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Show PQCATELLO NEWS NOTES. Large Number of People Start for Mormon Mor-mon Conference. Sneclal to Tho Tribune. POCATELLO. Idaho, Oct 2 -The , Ban-nock Ban-nock county agricultural fair Is in full swing at McCammon. The exh b Its aro far above the average and Include not only Irrigated district products butmuctt from thcSdr farm section of this county ChrlstofCerson Is doing splendid wot with the aeroplane. A great number of visitors from Pocatollo and tho entire county are In attendance. Josh Sholton. the Pocatel o negro who was wandering around the hills In a demented de-mented condition for a week, and whose partially decayed body was recently found near Soda Springs, was burled here this afternoon. It Is thought that he left Hip camp under the Influence of a drug and in this condition became lost and died from exposure and starvation. Sparks from a passing locomotive are supposed to have been the cause of tho disastrous blaze that destroyed the handsome hand-some new depot at Gooding at about 4:30 this morning. Much freight and baggage was destroyed and two Idaho Southern coaches badly damaged. Arrangements miinr wzt v fnr nn immediate recon struction. , ,. . The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Reynolds died this morning. Funeral tomorrow. An amateur benefit musical comedy, "Bobby Blake," will be staged at tTie Auditorium October 7. A number of Pocatello peoplo arc returning re-turning from Salt Lake City, whero they attended the sessions of the National Irrigation Ir-rigation congress. Thoy claim that this was the best session of the congress since its organization. A. number of people of this city will leave for Salt Lake City tomorrow morning morn-ing for tho Latter-day Saints church conference at that place. The supposed accomplice of tho Mexican. Mexi-can. Alecady, held In Jail hero for the theft of goods from somo of the stores In Pocatello, was arrested In Ogden today. to-day. Special Officer Smith left for Og"-den Og"-den to bring the man here for examination examina-tion on the charge of grand larceny. Strang & Magulre of Salt Lake City, who have the. paving contract In this city, aro rushing work as fast as men can be secured. There Is a great scarcity of men for all kinds of work. Tho bltullthlc paving pav-ing Is being rushed to have tho contract completed before cold weather Interfere with tho operations. |