The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-29
In THE GEM STATE

Idaho State Swine Growers associa-
ton was held In Boise last week.
An increase of almost $4,000 over
the previous year is shown in the re-
port of postal receipts OF the Boise
postoffice, which has just been COM
piled.
Residents of the Springfield district
want the Snake river bridge restored
to usefulness SO that the road to Poca-
tello will be shorter, and are petition
ing the county commissioners to that
effect
While the players of the Star-Em-
NETT baseball teams were engaged 10
game at Emmett, thieves obtained
entrance to the dressing rooms and
rified the pockets of the players, the
loss being over 500.
A. o. Christopher, Canyon county's
assessor, and the lone Republican of
fetal to remain in the court house at
Caldwell since the late election, will
utilize a motorcycle In the course of
his 1915 assessment work.
AS shown by the recent report of
the school CENSUS in Boise, there are
but Afty children under IS years old
among the $500 of school age in the
city who are not in school yet have
not finished the eighth grade.
At price of two million five thou
sand dollars the property of the Idaho
Oregon Light & Power company has
been sold to the Electric Investment
company. a Delaware concern, organ
lied for the purpose of purchasing the
plant
1t was the verdict of the coroner's
jury called together to investigate the
death at Mountain Home of DR.. B. B.
Swan, that the cause was an electric.
shock. In the cement cellar where the
body was found the wires are laid
without insulation.
Suit was fled at Boise by the Boise
| Development company against the city
of Boise, asking twenty thousand act
ual and five thousand punitive dam
| ages because of the action of the city
In damming up the Boise river to
make Julia Davis park
Mr.. and Mrs. e. C. Kinney of Poca-
tello have received word of the we'd
ding on December Is of their daugn-
ter, Frances, at Wailkuku, Hawaii, to
DR.. A. C. Rothrock of that place. Miss
Kinney has been for some time a
nurse in hospital there
| Russell Felsted, a switchman in
the Oregon Short Line yards at Poca-
tello, was run over while switching
| freight cars while at work, both feet
being so badly crushed that amputa-
ton was found necessary. 1t is be-
| lieved he will survive the shock.
Rules which will protect the work.
ers, as well as the general public,
were demanded by members of the
electrical workers in the hearing be.
fore the public utilities commission to
draft rules to govern the overhead
construction of electric transmission
lines.
A request for bids for 100000 rail
road ties by the Western Pacific rail
road from lumbermen in Oregon has
created quite a sensation in railroad
circles, and there is a good deal oil
conjecture as to ultimate destination
and the purpose to which these ties
will be put
The mid-monthly SAFE of livestock
held at Caldwell last week attracted
a large crowd of buyers and sellers
the total sales for the afternoon ap
proximating $4,000. The majority Of
the livestock disposed of was pur
chased by farmers tributary to Cald
well and commanded average prices.
The Twin Falls tract has just closed
one of the most prosperous years il
it's history, and is rapidly forging
ahead in every way Many new farm
homes, barns and silos, and improve
ments of all kinds have been con
structed during the past six months
porous.
State Examiner VanNuys of Idaho
Falls has Joined the list of indicted
state officials. The special gfanC
jury which is probing the state house
scandal, flied true bill against thu
examiner. charging hing with perjur.
in his testimony concerning the exam
ination Of the treasurer's office whel
called before the jury.
Plans are under foot for the organ
ization of an eight-club baseball
league of towns In southern Idaho
The towns in last years league wer
Pocatello, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls an
American Falls. The towns iron
which four other proposed teams will
be drawn will be Twin Falls, Buh
Burnley. Jerome, Ashton, Bancroft an
Montpelier.
DIR. B. B. swan, dentist who wa
one of the well known men of Mour
tain Home, was found dead in tn
basement of his home, death being du
to heart failure.
The oregon Short Line has notifie
the public utilities commission it wi
, comply with Me order of the commi!
sion on it's thre5-ce1t rate order @