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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
CASTS DISMISSED
Utilities Commission Dismissed Power
Complaints.

The public utilities commission has
been busy clearing UP number of
old cases that have been pending on
its docket especially with relation to
the former troubles of the big hydro
electric power companies or southern
Idaho. all Of which have been or are
to be merged. Complaints In the fol-
lowing cases were ordered dismissed
following verbal agreement by the In
terested parties: Great Shoshone &
Twin Falls Water Power & Light ocm-
pany; Great Shoshone & Twin Falls
Water Power company versus the
Beaver River Power company and the
Idaho Power z Light company; Great
Shoshone & Twin Falls Water Power
company versus the Idaho Power &
Light company and the Beaver River
Power company. All of these cases
involved invasion of the Great Sho-
shone's field In the southern part Of
the state. This company Ii included
In the merger. together With the other
companies named.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
AVERAGE $50 A HEAD
Best Bunch Of Beef Cattle Ever Fed On
Alfalfa.

J. w. McNutt, one Of the prosperous
Castleford ranchers, sold to Salt Lake
and Denver buyers what Is considered
the best bunch of alfalfa fattened cat
tie ever shipped from this tract. To
the Salt Lake market was sold the
smallest Of the bunch. while to r. ".
johnson OF Denver. the pick Of the cat
tie was sold. Eightyye1ght head was
the number that went to the latter
place and the cattle averaged 1850
pounds apiece and brought an average
OF so head.
One hundred and thirty-nine head
Mas the total number, fifty-one going
to Salt Lake
Mr.. McNutt purchased these cat
tie last tall ct Idaho Falls and fat&en-
led them on hia Oastleaord ranch. The
bunch made Z pretty picture - they
were brought 70 thls city and placed n
the stock yaras ready Tor ehipping
Buhl Herald.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
]. P. MORGAN
SHOT BY ASSASSIN
Two Bullets Take Effect ia
Region Of the Hip
FRANK HOLT, A MAN FROM TEXAS,
ARRESTED AFTER STRUGGLE
Holt COnfesses an Attempt to Blow
Up the Capitol at Washington D.
{. at Same Time.

Glen Cove, n Y.-Frank Holt,
former Cornell university Instructor,
attempted to assassinate j. P. Morgan
at East Isle. Mr.. Morgan's country
home here, Saturday and Saturday
night confessed that he was the man
who set the bomb which exploded in
the United States capitol at Washing
ton Friday night
Mr.. Morgan, the victim Of the bull
lets which Holt fired Saturday, was
said by specialists at his bedside to be
resting we'll. No vital organ, the ply
sicians announced. had been involved
in his injury. The physicians, how
ever, declined to state the exact loca-
ton of Mr.. Morgan's wounds. Junius
Spencer Morgan, eldest son of the fl
nancier, was asked to state the exact
nature of the wound. After confer
ring with the physicians young Mr..
Morgan asserted that the doctors had
decided to add nothing to their previ-
GUS bulletins.
Holt, by his confession and the de-
kkailed description of the bomb he used
in the capitol outrage, stamped him.
self as an expert on the use of explo-
sives, the police assert Immediately
after his confession was obtained, the
squad of secret service operators and
New York City detectives and Bertil-
Ion and finger print experts, were
summoned to Glen Cove
The belief prevailed that Holt had
been connected with other bomb oat-
RACES which have baffled the police,
notably the finding recently of bomb
on the grounds OF Andrew Carnegie's
Fifth avenue residence in New York
City
Thomas Tunney. captain Of the
bomb and anarchist squad of detec-
tives of the New York police depart
ment and William E. Luyster, the
justice of the peace before who Holt
was arraigned late Saturday, obtained
the confession. To do so, they init
mated, they had to employ so-called
third degree methods of police head
quarters.
Holt was overpowered by Morgan
and Henry Fiske. the butler in the
Morgan household. He was Jailed
here where he issued statement say
ing he had intended no harm to Mr.
Morgan, but had come to Glen Cove
to persuade the banker to stop the
shipment abroad OF munitions of war.
He went into the Morgan home. he
said, with pistol in his hand and q
stick Of dynamite In his pocket in
tending to remain there till Mr.. Nor
gan did something"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
CflEBRATfD too we'll
Number of Men Before Police Judge
Smith Tuesday Morning

