Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-10-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS|

Prospects are excellent for goot
prices for apples this season, accord
ing to State Horticultural Inspector
Graham.
There are five thousand acres of re
claimable land adjacent to Boise, &C
cording to the United States survey
Or generals office.
l.. E. Ihrig and Andrew Anderson
were arrested In Nampa while in pos
session Of an automobile that had
been stolen in Boise.
The school levy decided on for che
Nampa district this year Is to be 81
on each 500 valuation or property
Last year the levy was 80 cents.
Harry Douglas, a raneher who lives
about three miles from Star, came
near receiving fatal injuries wher
struck by an interurban car in Star.
Probably not less than eight thou
sand people were on hand to witness
the parade which marked the opening
of Nampa's fifth annual Harvest fes
tival.
A modern hospital, under the di
rection and management of the Sis
tiers OF Mercy of the Roman Cathoiit
church, Is to be established In Sho
shone.
Otto Hansen Leflang committed sui
eide at his home In Ketchum. Failing
health Is assigned as the cause. Mr.
Leflang was 80 years of age and
leaves a widow, daughter and two
sons.
Shade Field, who shot and killed
Wayne and Edward Ward at the Lin.
g%enfelter ranch, near Donnelly, came
into Boise last week and voluntarily
surrendered, declaring the shooting
was In self-defense.
The Nampa highway district com
missioners report that they have
agreed on a levy of 40 cents this year,
25 to 60 for reads and Is for bridges.
Last year the road levy was 20 cent
and the bridge levy 10.
McKeeth's Ferry is to be the loca,
ton of the Ada. Owyhee bridge over
Snake river. Commissioners OF both
counties have decided on that point in
preference to Grand View. Both
points have asked for the bridge.
Arrowrock dam, that arrests the
flow of the Boise river just above the
city Of Boise, that gigantic vault door
of a reserve bank in which is to be
stored each year a mighty treasure In
liquid millions, has been completed.
Nampa sends out a challenge to the
state of Idaho to produce a larger
hill OF potatoes than that on exhibit
ton in that city. The hill contained
20 spuds, a number of them of unusual
size, and the total weight is 20 pounds.
All southern Idaho has of late shown
an interest In the national guard, and
he latest indication of it is an appli-
cation received at the adjutant gen.
erals office from the town of Eden,
lincoln county, for a battery Of light
4rtillery.
Purchasing q clothes-basket to serve
as a cradle for his month-old mother
less babe, r. e. Hiatt last week began
he journey from Eagle to Sidney, Ia,
where the infant is to be placed in
he care of It's grandmother. Mrs.
hiatt died a month ago.
Almost before the cement floor OF
the new jail at American Falls had
hardened, five prisoners were placed
behind the bars. Two of these were
horse thieves caught with the goods
VI and three caught in the act of
gambling with the worries.
DR.. e. Z. Laubaugh, state bacteri.
o.ogist, has returned from his eastern
"trip, during which he attended the
convention of the American Public
Health association In Rochester, N.
r., OF which he was elected a mem.
Der of the advisory board.
Joe Clark, Salt Lake boxer, put up
a great battle at Boise against Frank
Batteau, Canadian champion. Bat
teau won In the ninth round of a
scheduled ten-round go, when Clarke's
seconds threw up the sponge, despite
Clarke's protest for them not to.
Voluntary mans,aughter was the
verdict in the case of William Nya.
tiantes, who instantly killed Mike
Alexepous and mortally wounded Pete
Terzis in a cigar store at Pocatello a
month ago. His sentence Is from one
to ten years at the state prison.
Judge Edgar c. Steele at Lewiston
has handed down a decision reversing
the action of the board OF county com
missloners of Nez Perez county in ap-
propriating the sum Of $500 for the
aid of the Northwest Livestock show,
holding that the constitution forbids.
AS showing the growth and up.
building of ar entirely new communi.
ty a new school house at Kimama,
a station on the Short Line where
the dry farmers have been settling
for a year or so. has just been erect,
ed. The building is rs by 40 in di.
mansions.