Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1916-01-13
In THE GEM STATE

The value per capita Of all Idaho
products is about $500 annually
Idaho has three Indian reservations
ana AN Indian population OF 37G5
Idaho produces close 10 10000 600
pounds of wool "A gear from 3.OJO,Oc0
s4ecp
There are 3,O92 separate and dis
tinct irrigation enterprises. large and
small, in Idaho
French army officers are in Cald
well for the purpose OF purchasing
horses for the allies.
A resident of ST. Anthony keeps 800
hens which pay him d net profit Of
/ Sl.5O per hen per year.
The annual report Of the state board
Of education shows gratifying prog
ress in all phases OF school work
a farmer named Wood in the Long |
Valley section harvested one thousand |
pounds Of timothy seed TO the acre.
Andrew Jensen Of Emmett last sea-
son raised and sold Sl,1OO worth Of
deHberries from one acre Of ground.
There are ffty-eight separate high
way districts organized and improving
the public roads in the state Of Idaho.
There are 1885 miles OF main later
, ais in Idaho The total mileage Of dis
,ributing canals is more than 1900
. miles.
K Charged with threatening TO kill his
d wife and son, NJ D. Arson, rancher
j. living south OF Nampa, has been ar
I rested.
d Idaho has 2,1S4 miles of railroad
and as late as 1889 there was practi-
. cally not a mile OF railroad track in
: the state.
o Thursday, February 3, is the date
= set for voting on bonds in the amount
C Of $4,000. for the purchase OF the
i Twin Falls water works system.
e. Twin Falls had 3.212 acres in plain
white beans which will yield approx
le mately twenty-five cars, the total
value being nearly $4,000.
If Race suicide does not predominant
in Idaho. The birth rate the pas
~ year as reported to the bureau o.
'r vital statistics was coo per month.
Homer Weir. employed as a sheep
herder on the farm OF II. L. Mitchell
S thirteen miles southeast OF jerome
shot and killed himself He was .
ee yeais old and unmarried.
In 1870 there we're 1899 people Il
or Idaho. In 1900 the population hau Il
ew creased to l61,772 Ten years late
.ed II was 325.54s Last year it had Il
10 creased TO about 10000
W.. Tho city council has rejected
by executive session the prefer OF u
tbs pocatcno Water company TO sell u
lis water system to the city for S4VO'oO
tho amount OF the bond issue.
ton The unknown man who was wa
W laid and robbed at American Falls al
en- who was so badly beaten aDout u
ob hoad that his spine was injured. sho'
+ signs OF regaining his lost memory
Me The premium list has been issu
Tor tho big state seed show to be ne
eed =, caldwell on January 10. 20 ana
Sc" ~ Connection with the annual cohVt
MA zion Of the Idaho State Seed Grove
"a association
r' According TO merchants, proiessi'
al men. capitalists. farmers buye
and every class of business ana p
Sassional men. the year of 1916 is
But most promising in the history Oh
Twin Falls tract.
shin -rbare are more "chlmne!le
tier farm homes around Twin rams
was nert and Burley than anywhere
IN the world outside of the trop
VII rlectricity in these districts Is u
y in for heating and cooking
The wheat production OF ldah'
has ,o,- uas u.s. zoe. 900 bushels, with
oavy 7oo. 600 bushels of oats 1.4V'ooo u
and oils Of barley. 100000 bushels OF
hips and GO 600 bushels OF rye. Inc VI
any - ,his grain crop was s24,S64,OOo.
@ in Tho secretaries of the CONNER
o,rhs on the Minidoka-Buhl bra
ship no,d q conference on January
arch Twin Falls, to develop a plan "
gan,zed advertising for the Twin
puhl and Mindoka project countrl
George Thomas died at North
,.d.r ,ost week He was one OF the ear
nioneers in this district having
20 the Leesburg gold diggings in
were In 1881 he was in California, ou
iln.r the past forty-nine years he mas
49, near Salmon.
1 I'll. After holding office for TN
upont 1Ni'e :, Adams probate judi
HALEY. rendered his resignation
as So oop,a effective January 10. Wat
which resignation a suit charging MN
rneE irregularities in the conduct OF
Dre"N Ace was withdrawn.
hhs NJ Bartos. tailor who rec
was required to spend three ga
!. ia,l at Pocatello for refusal to p'
:. ,ts occupation tax, is preparing 81
vord damages against the city. 1t
asne that he will ask for $4,000. H
party refuses W pay ,s 9TH
work ]. S. and W. o. mum" ~ d.,
nda. Pittsburgh VINO sueu a.
Miner estate and associates LOT
400 damages for breach OF &C
d and entered into between the kuhr
a been the defendants for the Bruneau
IS here tion project in Idaho, have bee
$ an suited in the federal courts at
f S34. burgh.
Tho building and general pro