The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-25
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM OVER The STATE

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State Rural, at Caldwell, Idaho, wi
& go to Spokane to continue as editc
& of the paper.
The board of county commission
ers OF Custer county have ordered
bond election to be held November
TO give the people of the county
chance to vote for an issue of 500
a 600 in bonds for road building. TIL
u commercial clubs of Mackay an
u Challis were instrumental in BRING
n ing about this action.
A Salt Lake real estat firm Kim
\ ball C Richards, has taken over tn
handling of the Portneuf-Marsh Val
4 ley irrigation project and have un
dertaken to bring desirable, HON
seekers into that section, aroun,
Downey. 1t is expected that the Utah
Idaho Sugar company will build
factory there soon, as it is a goot
beet growing region.
Last week a demonstration wa.
held at Ashton to show how potash
is taken from sage brush ashes. Be
fore a number of prominent citizens
the experiment was performed BY
o. A. Brother, in the offices of the
Western Potash company, and dis
closed the fact that the ashes car.
r1ed 40 per cent potash. The market
price Of this chemical is around $40O
a ton, and as the supply of sage
brush is plentiful there is room for
money making in a new way in the
west. The Grimes process is used,
and Is not costly.
A car driven by A. L. Merrill, of
Pocatello, ran off the upper ferry
above Heise Hot Springs, Sunday
afternoon, last week, and it was with
much difficulty fished out again. Mr..
Merrill and Mr.. Mittendorf were in
the machine. A foot on the wrong
pedal gave the a it's dash and sent
it across the ferry boat on a rush.
The two men jumped out of it as
1t dove into the water.
Two possible abductors we're cap
tured last week by Sheriff Bob"
Obey, because they had acted sus-
picious. Mr.. Trude, a ranchman in
the Island Park section, saw them
hide at his approach. He followed
them under a bridge and asked them
where they were going. They said
the Railroad ranch, SO he offered to
drive them there in his car. Once
arrived he had them arrested and
searched. Both were found to be
heavily armed and carrying a good
supply of ammunition, also each had
a coil of rope. A letter was found
on n of them, printed in lead pen
Gil, with the name left blank and de-
handing payment of 500, 600, or
the person held for ransom would
be killed. They were probably plan
ming to capture some traveller among
the many who pass thru that country
enroute to the park, and had hoped
to get a prominent person, find out
his family name and send them the
letter. They were turned loose be-
cause there was no specific charge
that could be made against them.
Mrs. Abe Baumgartner, living 20
homestead, was gored to death by an
angry bull Sunday morning, August
10, when she attempted to drive
the cows back into an Enclosure from
which they had broken out. There
was no witness to the terrible scene.
and the body lay out in the sun all
day until Mr.. Baumgartner, return
ing in the evening and finding from
the children that she had been abb
al day, went out and found it
about a mile and a half from the
house. There were marks of a
struggle and the bulls hoof prints.
A brief burial service was held at
and the body inferred in
the Mennonite cemetery.
Miss Gladys %Pangburn, of Twin
Falls, ~accidently shot herself in the
lrm while out target shooting near
the Salmon dam. The gun had re-
fused to discharge when she snapped
it six or seven times, then when she
it up again to show one Of the
others that it was empty it went off
at the first snap. The bullet pene-
her upper left arm and shat
;ered the bone. She was put under
physicians care after a long ride
n an automobile and the chances
ire good for her recovery without
complications.
Fay Empey, seven year old daught-
r of Adrian Empey, living near Ida
10 Falls, was struck and killed by
lightning Wednesday of last week.
he was returning from a visit to a
eighbor's house, with her mother
nd sister. The two little girls were
arm in arm. The sister was
lightly burned.
Dick Williams, after serving 81 out
a 80 day Jail sentence reappeared
Burley last week and his presence
.ade a stir and a clash. Sheriff X,
raft, at Albion, had turned the man
ose upon payment of 500 on his
,ntence. But Marshall Burke, of
urley, had spent a good deal of
me and effort to get the evidence
at sent Williams to jail; the city
Burley was at considerable ex-
nse too, and Williams was a sort
7 leader among bootleggers. So
e marshall telephoned the judge
d found that the sentence had not
committed, then went after
eriff Pratt, and Williams once
,re reposes behind the bars. The
90 he paid for shortening sentence
IL probably be seized and applied
a $500 fine that was imposed.
Work has been started on a new
temple at Arco. The build
!, is to be 36x76 feet, Of red press
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