The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-10-10
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Shut Water Out of CanaIs-Notice
has been given that the water will be
turned out Of the North Side canals
on October Z. This is being done in
order that the canals may be cleaned |
out this fall, and put in shape gener-
oily for the next irrigation season.
Burley Bulletin.
Steel Laying Actually Begun-The
big track laying machine, with a full
force of men began laying the steel |
this "wednesday morning, at Marsh
field. This work will be rushed to |
completion as far as Idahome and it is
expected service will begin in about !
80 days.-Inland Empire.
Lay IdahOme Branch Tracks--The |
track-layer began work on the extern
sion of the road from Marshfield to
Idahome, Wednesday of this week |
When working at full capacity with
force of 100 men the big machine will
put down two miles of steel in day,
but at present she is not fully man
ned and will lay only about mile per
day-Burley Bulletin.
Sheep Are POisOned-Federal and
state officials have been investigating
the reports of the wholesale death of
sheep in the Sawtooth national forest
and have come to the conclusion sheep
are dying from poisoning plants. The
sheepmen themselves estimate these
losses at more than 5000 But the loss
was the greatest along the region
known as the Haley Gold Belt. Hav-
ing eaten off the grass and weeds the
sheep then gorged themselves with the
leaves of the wild ('choke'D cherry
Gooding Leader.
Nampa Has Phone Improvements
With practically all of the material re-
quired on the ground or in storage
here other preliminary matters dis
posed Of, construction work has COM
menced in earnest on the extensive
improvements which the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany will make in Nampa within the
next 80 days. Two crews are engaged
in the work at present and a third
crew will be started in the near flu
ture.-Nampa Leader-Herald
Infantile Paralysis at JerOme-A
case of infantile paralysis was discov-
cred on the tract last week in the ill
ness of the 17-mOnths-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Armstrong, re-
siding five miles south and three miles
west of Jerome. Dr. Schmershall, To-
Gale county health officer, at once
quarantined the family and also two
other families that had been exposed.
DR.. Piper, who has charge of the case,
reports the child improving, though
still partially paralyzed, and no furth-
er cases developed.-North Side News
Milk As Fire Extinguisher.-The
Crow-Elkhart car owned by Mrs Thos
Skok was saved from destruction by
fire Sunday, by the aid of few quarts
of milk applied at the right time
Ernest Palmer, the milk man, was jus
leaving town for his home, and upor
arriving at the top of the hill leading
to the ID. j. Wright place, he noticed
an automobile on fire. He drove with.
in a safe distance of the machine and
with the aid of its occupants, proceed
ed to extinguish the blaze with a few
quarts of Palmer's germless milk.
Apparently an accumulation of gas
oline and oil beneath the engine caus-
ed the fire. Mr.. Palmer's opportune
arrival not only saved the machine bu
demonstrated that milk, in case of EN-
Urgency, may be used as a fire ex
nguisher.-Spirit Lake Herald.