The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-02-23
IN THE GEM STATE


long, is to be built at Clarks Fork.
Excavations for the new two-story
brick building ON Main street in Shell
lie Is progressing.
The Oregon Short Line is distribut-
ing 90-pound rails preparatory to re-
laying track between Nampa and EN-
NETT.
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company expended $4a8,722
for improvements and extensions in
Idaho last year.
Citizens of Glenwood highway dis
trict have voted $4,000 road bonds
for road from Kamiah to Glenwood
and Caribel country.
The four-year-old son Of 0. E. Lin
der Of Midvale fell into tub OF
scalding water and was so badly
burned that death resulted.
An irrigation project has been
launched at Soda Springs to utilize
waters of Blackfoot river and Soda
creek on lands north and east of
town.
Mere possession of intoxicating
liquor is unlawful in Idaho, according
to a decision rendered last week by
Judge Carl A. Davis in the district
court at Boise.
Formation Of the Middleton Coop
erative club, to fulfill the functions OF
a commercial club and also work for
interests of farmers of the surround
inn affnrtp1 MiddIp-
ton.
good roads movement has start
ed at Occur d'Alene, it being the In
tention to improve Fourth OF July
canyon and bond the district for
$4,000, to take advantage OF state
and federal appropriations.
Farmers near Meridian raise 80
bushels Of wheat and 81 bushels OF
oats to acre and five tons Of hay
to acre, while 80 acres of blue grass
pastured 100 head OF cattle seven
: months.
Captain George Steunenberg,
: Twenty-fifth infantry, brother Of the
later Governor Steunenberg, has been
placed on the retired list on account
OF physical disabilities. He is now in
the army hospital at San Francisco.
Representatives OF the Parma
school won ii points out OF possible
is in the triangular rural high
school league debate and defamation
q contests held last week with Roswell
Parma and Middleton schools compel
= ing.
The land values around Rupert
: Paul, Purley and that vicinity have
: increased from SO to 150 per cent
. since the beet industry has been es
tablished, and the same applies to the
country around Idaho Falls, Sugar
City and Shelley.
So successful was the two-day sale
of purebred livestock held at Cald
: well under supervision Of the Cald
: ficers Of the firm have announced {
!, decision to reDeat the sale MONTH.
= for a time at least.
Col. Thomas r. Hamer, ex-congree1
man, lawyer, soldier and orator, ha
been appointed by President Wilson
. to the reserve corps of the Unite'
a States army and assigned to th
= Judge advocate general department
20 with rank of major.
+ That s11,51430 was expended OF
# roads and bridges and 1874 miles o
roadway was sanded or resSnded dur
ing the past year are two of the NOR
important. facts shown by the annua
nd nf M
,s Nampa highway district.
H. Over 500 cars of potatoes wer
Ia shipped from Idaho last week. Thi
o heavy shipment was due to the fat
w that the railroad lines in Wyomin
were tied up for some time becaus
OF the snow and cars Of potatoes a
cumulated at various points in tn
az state.
in For two or three days after ht
". arm had been broken, the 13-year-ol
es daughter of Mrs. F. M. Parrish, livin
,r, near Caldwell, went about her usu
de pursuits, unmindful Of the seriousness
OF her injury. An X-ray picture I
the arm disclosed clean break
the bone.
st Through the filling in district cou
"a. at Boise of petition for formatit
nd OF drainage district No. 2 Of Ada cou
.g- ty the movement for obtaining d
manded drainage of all the low Ian
along the north side Of the Boise RI
er between Collister and Canyon 81
an tion. near Caldwell, takes dedni
ra- shape.
ats After almost a week of unremittil
ed effort, the Y. M. G.. A. campaign
raise $4,000 for the enlargement al
remodeling OF the association buildil
at Pocatello came to climax on Fe
re- ruary IA, when by the pledging OF So
at each by eight local men the tot
he amount subscribed reached the sum
oc- $20.655.11.
Secretary Lane reports that aft
an investigation he fnds there ls
money in the reclamation fund WI
les which to proceed with the Black ca
a. vop nroioct aa nron0Sed by the RI