The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-19
IN THE GEM STATE

Charles NJ. Daily, whose careless
handling Of a loaded gun caused con.
sternation at Boise, has been commit
ted to the Blackfoot insane asylum.
The annual report Of the state board
Of dental examiners shows that the
receipts were $1,979.05, and the expen-
ditures $1,198.70 The balance is
$7S035.
The State Bank of Middleton per
petrated pleasing surprise upon it's
stockholders by distributing a special
dividend of per cent as New
Years gift
The first of the robins reached Boise
last week and pioneers of the city
say this is an indication Of an early
spring and urge citizens to see that
the birds are fed.
The Second Idaho regimentaI band
has been assigned to Twin Falls as its
home station. When the regiment was
called to the colors the band was sta
toned at Standpoint
Business of the Nampa postoffice
for the year 1916 was exactly 80 per
cent greater than the total for 1914,
and SHOWS an increase of about 81
per cent over the figures for 1915.
Ed Watt, shoe sinner at Burnley,
was shot through the lower jaw by
an unknown man. The cause of the
shooting is as yet unknown. Watt is
under physicians care and is I'M
able to talk.
The sixth annual conference of OPP
Grating Engineers and the eighth an
nual convention of the Idaho Society
of Engineers will be held in the rooms
of the Boise Commercial club Janu-
airy Is to 20.
The secretary of agriculture, in APP
portioning a million dollars available
this year for the building of roads in
forest reserves, allotted $10S.730 to
Idaho. This money will be available
for expenditure next summer
w. H. Sweeton and Joseph Burnett,
both of HoIbrook, were given the Pas
teur treatment by DR.. I. B. Beatty,
secretary of the state board of health
at Salt Lake last week. Both had
been bitten by supposedly rabid ami
mails.
John Hewett, aged years, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hewett, was in
stantly killed at Haley while he and
| his brother, Frank Hewett, 10, were
| playing with a loaded shotgun Mrs.
| Hewett was In an adjoining room pre-
pairing supper.
o. L. Knight, carpenter of Burke,
and his wife. were crushed and smoth-
cred to death when a shed near their
residence, under which they were
| standing, gave way under the weight
| of SNOW piled up on it and crashed
down upon them.
Proposals to establish a cannery in
| Caldwell have been received after re-
naming quiescent for some months.
Prospects are now regarded as bright
| that the enterprise will be pushed
through, presumably in time to begin
operations next fall
R. Hoag, a former resident of the
south side, shot and probably fatally
wounded his wife on their ranch near
Jerome, and made his escape. A
searching party is securing the coun-
try, hut no trace Of the would-be muir
derer has anen found.
The Farmers and Housekeepers'
week at the Idaho Technical institute
at Pocatello in conjunction with the
conventions of the state seed growers,
diarymen, swine growers and live
stock interests, was held last week
with several hundred delegates and
visitors present.
Three years ago. after Fourth of
July celebration, handsome, big flag
belonging to the Falk Wholesale com
pany at Boise, which adorned the
front of the building, was removed
during the night and no trace of it
was found. Last week it was return
ed with note expressing the peni-
tence of the thief.
J. Fred Williams, business agent Of
the state department of education. has
addressed a letter to the state land
board calling it's attention to the fact
that the state has good claim to
school lands said to be worth half a
million dollars along the Idaho-Nevada
boundary, which have not been claim
ed by the state hitherto.
State prisoners will petition the leg
islature for changes in the statute
laws to provide for the establishment
of an educational department in con-
nection with the penitentiary, for the
enlarging of the state farm, for the
better employment of convicts in road
building and for the creation of III
office of parole officer
At the state honey producers meet
ing held at Twin Falls last week the
officers elected were: G. R. Harper OF
Filler, president; ]. H. Stone of Black
foot, vice-president; F. G. Bowman of
Idaho Falls, ecretary-treasurer; G. H.
Stinson of Twin Falls, assistant secre-
tary; Frank Beach of Burnley; H. o.
Newberry of Filler, w. E. Krupp of Lo.
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