The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-03-06
Short News Notes
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Idaho Falls.-The Rigby sugar fac
tory was sold to the Utah Idaho
Sugar company Saturday 1t . sale
conducted by A v. Scott, receiver for
the Beet Growers Sugar company.
owners Of the factory. The sale was
contaminated during bidding between
". H. Watts, general manager, and
r. w. Young, attorney for the Utah
Idaho Sugar company. The bidding
opened At $3.50, 900, the bid Of Young
and was followed by bid Of 500, 900
by Watts. It was then raised 70
100000 by Young.
Pocatello.-H. w. Vanderwood OF
Blackfoot has been named successor
TO -Eldon Shock ~ Burser OF the
idaho institute, according TO IN an
nouncement by President c. & Fra
xier.
+! Boise.-Idaho will not permit baby
chicks to be shipped into the state
from California it has been announ-
ced at the state department Of agri-
culture. This decision was wired u
! DR.. C. D. Carpenter at Petaluma,
California, who made inquiry q few
days ago to find out whether the
state would accept such shipments in
view of the foot and mouth disease
epidemic that has broken out in Cal
ifornia.
Boise.-Rejecting all rates charged
| by the Idaho Power company for az
classes of electrical service, including
I the rates now in existance and de-
claring them to be unjust, unreason-
able and discriminatory, the public
utilities commission issued an order
in which a schedule of rates is sub
stituted for all others in effect IN
the entire territory served by the
company. The new rates with one
or two exceptions went into effect
Saturday The companys schedule
| filed January 10, was rejected.
Boise,-Track laying gangs started
work Friday on the Perkins end or
the Orchard-Boise main line, accord
ing to L. w. Althoff, resident engin-
eer. The work from Perkins to the
Ridenbaugh canal will be used, Mr..
Atthoff said, as the railroad is under
contract to complete the bridges
across the Ridenbaugh and New York
canals before May l, and the rails
are needed in order that the bridge
steel may be brought to the ground.
Boise,-Boise city probably will
close the fiscal year, May l, with
surplus of $4,000 over the budget
estimate, the quarterly report OF Mrs.
Angela Hopper, city clerk, indicates.
There is balance in the budget es-
innate of $64,748.28, while monthly
expenditures have averaged approx
mately $4,000 so far this year. The
report is for the quarter ending Jan
uary 81. rf
Boise,-The big Black canyon dam
being thrown across the Payette
river in western Idaho just above
the town of Emmett to form a re-
servoir in which to impound water
for the use of lands in the Emmett
valley will be completed in April OF
this year.
Boise,-Attorney for R. E. Dam
pier. Rupert lawyer and politician,
convicted in the federal court of send
ing obscene letters through the
mail, has filed a motion for new
trial.
Boise, = Assistant United States
Attorney j. H. McEvers has resigned
to take effect March 10, it was an
nounced by United States Attorney
E. G. Davis. Mr.. Evers leaves the
federal prosecutors office to sue
coed John O. Moran as Oregon
Short Line attorney, and his head
quarters will be in Pocatello.
Boise,-The Frank Steunenberg
memorial monument will be erected
in the triangle park Immediately in
front of the state capitol, according
to decision of the memorial as
ISOLATION and the commissioners at
meeting in Governor Moore's office.
rupert, = John West, trapping
northwest of Rupert, caught eight
coyotes in two weeks, for which he
received bounty of $3.50 each ar"
sold the pelts for $8.75 each, making
a total of 800. The skins were in
good condition.
Rexburg-The Thornton cheese fac
tory was opened officially last week
with big dance and program at |
Thor nton. Many Rexburg people at
tended. The people of Thornton
were out In mass. 1t was very
successful event.
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