The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-29
NEWS OF INTEREST
OVER THE STATE
Copper at Mackay

A strike was made in the Copper
Basin mines last week by H. w
Weller and son, and John Fowler
operating lease, which will mater
tally increase the shipments from
that district. A large deposit OF
high-grade copper ore was encount-
cred on the lease and the owners are
quite enthusiastic over the discovery,
which appears to offer a large tom
mage of good shipping ore-Mackay
Miner.
Lost River Bridge
Commissioner C. v. Hansen in
forms The Miner that the work Of
installing the five new steel bridges
across the Salmon river, bonds for
which were voted and disposed Of
in the sum of 100000 last year, has
been completed. Two Of the steel
spans are located near Clayton, one
at Bayhorse, one at the Watts cross
ing below Challis and one over East
Fork. All have concrete abutments
and easy approaches graded-Mac-
kay Miner.
Onions at Filler
D. L. Beemer has an acre of onions
that bids fair to take the worlds
record for yield. An onion buyer
who was here first of the week stated
that the onions beat anything he
ever saw, and he is buying onions all
the time. He says that he expects
the acre to produce 600 sacks, and
if this proves true Dave will have
the worlds record on onions.-Twin
Falls Times.
Child Killed by Aeroplane
BURLEY.-Ruby Bescher, 10 year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Bescher of Burley, was killed in
stantly when a tractor biplane driver
by Aviator B. F. Shanks, of Chicago,
engaged for three days of exhibition
fight at Minnicassia fair, plunged
into crowd of spectators lining the
race track. The child's neck was
broken, and several other persons
were injured. The machine was a
complete wreck. The aviator was
uninjured.
Shank circled the field three times
to gain speed and was trying to rise.
When facing north he crashed into
the fence. The high altitude is held
TOSpOuolUlC III LILO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of the machine.
Are Sure of Sugar Plant
Ralph Mansfield, of the Long Is
land Investment company, was a
visitor to our city for a short time
Wednesday morning, coming over on
business. He reports business in the
real estate line as looking up and
that the people in that section of the
country are now sure OF some near
future developments in the line of
sugar factory. Especially so after
the happening at Shelley where two
sites are being laid out-one by the
Utah-Idaho and the other by Eccles
interests, as the Menan and Lewis
vile country really covers greater
acreage and more tonnage than does
the Shelley location.
A meeting between the citizens and
the sugar company officials is to be
held at Menan Friday, and some
thing definite Is looked for at this
time.-Rigby Star.
Liquor Cases Tried
Following the arrest of about IA
men in Mackay on complaint by the
county attorney last week, on charges
of bootlegging and gambling, which
cases were to have been heard be-
fore Judge Kilgore, the complaints
were dismissed and new ones issued
for seven of the original group OF
citizens and they were caused to ap-
pear before Probate Judge Andrew
j. Higgins in answer to the COM
plants. The charged men were
represented by Clar & Brodhead. AL
Baker, charged with bootlegging was
held to the district court; Wornek
and Brown both pleaded guilty to
charge of disturbing the peace and
paid fines of SIS each and Wilbur
Conner, charged with bootlegging,
was found not guilty. The other
three cases are on trial tonight and
tomorrow Miner.
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