The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-06-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS

4 The state retail jewelers. CONVEX
4 ton will be held in Boise July 20 an
+ 81.
3 The enrolment at the Boise sun
4 mer normal school reached 20 las
week
4 Weiser is to have big old tim
4 celebration on July 4. A Mardi Ora
I carnival is planned.
) Platform conventions are to b.
= held in Boise on July q by the Demo
; Gratis and Republicans.
Canyon county has already re
ceived $9,OS1OS from automobile
and motorcycle license fees.
The people of Bull have decided to
hold a two days celebration of indie
pendence day, on July and 4.
While toying with a .22-caliber rifle
Bernard Williams, aged IA, of Nerd
ian, shot himself through the foot.
Caldwell is to have one of the first
power sprinklers and street f1ushers
to be put into operation in the state.
On June 2 the citizens of Black
foot will witness the finish of long
motorcycle race from Salt Lake to
Blackfoot.
Succumbing to sudden attack Of
heart trouble, John E. Frye, a rancher
living southwest of Meridian, died at
his home last week.
Pioneer day, June Is. was celebrat-
ed at Rigby in appropriate fashion
The celebration opened with an auto
mobile parade and varied program
followed
In the annual state trapshooting
tournament held at Twin Falls last
week, the interstate championship
was won by Everett M. Sweeley of
Twin Falls.
John and Jesse Hewlett were prob
ably fatally injured, Walter Clough
and Frank Garbaugh were seriously
injured when on automobile turned
turtle near Bull.
Members of the Caldwell CONNER
cial club have gone on record as IA
voring establishment Of good roads
district to embrace territory contig-
uous to the city.
Catching fire from burning smoke
house, the two-story residence of Lee
Shaffer, northeast of Middleton,
burned to the ground Monday noon.
The family was at dinner when the
fire started
Jet Hannigan of Hampton Ark.
lad about 20 years of age, met with an
accident at Pocatello that will cost
him his left arm The younng man
was attempting to board freight !
train and fell under the wheels.
c. A. Sergeant, 12-year-old boy. was
accidentally electrocuted at Boise
when he had been climbing on the |
rear of the Pinney theater and came
in contact with high tension wires Of
the Electric Investment company.
Plans for the immediate expendi-
ture of about 100000 on mills for
the handling of the output from the
immense area of standing timber con-
trolled by the Boise Payette Lumber
company were announced last week.
The controversy that has existed for
some time over the location Of the
right of way tor the state highway
through the Lava Hot Springs district
has been turned over to a board of
appointed by the county
commissioners.
Fong Loon, who was charged with
the crime of murder in the killing Of
Fong Chung at Boise on July 81, 1913,
and convicted of manslaughter, has
been granted a new trial. He had been
sentenced to from five to ten years
The Bannock County Medical asso-
,iation is the first organization to sig
lify its intention of taking part in
he big preparedness parade to be
leld in Pocatello July 4. This body
If men will be dressed in medical
leld service costumes.
At midnight on Jnne IS the call for
he national guard Of Idaho to mob
lie forthwith was received by Acting
Governor Taylor, who Immediately
proceeded to summon officers and
nen to entrain for Boise to meet at
he Boise fair grounds.
The position Of city purchasing
gent has been created at Pocatelle I
nd T, G. Smith appointed The cir =,
under which the appoint
nent was made are that Smith Is to
eceive a salary of SIS for the first )
month, and he is to make the office
thereafter.
william Smith, colored man, who
las been confined in the county ]sh
or the past nine months for hiring
ny on the liquor law. was released
ast week. He has had three oppoF 9
unities to escape during the peri0 2
+ his incarceration but on each oe :
aston he refused and remained y ,
lis cell.
At midnight on June IS the call torI 4
ectiye association at Idaho Falls " p
vas decided that the assoc1ation u
would give its moral and fnanciaa e
import to the war-bonnet roundup, 70 "a
,e held September 4, 5, 6, and 3 4
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