The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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precinct fair this fall at Meridian.
The stike of prune packers at the
Mayfeld Fruit company plant AZ
Eagle, in which 33 of the 35 women
employed walked out, lasted just "a
hours.
in the endorsement of state fund bv
former State Treasurer Allen. will
make application for pardon at the
next meeting of the state board of
pardonS.
A mad bull completely demolished
the Ford automobile of Mrs. Thomas
Stephens of Montpelier when the two
met in head-on collision near st.
Charles few days ago.
Delegates have beei appointed to
represent Idaho at the thirty-fifth an.
nual session of the Farmers National
congress, which will meet in Omaha
September 20 to October 1.
Dairymen and farmers of the Teton
basin and Bear Lake valley, in Idaho
are enjoying one of the finest years
in the history of dairying and agri.
culture in this section of the west
Lee Moorehead of Boise died on the
Lakeport train as the result of an
accident which happened last week
in Long Valley, where the young
man was working on a threshing ma
chine.
Kuna wants to incorporate as a vii
lage. 1t has a population of 227, &C
cording to the detailed census report
accompanying the petition for incor
poration filed with the county cola
missioners.
Harry w. Larson has entered suit
in justice of the peace court at
Shoshone against the Oregon Short
Line to recover damages claimed for
The loss of weeks washing and a
suit case containing the same.
From the evidence at hand, without
holding an inquest. Coroner Ashley
came to the conclusion that Mrs Ehz-
abeth Jensen, who was found hanging
dead in the cellar of her home at St.
Charles, came to her death by suicide.
Elmo Hagerty, E. C. Lynch, Thomas
Bagley and man named Brown were
severely injured in an automobile ac-
cident caused by the steering gear
breaking about eight miles northeast
OF Cokeville, Wyo., one day last week
Governor Alexander paid his re-
spects to the president Friday, con.
ferred with the secretaries of the
interior and agriculture regarding the
exchange of state school lands for
government lands, and left last week
for home.
Patronage at the city market one
day last week dropped off to such an
extent that the farmers who have
been bringing their produce to the sale
grounds at Columbia park, Boise,
during the past two months are some
what discouraged.
An order has been issued by Judge
Dietrich of the United States district
court under which Mrs. Pearl E. Fan
ger, stenographer in the office of the
clerk of the court, will act as clerk I'M
til a successor is chosen for the late
A. l.. Richardson.
William Piper, an employee of the
bridge and building department of the
Oregon Short Line, was injured We'd
nesday as the result of railing from
4 Testle. Both ankles were broken
and he suffered several bruises. Piper
was rushed to Salt Lake for treat
ment.
An examination was conducted in
10 the sanity of Mrs. Jennie Culp, Of
Boise, but was not completed. Mrs.
CUPS mind is said to have become
affected by a severe illness some time
ago but as she is not considered in
sane, the judge hesitates to send hrr
to the asylum.
The district court at Duchesne,
Utah, has granted Mrs. zelda Mead
oWs an absolute divorce from John w,
Meadows, who was recently sentenced
to the Idaho state penitentiary for life
Tor being principal in an attempted
jail delivery in which one of the
guards was killed
Inc shipping of phosphate out OF
montpelier has been indefinitely sus-
pended, and ]. J. Taylor, manager of
tne San Francisco Chemical COM
panys mines here for the past eleven
years, has been removed to Pomona,
Cal. TO take charge of the compan-
les business at that point.
James H. Wallis, former Idaho state
sanitary inspector, pleaded guilty to
charges of irregularities; the Idaho
trust 4 Savings bank and George NJ.
Green, cashier of the bank, pleaded
guilty to assisting in the consumma-
tlon OF the Allen-Coleman defalcation
at Boise. Wallis and the bankers paid
fines.
Ihe attempt of Lyman Jones, a life
,ermer sent UP from Fremont county
ior murder, and Clarence Roush, sen
fenced from Ada county for shooting
Deputy Sheriff Clawson through the
mouth to saw their way through their
steel cell at the penitentiary at Boise
.ast week failed, owing to the watch
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