The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-29
In THE GEM STATE


The Wendell cheese factory is put
ting its first products on the market.
A new Methodist church is to be
erected at Twin Falls at cost of S40.-
900.
Work Is to start in a short time on a
300-barrel -four mill at Weiser, at a
cost OF $4,000
The county commissioners associa
ton of Idaho met in its eighth annual
convention in Boise on December IS.
Certificates OF election have been Is
sued to all successful candidates on
the state ticket in the recent election
by George Il. Barker, secretary Of
state.
Senator Brady of Idaho is bringing
pressure to bear on the war depar
ment to favor the establishment OF
an army remount station at Boise bar
racks
Portable schools are being erected
at Occur d'Alene to take care of the
pupils who are unable to find accom-
modatiOns because OF the congested
condition of the school rooms.
The voters of Payette defeated the
proposition for improving the water
works system. The vote stood 124 for
and SO against. Two-thirds majority
was required to pass the bonds.
The governor has certified to the
vote cast in Idaho for presidential cleo
tors on the tickets carried on the bal
lots of this state The certified vote
has been forwarded to Washington.
Few Idaho farmers stand to lose
money because OF the drop in the
price of wheat as a result of the peace
talk in Europe, according to G. w.
Scholtz, state director of the farm
markets bureau
More and better poultry" is the
Poultry and Pet Stock association, the
premium catalogue of which has been
issued for the big exhibit to be held
in Boise January 9 to II.
Charters of 453 corporations doing
business in Idaho have been revoked
by the secretary of state because Of
their failure to pay their corporation
taxes Taxes on all corporation char
ters were due September l.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the building and stock OF the q. c. NJ
!. warehouse at Pocatello. The struc-
ture was erected at a cost of 100000
and contained 100000 worth of stock,
partially covered by insurance.
DR.. Ralph Falk. secretary of the
state board of health, resigned his po-
sition last week, his resignation to be-
come effective January l. He took
this action when the health board met
for its regular December meeting.
A movement to repeal the public
utilities act on the grounds that con-
ditions in Idaho are not such as to re-
quire such a body and that the ex-
pense involved is little less than a
burden on the tax payers of the state
is under way
Special attention Is to be given the
kennel show of the Idaho State Poul-
try and Pet Stock association at Boise
this year. Pedigrees are not neces-
sary and dogs of any breed may con-
test for honors, no matter how OBJ
scure his ancestry.
The cooks and mess sergeants of
the Second Idaho infantry wound up
their business affairs in Nogales last
Sunday. and Sunday night were ten
dered splendid banquet by one of
the commission houses which has re-
Ceived much of the business.
After strenuous fight, backed by
the Boise Commercial club and gov
ernOr, the military officials have
agreed to muster out the Idaho boys
in Idaho and the boys will occupy the
barracks at Boise during their two
weeks examination and inspection.
While out hunting a few days ago
Verde Lunstrum. l6-year-old boy of
Maple Grove, was injured while trying
to climb over wire fence The wire
gave way and he fell, striking the
ground in such manner as to break
a piece from the top of the hip bone
in an unusual way.
Justice Alfred Bulge was elected
chief justice of the Idaho supreme
court by his colleagues on the bench,
Justice William NJ. Morgan and Jus,
ticeelect John {. Rice. lie VIII take
Office January l, 1917. succeeding
Chief Justice Isaac n. Sullivan, who
retires December 81.
Senator Brady and Congressman
Smith have each introduced a bill pro
vIding for the reclamation of the lands
embraced In the King Hill irrigation
system, and the completion of the sys,
TEN by the United States reclamation
service under the direction of the sec
rotary of the interior.
The following conventions have been
scheduled for Boise: State teachers,
December 2S-29: state superintendent
principals, December 1880: mer-
chants and bankers short course first
week in February. state poultry show,
January Q, 10, II. 70; Idaho State
BAR association, January II. IL, 10;
State Federation Of Labor, January 10.
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