The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-05-21
In THE GEM STATE

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convention at Pocatello last week Win
good attendance from outside towns.
Eight members of the present corps OF
teachers for the HALEY public SCHOOLS
have been re-employed for the COM
Ing year.
The first rural route out OF Poca-
| tello was authorized last week, ana
! will be established for the section
north Of the city.
Perry A. Trowbridge, age 20 years,
understood to have lived somewhere
In Pennsylvania, was drowned at the
Natatorium at Boise.
Supervisors and foresters In the
Idaho national forests have made pre-
| liminary arrangements to cope with
possible forest Sres during the ap-
preaching dry season.
S. D. Clinton of Idaho Falls. has
been appointed assistant field en-
gineer Of the interstate commerce
commission at $1,000 and assigned to
railway valuation work.
The following Idaho postmasters
have been appointed: Mrs. Clara NJ.
w May, Famous, Bear Lake county,
new office; BENJAMIN +. Filler, Lib
erty, vice A. N. Austin, resigned.
Rural Mail Carrier B. o. Duston,
Warrens, has been indicted by a fed
eral grand jury for an alleged attempt
to defraud the postoffice department
of parcel post tonnage arriving at
Warrens.
The new city administration took
the reins of government in Pocatello
on May IL. The council is composed
of six Republicans and four Demo-
Gratis. Republicans have nearly all
other city offices.
During the month of April applica-
tons covering more than 1O2,599 acres
we're allowed by the land office at
Blackfoot, while more than 100000
more were applied for, most of which
will be allowed later on.
B. r. Coleman, who suicided at Po-
catellO by jumping from the viaduct,
was on his way from Pasadena to
Boise to settle affairs of his dead
brothers estate, and while respondent
jumped fsem the yiaduct
Levi Glenn, 9-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs Fl S. Glenn, 6ied at Cald.
well, victim OF measles. The lad
had been in critical condition for
more than a week, during which time
he was attended by two special
nurses.
man giving bis name as Oscar
Nelson was captured by Grief Of Pc.
lice John Baker inside 4 Clothing
store at Caldwell. HE man Fad eyi-
IDENTIFY just gotten inside by raising a
window when discovered Ky the vigil
liant chief.
The conductor. and brakeman Of a
passenger train nabbe4 a couple of
yeggman at Shoshone, as they were
emerging from a store bearing an |
armfull of clothing! Tha men we're |
turned over to the marshal and are /
now in jail
Three rural free delivery routes will
be established in Idaho June is. on
tri-weekly basis as follows: Fair.
field route No. 2, 20 miles long, sery-
ing Ito families; Murtaugh, II miles,
serving 70 families; Peck. 20 miles,
serving IS families.
On May s, 104.new laws went into
effect for the government of the state
OF Idaho. These are the acts passed
by the Thirteenth session Of the Idaho
legislature and approved by the gov.
ernor but which did not have an
emergency clause attached.
Two members of the Rupert base.
pall team were slightly injured and
several others badly shaken up when
TWO OF the automobiles in which the
members of the team were going TO
jerome for game met with An az.
lcdent two miles east of Jerome.
An effort is being. made to have the
pan OF Fong Loon reduced SO that
ne may be released from the county
Jail pending his appeal To the sunrema
court Fong was convicted Of man.
slaughter about a year ago. He was
charged with stabbing another China.
man at Boise.
State bonds to the value of s335 .
'oV, on which the state is now having
per cent interest. will be called in
~ the state treasurer July l. Nine
ssues VIII be wiped out OF existence
~ this payment.
Copies Of the Thirteenth session
avs bound in pigskin, were distrib,
ited last week by the secretary ~
itate's office to state and county of.
lcials. Members of the legislature are
'iso entitled to have them.
The Gilmore Development ,eagro {
'ostai affairs co1sNittee has about
completed its efforts in behalf Of {
uraI route between Mountain Homo
md Smith Prairie. Petitions al, alone
ne proposed route have been unani.
nously signed. 'n-
rort hill was practically das+ro,.,s