The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20
In THE GEM STATE

a preliminary estimate Of the Idaho |
wheat crop shows 9,322,O0O bushels
OF winter wheat and 100000 bushels
OF spring wheat.
Andrew Leroy Barns, for many /
years a resident Of Pocatello and pro.
prietor Of the Electrical Supply com.
pany, died August s.
Real property in Ada county is
worth s35,047,13l, according TO the
abstract which was completed last
week by the county clerk.
mineral exhibit is 10 be estab.
lished at the Boise Commercial club.
Every mine in idaho has been invit.
ed to send in samples Of its ores.
BY the withdrawal Of the territory
sliced OF Canyon by Gem county, the
former loses a fraction more than 10
per cent Of its assessed valuation OF
real property it is claimed.
The Mountain Home Cooperative Ir.
rlgation company has let the contract
for vast Improvements TO the system
that supplies water for that district.
The work includes a tunnel 1904 feet
in length.
Thomas w. Ryan was adjudged in
sane at Arco by the probate Judge af-
ter an examination. The officers de-
cided to keep him In Arco a few days,
hoping he might recover, otherwise
ne will be sent to the Blackfoot asy-
| lum.
Eastern woolbuyers who have been
In southern Idaho for the past few
months have commenced to drift back
practically over. From the stand
east, and the wool season of 1915 is
point Of the sheepmen it has been
an unusually successful one.
J. +. Hays, an old-time passenger
conductor on the Oregon Short Line
and former resident of Pocatello
and for the past few years at the
same occupation on the Western Pa
cific out of Salt Lake. died at a Sal
Lake hospital last week
Minor accidents were numerous
during the big fire OF the Pierce AM
Trap block at Pocatello. Some indiYi
dual yelled fire" in front OF the Au
ditorium theater and, only owing t,
the fact that the house was no
crowded, a serious stampede did no
result.
The total valuation of all propert,
in the state of Idaho, exclusive o
common carriers. public utilities
telephone and telegraph lines AM
private car companies, for 1915, i
shown to be s29,615,914, as against
total valuation of 1926, 705, O15 report
ed last year.
John Kane, man who claims t
have come from Oregon and gives hi
age at 80 years, was sentenced I
, ninety days in jail for attacking til
7-year-old daughter of ]. johnson
Downey. The act was committe
when the mother was getting ii
man something to eat
The Nicer saw mill, owned /
Thomas Nicer & Son, located ne;
the head of Corral creek, fork
Trail creek, has been destroyed |
: fire. There were $4,000 feet of Iur
!. Der in the yard, of which 5000 fe,
j were burned. The loss is $4,000. NJ
Nicer is planning on rebuilding.
I The Lemhi county commissions
0 are having survey made Of the pr
posed state highway through LEM
e county from Challis to the MontaI
S line. The Montana part of the roa
e has been built, and a survey made
5 the road from the Montana line
Gibbonsville.
The city clerk of Pocatello Ia
week made out warrants for the city
z bills and the total cost for running Il
n city for July was $9,60411. One
the large items was the pay for yolu
J, teer firemen. In the past month L
city has had a great number of fire
and the damages are heavy.
During the year 1914 the Idaho sh
ment of wheat aggregated 1876 CT
loads; oats 2,S2S carloads; barley.
229 carloads; potatoes. s,776 carload
hay, 3,199 carloads; beets, 5,331 c;
:, loads; making a total shipment
:, farm products from this state Ia
! year Of $4,000 carloads.
The latest thing in the line OF bui
= ing activity in Pocatello is the d.
= mite announcement that E. c. VIII
! and d. w. Church will build a NJ
two-story business block. The wa
will be constructed for a four-stc
building, and the building will be
), feet and 140 feet in dimensions.
Benjamin Barrus, part owner of
threshing machine operating me-
70 Burley, was mangled to death in
cylinder of the thresher when, as
,ts attempted TO dislodge bundle
on grain with his foot, his body v
drawn into the machine up to
shoulders.
os- James II. Wallis. late state dali
food and sanitary inspector of Idal
has again been selected by the Ut
state Board OF Health as adjudicai
8 in the Clean Town" contest. The
IS are 1877 towns entered in the cont'
this year. and much rivalry exis
By Mr.. Wallis commenced his scoring
In the 10th inst. and expects to
through by the end of October
ON complaint of Bessie McDona