Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

James Spafford of Boise, United
States surveyor, has been assigned
to make survey of the meander line
of Snake river in Twin Falls county
Injuries sustained when he was kick.
ed by horse ten days previous re-
suited in the death of Reuben B. Will
Iiams, II years of age, a resident OF
Malad
Two little children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Nettleton, who live near Thur
man, were bitten by a rabid coyote
while they were playing near the
house.
With hundred delegates present
and six of the nine lodges in south ern
idaho district No. represented, the
Knights of Pythias held a successful
annual convention in Boise last week,
The laying of the cornerstone of the
federal building at Idaho Falls wa
made quite an event all business
houses and schools closing from IT,
T. Senator Brady delivered the ora.
ton.
Jack Downey won the verdict over
Cyclone" Workman at the end of I
ten-round bout at Preston. Down y
and Workman will be matched again
in the near future for twenty-rounu
contest
Caldwell, through its Commercial
club, has taken the initiative in a
move to get the cities and towns OF
that region to unite in arranging with
Black canyon irrigation district for
municipal lighting plants.
The following Idaho postmasters
have been appointed; Ernest S. Ads
ley, Pollock; Mrs Celia f. Wise, Ace
quia; Thomas G. Denton, Hawkins;
Mrs. Kate e. Mulliken, Grassy Hill,
Owyhee county, new office.
Carlyle Hail. president of the Po-
catello Commercial club has resign
ed from that organization and will
will assume the district managershiI
for the Jensen Creamery company.
The average precipitation for the
past month was somewhat create
han in March, 1914, but was notice
ably below normal according to thf
monthly report issued by the secti n
director of the United States weather
bureau.
State Engineer Smith will recon
mend the denial at this time of appli
cations for certificates of completio,
of works filed by the Twin Falls Sal
mon river and Twin False akley pro
jeets when he makes his report to the
and board.
Eliza Edwards of Payette won first
place in the oratorical division of the
Idaho state declamatory contest he'd
Nampa. Pearl Davis of Burley wa
Grst in the dramatic division; and Ma
RE Cottrel of Boise won in the hui
morous section.
If the Black canyon irrigation dis
trict located in southwestern Idaho
comprising 10000 acres Of rich land,
can dispose Of 1900 horsepower cleo,
trio energy to cities and towns in that
section of the state, the project can
and will be financed.
Gored by an angry bull in CORA
at his home two miles south of Fruit
land, ]. M. Royston. widely known as
q leading swine grower of the state
Succumbed to the injuries received
ever before he could be rescued from
the Infatuated animal
Residents of Nampa are suffering
from an epidemic which seems to be
q combination of tonsilitis and the
grippe. The epidemic is taking an
alarming toll of patients. Included in
the list is at least one physician and
a member of the hospital force
Unless prompt preventative meas
ures are taken the potato industry of
Idaho will meet the same fate as was
by that of Greeley, Colo.
in the opinion of the Oregon Shorl
Line. Production in Greeley was al.
most stopped by potato diseases.
The First National bank and the
First Savings bank, two organizations
at Pocatello, of which D. w Standrod
has been the head for many years,
have been merged with the Farmers
z Traders bank and will hereafter be
conducted as the First National bank
Fred Lindauer, farmer living some
hree miles southwest of Rupert, was
Irving along the public highway in
he direction of town when bullet |
struck him in the shoulder No one
carrying gun was anywhere in
sight and no report was heard. The |
is shrouded in mystery.
That Idaho wool men will receive
OPP notch prices for wool from this |
ears clip is evident, for clips sod |
10 far in many instances brought 30 |
ents, and the prediction is made that |
% cents will be paid in a short time |
Many wool men are holding their clips
or the latter price.
Representative Smith has presented |
through John HALEY, state historian,
o the Idaho Historical society a mar.
lie Dla0ue of the late Senator ShOup