The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-10-10
in THE GEM STATE

Baptists was held at Twin Falls las
week.
The Clark county highway distric
Is preparing to build 20 miles of hare
surfaced road north and south of Du
bOis.
William Bailey of Caldwell received
broken. shoulder, several broker
ribs, and was cut about the head wher
his team ran away.
Unfavorable weather conditions die
not initiate against the success of tht
opening day of the annual Twin Fails
county fair, held at Filler.
! A land drawing under the Carey ac1
will be held at Bull, Tuesday. October
IA, at which time approximately 5000
acres will be offered for sale.
Fruit growers in the Payette valley
have appealed to the public utilities
commission for 1000 refrigerator cars
in which to market Jonathan apples.
A detection In the ranks Of the strik.
ing miners at Gem was reported last
week, where it is said a meeting was
held and the miners voted to return to
work.
Farmers are badly In need OF more
rain for fall blowing, according to the
weekly weather and crop report issued
by the weather bureau OF the depart
ment Of agriculture.
Exchanging shots with an officer
! and then resisting arrest has brought
grief to Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Phelis, of
! Pocatello, who were bound over to the
| district court under bonds Of $500
each.
The longest concrete multiple arched
dam in the world is being construct
ed on Fish Creek in Blaine county,
Idaho, by the Atlas Development COM
pany, under contract with the Carey
Valley Reservoir company.
Fired by this years success, the
State Fair Of Idaho corporation, Idaho
State Fair association, meeting in an
nual session at the fair grounds, set
aside large sums of money for an ex-
tensive building program for 1920 and
1921.
As result of the confessions Of
three boys to burglarizing the Benoit
bottliag works at Twin Falls, one of
the lads will be sent to the reform
school, while the other two will be
given an opportunity to make good
pledge of reformation.
Walter Stanley, colored, who played
the part of "nigger baby at the fair
at Rupert, one night made the rounds
of the concession owners at the fair
ground and went through their pockets
while they slept, taking 5000. He was
captured and give an ideterminate SEN
tence in the penitentiary.
With a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent
in freight rates on livestock out of the
state for feeding purposes, livestock
men of Idaho are given an Opportuni-
ty to make considerable saving in
case necessity arises later for the
transfer of livestock to southwestern
feeding grounds for the winter.
{ The first convention of the Idaho
state aerie Of Eagles, an organization
perfected last week in Boise, will be
held in Pocatello on the first Monday
in June, 1920. Delegates representing
twenty-five lodges in the state attended
the meeting held in Boise at which the
state organization was effected.
An increase of AZ per cent in en-
rollment is the record attained by the
idaho Technical institute at the begin
ming of the third week of school, and
the attendance is still increasing.
School officials state that the mems
dormitory is already filled to capacity,
and many more students are expected
to enroll later.
Peter Barney, mill man, has been
returned to Boise to finish his prison
term Of fourteen years. Barney was
out on parole, and, after being locked
up in the st. Anthony Jail some time
for a minor offense, sawed his way
out and started up country with bor-
rOwed gun in search Of man living
west of briggs.
For the first time in the history Of
the present state pardon board, 0. v.
Allen, former state treasurer, serving
a term in the penitentiary for en-
has failed to apply for a
parole or pardon. The board was in
session last week with about thirty APP
plications before it. Allen has repeat
eddy met encouragement when he APP
Piled.
During the week of celebration at
the state fair at Boise, 10000 people
paid admission to the fair grounds,
while upwards Of 10000 others, form
ng the small army of exhibitors and |
heir families. entertainers and their
officials, fair ground en-
,l0yees, concessions men, ETC., swelled
he total attendance to about $4,000
PEOPLE.
Announcement was made at Nampa
asst week Of proposed electric rail-
,oad. to be constructed between |