The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-09
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| NATION designating rTludy, april %,
as Arbor day.
The University of Idaho defeated
the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles in debate on The
Railway Pooling Question
i George Disault, the Pocatello tail
Tor who received very severe burns
from an explosion of gasoline about
week previous, died March 81. Dis
sault is survived by his wife and four
children
! Investigations have been made a.
Wendell by the Pacific Coast Con
densed Milk company with the inten-
ton of starting a branch factory to
take care Of the milk supply of that
territory.
AS the result of the arrest of Mar
garet Conway, and several witnesses
who are held in jail at Pocatello, Of
ficers believe that the murder of Ed
| j. White at Mackay over two years
! ago will be cleared up.
Walter Smith, youngest son of one
of the oldest families of PocateIlo,
died Sunday evening as result of an
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heart trouble with which he suffered.
Restoratives failed to revive him.
| There is a decided revival of inter-
est among the commercial clubs in
Idaho and desire to cooperate in
advertising at the exposition, is the
| opinion of c. ]. Sinsel and Secretary
| Childs of the Boise Commercial club.
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mucca railroad from Boise to Whine,
mucca, New, will probably be accom-
plished through tho efforts of local
energy and capital at both ends of
the proposed line-San Francisco and
Boise.
Over the protest of Governor Alex
ander the state board of health was
organized at Boise on April /, with
the election of DR.. o. B. Steeley OF
Pocatello as president. The anti-Alex
ander members of the board were in
control
The club women of Twin Falls are
going to install a sanitary drinking
fountain in the city park. The money
will be raised by the Twentieth Cen
fury club, which is planning break
fast to raise part of the funds on
April 90
An unknown man was struck and
instantly killed by the fast mail train
)ne mile from McCammon. He was
walking along the double track and
stepped out of the way of an east
bound freight on to the track in front
of the fast mail
A rich strike has been made seven
teen miles north of Cambridge that
promises to make upper Washington
county known as mining center.
While the strike was made several
months ago it was kept perfectly
quiet for some time.
Governor Alexander has called unon
Attorney General ]. H. Peterson and
the public utilities commission of this
state to investigate the alleged CON
solidation of rival southern Idaho hy
dro-electric power companies into the.
National Securities company.
The Idaho Traction company has
filed with the public utilities commits
sion a new schedule of passenger
rates, Increasing from 21s cents to 3
cents a mile, to become APPLICABLE. if
approved by the commission, to the
nterurban lines in Boise and yicin-
ty.
Sixteen thousand acres of land near
Hansen and Murtaugh have been re-
stored to public entry, according to
ldVlces received from Washington.
Inc land was believed to be within
ne area of the Twin Falls district
Vhen 1t was withdrawn several years
Lgo.
An argument over the muzzling OF
logs, says the Owyhee Avalanche, re.
ulted IN knife fight at DeLamar
which Colin Oxford was painfully
injured. Ben Heazle, the paper names
$ the other combataht. Oxford was
Ut on the face twice and once on the
eek, close to the jugular vein.
The Morning mine in Mullan will
egln operations shortly. The steady
dFance In metals has been such that
ne Federal Mining company has
eached the conclusion to not wait for
ne completion of the installation of
le new machinery but will begin
perauons as quick as practical.
The old brewery at Pocatello. which
as oeen fltted up for cold storage
nd Ice plant, began operations April
and is turning out about ten tons of
g daily The ice will be handled
noiesale and the chief business OF
y company will be cold storage OF
ult' eggs, meat and vegetables.
Inc department of forestry at the :.
hlVerslty OF Idaho is prepared to
'no TO residents of the state num-
u OF tested species of shade and for
y trees now known to do well here
approximately the cost of growing
e same. A maximum of two bpn-
ga trees viii be sent this year
a number of business men of Po-
''eiio are protesting the city ordi-
ard - Al.