The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-25
IN THE GEM STATE

der treatment, which is not quite one
out of every ten, according to re-
port of the state board of health
Attorney General Peterson was
found not guilty of the charge of EN-
bezzling state funds He submitted
his defense on his own testimony, in
which he fatty denied the allegations
OF the state.
The sixteenth annual convention Of
the South Idaho Christian Missionary
society closed at Twin Falls, June Ia,
after four days successful gathering.
One hundred delegates were present
from twenty-three churches
Miss Florence Alexander, who was
a resident OF Nampa some sixteen
years ago and who has since become
one of the most famous whistling so
loists of the United States, is enjoy
ing visit with old friends at Nampa.
Nearly all accommodations at the
city Jail at Boise are in use at the
present time. There are in the neigh
borhood of fifteen prisoners held for
crimes against the city peace laws.
most of them charged with drunken
ness.
On only two of the healthy irriga-
tion projects of the state is there any
danger of shortage of water this
year, according to State Engineer
Smith. These are The Twin Falls
Salmon River and the Twin Falls-Oak-
ley project.
While repairing one OF his logging
roads on Harris creek recently, Paul
Schumacher came across buck deer
in the road which seemed little afraid
of the men and team, and did not
move until they came within few
feet of them.
Figures showing that the death
rate among persons who recover
from typhoid fever is nearly twice
as great as among those who have
never had the disease, were contained
in an official bulletin issued last week
by the state board of health.
]. B. Elliott, the young miner In
jrred some weeks ago on Wood river
by piece of steel flying from drill
head and entering the abdomen, is
out and around, though not entirely
well. All efforts, even x-ray pictures,
have failed to locate the offending
piece of steel
Making the trip from Gooding to
Rupert in a wagon, the horses driven
by George Mathis were scared by an
auto and overturned the wagon. Mrs.
Mathis and the baby were thrown out
with great force and the baby's leg
was broken and Mrs. Mathis suffered
a bad fracture of the foot.
The May rains changed greatly the
prospect for fire season in western
Idaho. Now, instead of facing what
seemed grayer danger than in any
previous year, indications are, accord
ing to Supervisor G. b. Mains, of EN-
NETT, that the season will not be more
dangerous than the average.
While moving crane derrick from
the Rogerson ranch, seven miles west
of Eden, to the Berry ranch, Edward
Eschlenger, haying hand who was
riding on the large arm of the der
rick, was instantly killed when the
steel arm of the derrick came in con-
tact with overhead high tension wires.
Arrangements have been practical
ly made for the completion of the
kootenai-Cabinet state highway The
state entered into a contract for the
building of the road some time ago,
but after five miles of the nine mile
gap to be built had been completed
there came disagreement with the
contractor.
While working high on the roof of
a mill at Caldwell, Enos Campbell
sustained fall which might easily
have proved fatal AS it was he land
ed on roof beneath him and escaped
much longer fall to the ground He
dropped twelve or fifteen feet and suf-
fered several broken ribs and a bad
shakeup.
A good road across the Targhee for
est from st. Anthony to the Yellow
stone park seems assured. Not only
has the state designated the Yellow
stone road as one of the beneficiaries
OF the appropriation of 100000 by the
last legislature, but county and local
interests as we'll as the forest service
are cooperating.
Another step in the merging of
southern Idaho power companies was
taken last week, when the properties
OF the Idaho Railway, Light & Power
company were bought by the Electric
Investment company of New York,
which already controls and operates
the ldaho-Oregon Power & Light com
pany, for s4,542, $50.
At recent meeting of the state
land board it was decided to take up
the problem of rehabilitating the Big
Lost River irrigation project in the
near future, but since the commission
appointed to revise the irrigation and
drainage laws of the state has taken
action along the same line, it is be-
neved that the board will wait for its
report before it takes up the problem.
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