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Pithy News Notes From All Parts of IDAHO Boise.-The Oregon Short Line railroad. through Carl R. Gray, president, has signed a contract with the Boise Chamber of Commerce to build a secondary main line of the Oregon Short L'ne railroad into Boise. This is the authoritative announcement of the chamber of commerce. Pocatello.-J. Lobb Brady, secretarytreasurer of the Mountain Home irrigation company, returned from a hasty call to repair a big break in the main flume of the irrigation company. The break was fifty feet in length and the worst one occurring in years. The water was shut off from the main reservoir, workmen were hastily put to work, and the damage is being repaired so as to make sure of delivery of water next spring. Pocatello.-Melvin Carrothers of Malad was instantly killed a short distance out of that city when the car which he was driving turried over, breaking his neck. George Thornton. also of Malad, suffered two broken rif S and several severe bruises, while Albert Harrison, another member of the party, escaped injury. Boise.-Stock subscriptions amounting to $6,000 in the Idaho state fair have been collected by the state fair committee of the Chamber of Commerce, according to the report of the committee submitted to the Chamber of directors. Announcement was also made that It is the intention of the committee to sell 20 additional shares of the stock which will make the to. tal amount subscribed $8,000, enabling the newly reorganized association to liquidate all outstanding indebtedness and have at their disposal sufficient funds to start work for the fair next year. Idaho Falls.-Robert Stewart, 22. and Nelson Weare, 17, were arrested by local police officers here, after the pair had cashed a forged check for $42 at the Bundle Dry Goods store in payment for purchases made by them. The check was signed with the name of I. W. Park, who. it later developed had befrinded the boys by giving them employment when they arrived here three weeks ago. Fruitland.-The Fruitland State bank closed its doors Thursday noon because of a run on the bank, due to the closing of the Payette National bank on Wednesday. F. M. Gardiner, cashier, reports having sent for the state bank commissioner and stated that he hoped the closing was only temporary. Twin Falls.-Something more than $50.000 was clipped off the Twin Falls Canal company's annual maintenance charge by action of the board of directors at a meeting here when it fixed the 1923 maintenance assess. ment at $1.25 an acre, as against the levy of $1.50 an acre this year. Two years ago the levy was $3 an acre. Twin Falls.-The season's record for sugar beet production in the Twin Falls district goes to George A. Bender of Bickel, who obtained a yield of 291/2 tons per acre on six acres of land. it was announced by officials of the Amalgamated Sugar company. Boise.-Caldwell, the home city of Idaho's martyred governor, Frank Steumenberg, is up in arms over even consideration by the state board of pardons of the application of Harry Orchard. famous murderer, incarcerated in the Idaho state penitentiary. Business men of that city voted to close their places of business, come to Boise en masse and protest to the state board against liberating Orchard. Boise.-The state of Idaho had between $25,000 and $26,000 in the two banks which closed their doors in Payette county, according to the records of the state's office. There was either $5600 or $6200 in the Fruitland State bank, depending on whether or not that institution paid a sight draft which the state drew against it November 15. There was $19,400 in the Payette National bank. Pocatello.-From July 1, 1921, to Nov. 1, 1922, the inspection service of the Idaho state department of agriculture issued certificates of inspection on 20,276 cars of fruit. vegetables and hay, according to a summary of the 16 months' work. Pocatello.-An industrial conference of commercial, civic, financial and agricultural Interests from 18 counties in southern and southeastern Idaho met at the chamber of commerce hall Fri. day afternoon and organized the Idaho Freight Reduction asociation. The object of the association will be 1eduction of freight rates for Idaho shippers. Boise.Search is being made by the sheriff's office for two lads who d'sappeared from their homes, hound trie. started