The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
In THE GEM STATE

3 cheese factory for Middleton.
City officials are taking up with the
reclamation heads the proposal ia
widen and straighten Indian creek
through Nampa
Fire which is supposed to have orig
mated from an explosion of a hot blast
stove damaged residence at Idaho
Falls to the extent OF 5000.
The total of assessabIe property in
Canyon county this year is $21,837,-
'467s, decrease of $2385, O1441 from
the previous years total.
Murlel Dodge. 15-year-old schoolgirl,
won the first prize in the bread bak-
ing contest offered by the Civic club
during Home Products week at Poca-
tello.
The cornerstone Of the new Metho-
dist church at American Falls has
been laid. The church will have a
seating capacity of six hundred and
will cost $4,000.
The volume of business through the
Nampa telephone exchange has so
greatly increased that it has become
necessary to add another regular oper-
ntor to the force.
F'ifty-nine cars of cattle we're fed
in Pocatello on April H. They were
consigned from points in Montana to
Burnley. Frank Burke, former resi-
dent of Pocatello, bought the cattle.
Through conference of what
amounts to an arbitration board, an
attempt will be made TO solve the
problem of administering school at
fairs more economically in Meridian.
The poles and wires for the installa-
ton of the electric system have been
received at Albion. The poles are be-
ing distributed over the town and will
be placed in position as soon as pos
sible
The late Senator Weldon Brinton
Hepburn has been honored by having
mountain named for him, the Sec
ond highest mountain in Idaho. to be
henceforth designated on all maps as
Mount Hepburn.
The students of the Idaho Techni-
cal Institute are in favor of compul-
sorry military training. according to a
vote taken a few days ago. Over So
per cent of the entire student body
favored some form of military train
ing
1t is announced that the statewide
campaign against rabies, in so far as
the state board of health is concerned
viii be confined to the prevention of
the disease among humans and treat
ment of persons bitten by rabid ami
mails.
The National Surety company,
surety on the bonds of 0. V. Allen and
Fred Coleman, defaulting treasurer
and deputy, respectively, of Idaho, has
made proposal to the state deposit
tork board to settle all claims against
it for 100000.
With pageant in which 1000
school children will participate and
with fitting exercises in charge of Po-
cahontas chapter, D. A. r., a beauti
full marble seat serving as a marker
of the Oregon Trail is to be dedicated
at Caldwell on April 2S.
The Pocatello city council has given
the mayor authority to lease a large
tract on the banks of the Portneuf
river for city ark The women of
the civic club will spend $4,000 in
identifying the grounds The lease
is for ten years at $1,000 a year.
Interest in the establishment of a
-four mill at Eagle is being aroused
Most of the farmers believe they
could realize better returns from their
grain crops if they could patronize
local mill and several of the leading
ranehers are helping agitate the mat
ter.
The six-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs r. H. Gross, who live about four
teen miles from Weiser. was burned
to death last week Mr.. Gross had
been burning sagebrush near the home
and the little one in some way hap
pened to get too close to the fire and
her clothes caught fire.
Services were held in the Methodist
church at Idaho Falls last Sunday for
the last time. The building will be
demolished and new $4,000 church
will take its place. The contr.st has
been let and 1t will be one of the
handsomest structures in the city. 1t
will have seating capacity of 1000.
An unidentified Indian was found
dead beside the Short Line tracks at
Pocatello. 1t is believed by officers
that the Indian may have been drunk
and tried to go to Fort Hall by
freight. Both legs and one arm were
cut off
The Pocatello Social cSib has filed
articles of incorporation with the city
clerk. The articles set forth that the
objects of the club are to promote the
social, moral and intellectual develop
ment of the Greek and Italian citizens
of the city.
George Ness, 81 years old. employ
de by the Electric Investment com.
pany as line,nan, was killed at Boise
by contact with a high tension elec-
trio wire.
Glenn o, Street of Pocatello mar
rowly escaped death near McCammon
when his car turned over and burned