The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-08-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS

board, was $396,627, 324.30.
When he fell from moving freight
train near Cascade, W. A. Case, aged
26, was badly injured, and is in a
Boise hospital.
Many farmers in the southern part
of the state are cutting their clover
for hay because of the presence OF
aphis in the fields.
A Thurman resident has taken the
I threatened railroad strike seriously.
and last week laid in stock of pro-
visions to last for the next year.
The abstracts of valuations for 1916,
rs reported by counties, show a
shrinkage over 1915, due to the ad-
justment taking out inflated values.
James V. Hall was taken in tow
by a deputy marshal at Emmett,
charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails to party in Boise.
Gooding county reports taxable
property to the value of $3,357 SOY,
Keotenai has reported 11,505,7S3
and Oneida county's taxable property
is placed at $4,293,476.
Peter June was taken to the Twin
Falls hospital from Rupert where
one foot was cut off by train. His
injuries necessitated the amputation
of portion of the limb.
Ray Hardwick was killed by light
shelter near a telegraph pole during
q storm, his body being found fif-
teen minutes later by friends.
Charles Crawford, the Fargo ranch
er accused of assaulting and brutally
beating H. H. Cross, on the evening of
July 8, at the Fargo school house, has
been held to the district court for
trial.
Bulletins received from the depart
ment of forestry of the University of
Idaho at Moscow indicate that three
excellent courses in forestry will be
offered at the state institution this
year.
According to the statement of DR..
Charles L. Chalfant, superintendent
of the Children's Home Finding So
ciety at Boise, that institution is in a
position to place 500 orphans in de-
sirable homes.
ReXburg bench farmers are expect !
ing unusually good crops, in spite of
the dry weather, hundreds of acres
that were looked upon as failures a
few weeks ago now showing signs of
yielding heavily.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has given permission to cancel
he green fruit rate tariff of the Gre
gon Short Line railroad company, as
fled with the public utilities commits
sion in this state.
Alonzo V. Robinson, of Meridian,
who sustained serious injuries in an
accident in oregon, his
ather-in-law being killed at the time,
las been released from the hospital
md is recovering at his home.
Fire broke out in the residence of
yalvin Foss, at Preston, but before
much damage was done it was extin
.uished by the quick work of a num-
er of men. From all indications the
re was caused through defective wir-
ng. :
The Boise Commercial club has ex-
ended helping hand to Moscow in
be fight to secure for Moscow the To-
alton of the governmental expert
rental mining bureau, for which
lutte and Spokane have also put in
bid.
l.. R. Wilder was accidentally shot
lille attempting to drive rattle
make out of the brush near Cam
ridge, the bullet striking rib and
dging in the backbone, causing tenn
orary paralysis, but he is now out OF
anger
The state board of equalization is
annual session at Boise to equalize
Of property as between
)unties and to assess the property of y
'mmon carriers, private car COM
inies, telephone and telegraph com =
lnies and public service corpora ;,
ons. !;
The L. D. S. First ward amusement 3
'mmittee is arranging an elaborate z
cial reunion of all of the members 3
the ward, in Pocatello, to be held 3
an early date. The program will 3
clude song and story, instrumental 3
usic, oratory and numerous other 3
atures. =
Joseph Spencer White, structural 3
IN worker of Salt Lake City, was I;
stantly killed at Twin Falls, in =
Il of sixty feet at the new beet SUI 3
r factory now in course of con- s
ruction. Two other men working y
tn him had narrow escapes from =
nilar fate.
the attorney generals de-
rtment has held that he has no
int to have the title Captain" ap- IT
ar before his name on the primary
ction ballot, Captain E. G. Davis,
gubernatorial candidate,
S applied to the supreme court for
writ of mandate to compel the Sec
airy Of state to so certify down his
ne.
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