Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-08-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS

equalize taxes in this state winch has
sat at the state house in years took VI
its duties August ID
An appeal to All shippers and rail
roads in Idaho to cooperate and solve
the car shortage problem has been is
sued by the public utilities commits
sion.
A conference of the Idabo council
of war, made up of state officials, will
be called by Governor Alexander to
work out problems of interior defense
in this state.
G. G.. Yount Of North Payette was
seriously injured in a runaway, suf-
fering dislocatiOn of the right knee
and fracture OF the right leg between
the knee and the thigh.
IdahO's apple crop will be G75,000
barrels Of three bushels each, accord
ing TO the government estimate of Au-
gust /. This is IA decrease of 5000
barrels compared with the estimate of
July 1.
The states winter wheat is esti-
mated at 100000 bushels, IA drop of
| 100000 bushels compared with last
months estimate, and spring wheat
shows Il decrease of almost 100000
bushels.
The state board of education has let
| the contract for the administration
building to be built at the Lewiston
Normal school. to the Ross Construc-
tion company of Lewiston. The build
ing will cost S27,575.
Seven of the twelve young men from
PocatellO who made application for
admission to the second officers re-
serve camp, which opens at the Pre-
sidio on August ~, have received no
tice of their acceptance.
The state highway commission has
let the contract for construction of
that section of the north and south
highway in Adams county, from the
Washington county line to Council to
f. c. Comerford for $4,000
Warrack Rogers, % years of age,
was drowned while swimming in
Il small lake in Reno park, Idaho Falls.
Owing to the depth of the water there
was considerable difficulty expert
enced in recovering the body.
The Sheriff of Bannock county has
sworn out complaint against Louis
Gatewood and John Bender, charging
them with criminal syndicaIism, under
the provisions of the law passed by the
last session of the legislature.
William Gladhart of Cambridge is
in the Weiser hospital suffering from
Il dislocated neck, the result of fall
from load of hay. 1t is not be-
lieved that he can recover. The ac-
cident was caused by the breaking of
a trip rope While unloading hay.
Under the direction of Professor D..
c. Livingston. head of the department
of geology at the University of Idaho,
work is progressing on what is to be
made a complete directory of all the
mining properties of the state.
The coroners jury at the inquest at
Payette over the bodies of Frank
Hahn, ST. his wife, two sons and
daughter Elsie, returned verdict de-
claring the disaster was purely an ac-
cident and that no person was to
blame
Ada county, of which Boise is the
county seat, seems to have suffered
the greatest slump in the matter of re-
ported real and personal property as
sessments this year. The abstract
shows Il falling off of approximately
S4000,000.
The experiment of touching match
70 a dynamite cap cost Fontine Pow
al, T-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Powell, ranchers living near Col
opy. the loss of nearly One-half his
eft hand.
That the inability to loan the state
school funds mt per cent interest is
lue largely to the federal land bank
system is evident from figures which
AVE been received by state officials
showing that on July ! there We're
bending applications for loans from
his state aggregating SS65,0OO.
Though the Caldwell city council
as not yet acted upon the petition of
axpayers who wish an opportunity to
ote on the proposal to bond the mu-
icipaity for $4,000 to erect Il hos
ital it is expected that an election
II the proposal will be called
Abstracts Of the real and personal
roperty rolls received by the state
uditor last week from the assessors
{ more than half of the Al counties
f the state indicate that the assess
BILE property subject to taxes in
iaho other than public utilities win
how small decrease over last year.
A substantial appropriation was
iade by the last session of the state
'gislature for the development and
Encouragement of the Northwest Live
Ock show at Lewiston and for the
of real state fair to
? held AT Boise. and the commission
: of the different counties of the
ate are now being called upon to
nd Ihnir assisIance to Mnkn hnth n