The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-16
In THE GEM STATE

IedllOudl dPPlC odJ WAAA ~ ONS~~ -
this year in Idaho. The date is Oct
tober 20.
Hosia Woods was fined $500 and
costs by Judge Walters for bootleg
ging at Twin Falls last week.
Robert Clark pleaded guilty at POI
catello to the charge Of selling whisky
to an Indian, one Ninnup, Bannock,
At meeting called for the purpose
OF organizing a Parent-Teachers' cir
Gle at New Plymouth an enrolment
of forty-one was secured.
Three thousand six hundred and
Twenty-Five automobiles and motor
vehicles have been registered up to
date with the secretary of state.
A half dozen or more new resi-
dences, several large barns and eight
silos are at present in the course OF
construction in the Meridian section,
Several carloads of saddle horses
from north Idaho went through sPor
catello last week on the way to Mon,
tana for shipment to Canadian points,
They will be used as cavalry mounts
The display Of live stock at the
Canyon county fair this year was one
Of the largest and most comprehensive
ever held in the northwest, according
to prominent western livestock men
In attendance.
A Mexican known as Charlie Foster
was arrested at KemmereT, Wyo., at
| the request of the Bannock county au-
| thorities, and returned to Pocatello as
a suspect in the robbery of the
] Johnson feed store.
Portneuf river at Pocatello was
scented with the aroma of wines and
brandies when Deputy Sheriff Lewis.
by order of Judge Bulge, destroyed
Lib pint bottles of intoxicating IL
! quors, which had been confiscated.
| The total area of irrigable land
now under taxation in Idaho, or what
| will be watered when the present
systems are completed, according to
the latest report of the state engi.
neer amounts to a little over three
million acres.
The population of Pocatello is al
most 1880, according to the new city
directory, which was placed in the
hands of the subscribers last week.
Nearly this number of names are in
the book, besides other information
of public interest
A joint teachers institute, compris.
ed of the teachers of Fremont, Bonnie
vile, Jefferson and Madison counties,
with a portion of those from Bing-
ham, Lemhi and Lincoln county, Wy
pming, convened in Idaho Falls Mon.
day for a five days session.
George Foss, one of the oldest res
idents of Idaho Falls died at his home
Tuesday He was 81 years of age and
had resided in this section for thirty
years. He was born in Germany and
came to this country when a boy, hav-
ing lived in Utah over forty years.
State Engineer Frank P. King died
at Boise hospital after an illness
of twenty-four hours. Death was due
to acute Bright's disease. Mr.. King
was native of Chester, Pa, and was
81 years of age at the time of his
death. He is survived by his wife.
In approving the levies for the va.
rious school districts of the county,
the Ada county board of commission.
ers fixed the levy for Meridian dis.
trict No. S3, with property valua.
ton of $1,SO3,710, at mills on the
dollar practically the same as for
: last year.
In comparison to size Boise has as
good natural banking facilities as any
J city in the country. A comparison
of statistical information compiled
from the last Bankers Directory" is.
? sued in July, 1914, shows this scity to
| be remarkably strong in this depart
! ment of finance.
: Two transformers were burned out
and the substation of the Southern
Idaho Water Power company entirely
q destroyed at Ross Fork Tuesday as
a result Of lightning striking the
plant there. The Blackfoot lights
were cut out for some time, but ser
vice has been resumed.
T That no mistake was made in NOV
ing the La Grande, Ore, sugar fac
tory down to Burley is the belief o.
officers of the Amalgamated Sugar
: company, in view of the present sue
| SOS5iul iun On WHICH lie pant Has
been opened. The factory is now op
Grating to full capacity.
Professor E. F. Rinehart, who is al
the head of animal husbandry at the
University of Idaho, judged the live
stock entries at the Lemhi county fair
He said the exhibits of the common
range cattle we're much better thar
those in any other section of tn,
state.
If the affidavit placed before tn,
state board of pardons is correct
Timothy Sullivan, incarcerated in tn,
penitentiary under forty-year sen
: tence for the murder of Lucy Mile
! at Pocatello, November 80, 1909, i
= being unlawfully imprisoned, for h
:. is innocent of the crime.
= In proportion to its area Idaho /
= one of the best watered states in tn