Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-06
idaho STATE NEWS

faAe4AOis ulSLllCL lulS year.
The Idaho State Dealers associa
ton will give its first annual automo
bile show in Pocatello from October
81 to November 4.
In the Twin Falls section the crop:
Of clover seed now being harvested
are bringing the farmers greater re
turns than any crops ever planted.
The Pocatello Commercial club has
designated October IS as the date fol
the get acquainted excursion to Bull
Twin Falls and intermediate points
According to Lieutenant Bell, who
Is in charge of the Pocatello recruit
ing offices, recruits are being sent al.
most daily to the different training
posts.
This years red clover seed crop in
the Twin Falls district will command
a price of about 100000, while it is
estimated that the white clover seed
crop will be worth 100000.
Under the new federal aid law re-
Gently enacted by congress, Idaho is
entitled to an appropriation of $685.
900 for road building, the third larg-
est amount of any state in the union.
While handling a loaded revolver at
his home in Grant, Clyde Casper ac-
cidentally shot himself in the right
leg The bullet struck the bone and
sliding down over the ankle, lodged in
the foot.
AS the result of the raising of
clover seed in the Idaho Falls district,
banks there have taken in enormous
deposits. and there appears to be I'M
usual prosperity among farmers rails
ing the seed
Farmers in the irrigated sections Of
Idaho have had the biggest crops in
Ave years, but in some sections the
dry farms were nipped by the frosts
which will cut the total production Of
the state down materially.
The system of road projects mapped
out by the Idaho commission contem-
plates the construction of 303 miles of
roadway within period of three years
at an estimated total cost of S1,062,-
500. In all there are eleven projects.
Arrangements have been perfected
by the state department of farm mar
kets with the federal Office of mar
kets for the stationing of a govern
ment potato market specialist in this
state during the potato market sea-
SON
The potato crop has not been as
large in Idaho this year as last year
and in some previous years, but the
potatoes raised are Of exceptional
quality, and potato growers are get
ting very attractive prices for their
product
To avoid all arrangements with re-
gard to the filing of it's nominees for |
state and county offices the Prohibi- |
ion party decided not to file them. In |
stead only the presidential electors of
he party were filed with the secretary
Of state.
While playing along an irrigating
Itch, in the yard at her home, the lit
lie 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Iohn Steel of Iona fell into the ditch
md was drowned. The body was
ound in the water a half hour after
he was missed.
The 4-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
irs. Nels Lee of Ammon climbed up
o a cupboard in the home and Sc
uring a bottle of carbolic acid, drank
part of the poison. Her screams
rought help. an antidote was admin
stored and the little ones life saved.
More than 100000 pounds of sugar
eet seed are reported to have been
arvested on the tract of the United
tates Beet Seed company near Idaho
alls, representing in value nearly
100000. The harvest is regarded as
ne of the largest ever CLEANED In
lis country
A large bull moose recently wander
/ into st. Anthony and created con- {
derable excitement, particularly
nong the school children. Fright '
led by the gathering crowd, the ami
al finally sought refuge among the
flows along the river, and later {
saded for the forest. [
The farmers on the Minidoka tract I
e aroused by the decision Of the
ilities commission, rendered last =
eek, denying to the Mutual Tele-
lone company the right to do bust
,ss in Rupert unless they first OBJ (
in a certificate of convenience and
cessity from the commission. >
While driving a team attached to a
lgon filed with sand, Albert Escott Q
Meridian met with an accident that
ly cost his life. In some manner
foot got caught in the wheel Of o
2 vehicle and he was thrown from 81
the team continuing to move, and o.
was crushed under the wheels. l.
N attempting to put a cable across IL
Snake river. John Farms, well 81
own man of Rexburg, fell and the III
de striking him on the head caused al
racture of the skull from the effects
which he died. ca