The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-22
In THE GEM STATE

Another garage Is being opened In
Nampa. giving the city three automo-
bile shops
Il Is estimated that the farmers OF
Idaho will raise Is.9OO.99O bushels OF
wheat this year.
The proposition for the establish
fnent OF permanent county fair for
\ Twin Falls county has received con
siderable attention OF late
Residents Of austin. about i've miles
northeast Of Carey. report that thers
is more acreage Of winter wheat in
that vicinity this year than last
Mary Ann Spatig. an inmate Of the
asylum at Blackfoot, secured small
piece Of rope and hung herself in one
OF the shower rooms Of that institu-
| ton.
Charged With annoying a woman. q
I man who gave his name as John Pet
tibone was arrested al Boise. He was
| tagged hold for investigation. and
lodged in the cs.x jail without OoRd
/ being fixed.
Harry h. Jones, II the famAer, aged
| 70 years, pleaded goo "old" ~ 70
4 a SLdAAiVaf 14clSE duE every
/ TO serve a term OF not very
nor more than six years in
penitentiary.
Mrs. Emma Nfbley Hyde, wife
George T. Hyde OF Downey. died in a
hospital in Salt Lake last week Mrs.
Hyde was taken to Salt Lake City
! from her home about ten days pre-
| vious for medical attention
/ State Treasurer Eagleson has sub
ing saving Of s16. 1895 in the main
tenance Of the state capitol for the
first nine months OF 1915. as compared
with the corresponding period of 1918.
/ The clover seed industry, which has
for several years proved valuable
/ side line for ranchers in other sec
1 tons of Idaho. has at last been given
/ a good trial by farmers living soGta
4 OF Nampa with most satisfactory re-
suits.
| A decrease Of s13.552.75 in the cost
I Of operating the state pure food de-
partment for the first nine months in
1915. as compared to the correspond
ing period Of 1913. is reported TO the
governor by State Sanitary Inspector
White
quarrel between three Mexicans
On the Floyd Brown ranch about three
miles west Of Rupert, resulted in the
death OF one and the wounding OF an
/ other. II appears that there had been
bad blood for some time between the
three Me1:cans involved.
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the Idaho Technical Institute at POca-
tello. Courses will be offered in short
hand, typawriting, bookkeeping. &C
countancy. penmanship, domestic sci
| ence and domestic art, manual arts.
shop work, and many other branches.
What had threatened 10 be an epi-
demic Of CHAMBERS has been eradicated
by stringent measures. The disease
was reported near Pingree and nine
horses were condemned after a care
full test had been made on more than
140 horses. The condemned horses
were destroyed completely By killing
and burning
a ShOshone dispatch says that az
Sheriff Wheeler was driving his aut-
omobile TO Jerome al night g mad
/ bull met him in the road 10 dispute his
passage. The beast came on full tilt
and so suddenly that the driver knew
nothing till there was a terrific col
lision smashing the machine. which
could not be moved until the next
morning.
Approval Of the new plan for build
ing the Bruneau irrigation project
has been given by the state land board.
subject to such changes in the con
tract as may be suggested by the
state engineer.
Congressman smith and Attorney
General Peterson are working on the
| preparation of federal legislation 10
be submitted to congress at this win
tiers session, locking toward assist
ance OF Carey act projects.
Practically 100 hogs are butchered
and started through the processes
which bring them out at the other
end as high grade meat products each
week now at the Boise Valley Pack.
ing company plant at Eagle.
H. II. Settle was instantly killed
and c. VI. Reed was seriously injured
near Alexander when they attempted
TO cross the railroad track in an auto
as train was approaching. The two
men were going on a hunting trip.
J. o. Holen. an expert of wide expe-
rience in the scientific handling OF
coal. has been sent TO Boise for the
purpose Of instructing the heavy users
Of coal how 20 procure the creates.
heat value from the fuel consumed.
C. L Lyman. aged % Of Idaho
Falls sophomore at the Idaho univer-
sity. died at Moscow as the result OF
an accident on the football field at the
varsity in a scrimmage between the
6rst and second teams in practice.
Mrs H. H. Andrewarths of Boiss