Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-03-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS


nreyailIng epidemic OF measles.
Canon county will have fair this
fall as usual y the Caldwell CONNER
cial club can cary into execution
plans formed at recent na=ung
AS result OF blowout on the front
tire OF machine which he was driy'
ing, L. r. Miller. owner OF a Filler
garage. was thrown out Of the car, and
the body Of the auto demolished.
The trial jury at Mountain Home
brought in a verdict of involuntary
manslaughter against Ernest Conelt
charged with shooting Andrew Coma
lantes at Glenns Ferry. last week.
When his horse stumbled ]. l.. Eos
ter of Nampa was thrown off and in
using his hands to check his fall one
of the fingers of the left hand was dis
located and showed through the flesh
and cuticle.
The Oregon Short Line railroad has
completed the laying of the heavy
steel rails on the Payette valley
branch, between Payette and Emmett
having closed the gap between Fruit
land and New Plymouth last week.
Geraldo Smith, who lives eight miles
southwest of Caldwell is suffering
from spotted fever. Mr.. Smith had
been doing some assessment work in
the King Hill district recently and
there became the victim OF tick-bite,
Preparations are already being
made at Nampa for the entertainment
CT the State Sunday school convention
in May. A committee Of twelve which
will have a complete supervision OF
all local plans has just been com
pleted
President Miles F. Reed Of the Ida
no Technical Institute has received
letters from the state board Of educa
ton and DR.. Sisson, state commits
sioner of education, asking him to out
line the courses OF study under the
new charter fer the next year.
Because of the governors veto of
the fish and game bill, E. F. Walton,
president of the Idaho State Sports
mems association. advises sportsmen
to forego the pleasures CT hunting and
fishing for year or two, thereby per.
hitting fish and game TO multiply.
The fact that the general appropria-
ton bill, carrying $6l0,275.50. was not
itemized in detail as finally passed by
the recent legislature, may result in
the governor calling q special session
of the legislature, but it is generally
believed this action is hardly probable.
The regular quarterly conference of
the Bear Lake stake OF Zicn VIII be
held at Paris, March 20 and q. y
special train has been provided fer be-
tween Montpelier and Paris to accom-
MEDIATE those attending the center
ence from the east side of the valley.
Oregon Short Line workmen have
begun making some needed improve
ments at the station at Middleton. II
is understood the. companys plan Is
70 move the depot farther from the
track, enlarge the freight room and
lower all platforms TO the level OF
the rails.
In the state land Office there Is a
feeling that business conditions are
1t is apparent that more
people are taking up land than for
some time. Register Jenness says
more interest is taken in state lands
than has been evidenced within the
past three years.
If plans formulated at the meeting
Of the Canyon County Farm bureau
last week are carried into execution
several of the state conventions 4
which the ranchers of Idaho are inter.
ested will be held in Caldwell mex;
January in conjunction with the an.
lual state Pure Seed show.
The highway through Eagle has
again been ptu into good shape by
he use of drags. Following the re-
cent wet weather the road was In
many places badly cut up but teams
both east and west of town
lave just finished smoothing the high
way into excellent condition.
Acting on recommendation of the
,oroner's jury which acted at the
ime Happy Jack" Larue was killed
W the negro, Blair, the shacks in
IDAHO Falls where the killing oc-
urred, were destroyed by fire last
week. by order of the city council,
which had condemned the buildings.
Harry Jacobs of Pocatello has been
ppointed as delegate to the tenth
nnual convention Of the Navy league
f the United States, which will meet
n san Francisco March 1921 Mr..
acobs will be the personal represen-
alive of the governor on that occa-
ion
A clean bill Of health for the
ilaokfoot asylum and its superin-
sndent, DR.. George Z. Hyde, is said
D have been brought back by Clar-
nee Van Deusen, the local account.
Mt who was sent TO investigate re-
orts that the institution had de-
cheney of $4,000
Joy B. MoClelland and Z. Benton
illed mad coyote near the formers
ONE, two miles west of Kuna.