The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-19
In THE GEM STATE

killed a mad coyote near the FORMER
home. two miles west OF Kuna.
e. A. Tillman was instantly kiiieu
and Elmer Ingle injured in an automo'
bile accident short distance IRON
Jerome. Ingle will recover.
Mrs. Lena Nelson, a bride OF ten
days, ended her life with poison al
Shoshone. Dependency Is believed
to have prompted the suicide.
The Idaho Building & Loan asso
citation of Boise has passed through
its fiscal year of 1914-15 without break
ing its record of rs years without
foreclosure.
Within half hours time the pupils
of LongfelIow school at Boise, had dis
covered a fire in their school building,
helped to put it out and were back in
their seats, quietly studying
One of the deepest private wells in
the state has just been completed on
the ranch of Antoine Britt, six miles
north of Middleton. The well is 302
feet deep and it required 81 days to
complete the work.
SO great was the interest in the
Commercial clubs election held at
Boise that after working until IL
o'clock at night the tellers found they
would have to return the next morn
ing and finish counting.
Building operations on the big depot
at Pocatello are beng rushed right
along and the asbestos roof was fin
ished last week. After this the
weather cannot interfere with the
progress of the building.
Judge Guheen has made the ruling
that Soda Springs village has no right
to buy the water and power plant
from James Horsfey without first sub
uniting the matter to vote of the
qualified electors of the village.
The county attorney of Fremont
county, assisted by a local deputy
sheriff of Dubois, the latter having
the inside information, made clean
up" of Dubois recently, shutting up
sc 'eral joints where liquor is known
to have been sold.
Work has begun on an up-to-date
theatre at Pocatello. The building
will be two-story brick structure, es-
pecially adapted for theater con-
venience with seating capacity Of
over 800. The contract calls for COM
pletion within sixty days.
Harry Jacobs of Pocatello has been
appointed as delegate to the tenth
annual convention Of the Navy league
of the United States, which will meet
in San Francisco March 1927. Mr..
Jacobs will be the personal represen-
tative of the governor on that occa-
sion.
A clean bill of health for the
Blackfoot asylum and its superin-
tendent, DR.. George E. Hyde. is said
to have been brought back by Clar-
ence Van Deusen, the local account
ant who was sent to investigate re-
ports that the institution had a de-
ficiency of $4,000.
1t has cost Boise and Ada county
as much to care for the poor of the
county for the past three months as
1t did last year for the entire year.
There are at present on the list 116
families with 1924 children, all of whom
have received aid from time to time
during the past three months.
Tho Three-B baseball league, which
was so successful last year will be
reorganized, and the clubs will be Sc
lected from the following towns, all
OF which wish to be represented: Po-
catello, Twin Falls, Buhl, Idaho Falls
Blackfcot, American Falls, Rupert,
Burnley, Bancroft and Ashton.
The mammoth celebration at Poca-
tello for the change of name and
character of the state academy TO
Idaho technical school, with two years
OF college work, was postponed one
week, on account of the continuance
OF the state legislature. The legisla-
tors are to be the honor guests.
In its suit against six Nampa resi-
dents for s442.14 and interest ON an
agreement to raise sugar beets for rho
company's factory, the Utah.Idaho
Sugar company was awarded the sum
OF $l7,S4 by the jury in the district
court at Caldwell. The decision is no.
garded as victory for the Nampans
According to the monthly recanitp-
lation report of State Treasurer Ear .
son, Idaho has 1888, 4s4.ss cash hal.
ance at present. During the mast
month the state has been enricbeo
s4,31".31 by interest earned ON state
| fundk.
After fight which has been waaed
Tor ak years the Academy of Idaho
has been officially changed to the Ida
no Technical institute by the state
legislature, and tls governor has Nv
en- his sanction. e"'
At Soda Springs, recently, farmer
hauled nineteen sacks of wheat -
market. receiving therefor $3.50 Tho
local paper commented: This Is tha
nighest price ever paid for wheat in
TINS section Of the country" =
The Pocatello Chronicle will 80.
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