The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-06
IN THE GEM STATE

barn belonging to M. Still at Ketchnm
was destroyed by fire.
Boise has Is ministers who draw
| $15,430 salary and has $50 travelling
salesman radiating from her conanas
at yearly salary Of $216,00O.
Figures compiled by the state treas.
urer's office show that the state can.
| itol was operated for the first SIX
months of this year for s7,04OS5 less
than for the same period in 1918.
Census figures of the department Of
agriculture show that Idaho has nov
about 328,000 hogs. That is an in
crease of 100000 hogs almost in the
| ing.
Thomas Jenkens. one of the Mo.
neers of Bannock county, died July 26
Mr. Jenkens was So years of age and
one of the first settlers in this couli.
ty, his name being part of Bannock
county history.
The accidental discharge of reyol.
yer resulted in injury to L. E. Wat
ers and Miss Helen King, both Of
Kimberly, who were out on hunting
and fishing expedition. Neither
wound proved serious.
Glenn Jones was stung by scor,
pion Monday while at work in the
field on his ranch a mile north of Wei
ser. Although quite weak, Jones is
able to walk about, and it is believed
| nothing serious will result
Leon Dean, kidnaper of Ernest
Empey, the Bingham county rancher,
Is now in the state penitentiary, hav-
ing been sentenced to from one to
ten years, imposed after he entered a
plea to the charge of KIDNAPPING.
A wholesale jail delivery was avoid
ed at Pocatello when an officer heard
prisoner saving on the bars above
his Office. The officer found nickel
caseknife in one of the cells and also
found where saving had been done.
Relatives of Albert de Neve,
baker who formerly lived in Boise,
but is 1ow in Belgium, have just re-
ceived word through the American
consular service, that he has not suf-
fered on account of the European
war.
The hotel at Starkey Hot Springs,
health resort in the hills 20 miles
north of Weiser, was totally destroyed
by fire one night last week, with near
ly all the contents. A number OF
guests escaped with few personal eff
fects.
So far as the stae veterinarians
office can tell from an investigation
of available data, all records for the
slaughter of coyotes during any one
period were broken from June 10 to
July II, when 1852 coyotes were
killed.
The United States public. health
/ service, through DR.. Liston Paine
will soon complete an archaeological
survey of Idaho, which has been III
pro gress during the last four months
| to determine the prevalence of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever.
Vera and Robert Miller, aged 1S
and IL years, the children of Charles
Miller, lineman In the employ of
the Oregon Short Line railroad, were
drowned in Big Wood river, near
Gooding. They were wading in the
shallow water and walked into deep
pool.
Oregon Short Line traffic returns
show that during the calendar year
1914, Idaho shipments of wheat ag
gregated 4,570 carloads; oats, 1928;
barley. 1929; apples, 702; other fruit
| 713; potatoes, 9,776; hay, 3,099; beets
5,931, making total of 1856 car
loads.
Word comes from Bull of the
drowning of the 17-months-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hogge, who live
three miles southwest of Bull. The
little one was playing with his two
brothers, but few years older and
fell into swift-fowing lateral near
the house.
A desire to Give in right and
proper way, perchance to have fam
| lily and fill mans proper sphere,
which is impossible to the wage
Garner under present conditions" was
the reason assigned for the kidnapping
OF E. A. Empey of Idaho Falls. by
Leonidas M. Dean.
News has been received of the
death by drowning of Russell Emery,
"a years of age, which occurred near
Hansen on Sunday. afternoon. With
two companions Emery was bathing
in pond formed by back water from
an irrigation canal when he walked OH
a ledge into deep water
The Boise land office has been no
titled that about $500 acres near
the Boise national forest which
We're withdrawn June 90 1905,
are restored to settlement in advance
of entry under the homestead laws
from August IL to September 6, 1915,
and to entry thereafter.
w. w. Wallace of HALEY has been