The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
In THE GEM STATE

OfS6ch ouOlt LINE dBeHLS anu
freight agents from the southeast
gathered at Pocatello on March 8, to
talk over the business of the coming
year.
Charged with having attempted to
entice a girl under IS years into a
life Of shame, ]. Diamond has been ar
rested at Mountain Home, and Jess
Totterdell aprehended at Vale, Ore.
Officers for the Lemhi County Fair
association were elected last week.
The premium list for the fall fair will |
be issued early in the spring to give /
exhibitors an opportunity to prepare
exhibits.
William H. Banks Of Montpelier, a
pioneer of the west and veteran of |
the civil war, died last week. He had |
been ailing for some time with stom- |
ach trouble, but had been confined to |
his bed only five days.
The census of 1910 showed the state
has population of 325,594 and there
were cast at the November election of
that year S6,159 votes for governor,
which would be approximately 3.S per
cent Of the population.
Money Is ready for the building of
the finest hotel in the northwest at
Pocatello. The capital, amounting to
approximately 100000, is furnished
by Chicago company and small part
subscribed by local business men.
The question of adopting the com
mission form of government was
voted upon at Idaho Falls on March
3. The vote was very light, only
about so per cent of the people voting.
The result was Col against and 2S1 in
favor.
Engineer Parmalee and Fireman
Palmer were killed as the result of an
engine explosion on the Oregon Short
Line half way up the Medbury hill be-
tween Mountain Home and Glenns
Ferry. Both were residents of Glenns
Ferry.
Lee Nun, Chinaman, has been ar
rested at Boise on the charge OF hay-
ing attempted to murder a fellow
countryman, Yeep Ho, who saved his
life by grabbing the knife with which
he was assaulted in his hands, suffer
ing painful wounds.
District court has opened at Poca-
tello with the heaviest docket in its
history, eight cases being up for trial.
The most important criminal case is
that of Charles Meadows, who killed
Deputy Sheriff Taylor in an attempt
ed Jail break some time ago.
Twenty-four retail and seven whole.
sale liquor licenses issued by the
Boise council will expire on May l.
What action will be taken by proprie
tors of these establishments towards
securing renewals is q subject over
which there is considerable conjec
ture.
A recent survey of the orchards Of
Idaho, made under the direction Of
Chief Inspector C. K. Macy, indicates
about thirty-eight thousand acres Of
Jonathan apple trees and more thai
one hundred thousand acres of apple
trees in the commercial orchards o
Idaho.
George McCabe has just finished
one OF the most unique apartment
houses in Pocatello. The building i
on the bank of the Portneuf river, ant
with two stories has ground accessible
for both floors. The first story open
out upon the regular street front
while the second story opens out on t
a grassy plot by the bank of the rivel
After hearing arguments relating t
the affairs of the Idaho-Oregon Ligh
& Power company, Judge Dietrich c
the federal court has approved the sal
made of the property CT this compan
recently by Robert NJ. McCracker
master.
The first joint convention of tn
Canyon and Washington county rurs
carriers was held at Caldwell la:
week Eleven parcel post distributor
were present Parma was selected q
the next meeting plce, the date to
February %, 1916.
Delegates from southern Idaho r
turned from the Fruit Growers CO
vention held at Tacoma February l
1917 quite optimistic over the pro
poets Cor the ensuing year. They b
lieve the plan worked out for organ
zation Is feasible.
Numerous complaints from sma
power users in the southern part
the state, claiming that the pow
companies have been charging e
cessiye rates, has resulted in Il
public utilities commission drafting
set OF uniform rates.
Discovered in the nick of time, MI
Grant Mather of Nampa was prever
ed from an attempt to burn her tv
babies and husband, after first pot
ing kerosene over their beds as tn
slept. Her act was the culminati'
OF mental disorders.
Ten days after the McDermott mu
had been bitten by dog supposed
suffering from rabies, the amin
was still healthy. BY way of precs
Z ton, however, the owner has lengI
ened the animals term of impr1sc