The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-11-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS


ged a considerable distance and badly
bruised when his team, frightened at
a threshlng machine, ran away.
The board of education has been
advised by the contractor that work
on the new high scholo building at
Pocatello will be completed during
the coming week.
In celebration of the fifth anniver-
sary of the organization Of their as
sociation, the old volunteer firemen
of Boise entertained members and
their families one night last week.
B. ]. Nordyke, a pioneer of Idaho,
died at Boise last week at the age
of Sc. He had been a mining man
at the Atlanta or Rocky Bar camps.
The ladies of the Methodist church
of Meridian enriched their aid society
treasury to the extent of about $3.50
with the election day dinner and the
entertainment given on barbecue
day"
c. S. Moody, adjutant general of the
National Guard of Idaho, and. repre-
sentative-elect from Bonner county to
the next legislature, has announced
his candidacy for speaker of the
house.
AT meeting of the Pocatello Rifle
club held last week, a number of new
members were added and steps were
taken to obtain from the government
the first installment of rifles and am
munition.
The Oregon Short Line has filed
with the public utilities commission
new tariff providing for an increase
of demurrage charges from 81 per day
to SIS per day after cars are held -four
days or longer.
Members of the Boise Valley Cow
thorough survey of the first sia
months achievements at a dairymen's
meeting to be held in Meridian Fri
day, November II.
Water right costs on the Boise pro
ject will be announced IN the near fu
ture, and will be between $7S and $50
per acre, declared Chief Counsel VIII
R. King of the United States reclama
ton service at Caldwell last week.
A picture Of Company G mem
bers, taken at Nogales, has been re
ceived by tie Caldwell Commercial
club, framed and hung in the club
rooms. The picture is neatly labelled
at the base with the names of the
boys.
Although blind, John A. Carver, a
former student In the blind depart
ment of the Utah school for the deaf
and the blind, has been elected pro
bate judge of Franklin county, Idaho
He will take his position upon the pro
bate bench January 1.
Inability of the European govern
ments to procure transports is seri
ously hampering the shipment OF
horses across the Atlantic ocean, ac-
cording to statements of the French
agents who have just concluded an in
spection at Caldwell
The Parent Teacher association will
meet at Deer Flat November 20,
when swings will be put up and i'm
provements made to the grounds
Dinner for these participating in the
work will be served on the grounds
by the ladies of the association.
]. w. Musser announces that he is
getting along splendidly with his pro
ject to build an interurban railroad
from Preston to Blackfoot The pro
ject is known as the Pocatello Trac-
ton G. Interurban railway and will
traverse wonderfully fertile< coun-
try.
w. H. Esterbrook and Vivian A
Thorne have given an option on the
Benner group of silver mines, TWEEN
tyeight miles north of Haley, to a |
Occur d'Alene mining company which |
IS interested in a number of the rich |
galena mines there. The price is
s15O,0OO.
J. L. Ivie, a Blackfoot farmer, is |
expected to undergo treatment which |
will safeguard him against rabies. A
horse owned by Ivie contracted rabies |
from some dogs. In an effort to save |
the animal, the farmer worked about |
It's head, and it is feared his hands |
became infected.
B. F. Shawhan, who has been man
aging the Kings Hill irrigation pro
ect for the state, reports that, as
-esult of recent conference with Sec
'etary Franklin X. Lane, he believed
he prospects of having the tract tax
IN over by the federal government
we're very favorable.
Two TO three feet of ice throughout
he cave for its entire length of about
,ne-quarter of mile was found by
frank F. Spofford, assistant super
yisor of surveys, as a result of the in
yestigation he made of the cave locat-
ID about twenty-five miles east of Du-
,ois, Fremont county.
Arrangements are under way by
he Pocatello lodge of Elks for what