The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-11-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

been given medal by the Panama
Pacific exposition as the champion
corn grower Of Idaho.
Two Mexican highwaymen resiste
arrest at Shelley and duel with OF
fcers followed, which resulted in boil
Mexicans being wounded.
1t is estimated that in the neigh
borhood Of $150,000 has been or vii
be paid to the farmers Of Long vale,
for their 1915 crop of timothy seed
The Boise valley has produced NOR
and has sold more livestock and farm
products this year than it did in 1914
1t got better prices than it did las
year
The Boise banks are carrying in de
uposits $1,324000 more than they diC
one year ago and they have more
loans out than they had at this time
last year.
No applications for loans presented
to the state land department between
December l, 1915, and March Is, 1916
will be acted on by the state Land
hoard until after the latter date.
Seven-year-old Wesley Boise fell
from high swing at the Central
school grounds at Blackfoot, and was
severely injured. Both wrists were
broken and the boy suffered many
minor bruises
The 10-year-old daughter Of R. E.
Kirkpatrick lies seriously injured at
a Caldwell hospita- as the result OF
an injury to her back, sustained when
she was struck by heavy .teeter
board plank on tie school grounds.
Boise is showing a higher percent
age of increase in bank clearings than
any western city. In September it
led with an increase of s932,727, or
ZIG per cent, being sc per cent high
er than Salt Lake, the next highest
city.
Uncle Sam wants to retire from the
railway business in Idaho. He offers
to lease for ten years to a responsible
party the Arrow Rock railroad, to-
gether with the railroad equipment
and the buildings and grounds at Ar
row Rock
Ai4o Ce1i AMY lAO oieltO u tNee~AO
through the land board, granted ap
plications for leans which total $404,
270 and rejected app. ca14~n rs for loan
amounting to $107,9UO. IL is busines
equal to that of the la gest individua
banking house in the SAFE.
Many orchardists throdG hout IT,
state have contributed tnelr share t.
ward the exhibit of apples which wi
compete FOR Idaho AGAINST al Lhe
other apple growing safes at the H.
nama-Pacifc exposition. Fifty boxe.
will be sent to San Francisco.
The Oregon Short Line has ar
ranged for the free delivery of $4,000
gallons of water per week at Be- ger
station and 10000 gallons per weeA
at Haggardt. AT Berger 80 families
will be supplied. At Haggardt water
will be furnished to 35 families.
State Sanitary Inspector White |
strongly condemns the use of sec
ond-hand kegs as containers for cider
and syrups at soda fountains, and an |
which he is conducting
into the matter may lead to the pro
hibition of the use OF these recep- |
tacles.
The land board has been advised
that the Twin Falls west-end project,
which has been dormant for many
years, is to be revived. This project
is adjacent to the southside Twin
Falls, said to be the most successful
Carey act project in the United
States.
Governor Alexander has granted a
parole to NJ l. Vanderhoff, alias John
Carter, boy 16 years Of age, serving
l term in the state penitentiary for
committed at Idaho Falls.
He will be allowed to leave the state,
'eturning east to New York with his
mother.
Two laborers on a workcar on the
abroad siding at Blackfoot got into a
quarrel which resulted in fight in
which one was badly beaten up, his
Issailant using a hammer. The worst
d man thereupon brought gun into
LAY, shooting his opponent in the
hest inflicting a severe flesh wound.
The present highway district law,
d the opinion of the supreme court,
5 likely to result in great injustice
y reason of the fact that few peo-
lie may divert to territory not par
icularly in need of it vast sums Of
honey which should be expended In
lore densely populated neighbor
Gods.
In decision handed down in the
sderal court at Moscow, the Twin
alls- Salmon River Land & Water
ompany was denied new trial in
ne of the largest irrigation suits ever
lought in Idaho and involved more
ian $4,000 acres of land owned by
,ttlers whose rights to sufficient
alter were involved.
In the future there will be no open
g of irrigation projects in the state
Idaho until the irrigation company ,
wing charge Of constructing the
nal and reservoir system has water
'tually ready for delivery. This is
o important policy that has been !.
lopted by the Gate land board of
aho. L
An injunction suit has been filed .
,ainst Mayor J. W. Robinson and !