The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-05-05
IDAHO news REVIEW


ton granted by the Chicago, Mllwau-
kee 4 St. Paul railroad in feed and
transient rates from cents to cents
per head per day, it was announced
last week. The new schedule will go
into effect May 1.
The probate judge at Standpoint dis
missed Sheriff William Kirkpatrick
of Bonner county from custody fol-
lowing the close Of his preliminary
hearing on charge of having accept
ed $50 bride from liquor runners.
The decision was met with applause
from courtroom spectators.
Moving pictures featuring Clara
HamOn Smith, recently involved in
the murder trial of Jake Hamon, will
not be shown in Idaho, according to
resolutions passed by members of the
Idaho State Exhibitors association,
which met recently at Idaho Falls.
Request. has been made Of the in
terstate commerce commission by the
public utilities commission of Idaho
that the reconsignment and diversion
hearing of new schedule of freight
rates be reOpened and a date be set
for taking testimony at Boise.
Commissions have been forwarded
to William Mccall of Camas, Percy
Jeffrey of Monteview and Roy Brown
of Hamer, appointed by the governor
as commissioners of the Camas- Monte
view highway district in Jefferson
county, organized in February.
Pocatello women and the clubs es-
at present in the work of Police Ma
iron Ella Wall. There has been a ru-
NOR that the office is to be discontin-
ued, which brought forth score Of
protests from the women.
Three complete tickets, together
with an independent candidate for
city. clerk, were in the running when
the time limit expired for reception
Of new nominations for Twin Falls
municipal offices to be filled in the
election Of April &c.
The Idaho senators, National Com
mitteeman John Hart and State Chair
man John Thomas conferred again at
Washington on patronage, but agreed
upon only one appointment, that of
Virgil w. Sans of POcatellO, to be
surveyor general.
An effort Is being made among the
stOckmen of the Ghallis and Mackay
vicinity to raise a large sum of money
to attract hunters and trappers to that
territory to rid the section of the many
wolves which are preying on the live
stock there.
More than half million dollars is
available for the maintenance of the
extension division of the university
for the 1922 biennium, according
to figures compiled since the adj
journment of the legislature on
March 5. .
A totally new brand of "hootch,"
but one with an awful 'kick," and that
for Is cents, was found at Idaho Falls,
when Chief of Police Carlson found
two men by the river drinking a we'll
known kind of canned heat"
Wage scale for common labor in the
service of Bear Lake county has been
fixed as follows for the present year:
Single-handed $3.50; man and team,
$3.50; man and three horses, 1928;
man and two teams, Sc.
The six-room house occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Arnold at Pocatello
was severely damaged by fire as
result of gasoline explosion. The
furniture in the house was damaged
to the amount of $1,000.
The first step looking to the estab-
lishment of dairy industry in Bear
Lake county has been taken by the
county farm bureau, which Organiza-
ton is now promoting silo construc-
ton.
Representative Smiths bill placing
southern Idaho on mountain time has
been referred by the interstate COM
merce committee to the interstate
commerce commission for report.
E. Nj. Monfort, former patrolman
at Pocatello, who is charged with the
murder of Il. J. Morgan, was given
preliminary hearing April 20, and
bound over to the district court.
The Boise barracks will not be
transferred from the war department
to the treasury department, for the
present at least, according to letter
from Senator Rorah.
The Idaho Oregon baseball league
has been formed of the clubs from
the towns of Payette, Weiser, Parma
in Idaho, and Huntington, Nyssa and
Vale in Oregon.
George Slinder was arrested at
Blackfoot on the charge Of stealing
two valuable hounds belonging to DR..
Westhill. Slihder was placed under
bond Of $1,000.
Slxty-one new loans aggregating
$123,5OO were made during the month
of March by the department of public