The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-03

Ia "eou5 WHICH VIII yleiQ approximate
ly rs cars, a total value OF somethin,
> like fifty thousand dollars for bean
alone.
Strevell is to get better communica
ton with the outside world, as tn,
government is advertising for bids t
carry the mail between Bridge ant
/ Strevell.
A Cambridge correspondent say.
the large crops of grain are still beint
hauled into the warehouses, mills ane
elevators and will continue until after
the first of the year.
Grant Campbell, aged 81, one Of the
Oldest pioneers Of Bear Lake county
died last week. Mr. Campbell was the
father Of twenty-five children, thirteen
OF whom survive him
Forty-three bushels per acre OF
wheat is the yield from the John Pfen
ming ranch near Midvale; a 16 acre
field of white Russian made 6SS bush
els, an average OF 43 bushels per acre
Complications that developed from
q decayed tooth are said to have been
responsible for the death of Ross
Denney, 80 years of age, resident
OF Swan Lake, at an Ogden hos.
pital.
Bounty to the amount of sixty dol.
lars was. collected last week by Bryan
Calhoun and F. d. Hartwell, who re.
side in the Roseworth vicinity, west OF
Twin Falls, for the skins Of % coyote
and one wild cat.
William H. Smith, a rancher near
Cum, was brutally shot down by un.
known parties and died in Boise hos
pital, several hours later A purse
which he carried, and which contained
$50, has disappeared.
The Joint teachers institute, com
prising the counties Of Bonneville, Ere
mont, Madison, Jefferson, Teton and a
portion of Blaine, convened in Idaho
Falls, November %. There were near
ly 800 teachers present.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the removal of the First Ma.
tional bank of Soldier, Idaho, to Fair
field, in the same county. This ne
cessitated change of name to the
first national bank of Fairfield.
M. d. Wilcox. supervisor of gas
plants of Chicago, has been in Idaho
Fails looking up the proposition OF
establishing Of gas plant for that
city. He is meeting with much en-
couragement from the citizens.
1t is not yet possible to get an exact
estimate Of the number of bushels OF
grain produced tributary to Cambridge,
but it will certainly be at. least SO
per cent larger than ever before. Less
than half the grain has been sold.
Harvey Coggins, bookkeeper in the
county recorders office at Twin Falls,
has been appointed by the county com
missioners to the position of county
treasurer to fill the vacancy caused BY
the resignation of j. Howard Heine.
The Blackfoot city council has de.
cided to have municipal Christmas
tree and celebration this year. The
plan is to abandon all church services
for the night and unite in a big cele
bration to be held in the open lawn OF
the court house.
Mrs. Ellen Dempsey is lowering be.
tween life and death in a Boise hos.
pital as result of a mysterious bullet
wound. She was shot in the chest,
while in her home, and no one heard
the shooting. while she does not know
who fired the shot
William Buesing of Filler raised g..
$50 pounds of the Refuge wax beans
on 101A acres of his farm. After they
had been recleaned the weight was
23,757 pounds which sold for Az cents
pound. or $11S.50 per acre, N king
total return of $1,244.25 from 1914
acres.
Ira Bracket, prominent stc"'man
of the Roseworth district, last eek
paid fine and costs amounting to
5000 for bringing hogs unacconran
led by a certificate of health inspec
ton into the district into which the
government anti-hog- cholero experts
are working
That an attempt will be made to re
call Mayor J. W. Robinson of Boise
became evident with the announce
ment that recall petition had been
placed in circulation. The ground for
recall is that preference has been
shown by the mayor and private de
tectives which he hired to raid ques
tionable resorts
After being closed for several
months, following an injunction by
Judge Guheen, on account of charges
of violation of the local option law
the Hotel Bannock, at Pocatello, will
be reopened, according to modifying
order by Judge Guheen. The old bar
room will be made into sample room. |
Professor 0. D. Center, director OF
the extension department of the STATE
university, has been in Pocatello hold |
ing conferences with President Miles |
+. Reed Of the Idaho Technical insti. !
tute and Professors Merrill and SEES |
sions of the agricultural department
in regard to a closer cooperation be |
tween the two schools along the line
of extension work
Two more rural free delivery routes /