The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS

| eciic, IL the ldfKest IN the history o.
abe county schools.
The 4-year-old son OF Harley Fack
rell OF Thomas was struck by an au
tomobile last week. The boy received
a compound fracture OF the leg Stor
les OF blame are conflicting
The recruiting officer OF the United
States army In charge OF the Pocasel
10 Office says that the number OF ap
| plications for enlistment In the regu
lar army Ia increasing daily.
Colonel William II. Edelblute will
retain his command as head OF the
second Idaho infantry and will not be
reduced in rank in order to place a
regular army officer in charge.
The Central Savings Bank & Trust
company of Denver was the success
ful bidder on the $4,000 worth .of
refunding bonds offered by the Inde
pendent school district OF Boise.
A party OF twelve surveyors and two
cooks arrived at Haley overland from
Boise last week. They will remain in
the Wood River valley until about No
Vember l, making surveys for the
| United States general land office.
l.. J. Phelan, who for the past three
| years has had charge OF the building
| OF the government road up the south
| fork OF the Payette, has completed the
work and has been transferred from
| the Payette to the Idaho national
| forest.
| With burst of enthusiasm accom-.
| panied by blasting Of dynamite, cheers,
| patriotic speeches and tears, Wallace
| suspended business for two hours and
| turned out to bid farewell to its 10
recruits who joined the concentration
| camp at Boise.
| For the first time in the history OF
| Boise the moving picture theaJers will
| be open in that city on Sunday, the
| supreme court. before which there was
test case involving the opening of
| the theaters, having decided in favor
| of the theatres.
| Interest in mining activities was
| quickened perceptibly In Nampa by
| the announcement of the purchase OF
a group of claims at Deming, in the
Silver City region, by Melvin T. Row.
land. The price paid for the eight
! claims Is reported as $4,000.
Captain Fred A. Pittenger, mem
Der Of the medical corps of the Second
Idaho, has been presented with crisp
| 800 bill by the inmates OF the Idaho
Soldiers Home, with which to apply
toward the purchase of horse when
| he reaches the Mexican border
A snake on the wires put out the
| lights at Weiser one night last week
Since snakes are not in the habit OF
climbing electric light poles the work.
men who discover this one are of the
opinion that passing hawk must
have dropped the snake from above.
Work on the Wickahoney irrigation
project will begin the first of August
The project is situated in the south.
ern part OF Owyhee county and in,
cludes more than 10000 acres of land
Water will be taken from the Bruneau
river by the means of large diversion
dams.
Mrs Elizabeth ]. Tyler. who has
made her home in Pocatello for the
past year. was last week granted a
divorce from Owen Tyler, a wealthy
attorney of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is
at present in the diplomatic service
of the United States, stationed in
France.
Within a few weeks the pipe line
of the kellogg Water & Power com
pany will be completed and connection
will be made with the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan water system. The eight-inch
pipe for the new line runs from Big
creek to Kellogg. a distance of over
three miles.
Chester Thompson. Short Line
employee, was knocked down and Sc
yerely beaten by two men named War
rem Clark and Sam Wardeu at a pont
just outside the city limits at Poca
tello. The two men are in custody
1t is charged robbery was the motive
OF the attack.
Following an alleged confession to 8
neighboring woman by Hiawaths
Gardner, IA years old, her stepfather
William Gardner of Artesian City, wal
arrested and lodged in Jail without
bond to await preliminary trial on the
charge of criminal relationship with
his stepdaughter.
: Company l. of Weiser was in the
limelight at Camp Morrison one day
| last week when it was host at double
military wedding, two fair wal
brides" taking their places in the
street in front of the company's ten
at the barracks grounds, to the music
Of the wedding march played by the
regimental band.
Albert Grub, 3-year-old son of Del
Grub, was shot and instantly killed
by his brothers. John and Edward
aged and s, respectively, at the
ranch home. near May. The thre(
children. left alone in the house, got
their fathers 5000 rife and were
playing with it when the accident
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