The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS

A barn belonging to A. ]. Shearer
several miles out from Payette
burned one night last week, four mules
being destroyed
Harry Ross, 4-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs Jerry Ross of Pleasant View
was kicked by a horse and is in q
serious condition.
J. S. Norris, charged with stealing
three horses at Caldwell, has been
brought back from Prineville. Ore,
where he was captured.
New books have been purchased for
the HALEY public schools with the
$3.50 bequeathed to the school by
Leopold Wertheimer. who died in
1913.
Floyd Gilbert, captain Of the
Grangeville high school football team,
died at a hospital at Moscow from a
broken neck sustained in a game at
Nez Perez.
Arrangements have been completed
for the floating Of the $14,000.0 600
power merger in Idaho with the ex-
ception of the selection Of name for
the corporation.
The oregon Short Line railroad has
been granted permission to put in eff
feet ON November l its former pas
senger rate of 4 cents a mile over the
Burley-Marshfield branch.
Clifford Rhodes, well known and
highly respected barber of Blackfoot
has disappeared and it is feared he
has suicided, as he left a note saying
he was going to take his lie.
For two hours a bull held Mr.. and
Mrs Ed. Geiss,er aEsl their three sons
and niece prisoners in = granary at
Fruitland. The animal was shot with
a % several times before it could he
driven away.
w. d. McReynolds of Boise has
been appointed by Judge Frank S.
Dietrich to be clerk of the federal dis
trict court for Idaho. Mr.. Mercy
nolds succeeds Len Richardson. who
died recently.
John McGary of Shelley is conduct
ing search for bis long-lost brother.
Ira McGary; last heard from twenty
five years ago, but reported to have
died somewhere In western Idaho
September 81 Of this year.
The shipment of fruits from the EN-
nett section is fast drawing to
close. The price received have been
considerable more income to the peo-
low, but on the whole have brought
pie than in any previous year.
An order has been issued by the
public utilities commission granting to
the village of Aberdeen, GER
tificate of public convenience and
necessity to construct water system
within the limits of the village.
After visit to Mackay, the state
veterinarian announced that there is
no scab in that section, and every
band of sheep passing through the
section has been examined. No traces
of scab have been found, he said.
While riding in car loaded with |
household goods and stock, near Bur-
ley, Floyd NJ Cooper of Pendleton,
Ore, was thrown with great force
against a cows horn when the car
gave lurch, causing serious injury.
The town of Council voted on the
matter of bonding for the sum of $780,
900 for the installation of a munich
pally owned water system FOR that
place on the 18th instant and the
bonds carried by practically unani-
nous vote.
Formal demand has been made by
the state on the National Surety COM
pany for reimbursement on the bond
of 0. V. Allen, former state treasurer
On account of the shortages in lbs ac-
counts with the state. The sum de-
handed was $133. 60892.
The report that fish in the Black
loot and Wood rivers are dying by
of the epidemic among
suckers" is denied by the HALEY
FINES, which says there Is no cpl
iemic among the fish and that there
S not a sucker in Wood river
Four dogs were poisoned during the
,ast week in Caldwell, and the fact
hat so many suffered points to some
human agency An effort is being made
o discover the source of the contami-
lation with the hope that it will lead
0 some clue to the person responsible.
An automobile, without lights, ran
nto Roxie Goss, who was driving 4
orse. hitched to a buggy. near Fruit
and Mr.. Goss was thrown out OF
he buggy up onto the auto and rem
cred unconscious for several min
ties, but no permanent injury was re-
eived.
w F. Kasiska, proprietor of the
'annock hotel at Pocatello, has been
ned $2,43S for maintaining com
ION nuisance" he having pleaded
Utility. The court has so far not raised
le injunction against the Bannock
otel, and it will no doubt be closed
II some time
A petition has been presented to
istrict Judge Gwinn asking that Of
cial to call grand jury to probe n
ito the civic and financial affairs OF a
lie city of Idaho Falls. The petition Il
as been signed by all of the county Il
and other county Off II
RS, Mayor Edgington and number .
others. @
No decision has been made by the