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IDAHO STATE NEWS. Five business blocks and over a dozen residences are nearing comple tion at Twin Falls City. "Rowdy" Ross, a young man of Caldwell, was seriously injured last week by being thrown from a horse. The comptroller of the currency has authorized the First National bank of Blackfoot to begin business with a capital of $25,000. The recent heavy rains in the vicin'ity of Silver City caused not a little damage, in places the rainfall amounting to a cloudburst. Stockmen in the vicinity of Mountain Home are rejoicing over the recent heavy rainfall which will insure an excel.ent range. Will Owens, who was so badly injured by falling from a horse at Meridian about a month ago, has finally succumbed to his injuries. Idaho will be well represented at the National Irrigation congress which will be convened at El Paso, Tex. November 15 and remain in session for three days. A rural free delivery route will be established November 1 at Coue d'Alene. The length of the route will be twenty-four miles. The popula tion to be served numbers 640. Of the first tract of Twin Falls land opened for entry there remains about 3000 acres to be filed upon. Entries are coming into the state land department at the rate of two and three a day. The football game at Caldwell during the Canyon county fair between the Boise barracks and the Caldwell elevens, went for forty minutes without either side scoring, the game resulting in a tie. A serious shooting scrape occurred in a saloon at Dixie, Jim Clark, one of the miners employed at the Crown Point property, being shot through the shoulder and badly hurt. Pat Malloy, a sheep herder, did the shooting. The state board of pardons last week granted a full pardon to Dr. J. W. S. Emerson, who was serving a sentence of two years' imprisonment for having shot and seriously woundde his wife at Milner about a year ago. J. J. Jeffery, a freight brakeman OL the Short Line, lost his life near Orchard. He was running on an eastbound freight. While passing over the cars he fell between two and the train passed over him, cutting his body to pieces. All western records, including the California record for twenty years, in pear prices have been broken by Idaho. Beaurre d'Anjou pears grown by H. C. Myers of Boise, and shipped to New York, sold at an average price of $6.00 a box. The Socialist national and state ticket was filed with the secretary of state last week by W. R. Clark of Idaho Falls chairman, and E. L. Rigg of Glenn's Ferry, secretary of the Socialist state convention held at Weiser, July 4. The residence of Frank Grammar at Idaho Falls was destroyed by fire or the 4th. The building was in the suburbs, beyond the water mains, and proved a total loss except the furniture, most of which was saved. Loss, $1,000; no insurance. C. F. Thum, Indian agent at Ross Fork, has notified the fair directors that he will bring six Indian rough riders and twelve horses to the state fair. The riders will be selected from the most expert on the reservation and their mounts will be first class The heavy shipments of refrigerated fruits from Boise has caused a shortage of ice. The local supply is exhausted, save for the daily product onsite tons turned out by the cold storate company. The delivery of ice to private residences has been discontinued. There are sixty-five children of school age in Twin Falls City and the citizens decided a few days ago that they must have a school. A subscripMon paper was passed around and in twenty inutes $200 in cash was subscribed, and 000 has since been pledged. Stor cloudburst occurred in the hills above Murphy on the 6th and poured add of water down Rabbit creek that caused considerable damage in
