Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-04-08
in THE GEM STATE

nation designating Friday, April 20,
as Arbor day
The University of Idaho defeated
the University OF Southern California
in Los Angeles in debate on The
Railway Pooling Question"
George Disault, the Pocatello tail
lor who received very severe burns
from an explosion of gasoline about a
week previous, died March 81. Dis
sault is survived by his wife and four
children.
Investigations have been made a.
Wendell by the Pacific Coast Con
densed Milk company with the inten- |
ton of starting branch factory TO |
take care of the milk supply OF that |
territory
AS the result of the arrest of Mar
garet Conway, and several witnesses
who are held in jail at Pocatello, Of
ficers believe that the murder OF Ed
j. White at Mackay over two years
ago will be cleared up.
Walter Smith youngest son OF one
of the Oldest families of Pocatello,
died Sunday evening as result of an
overdose OF strychnine taken for
heart trouble with which he suffered.
Restoratives failed TO revive him.
There is a decided revival of inter-
est among the commercial clubs in
Idaho and a desire to cooperate in
advertising at the exposition, is the
opinion of c. J. Sinsel and Secretary
Childs OF the Boise Commercial club.
90 ,1t-
mucca railroad from Boise TO Winnie
mucca, New will probably be accom-
plished through tho efforts OF local
energy and capital at both ends OF
the proposed line-San Francisco and
Boise.
over the protest OF Governor Alex
ander, the state board of health was
organized at Boise on April l. with
the election of DR.. o. B. Steeley of
Pocatello as president The anti-Alex-
ander members of the board were in
control.
The club women OF Twin Falls are
going to install sanitary drinking
fountain in the city park. The money
, will be raised by the Twentieth Cen
fury club, which is planning a break
fast to raise a part OF the funds on
April 20.
An unknown man was struck and
instantly killed by the fast mail train
one mile from McCammon. He was
2 walking along the double track and
! stepped out of the wey of an east
n bound freight on 10 the track in front
G of the fast mail.
o rich strike has been made seven
o teen miles north OF Cambridge thai
promises TO make upper Washington
9 county known as a mining center
. While the strike was made severa
:. months ago it was kept perfect,
quiet for some time.
= Governor Alexander has called upol
q. Attorney General ]. H. Peterson an
the public utilities commission of thi
- state to investigate the alleged con
n. solidation of rival southern Idaho by
% dro-electric power companies into tn
:, National Securities company.
-. The Idaho Traction company ha
70 filed with the public utilities commits
70 sion a new schedule Of passenge
n rates. increasing from 21a cents to
: cents a mile. to become APPLICABLE,
70 approved by the commission, to tn
- interurban lines in Boise and vicir
ity.
- Sixteen thousand acres OF land nea
-. Hansen and Murtaugh have been r.
v" stored to public entry, according t
o. advices received from Washington
VI The land was believed to be with
the area of the Twin Falls distriC
when il was withdrawn several year
ago.
is An argument over the muzzling {
dogs, says the Owyhee Avalanche, r
-, suited in a knife fight at DeLams
." in which Colin oxford was painful
= injured. Ben Heazle. the paper name
-, - as the other combatant. Oxford wa
~ cut on the face twice and once on II
se neck, close to the jugular vein.
~ The Morning mine in Mullan wi
,e begin operations shortly. The steaC
III advance in metals has been such thi
ny he Federal Mining company h;
Z" reached the conclusion to not wait +,
he completion of the installation
OF he new machinery. but will beg
u.s. operations as quick as practical.
Ire The old brewery at Pocatello. whi'
pa has been fitted up for cold storai
'r' and ice plant. began operations APP
es' |. and is turning out about ten tons
'Ii ice daily. The ice will be handl
~ Wholesale and the chief business
LOT The company will be cold storage
ass fruit, eggs. meat and vegetables
10 The department of forestry at t
ira University of Idaho is prepared
MI send to residents of the state nu
'eu Der of tested species of shade and f,
lch est trees now known to do well he
lth at approximately the cost of growi
the the same. A maximum of two HI
ub- ired trees will be sent this year.
A number of business men of
catello are protesting the city or
nance in regard to the construction
'ck sidewalks by the city government
the is claimed that contractors can
led secured TO do this work for II cel