Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-06-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Birch Cooper Is suffering from In
juries caused in a runaway team al
Salmon.
Benjamin Hull, the l2-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hull, was dragged tc
death by a horse ne was riding near
Emmett
John w. Minear. a pioneer of Idaho
died suddenly at his home at Soldier
Blaine county, of apopiexy. He was
In his eighty-first year
c. w. Geisler, a prominent business
man of Payette. was the victim of 9
serious accident, being thrown from
a wagon, two wheels passing over his
head.
Austin Westrope, we'll known
Caldwell singer, sustained severe in
ternal injuries last week when hi
missed his footing and fell down the
stairway.
Louis Horsley died at Soda Springs
following critical operation. He was
well known In Idaho, having for many
years worked for the o. S. l.. as q
brakeman.
That Meridian Is to celebrate the
nations natal day in an appropriate
manner was definitely determined al
a meeting of the newly organized
Booster club last week.
The purchase of quite number Of
horses around Meridian in the pas
few days leads to the rumor that the
steeds are destined for use by the Ger
man army If they can be gotten tc
their destination.
DR.. e. o. Sisson, state Commissioners
of education, has left for an extensive
eastern trip in the course of which he
expects to devote considerable time te
finding competent educators for Ida
hos institutions of learning.
Water has been turned into the lat
erals of the Fairview addition to Pc
catello, and the 100 homes now thel,
are well supplied with fine water b
an electrically operated pump DRAWN.
water from 200-foot we'll.
The people of the Pahsimaroi vale,
recently gave an entertainment foj
the purpose of buying wire to connec
their telephone line with Challis, max
ing direct telephone line from Cha
lis to May, as the Ellis line Is alread,
overloaded.
Idaho wool Is about to begin moving
Though some of the 1915 clip ha
been sold there has existed cond
tion approaching deadlock between
the producers and buyers, and il
comparatively few instances have
they gotten together.
The trial Judge has quashed the in
formation against II. r. Plughoff, w
F. Horne, H. d. Curtis and L. A. Duval
who were charged with grand larceny
for the alleged sale of certain Blaine
county bonds and the misappropria
tin of the funds.
The wheat acreage OF Idaho In
creased more than rs per cent this
year and the reports which have been
received have been most flattering. II
Is estimated that the wheat crop OF
Idaho will be several million bushels
greater than In 1914.
The handsome school building al
Rockland collapsed In a terrific wind
storm. All the classes except the pri
mary department had been dismissed
Those in the building were in the
basement, and escaped injury, al
though the teacher tainted.
Madge Bell, high school student
and one of the leaders of the social
set of the school, won the prize of
fered by prominent business man
for the best essay on the etchings
now being shown under the auspices
of the Pocatello Art Study club.
The bodies of DR.. and Mrs. H. R
Jones, with bullet hole through the
head of each, were found in bed al
their home at Dubois. Dr. Jones
clutched so caliber revolver In his
hand and the theory of death by muir
der and suicide is generally accepted
All Pocatello Joined together on
May 80, in the observance OF Memorial
day. The program was In charge OF
the G.. A. r., the Spanish War vet
Grams, the Ladies Relief corps, and
the ministerial association OF the city
and was held at the Auditorium the
alter.
The weekly crop report issued by
the Genealogical service of the
weather bureau shows that while the
unusual amount of moisture has re
suited In slight damage, the loss has
been more than compensated for by
the general good to agriculture and
horticulture.
The operating and traffic depart
ments of the Oregon Short Line are
making preparations to move the
Idaho crops, beginning the middle oil
next month. The agents at the vari
GUS stations on the line have been re
quested to furnish estimates as to the
amount OF the wheat crop.
After being a dead letter on the
statute books for two years, the Idaho
blue sky" law Is to receive the
breath of life from State Bank Elk.
aminer Hit. The examiner is pre-.