The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-04-06
In THE GEM STATE

Ueen organized III mluuielOn.
Hay is given an alleged value of $25
per ton in an Injunction suit brought
at Boise.
Farmers have started movement
for the construction of a new -four
mill at Grangeville.
A half million feet of timber, prin-
cipally yellow pine, was sold from
school land in Adams county last
week.
The women of Boise have a candi-
date for member of the Boise city
council in the person of Miss Helen
Coston.
Many small pigs owned by farmers
in the vicinity of Rupert have died re-
Gently from the disease known as
thumps.
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company is spending $10,.
600 on betterments and improvements
at American Falls.
The report of the state mine in
spector shows gross income of Idaho
mines is 100000 for 1916, of which
about $11, 100000 was paid in divi-
dends.
Owing to the increase OF business
and the change to a postoffice of the
second class the Jerome postoffice is
to be moved into new quarters as soon
as they are available.
Lie was crushed from the body of
Clyde Andrews, 9-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. s. W. Andrews of Nampa,
when the little lad was kicked and
trampled by fractions horse.
A. A. Peak, prominent rancher and
dairyman of Glenns Ferry was drown
ed while attempting to cross the
Snake river in row5oat at a point
several miles west of Glenns Ferry.
Activities in the Canyon County
Farm bureau during the next two
weeks will be conferred to a consider
able extent upon the campaign for
vaccination of all calves in the county
for blackleg.
Byron Defenbaugh of Lewiston, F.
s. Davis of Sugar City and ]. A. Pur-
till of Mountainhome have been
named members of the new state
board of accountancy created by the
Fourteenth session of the legislature.
The state board of equalization has
announced the appointment of it's
field tax agents 40 follows: First con-
gressional district, George F. Weeks
of Occur d'Alene; Second congress.
sional district, Marion ]. Kerr of st.
Anthony.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made by settlers representing some
$4,000 acres of land to organize the
Settlers Irrigation association for the
purpose of irrigating 10000 acres Of
land east of Twin Falls, between Han
sen and Miner.
Harry Peterson, a farmer near Spen
Ger, was killed and his wife seriously
wounded on March 20. Charles Craig
who had been employed by Peterson
is under arrest charged with the
crime. He is thought to be demented
No motive for the act is known.
v. X. Tuggle, cashier of a bank al
Idaho Falls, has made arrangement.
to secure 500 tons of hay from Kan
sas City, Mo-, which will be furnished
to those who are in need at cost
which is believed will be from $40 t
$50 less than the present price.
Movements for good roads and {
cleanup campaign are two Of the oh
jectives which are receiving particu
lar attention at present from the new
ness men and farmers, the Middleton
Cooperative club.
In proclamation issued last week
Governor Alexander has called upol
all citizens of Idaho to display tn
national colors from public building
and homes as an expression of loyalt,
to the national government at a tim
when the nation is on the verge o
war with foreign power.
After search lasting thirty-si
hours and In which tons of snow an,
ice were moved by more than 100 men
the body of Custer Laird, who wa
caught in snowslide which cam,
down on Placer creek a short distance
south of Wallace, was found.
A Pocatello correspondent says ST.
perintendent of Motive Power A. c
Hinckley of the Oregon Short Lin
has announced his readiness to organ
ize company of cavalry in the even
that requirements of the federal gov
eminent justify acceptance of hi
offer.
Harry Sweetland. about 40 year
old, was struck by a train while wall
ing on the track toward Idaho Falls
and lies id local hospital in a critica
condition. Sweetland's left leg wa
fractured and may have to be ampu
tated. Serious injuries to the hea
were sustained.
Two railroads are to be torn up an
sold for junk during the spring. Tn
Idaho Southern road. running fror
Gooding to Jerome and Wendell. an
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