Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-13
In THE GEM STATE

Meridian has begun in earnest
Perry A. Trowbridge. age 20 years,
understood to have lived somewhere
in Pennsylvania, was drowned at the
Natatorium at Boise.
Rural free delivery will be inaugu-
rated at Kimberly June 16 on
twenty-six-mile route. serving 120 fam
lilies. The service will he triweekly.
Five Pocatello citizens were a.
rested one day last week by order of
County Attorney c. Douglas Smith on
the charge of selling liquor contrary
to the state laws, and two others are
to be arrested when found.
The whereabouts of f. F. Knoll, for
mer agent of the American Express
company, who suddenly disappeared
from Weiser nearly three months ago,
has been cleared up upon receipt of a
letter from Knoll, who is in Cardiff, !
Wales.
State Examiner Van Mugs has hand |
ed in his resignation to State Auditor
Huston, taking effect May l, and has
associated himself with the Register
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Idaho Falls, publishers of the Idaho
Register.
A trainload of twenty-nine cars of
beef cattle passed through Pocatello
last week, bound to Yellowstone park.
The shipment was from Junction, Ore,
and was destined to feed the hungry
thousands who are anticipated in the
park this summer.
All cases against James II. Wallis,
former state dairy, food and sanitary
inspector of the state of Idaho, were
disposed of in the district court at
Boise by the defendant entering !
technical plea of guilty to one case
and paying a fine OF $1,000.
Harry +. Allen, charged by the
state through grand jury indictment
with being an accessory in the theft OF
$70,3546S from the vaults of the state
treasury by receiving the stolen mon
ey from his brother. o. V. Allen. for
mer state treasurer, was found not
guilty by jury at Boise.
Papers have been filed at Poca-
tello which show the transfer of the
, Pocatello Water company's holdings
from the millionaire banker ]. A
Murray OF Butte, TO Alec Murray Of
. Pocatello. The consideration wal
named at 100000 and a cash ex
E change of $4,000 took place.
= According to a decision of Judg'
J Guheen, Councilman Leo Edgeley o
Z the retiring Pocatello council, was II
legally elected and for this reason tn
street car ordinance passed, granting
= a franchise to J. r. Mum, formerl
q of Salt Lake, is null and void, becaus
n Edgeley's vote was necessary in pas!
a ing this ordinance.
e The jury in the case of w. J. Thon
@ as VS.. Pocatello, in which damages c
(. $4,000 were asked for the loss of tn
d plaintiffs child, which fell into tn
river two years ago, brought in vel
d dict in favor of the city. The cit
was held not responsible for the fac
q that there was no railing on a privat
e. footbridge spanning the river, froi
which the child fell.
70 The greatest fruit crop in the hi
~ tory of Idaho This is the conclusio
y'ns reached by State Horticultural lnspe
tor Guy Graham, following a trip {
inspection through the rich fruit be
lie in the southwestern part of the stat
Il and after hearing reports from dep
ties in all sections.
I'd The minimum wage commissio
r. created by the last legislature, an
ig the members OF which we're appointe
Sc by the governor to investigate Il
IS wages paid and the conditions und
which minors and women wage-ear
ers work in Idaho. held its first NEE
= ing at Boise last week.
In response to a request from Il
j. b. Steele ranch on Three cree
about fifty miles south of Twin Fail
that the sheriff take in charge mi
supposed to be demented. office
found at the ranch John Howell, fC
merly of Kimberly, who mysterious
disappeared in Portland in 1907.
A demurrer to the complaint filed
c. X. Macy, former state hortic
tural inspector, who seeks to Gust frc
office his successor, Guy Graham,
the ground that he was illegally {
pointed, has been filed by Graham
counsel
An unknown man, aged so. fal
laborer on the Coleman ranch, W
brought to Shoshone. suffering fro
spotted fever. After wandering in
sage brush two days and nights
crawled to Theodore Baldwin's ran
at midnight.
Charles w. Green of Lewiston n
rowly escaped fatal injury in an au
mobile accident near Clifford.
Green is now in the hospital, sun
ing from dislocation of the SHOULD
joint, fractured collar bone and {
broken ribs
The United States reclamation $
vice is urging the users of water FIR
4 the Boise river to economic in vi
OF probable shortage when the |
cation season is well under way.
The following Idaho postn.ast
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