to rafter in his barn.
An investigation Of the tragedy al
the county jail at Pocatello, which re
suited in the death OF Deputy Sherin
Jene Taylor. indicates that a whole
sale jail delivery had been planned
A grand jury has been ordered t.
convene in Boise on January to probe
into the looting of the treasury of this
state on the suspicion that others be
sides A. v. Allen, former treasurer
are involved.
A triangle joining Boise, Winnemuc
ca and Ogden as part of the West
ern Pacific railroad is the proposed
plan for the development Of rict
southern Idaho territory to furnish
tonnage for the road.
Walter E. Burrell, convicted Of
h1ta oil af 10
from the penitentiary, the prison
physician believing he has not more
than three months to live, being at
ficted with incurable diabetes.
Sheriff Jeffries Of Power county last
week captured two young men and
ten suitcases of different kinds of in
toxicating liquors. He also arrested
man on the train who had l1S pint
bottles of whisky in his possession.
The new Short Line emergency hos
pital, being erected on the grounds OF
the company at Pocatello, is nearing
completion and will soon be ready for
occupation. The building is of brick
and stone and modern in every re-
spect.
The recent seed show and conven.
ton at Twin Falls was the most sue
cessful ever held in the state and the
exhibits, according to DIR. Harris OF
Logan, Utah, who was one Of the
judges, were the best he had ever
judged.
One day of army life was apparently
too much for George STREET of Boise
who enlisted in the United States
army November 8, 1914, and deserted
the same day at Vancouver barracks
according to information received al
Boise.
Preliminary steps are being taken
for the formation of a 500, 900 ,0OO
power merger in southern Idaho, it is
said, in which the Electric Bond &
Share company of New York, which
owns the Utah Power & Light com.
pany, will be the dominant factor.
John Chamebaris, a Greek, is deao
and Mrs. Belle Yami, white woman
married to a Japanese, is serious9I
wounded and in the hospital as the re
suit of tragedy in rooming house
at Pocatello. The woman claims that
the Greek shot her and then himself
Governor-elect Moses Alexander has
announced the appointment of C. O.
Broxon, managing editor of the Boise
Capital News, as his secretary whil<
he is governor of this state, the ap
pointee to take office when the new
governor is inaugurated, January 4
1915.
The secretary of the Idaho Poultry
& Pet Stock association announced
Saturday that there are twenty sill
yer premium cups which have already
been purchased for prizes in the dog
department of the coming show to be
held during the week of January 4 to
inclusive, in Boise.
Settlers on thirty-five thousand
acres of land in the Pioneer irrigation
district may benefit to the extent Of
nearly S. per acre as a result of the
reduced estimate of the cost of the
construction work on the Arrow Rocl
reservoir and the drainage canals
now building in the district.
More than eighteen thousand dol
lars viii be turned back to the state
at the end Of the year by the public
utilities commission, according to the
report of the expenses of the com
mission up to December l, 1914. and
the estimate of the needs Of the body
from that time until the end Of the
year.
A Van Wyck correspondent says
there is about eight inches OF snow
IN the ground: farmers are feeding
their stock. Hay is selling at S4.5O
n the stack; oats 80 cents at the bin
wheat $1-25; eggs, 4Oc; creamery but
ter, 4Oc.
All of the convicts who have been
working on the lands owned by the
state In the HOmedale district have
been returned to the penitentiary for
the winter months.
H. w. D.orman, president Of the
Caldwell Cattle company. predicts
Treat improvement in the financial
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