For short time Tuesday morning
Police Judge Smith was one of the
very busy men in Twin Falls as re-
suit of the celebration. James Hen
nard faced two charges of being
drunk and resisting an officer He
pleaded guilty and was given twenty
two and one-half days on the city
streets. Charles Lacy faced the same
charge, and was given treatment by
the Judge Sam Sharp paid $45 in cash
for his Fourth Of July fun; Tom Cor
raj, who indulged in too much Of the
celebration, received forty days on the
rock pile. J. w. Reaser, who was
found in drunken condition by the
officers, was fined thirty dollars
He paid. Another individual,
who was creating a disturbance
near the city park, was arrested by an
officer and showed fight, at the
same time using very vulgar language
in the presence of women and chill
drea. This man was beaten up for
his pains.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
USING STORED WAFER
Natural Flow Of Snake River Now
Less Than 5000 Second Feet.

The natural flow OF Snake river at
the Minidoka dam is now below 5000
second feet. This is 400 second feet
less than the amount called for on the
Twin Falls project. The MinidOka pro-
1ect is using stored water from Jack
son lake reservoir, Lake Walcott is be-
ing refilled from Jackson lake and
approximately $4,000 acre feet of the
stored water has been drawn out of
the latter, leaving over 100000 acre
feet for the remainder of the season
for this project, which is ample for
four more irrigations.
The low period in the natural flow
of Snake river is twenty days in ad-
vance of previous years When the
river Is dry at Blackfoot, the natural
flow at the Minidoka dam is ordinarily
1000 second, and from present indica-
tiOns, this condition will prevail by
the fifteenth Of the month.
This 1000 second feet of water
which rises in the river below Black
foot Is just sufficient to run the ma
chinery at the dam for pumping water
for the South Side Minidoka project,
so at least that amount will pass by to
the Twin Falls project even though it
Is necessary to use stored water to
run the machinery
While conditions on the Minidoka
project are most favorable at this time,
and practically all who took advantage
of their turn in the rotation system,
have their crops watered, the pumps
supplying water for the South Side are
working at full capacity. Potatoes are
just coming on for the first irrigation
and the beets will soon require water.
However, the hay and grain will soon
be out of the way, and for that rea-
son there is little danger of serious
shortage. Yet, it is the plain duty Of
every farmer on Snake river to make
the best possible use of his irrigation
stream.-Burley Bulletin.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
80 Yards-Girls Under IA.

1st prize, Dorothy Toby; End prize,
Gladys Day; 3rd prize, Lola McCrack-
en-; 4th prize, Nettie Kendall.
owing to the large number Of entries
In the above class, they were divided,
the sack race abandoned and the win
ners in the second section were:
1st prize, Ruth Brennan; End prize,
Nellie Crow; 3rd prize, Gladys Ash
ton: 4th prize, Irma McKinstry.
Tug.of.War-Eight Men to Team.
1st prize. Seth Custer, ct al; End
prize, John Bowers, ct al.
The band always ready to do its
part again came on the program after
the sports and the ball game and de-
lighted the people with two very popu-
lar concerts at four-thirty and seven
in the evening. Most of the visitors
were glad to enjoy the shade of the
park and a quiet time listening to pop
ular and classical music by the best
band in the state.
To pass over the big Bowery dance
without mention would be to do an
in justice to those who had spent much
time in erecting the big dance pavil-
ion in the park. Here during the af-
SOAAASOA AAC uCNOtCcS VI tuC uduCc uaO
splendid time and during the even
ing until the showers put the floor out
of commission.
The run of the fire department with
| the big siren roaring on the chemical
wagon and the smoke pouring from
| the funnel of the steamer and the
| swift pace set gave a very
good idea of the work done by
the local department Favorable com
ment was heard on all sides on the
rapidity with which the water was
ready for playing on the blazing pile
| in the street
Fireworks Better Than Ever
The closing spectacle of the day
| and one that was enjoyed by all the
people was the display of rockets
flower pots, pin wheels and beautiful
set pieces composing and hour and a
half of pure pleasure to at least seven
thousand people gathered about the
park. Unusual care had been taken
in the selection of the fireworks and
one went off according to see
dule with no accidents to mar the sue
cess.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
Thf VALfNTION DUO
The Champion Accordion Player From
Italy to be Seen ut the Orpheun

For the first three nights OF the
week the management OF the Orpheum
will introduce the Valentino Due. in
comedy and singing, also introducing
Mr.. Valentino, the champion accordion
6layer from the sunny land Of Italy.
Fatty Arbuckle will be seen with his
trained bulldog in two act Keystone
comedy. "In the Heart Of Woods" Is
q histrionic gem enacted amidst the
gorgeous setting Of nature, featuring
Vivian Rich, supported with superb
cast Of artist& 1.-The Stain OF Dishon-
orr 10 q splendid military drama. well
worth seeing. The program at this
theatre d . splendid one in every way.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
SHELLEY NAN DISAPPEARS
Much Anxiety Felt by His Creditors
and Others.

