Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-04-15
IN THE GEM STATE


The loss sa result of the recent
fire at council is estimated at $4,000. :,
BY vote of the council the city v
clerk has been authorized TO collect
license fees on slot machines in v
Nampa d
1t is understood that dismissal OF
the indictment against State Auditor v
Huston and his brother, r. c. Hustoni Z
is contemplated by the county attor'
ney. t
H. c. Olney OF Standpoint enjoys
the distinction of being the Oldest g
living member of the Grand Army oil
the Republic, not in age, but in mem
bership
An effort is being made by the state
board of health to awaken the public
TO the danger from measles, and strict
quarantine regulations are TO be
adopted.
So well established and so success
full has Trader day become in Nampa
that an association is now being form
ed among the business men to make
the event a permanent institution.
Miss Vistie Simms daughter of the
late Buck" Simms, lies seriously in
yured at her home in ROckland as
result OF runaway accident while |
driving 10 the country.
The Lewiston Nez Perez & Eastern |
Railroad company has filed articles OF
incorporation and will take over the
Nez Perez & Idaho railroad, which
extends from Nez Perez TO Vollmer,
and from Lewiston TO Tammany.
Charles Guild, 50 years old last Feb
ruary, pioneer OF Payette valley,
was found dead in bed at Payette. He
had heart trouble. He went TO sleep
in the afternoon and passed away
That the Weiser valley is rapidly
coming TO the front as the home OF
| high grade stock is proven by the
| large number of blooded animals re-
| Gently imported from both eastern
4 and western breeders.
i Work has been resumed on the new
j federal building at Pocatelo. Work
was suspended for several months on
account of a change in the design Of
! the building and the order to use
!, more stone in the construction.
Abe Martin, under one thousand
re dollar bond 10 answer TO an indict-
no ment for embezzlement returned by
no the grand jury at Boise is reported
cv TO have left the state and no one has
had word of him for more than q
ar month.
sh Myriads of repulsive looking worms
Try about the size and shape of the ordi
we nary cutworm of the cornbelt, have
he been seen everywhere in Lincoln
sin county this spring The worms ap
as peared almost as soon as the snow
will disappeared
'er The jury at Boise in the case o
ons Lemuel Watkins against Thoma
Lord wherein the plaintiff asked 70
$4,000 damages for the alienation c
wv his wife's affections by the defenC
ant, brought in a verdict for Watkin
u,v in the sum OF $500.
Eugene Henle, a former prominer
Boise citizen and self-confessed en-
bezzler and c. Z. Lore defaultin
t Is cashier of the defunct Bank OF Nan
ess- pa. at Nampa. both serving sentenc,
one in the penitentiary, have been give
ans pardons by the state board OF pardon
'ody An unknown man was found des
in the railroad shops at Shoshon
trap When discovered the man was lyiI
ely face downward, a bottle containil
Se some whisky at his side. 1t is thong
and that he was drunk and was hit by
ront train or perhaps had fallen of trai
iraw Mrs Robert NJ. McCollum a W
AS known woman of southern Idaho. a
may the pioneer resident of Twin Fal
eing died of pneumonia at her home
Twin Falls on April G. She was
strap prominent leader in club work a
COW, movements for the betterment OF
liked city.
long. Sbould tho state highway comm
sion make a change in the route
the proposed state road from sou
ING eastern Idaho to Butte. the way v
Immediately be opened for the spec
imaIs completion of a splendid highway
the opinion of Senator Macbeth
Custer county.
DR.. James Alexander MacLe
r COW former president of the University
Idaho, may join the European conf
innate as fighting soldier under the col
ard of England He resigned the pr
m the dency of the University of Idaho m
ly two years ago to become presid
,eding of the University of Manitoba
Word from Challs states that c
tunity ence Eddy, poet and prospector
I'd. conspicuous figure in mining camps
dairy the west for a number of years,
as a who discovered the famous
Packer mine. has discovered a
nse. placer deposit near Challis. The
is coarse and yellow and will
washed out with hydraulic gun
rity in Unless he is permanently emT
as the ed by the common carrier or in
Id and actual employment of the company
t it is engaged upon its business while
there the performance of the partic
better travel for which the free transp'
alonA ton is issued. no physician, sur,
not be or attorney may travel on pass
respon- cording TO decision by the pr