Show IN IDAHO CAMP Murderer Murder Ts 15 W G Stratham Wh Escaped to Nevada With th Posse ti ers on His Trail t i WHEN HE FIRED 4 t P TWIN FALLS BOOMING THESE DAYS DAYSS r A for L LJ J 1 it S Th Herald T Tin n Fal h kena Lan an Italian laborer employed by 60 Bro i the high nal ws shot and mortally by W V G Stratham corn com known as Georgie George during the noon hour on on Tuesday at atthe atthe the contractors camp on Cottonwood creek The wounded man was wa brought to Twin Falls where he died at 2 Wednesday morning Stratham appropriated one of the b bt St horses in int Inthe t the he camp and fled He stopped at Rock Creek long enough to steal a saddle and nd bridle and then heeded heAded south He vas tracked by Deputy Sheriff Ram eay on to a point not far north of the Nevada line and it is Supposed that he is now In that state Sheriff Hansen is aft after r him and the officers at all points in Nevada where Jie Ie is likely to appear pear have been noU noti tied ed to watch for him Stratham very troublesome when intoxicated and had frequently been arrested in Twin Falls He was drunk n the day of the crime but sufficiently sober to know what he was doing It ItIs ItIs Is customary for the foreman at the amp to call out All out at 1 h the afternoon A few minutes before that hour Stratham who ho had been reclining in his bunk picked up his revolver and I announced that if the foreman caned called All out at 1 te would hoOt him Nobody paid attention to the threat as Stra Stratham tham was very bombastic when in liquor At 1 the foreman called All oUt as usual Stratham jumped from his bu bunk k r revolver volver In hand and of le tent declaring his intention to shoot the foreman was just outside the thedoor door leaning against a gU guy rope You nere ere night you dago said to The tatter latter protested lie le had not p been en drunk youlie to t me shouted Stra Stratham Stratham tham shooting in the left breast just above the was les titan than three feet from the muzzle of the revolver and the bullet made maden madea n a frightful wound passing through his body and lodging under the skin be the right shoulder Stratham del deliberately walked over to the stable picked out the best horse and made his escape muttering threats f what he be would do to the man who attempted to stop him was bundled into a wagon and driven hur to Twin Falls The jolting on the rough road caused him intense pain and he was barely conscious when he her reached ached r th the city JUdge Smith ob obtained tamed from him a state statement statement ment In which he said that Stratham had killed hIm without the slightest Deputy Sheriff Ramsay started for forthe forthe the camp twelve miles distant early earlyon on Wednesday and tracked Stratham beyond Goat Springs He was vas unable to follow the trail any fur further further ther on account of the prevailing snow snowstorm snowstorm storm and the fact that there are no habitations along the route Sheriff Hansen picked up the trail yesterday morning and is still In pursuit Ever Every incoming train brings home to inspect the state school lands whIch are to be sold at public auction In TwIn Falls on Monday londay April 16 sale will be the largest and most Important ever held by the state and It ItS is predicted that more than will be realized The pr eds will be turned Into the public school fund and out to School districts the in reverting to the fund and being divided am among Dg the school distrIcts nf C the state pro rata Fourteen thou ands will be sold Old of which are under the canal system State are watered for an arre under the Twin system and the minimum selling price is 10 au an arre putting them on a par with the arey act lands Purchasers are bIlged to buy water rights within one ear car the date of purchase e or go without them Five years year time i lu gIven in which to pay for the water rights n lands selling for 25 an acre or less Iii hp payments cover tover ft a period of years ears The purchaser has six years in which h to pay for land ha hat t sells for more than 25 5 an acre Lands adjoining some of the school have recently sold at a bonus Sf f more tb n iO 50 an As no rest resi ence Is required on school lands and P terms of pa payment mEnt are more liberal it is expected that the state will profit greatly by the sale The lands to be auctioned were selected years ago and were considered worthless except for grazing Purposes until the Twin Falls project made them valuable The are coming from all quarters prin from the middle western states fost of them to remain until after the sale putting In the time looking at land Others return home after an Inspection trip with the intention of coming back in time for tile Ufe sale They are mostly young farmers of means who are seek seeking seekIng ing an opportunity to expand |