The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-12
idaho STATE news

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The Idaho Livestock Association
proposes to erect feed mill at POca-
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The Amalgamated Sugar company
proposes to remodel and mOdernize
their Twin Falls plant.
The state nominating convention of
the Democratic. party will be held at
Idaho Falls. August "A.
Building permits aggregating $41,SOO
| were issued to Bull residents during
the month of February.
| A new labor temple to cost $90,UoO
| is to be built at Twin Falls, it is an
nounced by labor leaders.
Realty dealers Of Rupert have in
eorporated as an association. under
the laws of the state fOf Idaho.
Joe Ausola, a sheepman, was fined
$110 and costs in Mountain Home for
exposing range to sheep scab.
Members of the Masonic fraternity
have decided to erect temple at
Bull to be used exclusively by the
lodge.
Whitney is to have a. sugar factory,
the Pingree Sugar company having de-
cided to move their plant from Cor
coran, Cal, to Whitney.
Charles Moore Jones, Suicided at
Blackfoot by shooting, after he had
participated in Il poker game and lost
all his money and his watch.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed
| the residence of Richard Sullivan at
POcatelo. The family was away and
all furniture also was destroyed
The Filler Commercial Club has
shOuldered the responsibility of costs
for establishing and providing pub
licity for ain auto, tourist park in that
city.
A company has been formed at
Gooding which will purchase air.
planes to be used for commercial and
exhibition flying, one machine having
arrived.
The Idaho Democratic state cOnven-
ton to select eight delegates to the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco will be held at Lewis
ton June Is.
Considerable paving is to be done
at Montpelier this season, and 1t is
also planned to put in a new street
lighting system, using the curb stand
ard design.
A city census conducted privately for
the information Of town executives
and the public in general has been
completed, showing Filler to have at
least 1000 residents.
Two trappers along the Yellowstone
river in the Teton forest are said to
have taken recently $50 martens,
twenty foxes and ten cross foxes. The
catch Is valued at $500.
Reports which have been circulated
to the effect that the crop outlook in
that section of the state is discOurag-
ing is emphatically denied by the Arco
Commercial club and citizens gener-
ally.
After a search of more than three
days, the body of 9-year-old George
Dale, drowned in the Portneuf river
at Pocatello, was found about a block
and half from where he was
drowned.
Ralph Glasgow of Twin Falls, first
year student at the University Of
Idaho, has been appointed by Repre-
sentative A. r. Smith as candidate for
admission to West Point military
academy.
Unusual interest is being manifested
in the coming celebration at Twin
Falls, April to II, of Western Con-
sumers' Week. This movement began
at Twin Falls eight years ago, and
has been yearly event.
Thomas Il. Kerl, a wealthy attor-
ney of Occur d Alene, and at one time
candidate for congress from this
state, has been disbarred from prac-
ticing law in the state OF Idaho by
order of the state supreme court.
Representative Addison T. Smith Of
Idaho, in the house on March 8, de-
livered speech explaining the pro-
visions of the bill he recently intro
dIced purposing to finance the recla-
nation of arid, swamp and other waste
lands. han ..s. g.s.
Reclamation officials have set In
motion machinery which will bring
about, a final cleanup of Carey act
lands on the Idaho King Hill project.
A request for patent of all such lands
to the state has been forwarded to
Washington.
Forty inmates of the state insane
asylum at Blackfoot, many Of whom
are believed by state officials never
TO have been insane, have been re-
moved from that institution and
placed in the state home for the
Predetermined at Nampa.
A movement has been promulgated
by the Bull Chamber of Commerce,