Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-09
.DAHO STATE NEWS

re standing army of the United
tates for five years.
The insurance adjuster has allow
d insurance ON the burned Pocatel
o high school building to the amount
s41,250, or the full amount of the
Jolcy.
Boise has been prospecting accord
ing to the postal records for the past
year. Both postal receipts and stamp
sales were larger during 1914 than
during the previous year.
Joe Sabich, who was accused of as
saulting Nick Millieh with knife at
Boise, has been dismissed from Gus
| tody. Millich was stabbed in the back
with knife on December IS.
The bonded indebtedness OF the
state at this time is $2,390,250, most
of which is in per cent bonds. There
are a few issues of per cent bonds,
two of Az per cent and one of per
cent
Idaho boasts the only woman bank
president in the northwest and one Of
the few in the entire United States or
in the world. She is Miss Ina N. An,
thes, president of the Citizens Bank
of Pocatello.
Judge Edward A, Walters, senior
district judge of the Fourth judicial
district for the past eight years, an.
nounces that upon retiring from the
bench he will resume the practice of
law at Twin Falls
Murlin, four-year-old son of Don c.
Stalllngs, met with frightful death
at Lewisville by fire. 1t Is supposed
ais clothes caught fire at the kitchen
stove, but it is a mystery as the child
was alone at the time.
The Wood river section of Blaine
county has mined and shipped $50,
100000 in round figures of silver
cad product to the smelters during
IN active period of production cover
ing about 10 years.
Some of the depositors of the Idaho
State bank at HALEY will be partially
recompensed for their losses by the
American Surety company of New
York, which bonded William G. Cruise,
former bank examiner.
There are about thirty thousand
acres of what is considered CONNER
cial bearing apple trees in the state
A part of this acreage is under seven |
years of age, and cannot be expected |
to be heavy producers.
H. J. Mccain, aged s. years, living
on ranch near the Lone Star school, |
dropped dead from heart failure while |
assisting his son tess hay on a rack.
Mr.. Mccain was in good health I'D
TO the time of his death.
1t is the intention of Game Wardei.
Gowen to ask the legislature for the
repeal of the present regu atoms re-
garding the game of the state and to
propose an entirely new law. He is
such bill at this time.
Nine years ago New York 1886
Frank Steuenberg, then governor OF
Idaho, was killed by the explosion
of bomb planted near the gate of
his home by Harry Orchard self-con-
fessed slayer of men by occupation.
A special grand jury was impaneled
in the district court at Boise to in
vestigate the state treasury steal and
other state departments to determine
or not there Is sufficient
evidence on which to return indict-
ments.
The total production of apples for
the state this year aggregates, in all,
twenty-four hundred cars. Twelve
hundred cars were commercial packs,
about six hundred cars being sold for
domestic consumption within the
state, and about the same amount for
oy-products
Representative Addison T. Smith
has introduced q bill authorizing the
of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for making
suitable addition to the federal build.
ng at Boise, and appropriating fifty
thousand cash to begin the work OF
Thomas Leonard, blacksmith of
Pocatello, is in the county Jail charg-
I'd with beating his wife. The hear
ng was to have taken place several
lays ago, but the condition oil Mrs.
eonard made 1t imperative that the
fearing be postponed until sha was
lble to appear as a witness.
Sometime entirely new in the way
# community deye opment will be
proposed a. this session Of the legis
AZURE when Power county asks for
! law permitting the creation of an
railroad district says the
Boise Statesman. Senator Houtz of
hat county will prupos such law.
OF the funds AT the disposal of the
tates schools for the past biennlum.
here remained at the end of the year
lightly more than $4,000. Part of a
his amount will revert to the state {
reasury and the remainder will re- I
main In the pndoument fund. nc r,bioh