The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-10-19
In THE GEM STATE

a cost OF $1,000.
An exhibit of the products grown
by members of the Garden and Back
Yard clubs of the Caldwell schools
was held last week.
E. E. Streitz was attacked by bull
near Richfield. sustaining two frac-
tured ribs. The animal had previous
iy been considered gentle.
Postoffce receipts at Pocatello for
the past six months were greater than
during the entire year OF 1912. accord
ing to Postmaster C. C. O'Malley.
Several cases of blackleg among the
attention of the agricultural extension
department of the state university
The contract for the star mail route
between Pocatello and Arbon has been
let to Lorin Bailey of Arbon. A road
is now in operation between the towns
and the route viii also serve Crystal
and Pauline.
E. F. Stephens. president OF the
Idaho state board Of horticulture, has
issued a statement in which he adyo-
Gates the shipping of apples in bulk
to reduce cost of handling and to in
crease consumption.
Orville p May of New Plymouth
and Herbert A. Harmon of Payette.
both priyates in company of the Sec
ond Idaho. were discharged from the
/ militia last week because of relatives
dependent upon them.
The contents of upward of $50 bot
ties of contraband whisky and beer
gurgled into the sewer in front Of the
courthouse at Wallace last week
when the officers destroyed liquor
taken from bootleggers.
Word has been received from W. ID.
Wilcox, who has the franchise for
constructing gas plant in Idaho
Falls, that he has placed the contract
for the plant, which will be what is
known as the inclined slot-oyen style.
Awards in the milking contest at
the Idaho State fair, as announced by
Boise Project Advisor H. A Ireland.
show that a grade COW belonging to
Lincoln Paine of Caldwell carried
away first honors. The winning AMI
NAL was years old
What is to be known as the Poca-
tello Military Rife club is being or
ganized. Upon completion Of the or
ganization, arrangements will be made
for a suitable range on the east bench,
where workmanship contests will be
held at least once each week
A shipment of electrical goods"
thirty boxes in all. may likely prove
to be the undoing of John Andres, a
Greek, of Pocatello. According to the
government officials, the electrical
goods" proved to be shipment Of
liquor.
Joseph R. Mckee, first class pri-
| vate of the mounted scouts division
| of the Second Idaho infantry. who
| was kicked by a horse while he was
. working on the picket line at Fort
, ! Crittenden, died as the result of his
. | injuries. He enlisted from Mackay-
! The Blackfoot beet sugar factory
, commenced operations last week. and
it is figured that it will handle approx
| | mately 10000 tons this season. The
Idaho Falls factory will handle q
somewhat greater tonnage and the
: Sugar City factory will handle about
1000 tons.
l On the ranch Of Richard Scoble neal
Muldoon a horse belonging to County
' Commissioner S. J. Benson is dead az
) a result of an attack of rabies 1t il
The first case in the state where
: horse has been the victim of the bite
Of rabid animal.
A runaway horse hitched to corr
: cutter caused a horse driven by Mrs
e NJ. Fitzpatrick of South Boise to TAXI
L fright, as a result of which Mrs r1tz
patrick and her sister, Mrs Mary d
CleAer. we're thrown from the car
rage. Mrs. Cleaver's leg was broker
: and Mrs. Fitzpatrick received bruises
There were very few cases of con
Il tagious disease in Pocatello durinl
the past month, according to repor
bv the health officer. His list for tn
= month shows that there was one cas-
of chickenpox, one of smallpox. on
| of scarlet fever, two of typhoid fever
/ one of whooping cough, and none
| diphtheria.
The twenty-seven indictments II
| turned last week by a special gran
Jury against F. E. Wonnacott, forme
Kootenai county assessor. and hi
two deputies, w. w. Leeper and Ra
Thompson, charging embezzlemen
lie and mutilation of public records, wer
D. dismissed in the United States dii
% trict court.
a. John L. Woody, Arnold s. Lyon an
e. A. B. Mcintyre, members OF I'd
t. board of county commissioners {
r Iatah county, have been cited to al
near before the supreme court o.
tober 16 to show cause why the
should not be punished for contemI
he because of having evaded pereml
I'd tory writ OF mandate.
ut Attorney General Peterson has a.
ed vised the state land board that it ha
at no ground for a civil action agains
n. fred L. Huston, state auditor, in tn
he so-called Huston loan case.
ne Nathaniel Berridge win harve'
:, about half crop of grapes from h
% vineyard near Collister. His yield
"' usually between ~ and 10 tons. I'll
grapes developed this year from II
dormant buds, after the first blossom
were destroyed by the spring frosts.
The fine strawberries recently su
ba piled to the hotels in Boise have con
- from the Pierce tract at Pierce Par
az rented by L. w. Nye. The yield ave
~ aged IA crates a week from secor