American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-07-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Greek drowned while in swimming
near McCammon.
The new trail arranged through the
Boise national forest to Hill City VIII
afford the means Of moving 6O,OOs
sheep to the loading point with almost
no shrinkage.
Tn anticipation Of a record breaking
crowd the management OF the Lake
Lowell amusement resort decideo 70
prohibit the sale or use OF hre crack
ers on the grounds on July 4th.
d. M. Jones, residing three miller
northeast of Star, lost about szos
worth of hay by fire last week. lns
hay caught fire from weeds which
Johns was burning in the field.
Lucille Paul, a little girl who was
terribly burned in a bonfire at REX
burg, about a year ago and who mas
| been confined to her bed most OF h a
time. is so much recovered as to De
! out again.
of Blue Creek, P~ocatells
and Curlew valleys have appointed 6
committee to wait upon oregon Shor'
Line officials to try and secure the
construction OF a branch line through
their territory.
Howard Shipley and Pat. WEIGH, two
old-time prospectors Of the Hope coun-
ty, with three claims near the Greer
Monarch mine near the mouth or the
Clarksfork river, were found murder
ed In their cabin at Green Monarch
last week.
While engaged in installing an ny
draulic ram for the watering OF his
orchard and berry tract at Middleton,
]. H. Maybee had the misfortune t1
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 Twir
| Falls. Much enthusiasm was shown
last year in the tennis tournament
held there, and the Twin Falls Ten
mis- association is planning a similar
event LOT lnlS SuAuu1eI.
Recently the Commercial club OF
| Rexburg took up a subscription among
the merchants sufficient to employ
leader for the town band during the
summer. In return the band Is Civ
ing two public concerts a week, OF
| Wednesday evening and Sunday after
noon.
The o. S. L. is having some diff
Guilty in laying it's double track a
Montpelier, and the engineers II
charge of the work believe that
great deal Of pile driving will have Il
be done before the track is thorough,
solid at a point about a mile east o
town.
Lightning struck the country hom'
Of Mrs. NJ. E. Ogden, near Rockland
and burned it to the ground. Thu
house was u~noccupied, the Ogden'
having recently moved to Rockland
The lightning also struck in the barn
yard of John w. Howard. killing a val
liable horse and burning a stack o
hay.
The assessment roll for Nez Perc.
county has been completed and show
the total valuations in the county
exclusive OF the railroads, telephonI
and telegraph lines, to be $14,S94,2 55
which is but little over 500, 1000 NOR
than the valuations established in tn,
county last year by the state board O
equalization.
Old folks day was celebrated a
R%ockland. June %, with about 200 oil
folks of the county between the ag
Of sixty and e~ighty-ive in attendance
All the people of Rockland ownin
automobiles sent them to the variou
places to bring the aged people t
Town, where an extensive program ha
been prepared.
Word m from Idaho Falls, o.
ford and other surrounding commun
ties of a severe frost a few night
ago. Potato vines were in some Il
stances laid low and tomato plan
were entirely destroyed. This is u
usual for this time of the year al
means also that much corn, beans an
peas will have to be replanted.
Orders have been received at Il
Boise federal building from Presidel
Wilson to close all the offices in Il
buildings Saturday afternoons fro
June 10 to September Is, and the G
der is in effect. 1t will mean that 8
the federal employees will be given
half holiday once a week.
Brigham Matthews of Woodville Sc
Element, about eight miles south
Idaho Falls, committed suicide Jul
10. He went to the orchard and s;
down under a tree, and placing II
. nuzzle of a shot gun to his hea
, pushed the trigger with a stick, Il
charge blowing the top of his hes
off.
: The Big Lost River irrigation DR.
| lect is at last on the high road to su
cess after its MANY trihutione Evo,