The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-02-04

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9 per cent, and the Shoup estate next
heaviest taxpayer, pays IN per cent
There are 20 persons and concerns
that pay 80 per cent Of the total, ana
1852 ON the list, comprising All tnat
nay more than $500, pay more than
10 per cent Of the whole.
some idea OF the work OF the sec
rotary OF states office and the man
ner In which 1t has Increased may pc
obtained from the statement com
tanned In the report that from Tees,
etc, total Of 1929. 1910 was collect
ed during the biennium. In 1919, 1T
900 automobiles were registered ana
licenses to the amount Of $324,59l 40
were paid for.
atm Farrell, an old-time resident
Of Pocatello and one OF the oldest
conductors OF the Short Line, died at
Medford, Ore, last week Mr.. Farrell
was an employee Of the old Utah 4
Northern In 1886 and was steadily in
the employ OF that company and It's
successor, the Oregon Short Line, until
he was retired In 1918.
Representatives Of seed company
of Idaho Falls were In Salmon last
week to receive and pay for the pea
seed that was raised In Lemhi county
last summer on contract. The crop
amounts to about two hundred thou
sand pounds, and its turning will dis
tribute to the producers total OF
ST, 900.
The Fort Hall Indian school has a
| basketball team in the field this year
for the first time in the history of
the school. Under Edward L. Ander-
son, who is himself Chippewa In
dian and graduate of the Genoa In
dian school, these boys have made a
| remarkable showing at the game.
An unmasked man, who held up q
| waitress in restaurant at Pocatello
was pursued by patrons, who caught
the robber In the railroad yards and,
after taxing from him the amount he
had obtained from the restaurant and
administering severe corporal pun
ishment, permitted him to go.
The fact that Governor Davis APP
4 pointed two members to the public
1 utilities and workmen's compensation
commissions respectively is taken in
legislative circles to mean that the
/ administration will not advise reduc-
| ing these commissions in SO far as
membership is concerned.
r. X. Morris of Jerome was badly
| Injured in a one-sideds battle with a
/ jack at his farm. When the animal was
turned into the corral he seized Mr..
4 Morris in the back with his teeth and
swung him against the barn several
| times, breaking several ribs.
In 1920 the automobile registrations
| in Idaho were almost doubled over the
4 previous year, a total of 33, 173 licenses
being issued, bringing into the Golfers
of the department and the state treas.
! ury total of twice the amount of the
| figures quoted for 1919.
/ Officers of the Mutual Improvement
association of all wards in the Port.
neuf stake have forwarded resolutions
TO the state legislature and to the
county authorities, asking that the
laws against selling cigarets to minors
be rigidly enforced.
The Bannock County Dairymen's
association was formed at a meeting
at Pocatello. The purposes of the
organization are mutual Improvement
and the fixing of certain uniform
standards in the production of mills
for the market. N.s #r..
/ For the loss of shipment of sheer
from the Wood River county to al
eastern point, the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company must pay Fred w
Fator of HALEY damages amounting
to $15s9.50, according to court de
cision.
| Two Bannock Indians were united II
marriage at Pocatello last week. The
bucks name was Spotted Wildcat ant
the bride had the cognomen of Mar,
Photograph. Both are from the For
Hall tribe and are young Indians.
The county auditors, in session a
Boise, went on record as being Op
posed to the passage OF the proposed
Witty bill, which provides for the fur
Their extension Of time on the payment
of 1920 taxes. ..e
Emmett city has installed large
centrifugal pump with quarter mil
lion gallon daily capacity at the cit,
water works. This will enable 1t I,
, meet the increasing need for water.
The directors of the Bingham count,
farm bureau have decided to adher,
TO the original plan of education OF
all matters pertaining to farming a.
outlined by the national bureau.
A. T. Clark, a brick setter at tn,
plant OF the Pocatello Brick company
, was killed when he was fixing an cleo
. trio light and fell from scafrold I,