The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

put through the ring at the monthly
sale At Caldwell last week.
William Gilmore, OF Payette, has
been given q medal by the Panama
Pacific exposition as the champion
corn grower OF Idaho.
Two Mexican highwaymen resisted
arrest 1t Shelley and . duel with Of
fcers followed. which resulted in both
Mexicans being wounded.
1t Is estimated that in the neigh
borhood Of $15O.OOO has been or will
be paid to the farmers OF Long valley
for their 1915 crop of timothy seed.
The Boise valley has produced more
and has sold more livestock and farm
products this year than 1t did in 1914.
1t got better prices than it did last
year.
The Boise banks are carrying In de-
uposits $l.324,000 more than they did
one year ago and they have more
loans out than they had at this time
last year.
No applications for loans presented
to the state land department between
December 1. 1915. and March Is. 1916.
will be acted on by the state land
board until after the latter date.
Seven-year-old Wesley Boise fell
from high swing at the Central
school grounds at Blackfoot, and was
severely injured. Both wrists were
broken and the boy suffered many
minor bruises.
The 10-year-old daughter of r. 4.
Kirkpatrick lies seriously injured at
Caldwell hospital as the result of
an injury to her back, sustained when
she was struck by a heavy teeter
board plank ON tie school grounds.
Boise is showing higher percent
age OF increase in bank clearings than
any western city. In September it
led with an increase of $932,727, or
27.6 per cent, being Sc per cent high
er than Salt Lake, the next highest
city.
Uncle Sam wants to retire from the
railway business in Idaho. He offers
20 lease for ten years to a responsible
party the Arrow Rock railroad, to-
gether with the railroad equipment
and the buildings and grounds at Ar
row Rock.
This year alone the state of Idaho,
through the land board, granted ap-
plications for leans which total $4O4,.
go and rejected applications for loans
amounting to $107,S00. 1t is business
equal to that of the largest individual
banking house in the state.
Many orchardists throughout the
state have contributed their share to-
ward the exhibit of apples which will
compete Tor Idaho against all the
other apple growing states at the Pa
namaPacific exposition. Fifty boxes
will be sent to San Francisco.
The Oregon Short Line has ar
ranged for the free delivery of 10000
gallons of water per week at Berger
station and 10000 gallons per week
at Haggardt AT Berger so families
will be supplied. At Haggardt water
will be furnished to 35 families.
State Sanitary Inspector White
strongly condemns the use of sec
ond-hand kegs as containers for cider
and syrups at soda fountains. and an
investigation which he is conducting
into the matter may lead to the pro-
tacles.
The land board has been advised
that the Twin Falls west-end project,
which has been dormant for many
years, is to be revived. This project
is adjacent to the south-side Twin
Falls, said to be the most successful
Carey act project in the United
States.
Governor Alexander has granted a
parole to M. l. Vanderhoff, alias John
Carter, boy 16 years of age, serving
a term in the state penltentiary for
burglary committed at Idaho Falls.
He will be allowed to leave the state,
mother
Two laborers on a workcar on the
railroad siding at Blackfoot got into a
quarrel which resulted IN a fight in
which one was badly beaten up, his
assailant using hammer. The worst
ed man thereupon brought gun into
play, shooting his opponent in the
chest, inhicting a severe flesh wound.
The present highway district law,
In the opinion of the supreme court,
Is likely to result In great injustice
by reason of the fact that few peo-
pie may divert to a territory not par
ticularly in need of it vast sums of
money which should be expended in
more densely populated neighbor-
hoods
In a decision handed down in the
federal court at Moscow, the Twin
Falls Salmon River Land & Water
company was denied a new trial in
one of the largest irrigation suits ever
brought in Idaho and involved more
than $4,000 acres Of land owned by
settlers whose rights to sufficient
water were involved.
In the future there will be no open
ing of irrigation projects in the state
of Idaho until the irrigation company
having charge OF constructing the
canal and respryOir system has water