The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-17

| operation last week TOT the remOva
of his left eye.
Dutch Leany. supposed to be tn.
leader OF gang which has beer
breaking into houses recently. wa.
taken into custody at Pocateuo aftel
several days search by officers.
Pocatello pays one-third Of thu
taxes of aBnnock county, the assess
ments giving Pocatello, $293, 03153
villages, $24,42S42; country property
outside OF incorporated villages, 1857,
I 4JS.16.
The live stock interests OF Bannoch
county have perfected an organization
Tor mutual interest, and to take Ut
matters governing the operation OF
grazing permits and other questions
affecting the ranges.
Interest is growing in the Twin
Falls section in teh subject OF the
growing of sugar beets and the pro-
posed beet sugar factory which is
practically assured for Twin Falls
for the coming year.
Paul Lohrman, Lad of Parma, IL
years of age, holds the record for
corn growing in the contest recently
conducted by the agricultural depart
ment. He raised 127 bushels of corn
On one acre of ground
Fred Burnley of Ogden, working un-
der the name OF Fred Cave, with the
0. S. L. cement working gang, was
found dead by some of his comrades
in box car in the Short Line yards
at Boise. death coming as he slept.
poor mans club. with no dues,
no obligations and no responsibilities,
to take the place of the score or more
saloons which will go out of business
the first of the year, is the suggestion
of Chief of Police Robinson of Boise
State Treasurer Eagleson has COM
pleted his financial report for the
month of November, which shows
state funds on hand at the close of
business for that month. The total
amount on hand ~on that date was
$93e.569.44
Tom Sagdis. recently arrested at
Pocate,lo on a charge of selling
hearing and bound over to teh district
court in the sum of $500, in default Of
which he was given into the custody
of the sheriff to await trial.
l.. K. Splawn, a carpenters helper,
fell from the fourth story of a new
building at Pocatello. He either at.
tempted to jump across an opening or
slipped and landed on planking below,
suffering severe fracture of the
skull He probably will recover.
Jake Crum, Pocatello adventurer,
who has fought with the Beers and
campaigned in China, the Philippines
and Mexico, writes from hospital in
England that he is recovering from a
shrapnelsplintered knee and will
shortly return to the front in France.
A strong association of cattlemen,
horsemen, sheepmen and land owners
residing on the east side of Big. Wood
river is being formed. The members
of the new organization are men who
are heavy taxpayers in Blaine county
and who own agricultural and grazing
land
The Pocatello public library will
hereafter keep longer hours. Hereto
fore the library opened at / O'Clock
and closed at p. m. The hours now
vii be from 10:30 a. m. to D. m.
This step was found necessary, ow-
ing to the greater demand for the use
of the library
Caught with the goods on him, ac
cording to information from the sher-
ifs office, James Papus, Greek
ranch hand, is in the county jail at
Boise, charged with the crime of bur
glary. He is charged with robbing the
home of Mrs. John c. Tate, near
South Boise.
In spite of all the grain which has
been sold by the farmers in the Mid
vale and Cambridge section this year,
and all that has been kept for seed for
next year and what Is needed to feed
the stock through the winter, there is
still million bushels stored in the
warehouses in the two towns.
In brawl in which whiskey played
part, according to officers in the
sheriff s office, Louis Pappas, Greek
construction hand, drew a knife and
brandished it at John Pappas, another
Greek and fellow workman, at Beatty,
with the result that he now faces a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
Five farmers schools were held in
different parts of Gooding county last
week under the direction of ]. S.
Welch of the Gooding sub-station
farm, assisted by E, p. Taylor, potato
and fruit expert Of the agricultural ex.
tension department, and Miss Eliza
beth Hays of the home economies de-
partment
Joe tSorey millman at the Nay Aug
mine on Deer creek, in attempting to
throw the belt on the crusher pulley
with long-handled shovel, received
a deep cash on the right cheek, near
the nose. The handle of the shovel
caught, throwing it around with great
force. causing the blade of the shove
to strike him.
John B. Mullen, an old-time resident
of Pocatello, died from heart failure