In speaking of the sudden disap-
pearance Of a prominent buyer Of Shell
ley, the Idaho Falls Register. OF Tues
day says:
1t Is reported that Jacob Jacobsen,
of Shelley. engaged in the wholesale
produce business and an extensive
buyer Of hogs in that vicinity, has left
that community and has not been
heard from for two weeks, and that
fully ten thousand dollars in cash
was taken with him, and a number OF
debts and creditors left behind.
The last seen of Mr.. Jacobsen was
at Shelley two weeks ago when he was
loading out six carloads OF hogs for
the coast market. 1t Is stated that he
anticipated the returns and has not
made settlement for the stock.
Jacobsen has been operating in
Shelley for the past two years has
been a heavy buyer and shipper OF
potatoes, grain and live stock, and
had the confidence of the stockmen
farmers mercantile houses and banks
and that all are liable to suffer a
loss.
He came here just before his disap-
pearance, traded car at local gar
age for q heavier car, saying thai
he was going into Oregon to see his
wife, who was visiting there to make
the trip by the way of Glenns Ferry
Nothing was thought of his alb.
sence for week or more until un.
honored drafts began to show up
The men who sold him the six cal
loads of hogs tried to recover on the
coast buyers for the full proceeds
One stockman of Shelley, it is stat
ed, is loser by $4,000 in the deal
some Burley farmers $500 on hogs
these amounts, with something ike
$4,000 which he is supposed to have
had, is gone. Several mercantile
firms and banks of the vicinity arr
losers also 1t Is stated.
1t was thought that he might have
met with an accident with his car be
tween here and Glenns Ferry and {
search was made, with no result ant
his business associates and friend!
have been forced to the conclusion
that he disappeared purposely, taking
the money with him.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
ACCIDENT ON
FALLS GRADE
| ?. &oIt1, Of G|enns Ferry,
Loses Control Of Car
RUNS CAR AGAINST BANK TO SAVE
F CRASH INTO CANYON
Driver Pinned Under Overturned Car
Has Arm and Several Ribs Broken.
Others Unhurt.

Last Saturday. while T. P. Sholtz
with his family and two guests. all Of
Glenns Ferry, were coming down the
Shoshone Falls grade on the north
side. the brakes refused to work. Mr..
Sholtz, who was driving, in trying to
avoid an accident turned the car into
the upper side OF the grade When
the car struck 1t, 1t turned complete
" over pinning Mr.. Sholtz under it.
The other occupants were able to
get out without receiving anything
worse than severe bruises and scratch
es. Mr.. Sholtz was not SO fortunate,
receiving broken arm, several
ribs broken and bad bruises. He
was taken to the Rogerson hotel
and a doctor called and 1t is said that
he Is getting along as well as could
be expected.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
". {. I. U. MfTING
Splendid Program Arranged for Ses-
sion Next Friday. :.

The w. c. T. u will meet Friday
afternoon July 8, 3 o'clock at the home
Of Mrs. N M. PEARS, 1876 Seventh ave-
nue. east Subject for the day, "The
Young Peoples Department in Tenn
perance Work" Leader Mrs. Grace
Heartfield The following program
will be carried out:
Devotional.
Piano solo -Goldie Peairs.
"Why we Should Teach Our Children
to he Temperate"-Mrs J. w. Beau
chaJhpJ
"L. +. d. Work"-Mrs Peairs
Duett-Misses Weaver and Dean
Address Rev. J. F. Shepherd.
: f5Readipg4Bethel Blake.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
flfvAI0R FOR ..AnSIHQAIL
Twin Falls Milling and Eleyatef Cor
pany to Build On the Salnen.

Twin Falls Milling and Elevator
company Of this city will build an ele-
vator in the growing town OF Amster-
dam. according 70 reports from there.
This company now has Q large
elevator ct Hol1ister hut the growing
business Of the company On the SAL
mon necessitAtes 4 new buildlnG. Il
10 understood that the contract has
been let and the work will be pushed.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-06
ROBERT BROSf HURT
Head Injured by Collision With Top Of
Auto.

