American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-01-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Cal. Bradley died at Blackfoot from
4 gunshot wound caused by a friend.
Brady completely ex%onerated his
friend in a statement just before be
died.
The new Teton branch of the Ore
yon Short Line is one Of the busiest
branches of the system. Every day
here are heavy shipments from that
section.
A justice of the peace at Ucon has
lined two men for watching a man
thinking liquor on the streets without
attempting to stop him. The case has
been appealed.
Those who shipped their prune crop
through the fruit association from En-
nett have been getting returns during
the past few days. They realized about
1880 per ton.
The handsome new ranch home OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Often, residing west of
Nampa, was totally destroyed by fire
last week. The origin of the fire is
unknown. 1t started in the attic.
F. H. Torneton, aged So, n OF
the most prominent and wealthy
farmers of Idaho Falls, was thrown
rom his wagon when the team ran
away and probably fatally injured.
The migratory bird law takes effect
December 10. After that it will be a
violation of the federal statute to kill
migratory birds, regardless OF what
the state law may say on the subject.
Pocatello and hancock county will
come into possession of the hospital
now owned by the Pocatello General
Hospital association on the first of the
year. The deal was closed last week,
by the city council.
In the $4,000 damage suit brought
by Mrs. E. V. Stanford against Henry
Richards of Nampa, as the result of a
horse being frightened by an automo-
bile, the jury returned a verdict in ia
vor of defendants.
The president has nominated James
L. McClear of Occur d'Alene to be
district attorney for Idaho, as rec
commended by NATIONAL Committee
man Elder. This is the first Idaho
nomination made this season.
w. L. Cooper, a rancher living at
New Sweden, a farming district near
Idaho Falls on the west. was bound to
the district court on a larceny charge
preferred by ]. H. and Ralph Fullen-
wider for the theft of nine hogs.
P. l.. McLain, proprietor of the City
Drug Store at Idaho Falls, was ser
iously injured by al explosion OF
chemicals while in his place of bust
ness. 1t was thought at first that his
eyes had been destroyed, though he
may o
By the work Of an i~mprovised bur
lar alarm, Mrs. Thomas Hall, wife Of
a prominent hardware man of Poca
tello, lies in the hospital with but one
hand. The alarm, a loaded shotgun
was set off by Mrs. Hall, and n o.
her hands blown off.
DR.. Edward o. Sisson, commission
er of education for Idaho, was at his
q desk in the state house at Boise las
n week after an absence of almost
month, during which time he visiteI
n several of the leading educational au
q thorities of the nation.
I Charles Ostler, the nan who, II
r 1869. isolated in the heart of Idah'
mountains, imprisoned by walls o
snow, using only such primitive tool
as a jackknife and Ratchet, carvel
the equestrian statute of Georg,
Washington that adorns the capitc
grounds, is dead, after a lingerinI
illness.
Dwight Smith of Tendoy has al
= rived at Salmon with a carload G
pure-bred shorthorn cattle bough
from a noted breeder in Guernse
county, Ohio. They are considere
to be the best yet brought to thi
:. n~eighborhood. Since arriving tw
# the eight months old calves hav
: tocn sold for $3.50 apiece.
"a ckfoot has the distinction
having as one of its residents Jo
-oDez. lrother of Rafael Lopez, VIII
Is ? prison sr in the Apex mine /;
8i- gham. Joe Lopez until recent
las been herding sheep in the Lift
n J est River district. Those who kno
him speak of him as thoroughly no
Crable and dependable.
. Those in charge say the interest
the Idaho state poultry show, to
held in Boise January 26 to 81. is b
D. coming nation wide. and that befol
IL its doors are open to the public thel
will be one of the largest collection
vt of trophies ever offered at any sho
outside of Madison Square garden
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