Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Gardner Adams Of Boise has been
Of the State Industrial school at st.
Anthony.
J. T. Sanders, convicted at Caldwell
of passing a worthless check, was
sentenced to from one to fourteen
years in the state prison.
An appropriation of s25, 900 will be
asked of the legislature this winter
for d building to house the free public
bath pools at the Lava Hot Springs.
c. 3. Compton, the Payette drug
gist, died last week after an illness of
but a few hours duration He was
mayor of Payette from 1912 to 1914.
Hugh Sane, a 12-year-old boy, was
run down by an automobile at Boise
while riding his bicycle to deliver
meat, end painfully injured
Alfalfa hay in the stack is report
ed to have sold at from SO to s10.75
ton last week, at the farm sale held
by Charles Smyth, at his ranch near
Midway.
The total vote for all presidential
candidates four years ago was 105, 155.
This year it totaled 136,S07 This IS
gain of approximately S1,O52 votes
in four years.
A car of turkeys vas shipped from
New Plymouth station last week for
Portland and Seattle markets. Farm
ers are delighted with the prices they
received for their birds.
Fire early Monday morning destroy
ed the tent home of Mr. and Mrs. n.
B. Scritchfeld in Twin Falls and
burned beyond recognition the form-s
er's mother, Mrs. NJ. E. Scritchfeld.
Major C. c. Conant of the medical
corps of the Second Idaho infantry
to the sanitary inspector OF all the
troops stationed in the Nogales dis
trict
Pupils of the Nampa schools show
ed a spirit of thankfulness in prac-
teal way when they contributed a to-
tai of s57O3 as their annual donation
to the Children's Home Finding &
Aid society.
Thrown beneath a drag" of NOV
ing cars in the yards of the Oregon
Short Line at Nampa, Switchman
William NJ. Jackson was so terribly
injured that his death ensued a little
more than an hour later
The surveyor generals office has
installed a new electrically operated
blue print machine They can now
make prints irrespective of whether
the sun shines or not. The machine
cost approximately s4O0.
The Grow hotel at Pocatello was
held up at night by two burglars and
several hundred dollars taken from
the safe after Charles Gibbs, the
night clerk, was beaten into insensi-
bility by one of the robbers.
Idaho voters cast approximately
136,S07 votes for the four presidential
candidates at the recent election. Will
son polled 7O,O21 votes, Hughes S.
36S. Benson, Socialist, 1922 votes,
and Hanley, Prohibitionist, 1926.
Four members of the Boise States
man staff tried Chicago diet squad
menus for one day in Boise restaur-
ants. 1t cost them IS. On the diet
squad, according to the scheduled 40
cents a day, it should have cost them
$3.50.
A bill providing for state Standard
cation of grade and packages and a
state system of packing house inspec-
ton, with official certifcation, in
handling fruit shipped out of Idaho,
is to be introduced in the legislature
this winter.
A Chinaman giving his name as
Sing Lee was taken into custody at
PocatellO on the charge of practicing
medicine without a license. He was
also suspected of selling opium to
women residing in the vicinity of his
place of business.
Two Bannock Indians were struck
by cars in Pocatello on Thanksgiving
lay and the tribe is said to be wrath
lul An Indian squaw got in front of
1 car on the viaduct and was knocked
down with a few minor bruises. A
Duck was also run down.
1t is understood at Wallace that an
settlement of the divorce
suit Herman J. Rossi recently filed
against his wife. Mabel A. Rossi, has
,een reached and that the promised
firing of the ROssi domestic affairs
n the courts has been frustrated.
The vote at the recent election
shows that the Socialists have lost
;round in Idaho since 1912, when
)ebs polled II, $50 votes. The Prohi-
libition party, too, failed to muster
ne strength it showed in 1912. when
Is presidential candidate received
,537 votes.
The committee appointed by the
club to collect funds for
he installation of a telephone line
etween Pocatello and Crystal and
valleys reported the rails
lg of nearly $500. This sum. to-
ether with the services which will