The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-11-10

ianHan T.. Mcfar,ane has been an
pointed postmistress at Elba.
Seven would-be forest rangers took
he civil service examination at Boise
asst week.
Two hundred prominent cattle and
horse raisers were in convention at
Pocatello for three days last week.
With view to obtaining for Boise
military remount station, renewed
efforts are being made by the Boise
Commercial club.
The car shortage in Idaho Is being
Investigated by the public utilize
commission with view of learning
whether or not it can be remedied.
| A Meridian farmer has received ST.
300 from the hay and seed crops from
eight acres of clover, thus exceeding
| oy $3.50 the estimate he had placed
| Upon his crops value.
Mrs. j. c. Endsley and her sister-in-
| aw, Miss Endsley, were seriously in
lured near Nampa when the vehicle in
which they were riding was struck by
reckless auto driver
In return for contributing a big con-
slgnment of turkeys for adornment of
Thanksgiving tables, ranchers of Star
and vicinity will receive approx
mately $4,000 within the next two
weeks.
william Muir, an accessory after
The fact with Nose Croney, who was
arrested some time ago for killing a
1eer in Bannock county, has been
lined 500 in Justices court at Po-
catello.
The Wilbert Gold Mining company
Dr. the Wood river district, near Hal
ley, has declared a dividend of $1O.-
300, payable November Is. This will
make the total payments $4,000 in a
little over year.
Bluestem wheat went to $1.45 in
Moscow Friday OF last week, the high
est point ever touched by wheat in this
community with one exception, that OF
February, 1915, when STAT was Of
tered for one day.
The commissioners of Canyon coun-
~ will stand suit in district court on
the complaint OF Alfred F. Stone, al
leging that they acted illegally in en-
gagng outside counsel to prepare and
prosecute tax foreclosure suits.
Officials of the Pioneer irrigation
district have filed in district court at
Caldwell petition asking for confir-
nation of the procedure by which
their organization has authorized is
suance OF $1S9,20O worth of bonds.
The bureau established by the fed
eral government in Idaho Falls three
or four weeks ago for the purpose of
furnishing potato growers in Idaho |
With daily market reports on the move |
ment Of that crop. has been discontin- |
ued
In 1915 Meridian was accorded the |
of having been the origi-
hating point of more shipments of
Dure-bred sheep than any town of its
size in the United States. 1t is con
5idered highly probable that it will
win like honor this season.
Charles McGrath, living near Star,
has just finished threshing the cover
seed crop from sixteen acres of land
receiving 125 bushels. At prevailing
prices for seed of the quality Mr.. Nc
irath produced this gives a highly
profitable return from the land.
The price of potatoes continues to
ldvance in the Pocatello market, the
quotations on Wednesday being $3.50
'er hundred on Rurals and $40 for
TENS. The shipments Wednesday
rom Pocatello points in this section
# the state amounted to ninety cars.
The Overlook mine in the Black
Warrior district, 22 miles from At
anita, has the distinction of being the
'nly mine in the state that closes
Town for Sunday. So great an limo
'ation is this in the Atlanta camp
hat the mine is known as the sun
lay school" camp.
Frank Jones, James Gonzales and
'om Hobbs, the three men held by
oroner's inquest as being implicated
the killing of Ola Guthrie, who wa
ound dead at his sheep camp Octo.
er 8, after pre- im,nary hearing at
dontpelier, were bound over to the
lstrict court for tial.
AS the result of Bosses increased
reight tonnage and the representa-
ions of the traffic department of the
Soise Commercial club, the Chicago,
& st. Paul Railroad com
any has put on a through daily
package car" for less than carload
hipments of freight from Chicago to
Ioise.
The Oregon Short Line has ap.
ealed to the state supreme court
rom an opinion handed down by the
istrict court for Ada county in the
ction brought by A. w. Athey
gainst the railroad. Athey asked {
$4,000 damages for harm alleged to
ave been done his character. A
lry gave him $4,000 2
Having gone to look after the horses !
pparently in his usual good health. \
.dward Fahey. IS years old, one of =
le pioneers of Boise, was found dead 7