Robert Brose, of Rock Creek. we'll
known rancher and former business
man Of this city, was severely injured
and. rendered unconscious for some
time Friday of last week While rid
ing in his new Cadillac, with his SON
driving q sudden bump threw Mr..
Brose against the steel bows Of the
top inflicting cash In his head and
rendering him unconscious for sew
eral hours. 1t is thought that no per-
manent injury will result.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
DIM LIGHTS WORRY
LONDON MOTORISTS
Complaint Is Made Of Drastic
Police Orders and DAN
gers Faced.
ALL LAMPS PUT OUT
ONE NIGHT RECENTLY
Fear Of Zeppelin Raids Supposed to
Be Cause Of the Strict
Regulations.

An extraordinary state of Things pre-
vailed one night recently at Guildford
and sundry other towns in Surrey.
Kent and Sussex, according to Irutn
of London, for not only was each piace
practically under arms, but all lhcoih-
ing traffic was suspended. Motorists
were peremptorily ordered not ohis
to extinguish their lamps. but TO pro-
ceed no farther, and great nconVeh-
ience was caused to those VINO hao
driven down from town as usual Or as
some make a practice of DOING coiie
by train, and proceeded to the locai
garage. where they kept their cars LOT
the nurpose of driving to some outlying
spot.
In to the present some of the resi-
dents themselves are still unable 10
say whether the sudden and unexpected
action of the military authorities was
dictated by the fear of a Zeppelin RAID
or whether it concerned supposed
attempt to convey war materials 70
the coast.
1T may be assumed, however, says
that publication. that. despite the IN
convenience caused, there was sPme
good and sufficient reason for an order
so drastic: moreover, it has not been
repeated on subsequent evenings. Wnat
is more to the point, however, Is that
general order has been issued for
the suppression of powerful lights on
motor cars throughout the counties
named, and matters are now worse
Evening star., 1915-03-28
FRENCH BUILDING ROADS.
Highways From Base Depots to the
Front Are Widened,

Frer ch national highways. leading
from base depots to main points along
the fighting line. are being widened by
the military authorities in order to
facilitate the work of the army trans
ports. Practically all French macadam
roads are fanked by grass tracks,
sometimes as wide as the road itself
on which trees have been planted at
regular intervals. These tracks give
pasturage to cattle when on the move,
and the trees act as protector against
sun and wind.
Owing to the immense amount Of
traffic on the main roads, the grass
tracks have been used by men and
horses, leaving the center free for au-
tomobile conveys, until. instead of a
smooth, trim grass surface, there is
military authorities, taking the work
out of the hands of the department of
roads and bridges. is now making the
side tracks fit for traffic. Stakes are
driven into the road, and over these are
placed wood beams or old railroad
sleepers. laid longitudinally. Logs are
placed crosswise above the sleepers. at
regular intervals of about five feet. A
heavy layer of broken stone and sand
is spread over this wood framework.
The surface thus obtained Is found en-
tirely free for automobile traffic, COM
prising heavy conveys. fast touring
cars and troops being moved in buses
and trucks.
The work of Transforming the roads
is being undertaken by the engineer
corps in the army and by territorial
troops who are officially considered
resting; in other words, who are not in
the actual firing line.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
BUT TWO MACHINES IN WORLD.
Torsion Automatic Autographic
Tester Used by Dodge Bros.

I'VE have just installed a new torsion
machine in our laboratory. the only
duplicate of which is owned by the
Japanese government" says F. f. Nc
Cleary, chief metallurgist for Dodge
Brothers. This machine is known as
a torsion automatic, autographic tester
and so far as I know is the only one
in existence with the exception Of the
one sold to Japan. and now being ex-
hibited at the Panama Pacific exposi-
ticn.
THE new machine is designed ex-
pressly for measuring the torsion or
twisting strength of steel used in the
manufacture Of moving parts. The
distinctly novel part of the machine Is
the autographic attachment which re-
cords in ink on a graduated chart the
torsion curve of the particular part
under test. Formerly this measure
ment was calculated more or less ac-
curately by an attendant, but the new
device not only does away with human
attention but is absolutely correct in
every particular"
Evening star., 1915-03-28

BY the irony Of circumstance. the very
driver who was fined at Richmond the
other day for switching on his head
lamps had to appear as a witness i'm
mediately afterward at an inquest on
a soldier who had been killed by a
motor car because the driver had been
told to put out his headlights, and
could not see anybody in the road.
The situation will not be relieved,
however. until drivers are allowed to
use a degree of light which will en-
able them to pick their way: ii is per-
fectly feasible to insure this without
in any way approaching the brilliant
beams of the acetylene or electric
headlamp."
Evening star., 1915-03-28
Auto Laws Unsatisfactory.

