The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-30
In THE GEM STATE

DulIt at Bull.
Boise people spend $1,411.1O daily
tor dairy products.
The state retail jewelers. conven-
ION will be held in Boise July 20 and
81.
The enrolment at the Boise sum
mer normal school reached 210 last
week.
The sixth annual Harvest Festival
IS to be held at Nampa On September
-, 20 and 21.
Weiser is to have big old time
celebration on July 4. A Mardi Gras
carnival is planned.
Platform conventions are to be
held in Boise on July q by the Demo
Gratis and Republicans.
Canyon county has already re-
ceiyed $9,0S1.08 from automobile
and motorcycle license fees.
The people of Bull have decided to
hold a two days celebration of hide
pendence day, on July and 4.
Harry Pond, messenger boy of Po-
catello, was run down by an automo-
bile and probably fatally injured
While toying with .22-caliber rife,
Bernard Williams, aged IA, of Nerd
ian, shot himself through the foot.
Caldwell is to have one of the first
power sprinklers and street f1ushers
o be put into operation in the state.
The Bull Commercial club has
I in RrCf o., nf TIC
work from a membership of % to $50
active members.
John Hewellet of Bull, whose neck
was broken in the auto accident at
that place, died the night of the acct
dent in a Twin Falls hospital.
The Wallace National bank, its
business and assets, has been pur-
chased by the Wallace Bank & Trust
company, who took charge of the in
| stitution last week
The committee having in charge
the celebration of the Fourth of July
at American Falls have decided not to
hold celebration, but to go to Rock
land, Pocatello or Burley.
The marketing of the season
| cherry crop began at Charleston last
week with the receiving of four or
i've tons of Black Tartarians from a
number of growers on the fat
1t has been announced that the
| oregon Short Line will extend its
Burley- Marshfield branch distance OF
1913 miles to Idahome, a new settle
ment in the heart of rich dry farm
ing district.
The cherry season in Charleston is
we'll under way and the Charleston
canning company has opened its fac
tory with from thirty to forty hands
working. The run on cherries will be
two weeks in length
The tenth annual meeting of the
| Idaho State Pharmaceutical associa
ton was held at Guyer Inn, near
Ketchum, June 10 to 81. Fully loo
druggists from all parts of the state
were on hand for the meeting.
The Bull Commercial club, acting
in cooperation with the Jarbidge
Commercial club, will improve the
Lilly trail, thus opening road from
Jarbidge to Bull. which will be Il
miles shorter than any other route
Lewiston is not going to abandon
this summer its official "swimmin
| hole" which gave such pleasure last
year to the many hundreds of children
and grown-ups, too. Improvements
are to be made in the way of more
bath houses.
Payments of the second installmen
of taxes are beginning to trickle intC
the Canyon county treasury. BY th'
new law it is required that these pay
ments be made on or before the frs
Monday in July, this falling on Jul!
this year.
The Boise Statesman announces
that the Oregon Short Line will Civ
a four weeks leave of absence q
full pay to any of it's employees whit
wish to take advantage of the cit
zens military training camp to be es
tablished at Salt Lake.
The opening of the new Acequi:
bridge spanning the Snake and join
ing the districts of Acequia on th'
Minidoka side and Jackson on TIL
Cassia county side was fittingy cele
brated last week with a great picni
and barbecue attended by over 7O'
people.
Fong Loon, who was charged witt
the crime of murder in the killing O
Fong Chung at Boise on July q, 1913
and convicted of manslaughter, ha'
been granted new trial. He had beef
sentenced to from five to ten years
Imprisonment.
The Bannock County Medical asso
citation is the first organization to sig
Nifty its intention of taking part IL
the big preparedness parade to d
held in Pocatello July A. This bod!
of men will be dressed in medlca
field service costumes.
The controversy that has existed 10
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