Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-08-26
In THE GEM STATE

.
Ferry named j. NJ. Bartos. when off
GERS tried to arrest him, slashed r.
GOotson with knife and severely in
jured him.
X. S. Walker was seriously injured
by falling thirty feet while stacking
hay on ranch near Salmon. One
arm and three ribs were broken III adj
dition to injuries to his neck and
chest.
Nick Karaganes. Greek boy, IA
years of age, accidentally shot himself
with shotgun at sheep camp on
Goose Creek above Arrow Rock. He
was taken to Arrow Rock, where he
died from his injuries.
The cost OF the recent encampment
OF the Idaho national guard was $780,
1882, it is announced. The principal
item was $10,304.95 for the pay Of the
officers and men. The next largest |
was 5000 for transportation.
Fred NJ Coleman, serving an indie
terminate sentence of from two TO five |
years in the penitentiary, has volun
teered to assist the state in finding
the total shortage as the result of the
treasury steal.
With the harves; of the sugar beet
and potato crops in northern Utah and
southern Idaho. the Oregon Short
Line will attain the greatest volume
OF freight business in the history OF
the road. it is said.
campaign to increase the con
sumption OF beet sugar III Idaho was
started at a banquet Of representative
farmers. merchants. business men and
officials OF the Amalgamated Sugar
company in Twin Falls
Idaho farmers have won a total Of
1875 medals at the San Francisco ex-
position. according to a report receiv.
ed last week OF the number, five
were honor medals, q gold medals
1912 of silver, and 70 of bronze.
The contract for the construction OF
a bridge and removing the old bridge
now spanning the Snake river neal
Tilden has been let to the Midland
Bridge company OF Kansas City. Thai
company was the lowest bidder al
S7.25O.
Entering the Depot saloon at Kel
logg. man giving the name of Dan
iel C. Murphy secured $500 in loot
from the bartender and in making his
escape met and killed Doc" Cain,
Waterman of the Bunker Hill mine.
Murphy was captured
State Highway Engineer Booth is
now in the northern part of the state
where he will supervise the surveying
e of part of the state highway across
the panhandle" of the state He will
< be assisted by employees of the Unit
T ed States forest service.
{ II is reported that in the Payettt
lake section huckleberries are plenti
full this year and every day buckle
e berry enthusiasts hike around Thu
e hills and return with full buckets TIT
berries are unusually large this yea
and of a delicious flavor.
i Ed Osburg, a brakeman on the ore
,, gon Short Line. was killed at OxforC
- According to witnesses, the brakema
stepped behind his train, which wa
" going south, and was struck by
~ northbound train. a handrail strikin
y him in the back of the head
into Caldwell from the spud GROWN
section south of town at lively rat
The Caldwell Traction company r
ports that three and four cars are b
is ing hauled daily now and that tn
number will increase considerably
" the next ten days.
I'd The governor has signed reprieN
st for William Hoard. who was sent
e. the penitentiary in March of this yea
Sc after being convicted in Neg Per'
n county of burglary in the second d
Sc gree The man has a bad case
it, consumption, and he was reprieved
ay that he might go to Arizona.
nd The Utah Construction compan
'p- purchaser of the big Lost River ir
lie cation project. purpose to spend Il
ot der it's estimates total of $3.50 0
nd on the reclamation of the project, pI
ny viding the state approves its pa
It's and its new contracts to deliver t'
* acre feet of water to the settlers.
'e Track laying on the Ogden, Log
ST. & Idaho electric railway reach
ISL Mendon on the 18th. The grade f
he the track has been completed fro
DIV Mendon to Collinston with the eXc'
ed ton of short stretch from Mend
cir 10 Wellsville, where the line will i
zee with the present line from Wellsvi
ma to Logan and the north.
ms The attorney general is of the OPP
"a ion that the laws of Idaho, governi
of the conduct of street or interurh
not railways, do not vest the public ut
ps. ties commission with authority to
out quire the Idaho Traction company a
,te the Boise Railroad company to en-
les into an agreement for the trans
ces and exchange of passengers.
Ia 1t is said that never were the
farm wheat growers of the ReXbl
section so prosperous as now. I
red yield, too. is a record one, rum
ain from thirty-fve to fifty bushels
the acre over the tract of about 100,
acres.