The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-02-04
In THE GEM STATE

Inc lOMmeTcldl cluD Oh BduCTOIL
has been reorganized with fifty mem
bers
During the past year Grover broth
ers have shipped 125 cars OF hogs
from Fruitland.
The annual meeting of the Idaho
! State Association of Optometrists
was held at Boise last week.
| An engine and rotary pillow collid-
! ed near Monida, several trainmen be-
| ing injured and the rotary engine bad
| ly smashed up.
John Downey, during most of the
well, died last week from an attack Of
pneumonia. He was 81 years old.
George G.. Twitchell was killed near
Roberts by the accidental discharge
of rifle which he had been examin-
ing, the weapon being discharged as
he was hanging 1t up.
At the election held in Oneida coun-
| ty to vote upon the question of issuing
$4,000 in bonds for road purposes,
the proposition was defeated by vote
Of approximately 5 to 1.
The little daughter of ]. E. Ed
wards of Pocatello was severely
burned when a gas stove exploded.
The child's clothing was burned off
her body and she suffered many burns.
At school bond election held at
Idaho Falls, proposing to issue $780,
900 in bonds for the construction of
three school buildings, 276 votes were
cast, 233 in favor of the bonds and 43
against it.
At the first National Corn show,
held at ST. Paul, Mimi, Paul Lohrman
of Parma added to his laurels as a
young corn grower by taking the third
prize among the entries in district No
of Idaho.
Gem county has liquidated her in
debtedness to Canyon. BY way OF
to the credit of the Canyon county
government through Caldwell bank
the sum of $2S,951.74.
The seventh annual convention of
the County Commissioners associa-
ton of Idaho was held at Boise last
week with twenty-five delegates pres
ent at the opening session, represent
ing sixteen counties.
The HALEY public schools were
closed January "a by order OF the
county board of health, owing to the
fact that there are two cases of scar
let fever in town, and they will remain
closed until further orders from the
board
The body of Japonica Flemming, the
girl who died last year in an opium
joint at Pocatello, was exhEmed for
the second time last week and this
time was positively identified by the
mother as her daughter by scar on
the body.
carload OF Shorthorn steers fed
at Burley by the Portland Feeder
company and exhibited by them at
the Denver livestock show, won first
prize in their class. and were the
grand champion carload of fat cattle
|; at the show.
Plans are about mature for the be-
ginning of operations on the construc-
ton of a morrow gauge line from Am
erican Falls into Arbon valley, it is
announced. The road will be operat-
ed by gasoline motor and will cost ap-
proximately 100000.
1t is practically certain that the
Ford Motor company of Detroit will
establish an assembling plant at Po-
catello. This plant, which will supply
the intermountain country, will cost
at least s250,O00, and employ from $50
to 200 men at the beginning.
The Bull Community Educational
] club was organized last week, declar.
ing in its constitution that 1T shall
} be the purpose of this organization to
cooperate in the solution of the prob
lens which arise in the educational
social and civic life of the commu
nifty"
t Approximately 5000 acres of land in
: the vicinity of Rupert, formerly
claimed by the state of Idaho in con.
> nection with the Twin Falls North
Side Carey act project, has been re
: linquished to the federal government
and will be thrown open to entry
: February %.
5 NJ Bartos, Pocatello tailor, has
/ been arrested again for refusal to pay
r his occupation tax. This is the third
/ time Bartos has been taken into Gus
t tody for this offense. The first offense
? was allowed to pass without fine. Fol
r the second he was sentenced to five
: and one-half days in the city Jail.
5 Vigorously protesting against the
r Ferris waterpower and leasing bill
: pending in congress. the Idaho Mining
| association, in annual convention al
: Boise, adopted resolutions opposing
) the legislation, which, it was assert
3 ed, has for it's object the Gripping o.
= the west and the tying up of its re
: sources.
A Boise dispatch announces that 8
: deal may be consummated immediate
: ly to build the north and south rail
I road in this state from New Meadow:
D to Lewiston, and to close it either
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