Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-10-29
IN THE GEM STATE

The 6-year-old son of Mrs. Lottie
Kimball of Pocatello. was severely
injured by falling under the wheels
OF wagon.
Ii is estimated that more than 500
Odd Fellows from all parts OF the
state attended the convention at
Boise last week.
John Strafelder. while running TO
catch train at Pocatello, slipped on
the cement pavement and br.~Se a
leg between the knee and ankle.
The rural school at Baker won
twenty-three out of the fortysix
prizes given for the work of school
! children at the recent Lemhi county
fair
A crew of men from the Lemhi
Power company are running a line
from the Shoup bridge to the Hot
Springs to supply that resort with
electric current.
The sheriff made raid on the sec.
ton house at American Falls and ar.
rested the section boss and three me-
groes for gambling They pleaded
guilty and were fined 5000 each.
The Camas Prairie district is great.
ly enthused over two artesian wells
just drilled on the 1000 acre ranch
of Mr.. Selby, an Ohio oil man. Sew.
eral more wells are TO be put down
soon.
Ii is generally believed that the
prospective purchase of the Gilmore
& Pittsburg railroad by the Oregon
Short Line means that the G. & p.
line will be extended down the Sal
mon river to Lewiston.
The Boise Statesman announced
that an unusual accident occurred at
the Riverton school house, wnen 10.
year-old Eddie Gray was struck by a
batted ball and died instantly. The
ball was batted by the teacher during
a game.
Ptomaine poisoning caused by eat.
ing cooked dried peaches that had
stood in a can exposed to the air for
twenty-four hours is given as the rea-
son OF the death OF Melfor Lancas-
ter, % years of age, a resident Of
Filler.
Frank VI. Mickey, charged with
manslaughter upon the complaint Of
John Pearson, whose son, Allan, was
killed when an automobile driven by
Mickey struck him. at Boise. has been
held to the district court on a charge
OF involuntary manslaughter.
Idaho Falls was selected by the
grand lodge l. o. o. F. OF Idaho as
the place for the 1915 convention,
when that order closed it's conven.
ton at Boise. 1t was decided to d.
vide the state into twenty-five dis,
tricts for the convenience of the or
der
Twenty-one of the thirty-hve gradu-
ate veterinarians of Idaho were in at
tendance at the state meeting held
at Twin Falls. The organization was
effected some three years ago. bu;
has been inactive for some time, i'm,
til revived with the meeting at Twin
Falls.
Idaho ranks high in national forest
receipts, according to a bulletin jus,
received in Boise from the department
OF agriculture. The total receipts for
the past fiscal year were s236.91l.25,
and from these the schools and roads
will benefit to the extent OF almos,
$4,000.
The big ranch and live stock inter,
ests OF Frank II. Cooling have been
incorporated and will be known as
the Gooding Livestock company. Elk,
Governor Gooding will be the manager
and the headquarters of the company
will be in Gooding. The capital stock
is $4,000
For probably the first time in its
history, particularly at this time oil
year, Idaho Falls has a surplus o!
iaborers, scores OF men being out OF EN-.
ployment, and many of them withou,
means great number of them
came from Butte when the mines
/ there closed down.
Seven members of what Is believed
by the Canyon authorities to be a wei
organized gang engaged in the whole
sale larceny of household goods of al
kinds from the homes of settlers o.
the north side project, between Cald
well and Emmett, were arrested a
Caldwell
State Treasurer o. V. Allen re
signed voluntarily on Monday. lie
was temporarily succeeded in that ca
pacity by Axel Il. Ramstedt, presi
dent of the state tax commission. who
was appointed by Governor Haines te
audit the books and accounts in tn,
treasury department.
When Ernest Tadlock, a IA yea
old boy, OF Miner, appropriated mar,
owned by Walter Boyd, Which h,
found, saddled and bridled, and rod,
1t from that place to his home neal
Marion. where he turned it loose. h,
committed an offense for which h,
will answer to the juvenile court.
The school board at Pocatello at tn,
| last Meeting decided to creata n,1h1i.