Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

While operating his bean separator
at Fruitland Orville Lark in some man
ner got his right hand caught, lacerat-
ing the hand badly.
Boise chapter, American Red Cross,
and It's auxiliaries, viii make 500
Christmas kits for the soldier boys in
this country and abroad.
Enrolment of 90 per cent of the
people of Idaho in the food conserya-
ton campaign IS expected by R. r.
Alexander, state campaign manager.
The peach harvest in the council
neighborhood has been completed, with
good results. At the Mesa Orchard
company's plant about 100 persons
were employed.
Fruit shippers who object to being
compelled to put false floors and sid
ings into box cars if they use them
for shipping purposes. say the extra
cost will be 800 or $125 per car.
Clifford Pinchot, chairman of the
livestock committee Of the national
food administration, will deliver an adj
dress at the northwestern livestock
show at Lewiston, November 8 to 10.
A carload Of onions, the first of this
years crop from Eagle, was sold last
week for S9O3.52, or at the rate Of
S1.75 per hundredweight for the 81,
$50 pounds comprising the shipment.
Refrigerator cars loaned the Pacific
Fruit Express company by the Union
Refrigerator & Transit company for
service on the Union Pacific system
will be rushed to Idaho for use in the
fruit movement.
D company of the 10th artillery,
formerly G company of the Second
Idaho, was given the first position in
a recent parade of the forces at Char
lotte, n. c., in review before high
military officials.
c. w. Young, living one mile south
of Fruitland, harvested 81 tons of to-
matoes and delivered them to the can
merry, from one acre of ground. At the
time of frost there were still several
tons on the ground.
Henry Baldwin was shot and killed
by Edward Hitler, his partner, on their
ranch south of Priest River. Hitler
later gave himself up and was taken
to Jail. The men are declared to have
quarreled over business affairs.
Mrs. Luther Holmes of Roswell has
been receiving treatment for blood
poison in a finger, which was caused
by a wound received while dressing a
1t is feared that amputation
Of the finger may be necessary.
In addition. to the 1896 persons who
signed food pledge cards in the first
lays drive on the food conservation
campaign, in Boise alone, there were
outside of Boise, 1855 names re-
ported by u counties out of the Al in
Idaho.
A notable feature of the Liberty
oan campaign in the st. Anthony sec
ion was the response of the farmers,
Who were canvassed thoroughly and
subscribed almost to man. Two hun
lred thousand dollars of the total was
n amounts of $500 or less.
The rangers of the Idaho forest will
pend part of the winter blasting out
portions of the road on the south fork
f the Payette. The forest service al
eady has appropriated $1,000 for the
york, and will appropriate $1,000 more
efore the season is over.
Action to fix the price of coal in
daho and to obtain an order giving
of use of cars for coal over
very other commodity not perishable
r Of extreme public necessity was
lken by the state fuel advisory COM
lfttee in it's session in Boise.
The butchers and grocers of Boise
ave agreed to close butcher shops and
rocery stores at 6:15 sharp on all
avs of the week except Saturday,
hen the closing hour will be o'clock.
his schedule of closing will be in eff
,ct from November to April 1.
A week of registration of Idaho
omen for war service has been pro-
aimed by Governor Alexander, who
It the days from November 10 to "a
II this purpose, in accordance with
e plans of the national committee Of
lie Council for National Defense.
Nine hundred and thirty-two Cald-
ell school children were examined by
ISIS NJ. Ida Geowey, newly appointed
hool and city nurse, during her first
onth in office. There is not single
Sc of defective mentality, heart dis
Sc or lung trouble listed in her re-
'rt.
Henry Heckus, living two and one
If miles south of Fruitland, has
rvested a large crop of tomatoes
1m a two-acre patch. He hauled to
e cannery % tons Of tomatoes, for
itch he received $50 a ton, and
len the frost came, which stopped
e harvesting, he had remaining at
lst 10 tons.
AS a sequel to the fatal shooting Of
alter Freeman in Caldwell about
nth ago, Frank Brim, the 15-year-
youth charged with the act. viii