The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-02-11
In THE GEM STATE

at once take steps to get behind the
movement to build the Salt Lake-Y yell
lowstone highway.
A measure has been introduced in
congress granting permission to Min
idoka and Cassia counties to build a
bridge across the Snake river.
William r. Martin shot himself
through the head with .32 Colts
automatic pistol at Twin Falls. He
was engaged in the restaurant busi-
ness for several years, but i'll health
caused him to quit about a year ago.
Three thousand acres of Carey act
land under the owsley project at Mud
lake in Jefferson county, thirty miles
northwest of Idaho Falls, were sold
last week from the Idaho Falls office
of the promoting company for $35 an
acre.
Settlers on the Twin Falls-Salmon
river project want ten thousand dol
lars from Carey act funds to aid them
in litigation to bring about some kind
of definite solution as to the posi-.
ton of the state in connection with
the project.
The Oregon Short Line will take
stock census within a radius of 500
miles of Pocatello. The sheep census
will extend about 100 miles west of
Huntington, Ore, and also about the
same distance north and east of Liv-
ingston, Mont.
The Hammett postoffice and the
general store Of Henry F. Krorth
were burglarized and later destroyed
by fire. The loss on building and the
stock will approximate $4,000. Dyna-
Mate was used by the burglars in
blowing open the safe.
The longest grounded circuit tele-
phone line in southern Idaho has re-
Gently been completed, connecting the
headquarters of the supervisor of the
Idaho national forest at Mccall with
the Chamberlain Basin ranger station,
ninety-fve miles distant.
A young man named Frank Berry
was killed in a runaway at Idaho
Falls. Berry and George Close were
coming in from the country with
horse and cutter, when near the rail-
road tracks the horse became fright
ened and ran away with them.
When Otto Hosier of Twin Falls re-
turned to a shack at 10:30 o'clock at
night, where he and man known only
as John" were staying, he found the
entrance to the shack barred by the
dead body of his roommate. Heart
trouble was the cause of death.
The state of Idaho is preparing to
sub-divide and sell at auction approx
imately $4,000 acres of land in the fer
tile Boise valley, which is watered by
the famous Arrowrock reservoir, ac.
cording to an announcement made by
the United States reclamation service.
On account of a frozen switch and
failure OF the brakes to stop two
trains, collision occurred at Arimo.
siding between Downey and Mccain.
mon. The trains struck head-on, but
with such little force that no damage
was done other than to smash the pi.
lots on both engines.
Give hundred members by April L.
is the motto adopted by the Pocatello
Commercial club. In furtherance Of
this plan the club was divided into two
camps under the captaincy of two nf
the most aggressive and prominent
business men of the city, to secure
new members.
Two city firemen have filed suits
against the city of Pocatello for a sum
aggregating 1902 as salary due. The
suits are Of a friendly nature and are
brought on advice of the city attorney
The fire departments treasury is emp
ty and under the law the city cannot
! borrow funds to meet this obligation.
DR.. G. H. Cooper Of McCammon is
| charged with malpractice in suit
filed by Harriette L. Curtis, through
her guardian, A. NJ. Curtis. The com.
plant alleges that the defendant was
negligent in the handling of an OBJ
stetrical case.
The city council has pledged itself
to appropriate one-half of the $4,000
necessary to build the additions to the
Pocatello general hospital. This will
mean the doubling of the capacity of
| the present structure and is much
| needed improvement.
Settlers on the Big Lost river and
its tributaries who have acquired
water rights subsequent to those of
the Big Lost river project met at
Mackay on January % and organized
the Big Lost River Water Users as
ISOLATION, for the stated purpose OF
| protecting their rights in the event
| that the project is revived by the
Utah Construction company.
At luncheon of the Pocatello Com
mercial club, $50 business men dis
cussed the project presented by the
Ford Motor Car company for installa.
ton of a subsidiary assembling plant
in Pocatello.
The city council has practically
agreed to pass an ordinance allowing
movies" to remain open in Pocatello
on Sunday. This action was taken in