The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-02-18
In THE GEM STATE

Word comes from Washington thar
senator James II. Brady Is very &C.
riously III. He has returned IN wasb.
lngton from Florida and has been or,
dered to take an extended rest.
The Civic club of Pocatelle will
make a special effort to aid the city
council IN the coming bond election
Tor the purpose Of purchasing a pub
lie park site at cost OF 1000.
There are now in Canyon county
eighty-five individuals or firms who
carry permits to have alcohol or lid
uors in their possession for scientific
mechanical or sacramento purposes.
The Bull movable school, held un-
der the auspices OF the agricultural
extension department, the Buhl Com
mercial club, the Bull public school
and others, was held February Z to Ii.
crew of fifty men and train OF
three engines with just enough cars to
make home for the crew was util,
lied in opening up the Mackay brcnch,
which had been snowbound for three
weeks.
Over quarter of a million dollars
are realized annually in Gem county
from the sale of fruits. Last year
from Emmett there were shipped
over $50 cars of fruit. including thir-
teen carloads OF melons.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion authorized the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line to carry hay and
grains at reduced rates for 80 days.
The order is for the relief of stock
men in the states recently snowbound
The public utilities commission met
at Pocatello to consider he application
of the city for a certificate of con-
venience and necessity for the con-
struction of water system. Many wit
| nesses were examined on both sides.
After a week of fruitless search,
the men who were engaged in drag
ging the Boise river below Fairview
avenue bridge at Boise, for the body
of Elmer Shoemaker who was drown
ed near the bridge January 80, gave
up the task.
After bootleggers and other viola
tors of the law had entered pleas of
guilty before the district court in forty
out of fifty-six criminal cases, four
prisoners cut their way through the
bars of the county Jail at Pocatello
and escaped.
At the end of the month of Janu
airy, according to the report of State
Treasurer Eagleson to the governor
the balances in the various state
funds totaled $709, 9S2.S6 as against
$732,434.6S on hand at the beginning
of the month.
January was the record breaking
month for the Carnegie library al
Boise. Never in any previous month
has there been so many readers, the
attendance almost doubling that Of
other months. This is thought to be
due to the closing of saloons.
That the city of Caldwell spent g
goodly sum of money on its roads
and streets in the past month Ii
shown by the monthly reports of the
clerk and treasurer. The amounts ex
pended in sa.sding thoroughfares are
$1,1OO for labor and $50 for sand ant
gravel
The area of Gem county is 81;
square miles, containing 105,117 acres
of land divided as follows: irrigated
lands. 50,054 acres; dry farm lands
| 31.033 acres; grazing lands, 22,6S;
acres. and mineral lands, 1,347 acres
The assessed valuation of the count!
is $3,466, 7S9.4O.
Cyclone Workman threw Gus Pap
pas. at Preston, in two straight falls
the first in fifty minutes and fifteeI
| seconds and the second in fifteen min
utes and five seconds. In both fails
the head scissors and double arm bal
We're used. Pappas challenged Work
man to return match.
There was but on clear day at Po
catello in the month of January. The
snowfall for the month averaged 20
inches. and at one time there was
mantle of seven inches covering the
district Train service has been in
terrupted to a greater extent tnai
It any time for a number OF years.
During 1915, in the Boise land dis
trict, comprising the counties OF Ada
Adams, Boise, Canyon, Gilmore, Gem
Idaho, Owyhee and Washington pat
ents were issued for nearly one hun
dred thousand acres of the nationa
domain. making this amount available
for purposes of taxation.
The women's clubs of HALEY are
uniting for the purpose OF making
BABY week" in that city a complete
success. The clubs which have joined
in the movement locally are the Ciyi'
Improvement club, Home Economies
association, the Kindergarten Club ano
the Daughters of the Pioneers.
orvilIe Payne Johnson, an idaho
pioneer, died at San Diego, February
10. Mr.. Johnson was well known a.
stockman and land holder He was
orn in Ray county, Tenn, August 10