The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

In Meridian VIII handle double the
amount OF prunes this season as last
and the work will start the first week
OF September. w. III. Peer will have
charge OF he local house and II is ex-
pected that so car loads. 100000
crates will be shipped from here.
One hundred girls will be employed
for several weeks.
w $. McBirney. who was In Merid-
ian yesterday, says the crop of prunes
will he double that OF last year. for
the reason that there are new orch
ards coming into hearing and a large
increase In the product OF the old
orchards over last year
All the Meridian nrnnes will be
shipped In their fresh condition TO
the eastern market. The prnnes ar
onnd Beatty. however, VIII be evaD
GRATED In the big new plant that has
Just been ompleted. Speaking of the
Beatty drIer, Mr.. Mckinney said the
plant would have been built at Mer-
idian, but for the reason that most Of
the Beatty stuff comes from the COM
nany orchards, and hey have 1t handy
10 treat there. II is only question
OF few months. he says, when ano-
Their big evaporation will probably be
constructed and this will be located
at Meridian.
The Beatty evaporation is on OF the
largest In the west, is Of three stories
50x112 feet The steam drier tsup-
piled from 75-h,p. boiler,) is an ex-
pertinent, he first to be used in this
locality. and the hot steam confined
in pipes. takes the place of the usual
hot air treatment. The principal val
ne of this Is to eliminate to a large
extent the danger of fire, which has
caused the insurance companies to
charge heavy for the risk.
Eyaporated fruit will be paying |
investmen this year, even II the for
eign market is shut off Last year
the company handled 400 dried tons,
and three times that amount will be
eyaporated this year. The product
has already market in Chicago
The Beatty plant will give employ
ment to big force of men, and as
The Beatty plant will also pack fresh |
prunes on a big scale no less than |
1875 women and girls will be given |
employment This is a big industry |
and viii mean much to this commun-
ity. as the district is all tributary to
Meridian.
Mr. Bigger, the popular agent for
the Idaho Power & Light Co. has
been In Meridian this week, looking |
after the introduction of the new inn
proved electric cooking range In this
vicinity. In another column is an
of this range, which
seems to embody the best of every
thing an electric range should be.
II is not too late to place one in your
iome-on easy terms of payment.
A very enjoyable party was given
quincy Adams last Monday evening
~ about twenty of his young friends.
he occasion being his eighteenth
Many games were played
IN the lawn, with lanterns furnishing
he light. At a late hour. after a
lunch consisting of ice cream. cake,
and lemonade, had been served, the
party broke up by everyone wishing |
their young friend many happy birth |
days.
The fake medicine outfit that has
camped in Meridian this week will
take several hundred dollars out of
the town, at time of business de-
preston. There ought to be some law
to protect the public against such
frauds, as the people who are spend
ing their dollars in the hopes of win
ming a diamond ring have in many |
cases. debts unpaid at the stores of |
our business men.
An Astoria, Oregon, paper makes
special mention of the school record
of Miss Eva Bower of Sunset Beach,
Oregon. who has travelled about
10000 miles in the four years she
has gone to and from her home in or
der to attend school in Astoria. She
was one of the honor students and is
a senior this year. After graduation
she will attend Whitman college. |
Miss Eva was born and spent several |
years OF her life In Meridian, and is
the daughter of w. N. Bower.
There is to he no forced shortage |
OF water this season in the Boise vail |
ley on account of the timely storage |
that was secured behind the Arrow
rock dam. The Boise Water Users |
Association decided at a meeting of |
the directors held at Caldwell recent |
ly that they would supply all de-
mands for water by purchase from
the government. The price to be
paid is 65 cents per acre foot and as
is generally known an acre foot Is
sufficient water to cover an acre OF
ground foot deep.
The Nampa Record of last week |
gave the following mention of the |
Crane-Vickers wedding; Frank |
Crane, senior member of the firm of |
Crane Brothers. we'll known Nampa |
merchants, surprised his friends last |
Friday. August s, when he went to
Boise and was married to Miss Vida |
Blanche Vickers also of Nampa. The |
ceremony was performed by Justice |
d. T Miller in the presence OF a few |
personal friends. After q few days |
stay in Boise MIR. and Mrs Crane re-
turned TO Nampa and are making |
their home at the Crane residence"
Wright Congregational church at
Franklin was moved into" Sunday. |
with an all-day gathering. The upper
portion OF the building is nearly COM
pleted and this winter IL is planned /
to raise the debt and formally dedi-
cate the church.