The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
IN THE GEM STATE

| The town of Star has been prom
ised cheese factory in full operation
| by April Is.
Vacant houses are scarce in Haley
There is quite demand for houses
| of six or more rooms, but there are
| none to be had.
Canyon county's commissioners are
pointing with pride to the fact that
| all outstanding warrants have been
called for payment.
| Bull is to have another cheese fac
tory, and 1t will be in operation just
as fast as the plans of organization
and financing can be completed.
Black canyon settlers of the vicin-
lty OF Notus are actively at work In
support of proposals for extending the
government project on the north side
| The date for the big autom Mobile
show at Twin Falls has been changed
to April 3S. This is two weeks later
than the date previously announced.
There was an attendance of 1870
members and delegates at the annual
convention of Knights of Pythias of
the Fifth district of this state held in
Nampa last week
County and city officers are work
ing to discover the identity of an in
FAINT found buried ia a crude box in
a shallow grave in vacant lot in
Fairview. Small boys discovered the
box
John d. Flenner, former minister,
journalist and lecturer, died at Boise,
March IA, at the age of IS. He left
the ministry twenty-seven years ago
to become editor of the Boise States
man.
Following the opening OF the yell
lowstone branch. the Oregon Short
Line will maintain station at Trude
and place an operator and agent in
charge during the summer months.
Tennis is rapidly coming into it's
own as a sport in the various towns
and cities of Idaho, as shown by the
organization now going on OF the
Southern Idaho Tennis association as
a part Of the National Lawn Tennis
association.
A summary Of the things accom-
plished by the Nampa club women
and those who co-operated with them
in the observance of Better Babies"
week shows fruitful results. The to-
tai attendance at the three days ses-
sions ran above 500.
At the special city election held at
Montpelier for the purpose of deter
mining whether or not the property
holders wanted to erect a city Jail at
cost Of $4,000 an overwhelming ma
jority Of those voting decided in IA
yor of the proposed bond issue.
Hardly more than thirt y-six hours
after he rode away on stolen steed
from the ranch OF William Stewart
near Falks store In Canyon county,
Charles West was apprehended 10
miles distant In Oregon and returned
to face the charge Of horse stealing.
While speeding along on roller
skates, Martha Smith, of Nampa, fell
and broke both bones In her left fore
arm. One of the bones was broken
so Clearly that 1t was necessary to
wire the ends together in order to
make certain that they will knit again.
A safe in the office of the Bower
man Lumber company at Pocatello
was dynamited one night last week.
Money and checks to the value OF
about fifty dollars were taken, also
valuable papers. A charge OF nitro
glycerine was used to open the safe.
Better Babies" week in Idaho de-
yeloped the fact that Idaho has an
Exceedingly low death rate, Boise, the
capital, the lowest in the United
States, the percentage being 81 for
every one thousand people. The aver
&c death rate for the United States
Is about IA per cent.
The Pocatello Commercial club has
aiken up the question of asking the
heary cooperation of every business
inter 81 in the city with q view to
raisi y great fund to defray the ex.
penses incident to the entertainment
or the many big conventions that are