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Show IDAHO STATIC NEWS Arrangements are nnaor way fof at. other bank for Ctqgicll , The nw 3,000 brick aohool-Uonai nt Van Wyck is naarly (4oraplUxl. . Bialit Japs liar started to'rtwol ai Sugar Cllr. 1lni 1 the prlrtary d' partmsfit The nsw Agricultural InUMIng at the State university will be ready for occupancy some time In January. A large force of men Is ejup-'OfW, by tho Snort Una railroad in Ut. oy-atructlon oy-atructlon of tha new dopot at Wtlaor. Jlontpelii-r is enjoying a period of brick nml stone construction. Many now anil substantial buildings mo going go-ing up. v " T Irank MoICean, a civil war pensioner aged 73 years, wag bumed to death Hi a flro which destroyed lila cabin in Pocutollo Itr the first time In the history of banntck county there aro no orlmin al cases for trial at the regular term of tUo district court. Clay takon ,rom the hills north woat o' IIulil near the Snako liver, lias been tested and found to be exceptionally Ino pottery material. A Buuash was raised near Troy tills season that wolghod 72 ixninds, the squash now being on exhibition in the office or the 'iroy Weekly News. The- Oxbow company oxpects to linvo a ciew of men at work nil winter on tholr dam, n laige amount of machinery ma-chinery having been ordered last week. It Is shown by tho report of tho socretary of war that he proposes to proceed with the enlsigemeiit of tho barrncks nt Iloise wltli nil possible expodltlon. Congressman French has rocom monded to the postal department .tho appointment of W. II. QioenouRh as portmaster at Twin Falls, vino W. W Dunn resigned. ItecMpls At tho Iewlston laud office of-fice duriinr tho month of November reached a total of $r,,C81.61. This is approxlmatelv $11,000 more than the iwlpts of tho highest previous month With the coirfpletlon of the new ! assiy anil metallurgical laboratories at the State university, the elti-reus elti-reus of Idaho can boast of imssaaslng ; a school of mines Monml to nono In the United States. Fremont and Bingham counttes are ! enjoying very prosperous conditions, ' tho sugar beet crop having been M veiy large and tho factories are very likely to keep running into January !, and pmhaps February. ArouBd Maryvale and Austin the grain crops this yoar have been very good. . On dry land farms the liar-i liar-i vest lins been on an average of 40 I bushels of wheat and from CO to 70 j bushels of oats to tho acre. At n school election held at Ci 1 Swell for the bonding of tho school dls . tiict In the sum of $20,000 for build iiiK niul equipping an oight-.oom j school on Washington Heights, there were 201 votes cast; 181S for nnd 10 9 against. Fremont county Is ono of tha coun- ties of Idnlio which Is not affected by tho shortage of coal In Teton basin I Is a large coal bed. It was Jlsoo'vered at a depth of COO feet while boring 1 a well for oil. The vein la reported to bo twelve foot thick. Tho survey of the Coour d'Alene In I diau reservation hns been completed, j and wlion the surveys are approved I tho allotmnnts will be made and the I balance of tho land classified. It is liobnblo It will bo opened to ontry during the summer of 1903. I Mombors or tho coming state legis ititure, non-resident state officials and . all attaches of tho coming session will bo given the prlvlllege of enjoying al; 'he comforts aud conveniences af forded by tho Iloise Commercial club ) -ooms dm lug the session. One of the sugar oompanle. Jt i slid, recently offered ?80,000 for 800 acres of land nltout Dayton, seven l mllis easts of Preston. Dayton now ihas nothing but a sidetrack. It U tho understanding the company is Of, tiring on locating a factory there. I The snowfall at DeLamar this year has been unusual, not only In amouut , but it but parked so closely that it ' has carried the grass with It to th giouud. Though the snow Is not over 1 10 Inches deep the stock oan get hut little food, so they must be fed. I Hen Harris, the Bnitiean stage driv ( er, was shot and seriously wounded at Mountain Home by Sheriff Ueniv ) Ross. Harris and a number of othi -' men were nulling coal belonging to ,' the railroad when the sheriff appeaicl, ) tha men ran ami Itoss ilred at tlmi,. I Aroonllng to t'i monthly meter,,:, I gleal summary, Issuetl by Section n rector Kdward I Wells, of the Bi.n, ' i weather bureau, there wero but bix i clear days In November. These wen November 1. 11, 18, 16, IS and 39 All the rest were cloudy oi partly clmnh 1 Professor French reports that . , ; the now mriterlment station at f i i well, SO acres have bees cUarvd m, that about 86 acres of it aio riu.ly for water. One of tbolr experlnn nt will consist in trying the effect of winter luignlloM w gome of this lana. |