The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-11-10
In THE GEM STATE

Seven woula.be forest rangers took
the civil service examination at Boise
last week.
Two hundred prominent cattle ana
horse raisers were in convention at
PocatelIo for three days last week.
With a view to obtaining for Boise |
a military remount station, renewed
efforts are being made by the Boise |
Commercial club.
The car shortage in Idaho is being
investigated by the public utilities
commission with a view OF learning
whether or not 1t can be remedied.
A Meridian farmer has received ST.
900 from the hay and seed crops from
eight acres OF clover. thus exceeding
by $3.50 the estimate he had placed
upon his crops value.
Mrs J. C. Endsley and her sister-in-
law, Miss Endsley, we're seriously in
jured near Nampa when the vehicle in
which they were riding was struck by
a reckless auto driver.
In return for contributing big con-
signment of turkeys for adornment OF
Thanksgiving tables, ranchers OF Star
and vicinity will receive approx
mately $1,000 within the next two
weeks.
William Muir, an accessory after
the fact with Nose Croney, who was
arrested some time ago for killing a
deer In Bannock county, has been
fined 500 in a Justices court at Po-
catello.
The Wilbert Gold Mining company
of the Wood river district, near Hal
ley, has declared a dividend of $780,
| 900, payable November Is. This will
make the total payments $4,000 in
little over year.
Bluestem wheat went to $1.46 In
Moscow Friday Of last week, the high
est point ever touched by wheat In this
community with one exception, that of
February, 1915, when $1.47 was Of
fered for one day.
The commissioners of Canyon coun-
ty will stand suit in district court on
| the complaint cs Alfred F. Stone, al
leging that they acted Illegally In en-
gaging outside counsel to prepare and
prosecute tax foreclosure suits.
Officials of the Pioneer irrigation
district have filed in district court at
Caldwell a petition asking for confir-
nation of the procedure by which
their organization has authorized is
suance OF $1s9,2O0 worth of bonds.
The bureau established by the fed
| L. LH0I
or four weeks ago for the purpose Of
furnishing potato growers in Idaho
with daily market reports on the move
ment of that crop. has been discontin-
ued.
In 1915 Meridian was accorded the
distinction of having been the origi'
mating point Of more shipments of
pure-bred sheep than any town OF its
size in the United States. 1t is con
sidered highly probable that 1t will
win like honor this season.
Charles McGrath, living near Star
has just finished threshing the clover
J seed crop from sixteen acres Of land
J receiving 1875 bushels. At prevailing
prices for seed of the quality Mr.. Nc
! Grath produced this gives a highly
profitable return from the land.
} The price OF potatoes continues tC
quotations on Wednesday being $2.5I
} per hundred on Rurals and $40 To-
+ Gems. The shipments Wednesda!
from Pocatello points in this section
: of the state amounted to ninety cars
The Overlook mine in the Blacl
Warrior district, 20 miles from At
: lanta, has the distinction Of being thu
: only mine in the state that closes
!, down for Sunday So great an limo
j. walton is this in the Atlanta CAM
r that the mine is known as the "Sun
a day school" camp.
Frank Jones, James Gonzales an
$ Tom Hobbs. the three men held by
!. coroner's inquest as being implicate
+ In the killing of Ola Guthrie, who wa
found dead at his sheep camp octC
r Der 3. after preliminary hearing g
9 Montpelier. we're bound over to tn
l. district court for tial.
d AS the result Of Bosses increase
n freight tonnage and the represents
70 tons Of the traffic department of tn
81 Boise Commercial club, the Chicago
IS Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Railroad con
c. pany has put on q through dali
h package car for less than carloa
shipments of freight from Chicago I
T. Boise
e The Oregon Short Line has a
lie pealed to the state supreme cou
sr from an opinion handed down by ii
a district court for Ada county in II
n action brought by A. w. Athe
In against the railroad Athey askt
d. $4,000 damages for harm alleged
SO have been done his character.
30 Jury gave him $4,000
w Having gone to look after the hors
apparently in his usual good healt
m. Edward Fahey. IS years old. one
OF the pioneers of Boise. was found de,
he soon afterward when search was ma