The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

imposing structure.
w. NJ. Gilmore of Payette is th'
grand champion corngrower of Idaho
with a record of lao bushels to the
acre.
The contract for the erection of the
Church-White building. which is to be
erected at Pocatello, has beer
awarded
Last week closed with the larges
shipment of prunes that ever went oui
of the Fruitland vicinity. In all there
were 81 cars.
Report from the state asylum al
Blackfoot is to the effect that the
largest wheat crop ever raised at the
institution was grown this year.
Ray Berch has been arrested at Pc
catello and is being held on suspicion
The officers believe him to have
knowledge of several robberies there
The Idaho Day celebration at the
Panama. Pacific International exposi
ton was one of the most satisfactory
Of any held so far by any Of the
states.
A total Of $1,459.75 in fines were
collected in the Pocatello police court
during the past month. The number
of drunks, led the list of offenses with
totalI = sixty-fve.
William Riding, said to be a mem
Der of an ogranized gang or horse
thieves which has been operating in
Idaho, Oregon and Washington, has
bten arrested at Boise.
Louis Hanson, the young son Of Pa
trolman Hanson, was struck by an au-
tomobile at Pocatello while attempt
draggered for several feet, but no
bones were broken.
The large malt house in connection
with the Idaho Falls brewery was
burned to the ground last week. Meth
er the brewery nor malt house had
been used for about three year The
caust of the fire is unknown.
The heavy rains of the past week
have softened the soil and made it
necessary for the farmers at Shelley
either to postponetheir operations, or
to employ extra horses in order to
draw their outfits from the fields.
A fire did damage to the extent Of
nearly $1,000 to the home of James
Bolts of Pocatello. 1t started in shed
nearby and quickly spread to the Bolts
home and was burning fiercely upon
the arrival of the fire department.
The police department OF Pocatello
last month transacted the largest bust
ness of any month for several years, a
total Of liza offenders passing through
the grind of the police court mill. The
cases of intoxication, as usual, headed
the list with IS for the month.
If the increase of enrolment In the
public schools Is an index to the
growth Of a city, Pocatello has also
this evidence that it is fourishing. The
enrolment in the city schools this
year will exceed the 1000 mark, which
will be nearly 800 more than last
year
Charged with transporting liquor
into dry territory, Tom Karpas and |
Pete Mackay were arrested by the |
sheriff at Pocatello. The men had |
charge Of a truck, it is said, upon
which was loaded fifteen cases of |
whisky and a dozen sacks of beer.
The goods were confscated.
Professor Carl E. Johnson, field
lairyman of the department of agri
culture at the state university, has
arfo I, &c n
fountain Home, where he takes up
lis new work as manager Of the COM
nunity farm being established there
y Senator James H. Brady.
A collision on the outskirts of Boise
etween an interurban street car run
ing into Boise and an automobile
riven by Oscar Card, resulted in the
cath of both Mr.. and Mrs Card. Mr..
ard-was killed instantly. Mrs. Cards.
kull was crushed, and she died two
ours later at local hospital.
Arrangement are being made for
he holding of union evangelistic serv-
,es in Twin Falls, beginning January
conducted by DR.. French E. oliver
Kansas City, assisted by Miss Nc
laren, an evangelstic worker, and
IT, Butler, a noted singer, who has as
sted Bill Sunday, Torrey and Chap
an.
The Boise Payette Lumber company
making arrangements to open lum- ]
or yards in Twin Falls, Bull, Roger I
N, Burley and Rupert in the near fu- 1
Ire. 1t is reported that these new !
ards are but five Of chain of thirty I
: forty retail distributing yards,
hich this company plans to establish
ION in this part Of the state.
Sam Mallicoat, of Shoshone, caught
one month no less than 102 coy I
es. viii Keefer, who acts as a dep
y for the payment of bounties on q
edatory animals, reports that In I
e week he defooted 169 coyotes and I
lie bear.
The work on the Brady irrigation Y
stem has so far advanced as to JUS, t
y the announcement that it will be a
this fall and that water will n
available for fifteen thousand acres p
xt season. u
Thieves broke into the Elk cigar
ore, the Hutchinson cigar store ano d
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