The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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birds have called meeting for the
purpose OF effecslng permanent or
ganlEAtlon
An Idaho farmer raised 10 bnshels
o. alayke clover seed. which he sold
for IA cents pound. receiving ss4.
The cost Of production was $40, 0
net profit OF se4.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
ri Idaho Falls, organized six years
ago BY Montana capitalists. has been
sold to the First National bank Of
Ogden. the Eccies and Pingree inter.
csts OF Utah.
In the older settled communities
near Nampa. whore grain has been
raised before. the yields this year
run to AZ high as go bushels OF wheat
to the acre. so bushels OF oats and
50 bushels OF barley.
Men, women and children from
Weiser and the surrounding country
Joined one day last week In big rab
bit drive on Dead OK Flat, across tho
Snake river. In Oregon. Strengthening
hundreds OF the pestlferous jacks.
Montpelier has Just received ita
third shipment OF Kentucky bred
young Jersey heifers. A good many
or these young heifers are Kentucky
registered stock. aud the farmers
around Montpelier are buying them at
prices ranging from 500 to 500.
The Short Line IL making arrange
ments for drilling a 14-ineh well ut
the Nampa station, which is 10 be
used In connection with the two six
iuch wells now in operation Since
this place has been made freight
terminal more water Ii needed for
the engines.
One Idaho rancher reports s1ii.60
gross received from an acre OF peas.
and figures his expenses at 1890 per
acre, or a net gain OF $3.50 per acre,
Another raneher gives his figures as
folioEs sc bushels sold for Si00.S0:
gross cost. 1890. making net pro
At OF $50 20.
Investigation into the unjust quar-.
antine that California has placed on
Idaho alfalfa has brought out the
fact that this state. owing to weak
Laws regarding agriculture. has no
way 20 protect the farmer from pests
that are brought into the state by
different carriers.
Representatives OF directory com.
pany have completed the compilation
OF q new directory to be issued dur.
Ing the next forty-iive days and which
includes weiser and all the tributary
country Of Washington and Adams
counties. as well as portion 81 Nal
heur county, Oregon.
On Friday, November /. Burley
celebrated her first annual beet and
potato day. In order 70 assure the
complete success or the occasion, a
special train was run from Oakley
and the people from that section
we're brought 10 Burnley and returned
home free u charge
Election day In Boise was one Of
the quietest that has ever character.
lied national election. There WAS
no excitement about the polling
places and after the rain started
about o'clock in the afternoon the
few workers who were out In the
morning took TO shelter
During the past few weeks the
Nampa Fruit Growers association
has shipped II carloads OF apples
from the local packing plant. There
are three more carloads ready for
shipment. two packed In the orch.
ards. and enough more applea to
make % total Of rs cars.
Successful irrigation OF thousands
of acres OF land on Dead OK dat. IN
eastern Oregon. directly opposite
Weiser ard across the Snake river
has stimulated plans for bringing
water to another immense area. loeat
ed on higher bench and for years
regarded as 4 practically barren waste
Master Buena Roberts II years old
living two miles north OF Jerome. last
week received personal letter from
President Taft eomplimentlng him on
bis success In potato culture Master
Buena this summer entered the potato
growing contest with other school
children aud won three prizes.
John Dotsel. miner OF Twin
Springs. Is charged with attempting
% Kill bis wife. He IL said 10 have
poured coal oil on her hair and AT.
tempted 70 set Ore 10 Il: he put a
chain around her neck and tried TO
hang her 70 a beam, but she escaped
IN her night gown. and sougat help.
Jerome has been selected as the
site for the new horticultural station
Ia southern Idaho. which has been es.
tabiished BY the federal government
Tor the sole purpose OF aseertaining
the best potatoes to raise on Irrigated
lands and also 70 conduct experiments
on sugar beet culture.
Idaho IL regarded by eastern seed
men az the future seed state OF the
country on account Of The altitude,
the absence Of summer rains, the
total absence Of wesvil and the soil
in general says Don III. Bark OF