The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-01-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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Valuation of personal property In
Twin Falls county this year II 81 DO,
42S-i2, a. against S2.2i0,035.45 In
1919.
The sixth annual convention OF the
Idaho Cattle and Horse Growers ms.
sociation will be held In Boise on Janu.
airy and =.
One of the added attractions nj the
state seed show TO be held at Nampa,
January 10 TO IA. inclusive. Will be the
college seed judging contest.
Four large barrels of moonshlnc
malt, worm. stiil and all the outfit
necessary to make contraband liquor,
WAS seized In raid on a ranch near
l'ocatello.
Robert Il. Mcfarland. once attorney
general Of Idaho. died Of pneumonia ut
his home at Occur d'Alene, Decem-
her u. Mcfarland was attorney gen.
eral from 1896 to 1918.
Tom &. Hail was fined 500 In the
district court at BoIse and sentenced
10 two months in the county Jail when
found guilty Of having Intoxicating
liquor In his possession.
Mayor Eagleson OF Boise has accept.
ed the resignation OF Charles W. Irwin,
chief Of police. who has resigned be.
cause he could not agree with policies
promulgated by the mayor.
Prospects are bright for the cree
linn ssf a nam esnaAt,n.sso a..
next spring. indications pointing to the
fact that Rupert will be- the terminal
for the Rupert-Biiss branch.
Mrs. Alpha Jones'. ~. leapcd from
the window Of the second floor In u
Boise hospital 10 instant death while
Irrational. The woman fell head fore
most on a concrete sidewalk
Mrs. Eugene Spanbaure of Giens
Ferry received probable fatal injuries
when a ear In which she was riding
xkidded and plunged over the embark.
inent on an approach 10 bridge OH the
Snake river.
Thomas Curtis. aged rs, was run
over by an automobile while eousting
nj PocateIlo. The boy was painfully
facerated by the chains ON the ear
wheels. but the injuries are not
Thought TO be very serious.
Ashton's annual Christmas day dog
.snd-boy races were run Friday before
an immense crowd. Twelve boys aud
dogs we're entered In the races. the
boys all being under II years Only
one dog was allowed to each slea.
John Armstrong. an employee Of the
Pocateilo Gas company. came very
near being asphyxiated while working
In the plant. He was taken TO the
hospital In serious condition, but
sitter treatment was abie to go home.
The county auditors have been invited
BY Governor Davis To convene In hDise
January ~ and Is for the purpose of
discussing improved methods for
handling the business In the offices
they occupy aud for general confer
cnce.
Because Of the unceasing demands
made by charitable organizations on
the Buhi public schools. Superinten-
dent j. Henry Allen has announced
that no further collections for beneyo.
icnt purposes will be allowed through
the schools.
Mrs. ELLA NJ. Taylor and mother.
Mrs. II. Is. Taylor. narrowly escaped
death from asphyxiation from brok.
ssu gas main Ia front Of their hsnc
al Pocateiio. The, were rescued by
.&s~k.k
where they recovered.
Governor Davis liz said to be well
pleased over the action taken by the
executive committee Of the Western
States Reclamation association ut Salt
Lake, In deciding To send strang com
mittees 10 Washington To urge uppro.
priations FOR the reclamation of west.
ern lands.
Word received from III Paso. Texas
is To the effect that Young T.. Hart.
after a years search for him for al
legged defrandlng OF the Farmers \
Merchants hank Of Idaho Falls by
selling cattle which lac had mortgagcd
ao the bank
Three young men narrowly escaped
death when the automobile they were
driving at the railroad crossing near
the gas plant north of Pocateilo.
crashed into fast mail train No. L.
James Black Was badly hurt. while
Raymond Fields aud Billy Knowles 49,.
capped with minor injuries.
More than three million doliars has
been asked b, the state board of edit
walton 10 operate the educational la.
stitnflons Of Idaho for the coming two
years This amount II nine hundred
forty thousand tiiree hundred dollars
Increase over the anuun, appropriated
by the legislature tao years ago,
Reports fnom the Magic dam show
that the storage uf water for the
Goodlng and Big Mood River irriga
aion districts ~ murh greater than
that of last year AZ this time. This
year there are norr than 1900 acre.
feet stored In the dam. while at the