Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1915-12-25
IDAHO STATE NEWS

have a regular system of fire drills.
John b. Mullen, an old-time resident
of Pocatello. died from Heart failure
on December 6, at the age of So,
Because coyotes are too numerous
in the state of Idaho Uncle Sam will
step in and take hand in eXterminat.
ing them.
Robbers entered store at Pocatello
and succeeded in getting away with a
punch board containing gold coins to
the amount of $50.
The city of Pocatello is about to
adopt an ordinance which will provide
one of the most stringent fire protec
tive measures in use in the state.
The report comes from Midnight
Creek section that Indians are killing
deer out of season, and an effort will
be made to put stop to the practice.
The city OF Pocatello has sold to the
Lumberman's Trust company of Port
land, Ore, an issue of city water
bonds for the sum OF 100000. The
bonds brought par.
Mrs. S. G. Thomas, wife of a rancher
| living six miles southeast of Nampa,
was stricken with paralysis while
helping her husband with the milking
at the barn, and died few hours
later.
The question of securing the splen-
did rock crushing equipment owned by
the government and stationed in the
canyon above Diversion dam, Is being
agitated by prominent citizens OF
Boise
! A movement toward the organiZa-
tion of all the allied agricultural indus.
tries of southern Idaho win probably
be placed under way during the series
OF conventions which will take place
| during January.
| The educational research bureau of
| the Advertising Clubs of the World
has selected Pocatello as the base
from which to collect data as to the
past progress and future possibiitiej
of southeastern Idaho.
| W. A. Lewis Is in the hospital with
a bullet wound In his groin and Har
vey Sutton is under boEd of 5000
| to answer charge of assault with
deadly weapon, us the result Of a clash
between the two men at Boise.
NJ d. Van Horn, az years of age,
farmer Of Arbon, died at an Ogde,
hospital from the effects Of injuri s
suffered when he was caught under
falling tree. The accident occurrel
on the mans farm near Arbon.
Terra Gotta having arrived for the
Elks' building at Focatello, work has
been resumed with vigor and will be
pushed to full completion Operations
had been held W for short time
pending the shipment of the material,
The moot question OF whether aliens
having first papers are entitled to hum
and fish on resident licenses was de
termined In a measure at Pocatello
when Judge j, M. Knowles fined Pc
ter Caylas $40 for hunting on resi-
dent license.
A conference will be called between
the attorneys for the Pocatelo Water
company, the city OF Pocatello and
the public utilities commission regard
ing an application for the raising of
rates for water in that city some time
after December 10.
News has been received of the ar
rest in Utah OF j. NJ Edwards of
Idaho Falls, who is alleged to have
kidnapped his daughter from the reform
school at st. Anthony and run away
with her, a young boy and an automo
bile for which he had not paid.
Proposed legislation Of unusual i'm
portance to Idaho, Utah. Washington
and Oregon in the conservation of
waters of lakes and streams in grea
reservoirs, will be introduced in the
coming congress by Robert NJ Nc
Cracken, junior congressman from this |
state
The mysterious re recent discov
cred on the Lamp ranch in Crane |
gulch, says the Boise Statesman burn |
ed itself out, due to the rains of the |
past few days and the holes dug in the |
sod by investigators, which permitted |
the water to reach the smouldering |
mass
1t is the intention of Idaho's junior |
congressman to introduce a bill for |
the construction of wagon road from |
Ashton to the Yellowstone National |
park This state has already set aside |
$4,000 to aid in construction work, |
and he will ask the government for |
$4,000 more
Captain Guleke, who recently made |
trip down the river to Lewiston, re |
ports that the navigation of the Sal |
mon river in fiat boat was the most |
difficult in his long experience of such |
trips. The water in the river is ex.
tremely low and large number of
portages had to be made.
E. p. Taylor, potato and fruit spe
cialist, reports that owing TO the
shortage of the potato crop in portions
of Idaho and other states, many grow