The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-10-12
In THE GEM STATE

CiuD.
Charles A. Clark. charged with OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses,
was fined $130 in probate court at
Ma1ad.
Construction work on the new Pres
byterian church in Twin Falls, will be-
gin soon and the building, when COM
pleted, will be one of the handsomest
structures in the city.
Evidence tending to confirm the
much-repeated rumors that the Second
Idaho will soon be returned from the
border is cited in letters received
from the border by relatives Of the
guardsmen.
The Pocatelio teachers institute
will open the week beginning October
%. 1t is announced that seven coun-
ties will be jointly Interested in the
meeting and that about 500 teachers
will be in attendance.
Meridian residents have in sight the
sented there, according to the belief
of public-spirited citizens who have
made possible the course by guaran-
teeing sufficient funds.
That Idaho is best adapted for the
raising of beet seed. is attested by
the fact that the United States Beet
Seed company has preferred this state
to the other states that might be con-
sidered for raising seed.
Frank Barrieau, welterweight cham
pion of Canada, knocked out Billy
George. the Idaho bearcat, in the third
round of their scheduled ten-round go
at Boise. George was novice in
the hands of the Canadian.
The rapid growth of st. Anthony is
reflected in the increased school at
tendance over that of last year. The
third week in the term shows total
enrolment of 500, an increase of 120
as compared with the third week of
last year.
Complaints over car shortages con-
tinue to reach the public utilities
commission from eastern Idaho. The
latest complaint comes from Soda
Springs. where, stockmen say, they
are unable to get enough cars to ham
die shipments.
Harold Pidball Stoy. son of Arch
deacon Howard Stoy OF Pocatello, has
been appointed by Senator Brady as
cadet to Annapolis. Mr.. Stoy is 20
years old, graduate of Idaho Tech
nical institute. He is now doing re-
view work at the Tech.
At the bond election held in Parma
/ he 81 he in nI
district No. 8 were authorized by a
vote of 119 to SO to issue 20-year
bonds to the amount of $4,000, for
the purpose of providing more ade-
quate school facilities.
George Schroeder, Idaho artist who
has received considerable attention in
the east this summer for his forest
scenes, has been engaged by the Po-
catello school board to paint scene
of the Teton mountains on the audi
forum curtain in the new high school
building.
d. E. Dandy, F. D. Wonnacott, w.
w. Leeper and Ray Thompson were
arrested at Occur d'Alene last week,
on indictments brought by the grand
jury which has been investigating al
legged shortages in Kootenai county
funds. Each man was placed under a
$1,000 bond.
w. S. Richfeld, president of the
Idaho Chamber of Commerce. states
that the dates for the convention of
the dairymen, pure seedmen, stock
growers and swinebreeders' associa-
tions has been changed to the first
week in January. instead Of the week
before Christmas.
A former Boise nurse, Miss Mary
Skrivars, has been specially honored
by the appointment as one of the five
trained women workers along medi-
cal, social and domestic lines who
were put to work the first of August
in the coal and iron camps and the
big steel plant in Pueblo.
Suggestions for an amendment to
the nine-hour law for women, the adj
vocating of cost finding systems for
all laundries, and a general discussion
of the needs of the modern laundry,
were heard by delegates present at
the annual meeting of the laundry
owners of southern Idaho, held at
Boise last week.
October to was observed as PAY
Up Week" in and around Middleton.
The fact that citizens in general
would make special effort to pay their
debts that the next fellow" might
square up with the man he owes and
the whole circle of debts be thus ma
terially reduced in size, had been ex-
tensively advertised.
To avoid all entanglements with re.
gard to the filing of its nominees for
state and county offices the Prohibi-
ton party decided not to file them. In
stead only the presidential electors of
the party were filed with the secretary
Of state.
This years red clover seed crop in
the Twin Falls district will command
price of about 100000, while it is
estimated that the white clover seed
crop will be worth 100000.
The 4-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nels Lee of Ammon climbed up
to a cupboard in the home and Sc
curing a bottle Of carbolic acid. drank
part OF the poison. Her screams
brought help. an antidote was admin
istered and the little ones life saved.
More than 100000 pounds of sugar
beet seed are reported to have been
harvested on the tract Of the United