The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-08-19
THE OAKLEY HERALD
r. j. MURPHY
MRS. L. MURPHY


The largest crop OF apples ievel
faised in Bear River valley will b.
shipped out early this fall.
A brisk IRE Monday at the Napa
city pumping station did about $500
taneous combustion.
Peter Arena, who was accidently
shot at Oakley, Ida, Sunday died at
che L. d. S. hospital OF Salt Lake City
Tuesday morning, from his wound.
The directors Of the Commercial
club Of Boise have decided to enter.
tain the newspaper men of Idaho when
they assemble here for their conven.
ton August IA and Is.
The Commercial club OF Boise is in
receipt OF letters from several census
enuemrators in Idaho, complaining
that they have not been paid by the
government for their service
Crushed to death by fall of rock
the body OF John Doyle was found
Tuesday by party Of prospectors on
: Big Deer Creek, twenty-five miles
/. northwest of Salmon City, Idaho.
Knight Templar souvenirs from
Idaho are being gobbled like hot
cakes by visitors to the Congress ho-
tel of Chicago, where the Idaho
Knights have taken up headquarters
Work on the raising OF the old
track OF the Southern Pacific trestle
on the Lucin cutoff. to conform with
the newly constructed trestle, which
was built five feet higher, has begun.
Charges Of receiving and attempt.
ing to hide stolen goods were made
against J. Franklin, a we'll known
pawnbroker Of Ogden, by the police
Tuesday. Franklin was arrested, but
later released on bail.
Fruitgrowers of Idaho, Oregon and
Washington at a meeting in Seattle
last Friday organized the Northwest.
en Fruit Exchange, a cooperative
agency, to handle the business OF the
fruit-growers of the three states.
Forest Wilson. Is years lod, charged
with stealing - in nickels from a
slot machine In the transfer office OF
Cole 4 Butts of Ogden, was discharg.
ed from custory and the second de-
gree burglary case against him was
dismissed.
Nearly one hundred men fought to
save the thriving town OF Wardner,
Idaho. toward which the great forest
ares were sweeping last Friday. Only
mile and 4 half OF heavily timbered
hill interviewed.
According to late advices no great
damaged has been done in the Boise
forest by fires. All fires in the forest
have been extinguished, but many
men are still retained in the freight
ing service as a precautionary mea-
UurN
The decision in the famous mono
Nte case In which the defendant.
Clyde Cox, held land as timber which
the mining men declared to be miner
~, has been decided in favor of the
plaintiff by Register William Balder
son OF the United States land office
and thee timber entry is therefore
cancelled
A dispatch from Washington to the
State Land Department at Boise, says,
The land department has been ad.
vised by the secretary of the interior
that the application for segregation
under the Carey act, made by the
Thousand Springs Land & Irrigation
company has been granted, the map
Of the proposed irrigation proeot ap-
proved, and the contract executed.
At recent meeting the Idaho State
Poultry association took effective
measures to protect the poultry inter.
ests In this state and at the same
time to advance those interests. The
association decided to award $50 to
the person who causes the arrest and
conviction OF anyone caught stealing
poultry from members Of the associa-
ton.
The increase In the settlement of
the new lands in Idaho Is well shown
In the report Of the state engineer of
the water right permits issued. Dur
Ing the seventeen months of the pres
snt administration there have been
b,275 applications for water rights
Med, or more than one-half than were
received during the preceding five
years.
Bissell Harrison has returned to
Springville from the railroad camps
of the Ely Construction company now
operating near Pueblo, Colo. with a
case of typhoid fever. This is the
fourteenth case among Springville
boys contracted in these camps.
Earl Hawkes.. who was thrown be-
tween an engine and separator near
Preston Sunday. died as a result of the
terrible burns which he received from
escaping steam. For hours before
death the young man suffered untold
agonies. He is survived by a wife
and one child.
The earth dam OF the Big Lost river
Land and Irrigation company, situat.
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