The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-11-16


Fred Floed, editor OF the New Free
dom. who has been quite i'll the past
ten days is some what improved.
The suits against the city for dam
age done by the Cottonwood fiume
have been settled at an expense to the
city of $26l.80.
The two Lovelace boys aged II and
IL years are on trial at Twin Fails
for the murder of F. T. Hamill on
August IS last
Owing to pressing business, Presi-
dent Wilson has declined to visit the
west at this time. He has received
many invitations.
Frank Jones alias Charles Carlson
was arrested in Boise Tuesday charg-
ed with passing worthless checks on
many of the merchants.
In the official canvass of the vote
for probate judge of Ada county
Judge Dunlap received a majority of
Ill votes over Judge Miller.
Myrtle T. Canser was granted di-
vorce Wednesday from Andrew A..
Canser upon the grounds of desertion
They were married in Boise in 1905.
The Christmas vacation of the
Boise schools will commence on De-
cember p and end on January &
an order of the school district trus-
tees.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
board have appropriated $500 of its
funds as a donation to the Northwest
Live Stock show to be held at Spo-
kane.
Sargent ] ] Toomey of the regu-
lar army has arrived in Boise and will
open a recruiting station where en-
listments into the federal service will
be received.
The local weather bureau service
says that Monday was the coolest
November day since 1896 when the
thermometer registered 2 degrees
above zero.
The Barber mill company have
commenced the enlargement of their
plant to twice its present size and ex-
pect to have it in operation with the
opening of Spring.
While skating on the ice near Eagle
Tuesday a young boy by the name of
Everett Bingham suffered a broken
leg. He was brought to local hos
pital for treatment
The thirty sixth annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
met in Baltimore Monday and it is
expected that its session will con-
tinue for two weeks.
Tom Hall and Jennie Smith charg-
ed with bootlegging had their pre-
,liminary examination before the pro-
bate judge Tuesday who took the
case under advisement
Guy Flenner who has long been
connected with the Statesman office
IN that capacity now has editorial
charge of the Capital News in place of
c. o. Broxon resigned.
Miss Elizabeth Hayes, danughter of
Mayor Hayes was united in marriage
Wednesday evening to Mr.. Leon
Decker of Lincoln, Nebraska. The
young couple will make their home at
Lincoln.
The boys of the manuel training
department of the high school have a
fine dairy barn nearly completed on
the school farm connected with the
agricultural department of the Boise
schools.
The Idaho State Federation of La
Dor has made a call for a convention
to be held in this city, commencing
at 10 o'clock Monday morning, Janu-
airy IS, 1917. A great deal of impor-
tant business will be taken care of
and large attendance is anticipated
The Merchants Printing Company,
Corner 9th and Main streets have in
stalled pony cylinder press which
was much needed in their equipment
and they are now able to handle book
work and other printing in a first
class manner.
"A terrific explosion occurred at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray N. Castle,
743 East Jefferson Street, Monday
morning when the water front in their
range became over taxed with steam
Oreec1re on arcornf ~ fe11ao -..oo.
and sblew up, sending fragments of
the stove through the walls, floor and
ceiling. No one happened to be in
the room at the time of the explosion
and aside from ruined stove, a dam
aged house and some shaken nerves
all is-well
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