The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-28
IN THE GEM STATE

It reached that point VI
and they sold and
THE first annual Farmers anu
Housekeepers' Week Of soutneas'e az
idaho will be held at Pocatelo o..
week Of January 81 to February :.
owing to the heavy snowfall aDou.
one hundred and fifty head q en-
will have to be fed in Fremont Gun
~ nv the state fish and game depart
ment.
While returning to their home near
B,lhl. Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Morlison
were thrown from their rig not la
from their residence, and DOM paui'
bruised.
THAT the epidemic Of la grippe
which for two months has held tne
city of Pocatello in its grip, has peen
practically broken, is the news tna'
comes from that city
G. r. Watson, American manager
of the Cusihuiriachic mine, IN oni,
huahua, and former resident u
Boise. was among the eighteen Amer
leans slain by Mexican bandits.
Two large warehouses at Twin
Falls, containing thousands OF dollars
worth of alfalfa, clover, peas anu
bean seed. wheat, fruit-packing appar-
atus. etc., were destroyed by fire.
| Luke L. Lavery, IS years OF age,
prosperous rancher of Rexburg, dled
January 10 at Salt Lake hospital Oh
Brights disease. Mr.. Lavery was
pioneer of the Rexburg country.
There has been an increase OF SOo
pupils in the Pocatello schools since
September. This condition presents
4 problem that is taxing the resources
Of independent school district No. /.
A contract has been awarded for
| the construction of packing house
at Pocatello. The contract calls for
the sum of $26,9S7 and for the COM
pletion of the structure at an early
date.
A Salmon dispatch says: A report
comes from Tendoy that the Gilmore
& Pittsburg train is making better
time. Last week the train killed a
COW and this week it ran fast enough
to kill dog.
Although the supreme court of the
state declared the emergency employ.
ment act unconstitutional, the com
| - INol lis q
decided to carry out the spirit of the
act this winter
About sixty cars of hogs were
shipped from the Carey valley last
year, bringing into the Golfers of the
farmers over sixty-ive thousand dol
lars, besides providing market fol
all the surplus grain.
More than $500 has been subscribed
by Pocatello business men to wipe ou
the $1,000 Indebtedness of the Com
J mercial club, and, from present indi
/ cations, the entire amount will BIZ
5 raised in a day or two.
j Miss Hensel, teacher in the sixth
grade west side public school at Wei
: ser, met with serious accident Will
tobagganing last week Miss Hense
> had her left arm broken and her RICH
/ leg broken in three places.
Mrs. H. Moon of Hazel was serious
D ly burned about the face and hand
! Wednesday and Mr.. Moon also re
0 ceived painful burns when they tire,
/ water onto tallow which had take
! fire in the oven of their stove.
Walter Samson, Carl Anderson an
Richard Remington, three men chars
ed with burglary in connection wit
{ the robbery of a store at McCammol
Q were bound over to await trial in tn
g district court, after preliminary exam
Z nation.
The Pocatello Commercial club wi
: at once move to its new quarters !
: the X. P. hall. This course was d
: cided upon when a meeting of full
seventy-five members of the clr
gave unanimous consent to the sig
ing of lease.
X. w. MARYLAND of Ogden, Utah, r
pair man at the Ogden, Logan
Idaho yards at Preston, was had
. burned when making fire with gas
:. line. Mr.. MARYLAND was burned fro
: the top of his head to his feet Al
" his hands were also badly burned
r. The determination of the coyo
ar has become business in Idaho 4,
n to the value of the pelts and the 40
#. bounty paid on each by the stat
re There We're no less than 142SO -
I'd otes killed in Idaho in 1915 for viii
h. the state paid $35,7O4 in bounties
@ The secretary of the interior !,
~ reported adversely on Senator D.
Id abs bill directing the secretary 10
ne sue clear patents to homestead ont,
x men in the Saint Maries and So
Joe country in north Idaho. on ,
former Occur d'Alene Indian resor,
ton. eser
es Former Governor James n IT.
IT, ley was the guest of honor ~ ,
ne Boise Commercial club noon
'n luncheon on January IT, the lunche
a having been arranged as ! trihntO ,'
ne the first citizen of Idaho" on tbs
iu' caslon OF the sixty-ninth ann;vaS-