The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-11-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

In the Indian valley. Out of 30,l9-
hogs vaccinated this season there
were but 335 deaths.
Accordingto this years census there
are 767 persons between the ages Of
and "a years In Montpelier lndepen
dent school district.
The Boise Trades council and the
Ministerial association have united in
q campaign for pledges for the AS
ISOLATED Charities.
Judge Guheen of the Fifth district
is perhaps the busiest judge in the
whole country, as he has to cover five
counties in his circuit.
Two inches of snow has fallen at
Pocatello and the dry farmers are hap
py over the prospects of sufficient
moisture for their crops.
A carload of donations for the chill
dren's home in Boise was gathered
last week from towns along the Twin
Falls branch of the Oregon Short
Line.
Unless something is done to relieve
the car shortage in southeastern Ida
no, there will be a shortage of coal
this winter in Blackfoot, it is pre-
dicted.
]. K. White, pure food inspector,
states that many dealers are selling
toes in this state in violation Of the
state laws.
The Jacobs Murphy department store
at McCammon was burglarized and
goods valued at between $50 and 500
were taken, consisting chiefly Of mems
suits and trousers.
Uncle Sans representatives were
disappointed when they failed to re-
ceive a single bid for the leasing of
the Arrowrock line, seventeen miles
long and standard gauge.
Fish are smothering to death in the
Blackfoot river. This is the state
ment made last week by State Chem
ist Jackson An effort will be made
to discover the source of the pollu-
ton.
A Salt Lake seed firm has pur-
chased a warehouse site on the rail-
road right-of-way at Filler and will
elect large warehouse to facilitate
the handling of the company's bust
ness in that vicinity.
]. P. Anderson, charged with an at
tack on 13-year-old Ella May VIM,
at Pocatello, was bound over to the
district court His bond was reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000, in default of
- da1 70 ioi1
The maximum levy which school
district may make against property in
the district is five mills. This was
held by the supreme court last week
in its decision on an appeal from the
district court for Minidoka county.
Unique among the grounds on
which husband seeks divorce is the
allegation contained in a complaint
filed at Caldwell, in which the man
who seeks his freedom declares that
his wife Is an habitual smoker OF CT
gars.
The Bannock County Junior High
School league was formed at Grace
last week, for the purpose of stinlulat-
ing and giving incentive for higher
standard of scholarship among pupils
of high school districts in rural COM
munities.
William Thompson of Lewiston, Ida
no, and Frank Robertson of Portland,
Ore, were named receivers of the
Lewiston Land & Water company by
the federal court at Occur d'Aene-
The receivers were named in a friend
ly suit.
The first payment by the beet sugar
company was made at BlockfooF last
week. and amounted to more than
$500, 900. The next and final payment
will take place in December, and the
total amount will run past the million
mark The labor pay roll will run to
$3.50, 900.
Two more rural free delivery routes
are to be established in Idaho on
February l, which will afford mail ia
cilities three times a week to their
respective patrons. One route will
start from McCammon, and be ~
miles long; the other from TetoH1a,
rs miles long.
On November Is the Royal Neigh
bors OF Pocatello and surrounding
met at Pocatello for purposes
Of instruction, when Mrs. Ida HamD-
lin, supervisor Of the school OF In
struction Of the Royal Neighbors OF
America, illustrated number of mat
tiers to the gathered delegates.
Margaret B. Cornell, a practicins
attorney, has fled suit at Salt Lake
against the Oregon Short Line rail
road and the Pullman company to re-
cover $4,000 damages for personal in
juries. She AYERS that she slipped
from a Pullman sleeper step at Po-
catello and suffered fracture OF the
left ankle.
C. F. Liebhart, living west OF Twin
Falls, realized $2,396-80 from his
white clover seed crop from thirteen
and one-half acres Fac decided to
CLEAN the field and In doing SO gath
sred up an additional eight and one
half bushels OF seed, which he sold at
$50 bushel, or total of $256 from
he gleani9gs.