The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-09-02

was destroyed by fire on August q
the fire occurring while Editor Gibson
was In Boise attending the State Pres
association.
Seven counties in the state of Idaho
show decrease Of assessed valuation
this year. These are Bear Lake, Bling
ham. Gilmore, Fremont, Owyhee Latah
and Shoshone.
A man OF many aliases, supposed
to be William Schmulbach, wanted al
Joplin, Mo, for the murder OF po
liceman in that city has been caught
by the Boise police.
The largest bee-keeper in the Pay
cite valley is Henry Weider, who has
over TOO colonies of Italian bees. He
shipped over a carload OF honey last
year to the Spokane market.
There are 500 acres of sugar beets
growing in Salubria valley this year,
most of the land being under lease to
the Utah Sugar company, the price
paid being from So to $11 per acre.
On Monday, August 90. at IL
o'clock, the opening of the new town
OF Letha took place. The new town
Of Letha Is located nine miles from
Emmett, and has 10000 acre tract
Of fruit land accessible to 1t.
II the reports of the county audi
tors are to be credited. there Is not a
single automobile In Bannock, Boise,
Bonner, Custer. Elmore, Kootenai,
Latah, Lemhi. Nez Perez, Oneida,
Twin Falls or Washington counties.
That settler holding homestead
entry within the territory embraced
In Carey act segregation is fully
protected by preference right grant
ed by the state land board, is the oDin
Ion of the attorney generals office.
The Payette Commercial club har
started movement to finance the
building Of two ferries across the
Snake river north and west of Pay.
cite. This will connect the city with
the Dead Ok Flat irrigation project
In the upper Snake river valley a
single acre has been known to yield
10000 bushels of onions worth $3.50
and another acre to produce enough
strawberries in a season to keep a
family year on the return from the
crop.
There has been reorganization OF
the Idaho Falls Power & Transporta
ton company. ]. w. Springer OF
Denver has taken entire charge of the
work. Seven cars of new machinery
have arrived. which will soon be in
stalled.
Gus Welch. who owns a 55-acre
farm In the Standpoint country, adver.
tised for one dozen cats to be used
for catching the mice on his place As
result he had about LOG mousers of.
fered to him, OF which number he
took twenty-six.
Luella DANES. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. II. DANES OF Preston, put her
hand in the pulley OF hay derrick
which her father was using, with the
result that her hands was badly LAGER
ated and required several stitches to-
close the wound.
Fire broke out among the dry grass
aud timber on Dry creek three miles
from Haley, on the 22nd and II
looked quite serious for some time. A
party was hastily organized and
fought the fire all the afternoon. and
got 1t under control.
Wilbert II. Tyer has been asked to
deliver the speech at the Labor day
celebration which is to be held at
Kimberly. The surrounding vicinity
will join with Kimberly in the exer.
cises, which are to consist of a pro.
gram, barbecue and picnic.
A team OF spirited horses attached
TO a binder became frightened and |
when A. j. Gibbons of Blackfoot, to |
whom they belonged. tried to stop |
them he was knocked down and run |
over by the team. His leg was brokeI
and he received other injuries.
The dread spectre of epidemic in.
fantle spinal paralysis continues it's
murderous march over Idaho. and
town after town is added to the line
of progress made by this terrible dis
ease. The total has steadily increas
ed within the last week, and up to
Saturday there were 81 cars in all IN
the state.
A herd of 600 pure bred Hamp
shire sheep recently imported by DR.
l.. p. McCalla of Boise and Professor
II. T. French of Caldwell, owners OF
the Canada" stock farm. are made
the subject of a lengthy article in the
last issue of the Shepherds Journal
a periodical published in Chicago and
devoted to the advancement of sheep
culture.
Thomas Daley and F. c. Mcdonald
Great Falls census enumerators. plead.
ed guilty to padding census returns in
the federal court at Boise. and were
sentenced to twenty-five hours In jail
and fine of $1,000 each
That Governor Brady will assume
Tull responsibility in the matter OF see
ng that the Mackay dam is construct
ID in a safe manner or not at all. was
oven out by the governor upon his
eturn from the conservation confer
nee of governors at Salt Lake