The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-29
In THE GEM STATE

0SdDACa lhiS oCooOu.
One thousand cartons of choice ap-
pies are to be mailed out from Nam
pa by way Of advertising that sec
tion.
Sixty citizens OF Emmett have /
signed up to become members of
company of the Idaho national guard |
If one is organized there.
Expenses of the Idaho Technical In
stitute, at Pocatello, for the past nine
months have decreased from $780, |
1881 in 1918 to s3O,210.6S in 1915.
Pocatello now has the distinction of |
having an up-to-date Pure Food" gro |
Gerry, conducted and managed entirely |
by young woman. Miss Bessie Laying. |
Mrs. ]. Mcmahon died at the general |
hospital at Pocatello She had been |
Ill for three weeks and was recently |
operated on for tubercular peritonitis.
The council of the Idaho State Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs, which CON
venes on the alternate year with the
federation itself, met at Lewiston last
week.
Nearly so head of cattle, number
of horses and some household goods
went under the auction hammer at the
regular semimonthly sale on Traders
day at Caldwell last week.
The state land department shows
an expenditure Of $26,371.64 for the
past nine months and gives it's ex-
penses during the same period of the
| 1913 biennium as $45, 492.59.
The old gymnasium building erected
| at Star some years ago as commune
| ty enterprise was sold at auction last
week, little more than $43 being real
| lied for the lumber in the structure.
! Tha individual tennis champion
ship of southern Idaho was won last
week by Frank w. Bronaugh and the
championship in doubles by Bronaugh
4 and John Smith, both of Twin Falls.
Cliff Rhodes, who disappeared from
Blackfoot and was thought to have
committed suicide, was located last
week and is now at home, mem
tally sound as far as can be judged.
Placed under three thousand dollars
bond, ]. S. Norris is held for trial In
the district court at Caldwell on
charge of grand larceny. The specific
charge against Norris is that of steal
ing two horses.
Hon. D. w. Davis OF American Falls
announced at Pocatello last week that
he was candidate for governor at the
next election on the Republican ticket
Mr.. Davis is banker and prominent
business man of Power county.
Mrs. William L. Schairhamer, of Po-
catello, was badly burned with tar,
which she was heating for painting
purposes. The liquid caught fire and,
in an effort to put out the blaze, she
was seriously burned on the arms and
back.
The grand encampment Of the Odd
Fellows of the state of Idaho met at
Idaho Falls last week with large
, attendance Representatives from all
sections of the state were present in
GLIDING all the grand officers of the
state.
, Miss Edith Harrison, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Harrison Of
Pocatello, died at the Pocatello gen
, eral hospital, following an operation
for appendicitis. The young woman
rallied from the operation, but suffered
, a relapse.
, Elmer Shepherd had his right foot
, painfully manned while working with
q gang which is rip-rapping portions
II the New York canal about five miles
south of Nampa A stone weighing
$50 pounds fell from q wagon on the
! young mans foot.
/ A. c. Miller has just finished dig
ging a field OF potatoes on his farm
| southeast of Burley which produced
909 sacks of marketable spuds from
. three acres. This is one of the
, heaviest, if not the heaviest, yield OF
! potatoes on the project
. The Middleton Fruit Products com
i pany is at present running its factory
) at Middleton about two days each
? week for the manufacture of apple
|. cider and grape juice. A little later
) the plant will manufacture large
r quantities of apple butter.
3 Evan B. Kyle, farmer living near
! Twin Falls, was accidentally killed
: tdSL WIEN. w AllC uAlOau1A6 hoy bAS
3 horses hitcned to the wagon became
, frightened and lunged forward, throw
I Ing Mr. Kyle from the wagon against
t q stone wall. killing him instantly.
Controversy of long standing be
tween the city of Twin Falls and the
Twin Falls Waterworks company will
D be brought to a close through the
r agreement reached last week where
r by the waterworks company accepts
: the city's offer to buy the system and
8 franchise.
: Less than one inch of precipitation
= occurred during the past month along
: the middle reaches of the Snake
= river, over most of the area drained
Il by the Weiser river, as we'll as in
Q parts Of the watersheds of the Boise
y Payette, Wood, Bruneau, Salmon and
Clearwater rivers.
. Clifford Rhodes, well known anG
> highly respected barber of Blackfoot
. has disappeared and ii Is feared he