Although it is vet too early to ap-
praise the situation in various states.
there Is reason to believe that several
questions of moment win arise with
which every one interested in automo-
bile development should be thorough
ly familiar. Most existing automobile
laws are proving more or less unsat.
isfactory in one or both of two ways:
The method Of assessing and collect
ing taxes and the method of handling
funds derived from tho administration
of such measures as are in force
come to care for the ever-growing de-
mands upon the exchequer. AS the
trends Of legislative matters are OBJ
served from year to year, however. one
thing becomes constantly more clear,
that more intelligence and better
grasp are shown in proposed laws each
year than the year before.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
FRANCES NEW BIG GUN
NOW ON AUTO CHASSIS
Improvement Had Just Been Begun
When War Broke Out.
System Described.

Frances most formidable weapon, the
seventy-f1ve- gun. the rival Of the
German seventyseven, is now being
used very extensively mounted on an
automobile chassis. This improve
ment had just been completed when
war broke out. but no time had been
available for building the chassis and
hitting the gun to it. The adoption Of
the new weapon has therefore been
carried out while the nation is at war
No serious problems were presented in
the automobile itself, but the mount
Ing called for careful work and 1t was
necessary to cut out the action of the
spring in order to give to the entire
base the same degree of rigidity as
with the ordinary horse-drawn gun
carriage. A hirty-horsepower chassis
10 used No armor plating Is fitted to
not intended for reconnoitering or ordi-
nary road work.
The gun is mounted on a pivot car
rted on a steel platform bolted to the
forward. over the heads OF the driver
and his assistant. The gunner has q
seat attached to the rear left side of
the gun. this seat being attached to
and revolving with the gun pivot
When the gun is about to be brought
the ground just sufficiently to remove
all weight from the springs. but not to
lift the road wheels. This raising is
obtained by means of four special hy-
draulic Jacks. one attached to each
corner of the chassis, and capable of
being operated simultaneously and in
simultaneously. Each jack consists of
Q stout steel leg, inclined a few degrees
from the vertical. and having at its
lower extremity big diameter circular
foot. nat on its under surface. These
give sufficient area to carry the weight
of the chassis and gun on all ordinary
surfaces.
Tho great advantage of this new
weapon, which, IL should be noted. is
receiving its first application in this
war. and had not even been tried out in
uaneuvers, Is the extra mobility IL
gives to the batteries. A horse-drawn
battery of seventy-fve nm. guns does
not average moro than four miles an
hour under the best road conditions
Under similar circumstances a battery
OF seventy-hye nm. automobile guns
can maintain an average speed Of
twelve miles an hour The only prob
lem. therefore, was to perfect the de-
tails Of the chassis so that the auto
mobile gun could get into action as
quickly as the horse-drawn type. This
has been accomplished. with the re-
suit that the automobile seventy-flye
nm gun 10 decidedly the more formid-
able weapon.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
WINS ANOTHER RACE.
Barney Oldfeld Victor in 100-Mile
Contest in Tucson, Ariz.

Hot on the heels Of Barney Oldfeld's g
300-mile no-stop victory St. Patrick s
day comes the news that he won the
100-mile road race at Tucson. Ariz.,
March 20 at an average speed of sixty
six miles an hour over rough desert
roads, also without a stop.
The most remarkable thing about
this victory is the fact that the same
set of Firestone tires which carried
Barney the 900 miles to victory over
macadam roads with 391 right-angle
turns March II were again used in the
Tucson race.
victories Of national and international
Importance have been won on Fire
stones. carrying such drivers as Jules
Goux, Bob Burman, Louis Disbrow.
Earl Cooper, Jim Parsons and Spencer
Wishart and many others to famous
victories, as well as many other races
of less Importance.
Evening star., 1915-03-28
Radiators Should Be Flushed.

When a radiator is first put in serv-
ice 1t should be flushed out with twelve
to fifteen gallons Of clean water, after
which 1t should be filed with clean
water through the screen in the filler
tube. In service only clean water
should be used, and 1t should always be
filed through the screen. II filled to
the top the surplus water will, when
the motor is started. escape through
the overflow tube leading from the
filler to the bottom of the radiator. This
tube also offers a means Of escape for
any steam that may form in the wa
ter. Every two or three weeks the
flushing operation should be repeated
A drain cock in the bottom Of radiator
or on outlet casting permits Of easy
drainage.