The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-05-05
In THE GEM STATE

snip OF the Nampa Commercial club i
has passed the 300 mark.
Construction OF the new cheese fac
tor at McDermott is well under way. |
and it is expected that the plant will |
be put in operation by May Is.
The senate has passed the house
bill which authorizes the construction
Of a bridge across the Snake river by
Twin Falls and Minidoka counties.
The Idaho-Oregon Holiness school
at Nampa has reached the point
ings and equipment or else stand still.
Joy riders stole Alfred Stones auto
mobile from in front Of his home at
Caldwell, the machine being found in
a ditch four miles from town, badly
wrecked.
DIR. w. y. Ruble, known among min
ing men as the inventor Of the Ruble
elevator, a machine which was a big
factor in reyolutionizing placer mining,
died at Salmon
J. 3. Smith, wealthy resident of
Hepburn, was killed at Renfro station
by an Oregon Short Line train. Mr..
Smith was walking on the track when
struck by the train.
Union -baptismal services were con-
Quoted at the Boise river. just south
OF Eagle, on Sunday afternoon. About
twenty converts of the recent revival
meetings were baptised.
Fred WiIletts shot his former wife
from whom he was divorced, at his
sons place Of business in Idaho Falls,
in1icting fatal wounds, then turned
the gun on himself, committing sui
eide
Dennis o'Mahoney reports the sale
Of the Red Prince mining property,
consisting of three claims, three miles
from PocaCello, to the Montana De-
veiopment company, for the sum OF
forty thousand dollars.
Acting upon advice to the effect
that the dog which bit 3-year-oId La
vonne Wilson OF Twin Falls. had by
drophobia, Mrs. Lee Wilson, the
mother, took the child to Boise for
special Pasteur treatment
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
z. Dickerson OF Weiser was totally
destroyed by fire. The Dickersons
we're down town at the time. and as
there was no fire Of any kind in the
house, its origin is mystery.
Upon Recommendation OF Score
taries Lane and Houston, President
Wilson has excluded about 5,575 acres
Of land from the Targhee national for
est in Idaho, TO be subject to settle
ment from June % to July 20
Mrs. Juan Aclecoa, % years old.
wife OF a sheepherder on the Archa-
bal-Cleveland ranch at Ten Mile, was
drowned in the New York canal when
team OF horses he was driving be-
came frightened, and upset the buggy
| in the canal.
Run down and killed By q speeding
automobile, the occl pants Of which, in
order to conceal their crime. picked
up the body and carried it away With
them-that. it is considered by some,
is the fate which probably befeH s
year-old Alice Empey OF Ammon
The PocateIlo Water company has
refused the offer Of sa90.900 for the
water plant at Pocatello, which was the
value set by the public utilities COM
mission. Mayor Williams states that
| the city viii proceed to install a NUM-
| cipal plant, as $500. 600 in bonds has
been voted and sold for this purpose
The Custer mining district OF Gus
ter county, Idaho, is to be given . new
4 l.s,- ~ Nd -
formerly owned by W. S. Mccormick OF
Salt Lake. and which were sold TO
company headed By w H Fits OF
Colorado Springs, who is closely iden-
titled with the heads of the Utah Cop
per company, viii be developed.
The surveyor general has sent
party of engineers to the Little Willow
creek country, lying about 10 miles
from Payette, to do the necessary sur
veying to enable him to make plans
and estimate the cost of construction
OF an irrigation system for that dis
trict.
The request made by the Boise
Merchants association for the street
privileges of the city during the
Fourth Of July celebration in order 10
control the concessions that the Boise
merchants may derive all the benefits
from the asles. has been granted by
the city council.
It has been reported 10 the state
bacteriologist by q prominent sheep
man that so many rabid coyotes are
/ in different localities of the state that
sheep dogs are becoming scarce. Each
time dog is bitten By a coyote it
must be killed to prevent q possible
development of rabies
War is being made on bicycle riders
| who take to the sidewalks in Nampa.
a number of arrests and convictions
being made OF late.
The county officials eonfscated two
barrels OF whisky that had been