Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-08-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The total assessed valuation last
year, as found for the state by the
board. was 1896, 1924. 324.3O.
When he fell from a moving freight
train near Cascade. w. A. Case, aged
ee, was badly injured, and is in
Boise hospital.
Many farmers in the southern part
Of the state are cutting their clover
for hay because of the presence OF
aphis in the fields.
A Thurman resident has taken the
threatened railroad strike seriously,
and last week laid in a stock of pro
visions to last for the next year.
The abstracts Of valuations for 1916.
as reported by counties, show
shrinkage over 1915, due to the ad-
justment taking out inflated values.
James V. Hall was taken in tow
by a deputy marshal at Emmett,
charged with sending obscene matter
! through the mails to party in Boise
Cooling county reports taxable
property to the value OF S3357, 6O7,
Kootenai has reported S11 sos, 1873,
and Oneida county's taxable property
is placed at $4,293,476.
Peter June was taken to the Twin
Falls hospital from Rupert, where
one foot was cut off by train. His
injuries necessitated the amputation
of a portion of the limb.
Ray Hardwick was killed by light
ming near Virginia having sought
shelter near a telegraph pole during
a storm, his body being found fif-
teen minutes later by friends.
Charles Crawford, the Fargo ranch
er accused of assaulting and brutally
beating H. H. Cross on the evening Of
July 8, at the Fargo school house, has
been held to the district court for
trial
Bulletins received from the depart
ment of forestry of the University Of
Idaho at Moscow indicate that three
excellent courses in forestry will be
offered at the state institution this.
year.
According to the statement of Dr.
Charles L. Chalfant, superintendent
of the Childrens Home Finding So
ciety at Boise, that institution is in
position to place 500 orphans in de-
sirable homes.
Rexburg bench farmers are expect
ing unusually good crops, in spite of
the dry weather. hundreds of acres
that were looked upon as failures a
few weeks ago now showing signs of
yielding heavily.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has given permission to cancel
the green fruit rate tariff of the Ore
gon Short Line railroad company, as
filed with the public utilities commits
sion in this state.
Alonzo " Robinson, of Meridian,
who sustained serious injuries in an
automobile accident in oregon, his
father-in-law being killed at the time,
has been released from the hospital
and is recovering at his home.
Fire broke out in the residence OF
Calvin Foss, at Preston. but before
much damage was done it was extin-
guished by the quick work of num-
Der of men. From all indications the
fire was caused through defective wiz
ing.
The Boise Commercial club has ex-
tended helping hand to Moscow in
the fight to secure for Moscow the To-
cation of the governmental expert
mental mining bureau, for which
Butte and Spokane have also put in
q bid
ID xN;Ido. ,,-oe ooc;dorf,r1,- -to+
while attempting to drive a rattle
snake out of the brush near Cam
bridge. the bullet striking a rib and
lodging in the backbone, causing tenn
pOrary paralysis, but he is now out Of
danger.
The state board of equalization is
IN annual session at Boise to equalize
assessments of property as between
counties and to assess the property of
common carriers, private car COM
oanies, telephone and telegraph COM
oanies and public service corpora
ions.
The L. D. S. First ward amusement
committee is arranging an elaborate
social reunion of all of the members
Of the ward. in Pocatello, to be held
It an early date. The program will
include song and story, instrumental
music, oratory and numerous other
eatures.
Joseph Spencer White, structural
ron worker of Salt Lake City. was
killed at Twin Falls. in
all of sixty feet at the new beet SUI
EAR factory now in course of con
'tructiOn. Two other men working
With him had narrow escapes from a
imilar fate
Although the attorney generals de-
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