The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-11-30


Of La Grande brought his fathers auto
to Boise and sold it for $40, and left
for parts unknown, Mr. Morgan re-
covered his car and is now looking for
the boy.
A disease among the cattle at Kan
sas City has broken out and is claimed
by some to be the reappearance Of the
foot and mouth disease. The govern
ment has established quarantine on
all suspects.
The filling in of concrete on the
Warm Springs Avenue car line was
completed Tuesday and after the same
is sufficiently hardened cars will re-
sumo running. which will be in about
twenty days.
Mrs. Lille Wardell wife of Ely
Wardell died at her home ol2 North
Tenth street Saturday after linger-
ing illness The funeral was held
Monday and the burial was in the
Morris Hill cemetery.
The fire department was called out
Friday evening to extinguish small
fire in the basement of the residence
of F. 0. Nelson, 1911 East Bannock
street A chemical stopped the blaze
before any great damage was done.
The government is looking into the
feasibility of utilizing the immense
amount of timber in the Jacksons
Hole country for making paper pulp.
1t is estimated that enough can be
obtained to supply the western coun-
try with paper for many years.
The government forest service have
decided to double the grazing fee. in
the forest reserves within the next
three years by adding 1870 each year.
At present the fees pay little more
than the cost of maintaining the SER
vice
The Boise banks report deposits of
ten million dollars and cash and ex-
change of FIVE millions The increase
in deposits for the past year amounts
to over three millions and the cash
and exchange for the same time to
$1,8o0OOO.
A number of restaurant men met at
the Owyhee Hotel Saturday evening
for the purpose of effecting an organ
ization to cope with the high prices
of food stufs. Another meeting will
be held tomorrow evening to per-
feet the organization.
Hugh Slane, aged IA, was badly
bruised Monday evening at Sixteenth
and State streets when he was knock
ed from his bicycle by an automobile
The wheel was demolished and the
rider was dragged across the street
and pinned against the curbing by
the machine.
Last week the body of J. H. White
a farmer living near Dixie, Idaho was
found wound up on the axle of his
wagon with the head through the
spokes. He was alone when the ac-
cident happened and it is not known
just how his body came to be in the
position in which it was found.
The demand for small silver coins
and pennies is SO great that the sew
eral minis working to their full ca
pacity cannot meet the demand and
the officials are looking for other
means to increase the production. 1t
may not be generally known, but mill
lions of pennies now in circulation
are spurious and secret service men
have been looking for years for the
men who are making them.
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WOULD FLOOD LABOR MAR
KET
Detroit-Trade unionists charge the
Employers association with attempt
ing to food this city with unemploy-
ed through lurid stories in eastern
newspapers regarding labor condi-
tons. It is stated that the cost Of liv-
ing is based on the wage scale Of the