The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-12-15
IN THE GEM STATE

William Kidd. 22 years q, 100
ed for breaking Jail at Albion want
gust rs last, was arrested at osd AZ
last week. oeuen
The Oregon Short Line has cpt !.
! service the new automatic block s,a .u'o
system which was recently coma, Usual
between Cache Junction and M es'ea
mon.
o. v. Allen, former treasurer
Idaho, now hcarcerated in tho s..
penitentiary, a self-confessed avn ~'e
zler, is an applicant for parole 80
the state parole board. Oh
Boise and Pocatello are send;n.
far the greatest number of nat;on.,
to the state insane asylum at Rl.a,'
foot, according to Dr.. D. w. Povntaa
superintendent at the institution
A fusillade of bullets from c.,.
ridges exploded by the fire was larns
ly responsible for the complete destrnC
ton of the cottage occupied bv M
Parks, a Korean gardener of Eagla
Richard Clemmons, 10-year-old con
of Mrs. Josephine Clemmons waa
thrown from mule at the ]. R No,
Kinney ranch three miles east q,
Fruitland, death resulting a few bours
later,
Drastic action will be taken nv tho
Oregon Short Line, at the reouest q,
the public utilities commission, to rA
lieve coal shortages in Idaho towns
where the citizens are in dire need of
fuel.
The value of load of white clover
seed, raised in Idaho, at the present
retail prices is $2,727. This crop was
raised on seven and one-third acres
one-half mile from Kuna, by Perry D.
Smith.
Ada county's recently completed
home forsits unfortunate wards would
be credit to any county. The build.
ing, which cost $4,000, is of native
stone, of simple, yet pleasing, style
of architecture.
Leland Coon, Is years old, a mem.
Der of the Sunnyside Boys Corn club
Of F'ruitland, has gathered 95.5 bushels
of corn from an acre and sold the
same for 800. He took second prize
on his corn at the Caldwell fair.
B. ]. Briggs, a prominent attorney
and G. G. Dietrich, district court re-
porter, were seriously injured in an
automobile accident at Idaho Falls
The car was struck by a switch en-.
CINE at the Broadway crossing.
Governor Alexander has announced
that the prison farm in the Gem irri-
Cation district will be operated dur
ing The next two years of his admin
istration just as it has been during
the three years now nearing a close.
A serious runaway accident occur
red at Mountain Home. P. Arono,
who was driving, was thrown out, Of
the wagon, having both legs broken,
and Agapito Bidiganiti jumped out,
| being bruised on the face and left
| shoulder.
The Amalgamated Sugar eompany's
factory at Burnley is turning out 1900
bags of sugar per day and the cam
paign will last about ITO days this
year. The company employs 25O men
and will use the beets from 5000 acres
of land this year.
The adjustment Of tho state land
board and the creation of commits
sion to perform the duties now falling
to the board members are urged by
Miss Bernice Mccoy, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, in her
biennial report to the governor.
The state board of education adopt
ed budget by unanimous action, call
ing for the expenditure of a grand
total of $5O8,200 for Improvements in
buildings, equipments, plants, lands
and sidewalks for the six educational,
charitable and reformatory institu-
toms under its control.
The case of the state against ]. A.
Owens, once convicted in district
court at Caldwell and given prison
sentence on the charge of having fall
slned reports to the state bank exam-
lners while managing affairs of the
Bank OF Nampa as vice-president, has
been ordered dismissed.
A potato weighing three pounds
mas been sent to Guy Graham, state
horticultural inspector, by c. W. Bran
non, deputy inspector living at Twin
rails. The potato was grown near
wendell. 1t is smooth, perfectly
shaped, and of sufficient size to make
meal for a family of four.
The closing chapter in the case OF
harold and Lynn Lopelace, aged IL
ana Il years, respectively, acquitted
last month of the murder of Prof. F.
+ Hammill, was written at Twin
rails last week, when they were de-
clared incorrigible and ordered sent
% the industrial school until they are
Il years old
Inc charge of manslaughter against
George H. Stricken was dismissed at
Mountain Home last week. On July
4, while riding motorcycle near
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