Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-02-25
In THE GEM STATE

at Shoshone.
In the tri-school series OF basketball,
which was played between the Col
lege of Idaho. the Albion normal, and
the Academy of Idaho, the honors
went to the Pocatello Academy.
Measurements made of the snow in
the Leesburg basin during the winter
show that the snowfall has been the
lightest on record On the Leesburg
summit the depth of snow is only eigh-
teen inches.
Angelas Gol.anthas, Greek. died at
a Salt Lake hospital from a gunshot
wound in the abdomen, said to have
been inflicted by one of his country
men, Ernest Cofaelt, in shooting af-
fray at Glenns Ferry
The Nampa council has passed an
ordinance providing that all dogs in
the city limits must be muzzled. This
measure becomes effective Immediate
ly. Violations of this ordinance will
be considered a misdemeanor.
new mad dog scare broke loose
at Meridian last week, when ]. II.
Harvey, a rancher there. killed five
dogs which were suffering from the
strange malady that has afflicted so
many animals the past few weeks.
The Pocatello Gun club, which usu-
ally furnishes the champ squad Of
bluerock shooters for the northwest,
and whose members hold the high
average in the northwest, has begun
practicing for the seasons sport.
A disastrous fire completely de-
stroyed the North Fork hotel at Ena-
vile, owned by John Ponzetti of Kel.
logg, and conducted by c. NJ. Gillian,
entailing a loss of $4,000 covered by
insurance amounting to about $1,000.
The Duffy-Midkiff mill at Pocatello
last week went ten of the fifteen SEIZED.
uled rounds, when Midkiffs seconds
threw sponge into the ring and Ref
cree Cummins gave the decision to
Duffy. 1t was Duffys fight from the
first gong.
Mayor Turner Las called a special
election to be held on March 16, to de-
eide whether or not the city of Poca-
tello will be operated on the commits
sion plan of government The pro-
posed plan was voted on two years ago
and given severe rundown.
That Joseph Quay came to his
death on the night of February 10, by
the overturning of an automobile near
Boise, was the verdict reached by the
coroners jury. No blame was at
tached to anyone, the affair being
considered as purely an accident
While the appointments can not be
made until some time in May as the
measure does not carry any emer-
gency clause and does not take effect
until sixty days after the legislature
adiourns, the governor has announced
his choice of Boundary county off
Gals
The Idaho Seed & Milling company
started the wheels of it's plant at Po-
catello last week. The work of con-
struction has been rushed to compile
ton in the last few months and the
new plant stands as a model along it's
line. The initial capacity is fifty bar
rels daily.
L. A. Duvall, former deputy treas
urer for Blaine county, one of the men
alleged to be implicated in the en-
bezzlement of $4,255 bonds from the
county, gave himself up last week. He
was arrested on charge of embezzle-
ment and is now at liberty under a
$4,000 bond.
Professor Rhinehart, formerly OF
Boise, and who is now located per-
manently at Rupert, engaged in agri-
cultural extension work for the coun-
ty of Minidoka, is actively assisting
in the work of preparing for the first
annual Minidoka county fair to be held
in Rupert next fall.
Complaint of the public utilities com.
mission Of Idaho that carload rates
over the oregon Short Line railroad
and other carriers on bituminous coal
from Kemmerer and Rock Springs,
Wyo., to points in southern IdLho are
unreasonable, has been dismissed by
the interstate commerce commission.
AS the result of a stabbing ARRAY at
the state prison, when Jack Edwards,
colored, long termer sent up from
Lincoln county, attempted to murder
a fellow prison inmate named Tracy,
a white man serving a term from Ban.
mock county, Tracy may die from his
wounds.
Ten residents OF the Mud lake sec,
ton have been arrested for cattle
rustling and are now in Jail at Rigby.
1t is said the practice had been to
kill the cattle and bring the beef in
quarters to market. Thirteen quar-.
tiers of beef were located in the vari
Gus premises.
A San Francisco dispatch announces
that James w. Jones. formerly super
intendent of exhibits for Idaho, was
Friday made superintendent of exhib.
its by Chief Dennison of the division
of horticulture, which includ,s fiori-
culture. This Is the worlds most
elaborate and most beautiful exhibit.
f. H. Seymour, a wealthy stock
raiser of st Anthony died AT Long