The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-26
IN THE GEM STATE

About ITO head of cattle, nearly 100
head of hogs and dozen horses were
sold at the mid-month Traders day
auction at Caldwell.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Miner & North Side railroad by
| the public utilities commission. The
road runs from Miner to Oakley.
| This years apple crop has been
pretty well cleaned up and it is esti-
mated that only about so or go cars
are now left In the different packing
houses, says the Fruitland Banner.
The trial VI Shade Fields, held on
charge of killing the Ward brothers
in Boise county and granted a change
of venue to the Canyon county dis
| trict court, will begin at Caldwell on
| November %.
Mrs. Valletta Stewart had a narrow
escape from death at Pocatello, when
| she took an overdose of medicine
containing laudanum. She was rush
ed to the hospital, where antidotes
were administered.
! Recently John T. Graham, whose
farm is near Jerome, sold rs bushels
of red clover seed which was threshed
from 10 acres of ground At the time
this seed was marketed the price was
Is cents per pound.
The seven young men who last
week entered the tent of J. r. Rookie
Teller at Portneuf siding and took
away a supply of food, cooking uten-
sils and clothing, have been bound
over to the district court at Poca-
tello.
The attorney general has filed suit
against the National Surety company
for $135,538.89, representing the al
legged shortage of o. V. Allen, former
state treasurer, now serving sentence
in the state penitentiary for embezzle-
ment of state funds.
Thomas Exeter and his brother and
an employee named Taylor were TAX
en- to Pocatello and placed in the Po-
catello hospital to be treated for
severe burns, which they suffered
when Thomas Exeter's home was de-
stroyed by fire at Robin.
At least eight of the Fl saloons now
operating in Boise will continue In
business after the LIST of January,
1915, selling soft drinks and cigars,
and running pool and card tables in
connection. Seven more may take this
course. The remaining six will 60 out
of business.
Ohio is regarded as the clover seed
market whence the supply is mostly
drawn. A dealer from that state Is
authority for the statement that Idaho
seed is largely bought for the purpose
of mixing with the Ohio product to
bring up the batting average" of the
Ohio variety.
Arthur Pence of Three creek re-
ports the killing of a mad coyote at
the ranch last week. This makes two
during the summer he has killed in
the inclosure around the ranch house.
He has also had to kill valuable dog
that had been bitten and showed
signs of rabies
Soon after the first of December
packing company will begin the cree
ton OF its packing houses and yards
north of Pocatello small city of
houses for the employees of the COM
pany will also be erected and the in
stallation of machinery will go ahead
at the same time.
only per cent of all the 1000 or
more students of the public schools
OF Pocatello are normal girls and
boys. This alarming statement was
made by Miss Anne Crowley, school
nurse for Pocatello schools. Eighty
per cent of the pupils have defective
teeth, she says, while 45 per cent
have defective eyes.
AS a result of the preliminary hear.
ing, e. M. Small of Wilder was
bound over to the district court by
Probate Judge Meek at Caldwell. to
answer to the charge of manning
Earl Limbaugh by firing loaded
rife at the youth. The bullet took
effect in an arm.
Out of an expenditure of sf31.735
to run the city of Pocatello the last
six months, it is interesting to com.
pare three kinds of protection and
the expenses for each. 1t cost s7,545
for fire protection, $3.50 for police
protection. but for health protection
only $51O can be figured.
In addition to the s1SS, sos 80, for
which a demand has already been
made on the National Surety com.
pany as bondsmen for o. " Allen. de.
taulting state treasurer, the COMPANY
viii be required to pay $1,93o.o7 more.
Tor interest alleged to have been un.
lawfully paid by the former treas
urer.
Lieutenant Thomas Labert Heerl
who won the title in the royal Mex
lean artillery under the regime Of
Huerta and who spent eight years in
the United States navy, as shown bv
ms honorable discharge August p
last, was accidentally killed by a
freight train in the yards at Sho-
shone.
Gilbert wilkins, a young man re-