Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-19
idaho STATE. NEWS

. members.
, The Republican state convention, t
/ elect delegates to the national con
yention at Chicago June T. will be helt
} at Twin Falls April 20.
Steven A. Warren, son OF Mrs. Mag
gle Anderson Of Downey, has JUS
qualified as sharpshooter in the
United States marine corps.
) Floods in southwestern Idaho threa
ten heavy damage to property. Many
streams are over their banks, due tt
the recent thaw after the heavy snow
storms.
The Hill City branch, on which an
engine. two coaches and some box
cars have been buried in the snow
since Janaury q, has finally been
opened by the rotaries
With a record of an attendance OF
more than 1000 for the first five days,
the annual farmers institute at Bull
was one of the most successful meet,
ings ever held in that section.
On Tuesday, March IA, the question
will be submitted to the qualified cleo
tors of Montpelier as to whether or
not they want to bonn the city for
$4,000 for the erection of a new
city hall, Jail and fire station
A noteworthy feature of the super
intendents report was brought to light
in the fact that though approximate
ly 900 cases were treated at the hospi-
tai in Nampa in the past IL months
only three deaths occurred.
The Bull Business Mems associa-
lion went on record as being strongly in
favor of military preparedness. They
oppose any plan of reconstruction OF
the military which will impair the eff
cheney of the national guard.
After celebrating all night, jury
in the district court at Boise gave A.
w. Athey, former ticket agent for tn.
Oregon Short Line at Ontario, Ore
in his suit against that road for de-
famation of character, a verdict fol
$4,000
Judge George Chaplin died suddenly
at his home in Idaho Fails, February
IL. He was apparently we'll as usual
until few moments before his death
He was II years of age. He was on
of the oldest pioneers of southern
Idaho.
A. M. Carnell and Blaine Quale,
charged with embezzlement and for
gerry, respectively, were given. indie
terminate sentences in the peniten-
tiary by Judge Guheen in the district
court at Pocatello, after pleading
guilty.
The Pocatello council failed to pass
the ordinance providing for The open.
ing of picture shows on Sunday. The
vote stood four to four. The matter
has been agitated for long time and
several petitions for and against have
been circulated.
Ernest Goettling and Sam Tongue
of the Pleasant View neighborhood a
few days ago killed five coyotes with
no other weapons than clubs. The
men were in the foothills when the
discovered the coyotes. The animals
were unable to navigate in the deep
snow.
2. T. Cherry has been carrying the
mail from Ketchum to Vienna by dog
team using skees himself A short
time ago, while passing by particu
larly dangerous spot, Mr. Cherry and
his team were hit by snowslide.
Mr.. Cherry and one of the dogs es-
capped.
| AL. caldwell, who has been driving
the Leesburg stage for the past six
years, declares that this is the hard
est winter he has encountered He
drives six horses, with track breakers,
every day to go ahead over the sum-
NIT. The snow is piled six feet deep
in the hills.
The Lumbermens Trust company
of Portland has purchased bonds OF
Pocatello sewer dis .rict No. 10 and
street improvement district No. 8, for
81 ,4S2 and $6,400, respectively, pay
ing a premium of $3.50 on the same.
The bonds draw per cent.
George Bentz has rendered his resig.
nation as supervisor of the Caribou
forest reserve and, with his family,
will leave about March / for White
bird, Idaho county where he will en-,
gage in farming and stockraising. Mr..
Bentz has been in this forest service
for sixteen years.
Lieutenant Paul Frederick Foster
of Idaho, former student of the state
university, was recently presented by
the navy department with medal of
honor as recognition of the distin
guished services in the line of his pro-
fession rendered at the sc zure OF
Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 81, %, 1914.
Reece Clevenger sentenced to serve
term of life imprisonment in the
Idaho state penitentiary for murder,
was freed by the state board Of par
dons last week, his condition being
such, the prison physician stated, that
death may overtake him at any time.
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