The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-20
IN THE GEM STATE

The NazareneS uo'S a
nermit to erect church at BOISE ae
a cost of $1,000.
An exhibit of the products grown
nv members of the Garden ana bacA
Yard clubs Of the Caldwen sonooi'
was held last week.
e. e. Streitz was attacked Dy pun
near Richfeld, sustaining TWO irdo'
tured ribs. The animal had previous
" been considered gentle.
Postoffice receipts at Pocateiio Ior
the past six months were greater tnaD
during the entire year of 1912, accoro-
ing 70 Postmaster G. c. O'Malley.
Several cases Of blackleg among the
cattle Of Ada county have come to the
attention of the agricultural extension
department of the state university.
The contract for the star mall route
between Pocatello and Arbon has Deen
let to Lorin Bailey Of Arbon. A road
is now in operation between the towns
and the route will also serve Crystai
and Pauline.
q. F. Stephens, president OF the
Idaho state board Of horticulture, mas
issued a statement in which he advo-
Gates the shipping Of apples In puik
IN reduce cost OF handling and to In
crease consumption.
orville P. May Of New Plymouth
and Herbert A. Harmon OF Payette'
both privates in company OF the sec
ond Idaho, were discharged from the
militia last week because OF relatives
dependent upon them.
The contents of upward OF LOO Dot
ties of contraband whisky and beer
gurgled into the sewer in front OF the
courthouse at Wallace last week
when the officers destroyed liquor
taken from bootleggers.
Word has been received from W. D.
Wilcox, who has the franchise Tor
constructing gas plant In Idaho
Falls, that he has placed the contract
for the plant, which will be what is
known as the inclined slot-oven style.
Awards in the milking contest at
the Idaho State fair, as announced by
Boise Project Advisor H. A. Ireland,
show that grade COW belonging to
Lincoln Paine of Caldwell carried
away first honors. The winning anil
NAL was 8 years old.
What is to be known as the Poca-
tello Military Rifle club is being or
ganized. Upon completion Of the or
ganization, arrangements will be made
for suitable range on the east bench,
where Workmanship contests will be
held at least once each week.
A shipment of electrical goods"
thirty boxes in all, may likely prove
to be the undoiRg of John Andres, a
Greek, of Pocatello. According to the
government officials, the electrical
goods" proved to be shipment Of
liquor.
Joseph R. Mckee, first class pri-
vate of the mounted scouts division
OF the Second Idaho infantry, who
was kicked by horse while he was
working on the picket line at Fort
Crittenden. died as the result of his
injuries. He enlisted from Mackay.
The Blackfoot beet sugar factory
commenced operations last week, and
1t is figured that 1t will handle approx.
mately 10000 tons this season. The
Idaho Falls factory will handle a
somewhat greater tonnage and the
Sugar City factory will handle about
$1,000 tons.
On the ranch of Richard Scoble near
Muldoon horse belonging to County
Commissioner S. ]. Benson is dead as
result of an attack of rabies. 1t is
the first case in the state where a
horse has been the victim of the bite
of rabid animal
A runaway horse hitched to a corn
cutter caused horse driven by Mrs.
M. Fitzpatrick of South Boise to take
fright, as result of which Mrs. Fitz-
patrick and her sister, Mrs. Mary D.
Cleaver, were thrown from the car.
riage. Mrs. Cleaver's leg was broken
and Mrs. Fitzpatrick received bruises,
There were very few cases of con
tagious disease in Pocatello during
the past month, according to a report
by the health officer. His list for the
month shows that there was one case
of chickenpox, one of smallpox, one
of scarlet fever, two Of typhoid fever
one of whooping cough, and none OF
diphtheria.
The twenty-seven indictments re-
turned last week by a special grand
jury against f. E. Wonnacott, former
Kootenai county assessor, and his
two deputies, w. w. Leeper and RAY
Thompson, charging embezzlement
and mutilation of public records, were
dismissed in the United States dis
trict court.
John L. Woody, Arnold S. Lyon anf
A. B. Mcintyre, members of the
board of county commissioners a
Latah county, have been cited to an
pear before the supreme court DC
tober 16 to show cause why the,
should not be punished for contemn
because of having evaded a peremn
tory writ of mandate.