HISTORY MOMENTS The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history: Boise County was created on January 12, 1863, by combining all of Washington Territory south and east of the Payette River and the Bitterroots. The county included most of what later was southern Idaho and a fourth of Wyoming. Idaho Geography was not well understood by Washington Territorial lawmakers in Olympia in those days. All the important Coeur d'Alene mines were shut down on January 16, 1892, because of adverse freight rates and the low price of silver. Cackling hens, crowing roosters, barking dogs and mewing cats inaugurated the 2nd annual opening of the Idaho State Poultry and Pet Association meeting on January 13, 1902 in the YMCA building on the corner of 10th and Main in Boise. Judge Weldon B. Heyburn was elected to the U.S. Senate on January 14, 1903. Judge Heyburn received the vote of every Republican in both houses. The Democrats voted solidly for James H. Hawley. The total - Heyburn, 50; Hawley, 11. On January 15, 1905, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that cities cannot discriminate against women who patronize saloons provided they behave themselves. Cities were given power to prevent women from entering saloons for immoral purposes, but could not subject them to a fine if they visited bar rooms for a legitimate reason.