The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-27
IN THE GEM STATE


have capacity of 10000 pounds daily.
Permanent organization of the Home
Guards in Caldwell was effected last
week.
Work is progressing on the state
highway between Midvale and Cam
bridge.
-Four hundred people are to be en-
ployed In the new fruit evaporators Mt
Meridian.
A man giving his name as James
Clark has been arrested at Rigby for
selling court plaster which 1t is
claimed is infected with a serious dis
ease.
Idaho Will have in the neghborhood
OF 400 applicants for admission to the
second officers reserve corps training
camp, to be opened at the Presidio Au-
gust 27.
Walter kober a performer In the
Cole Brothers circus is dead, the result
of an auto accident which occurred at
Boise. being caught between two auto
mobiles and crushed to death.
Boise club women have been busy
this past week securing signatures 30
a petition asking the city council to
submit the question of buying Colum-
bia park to a vote of the people.
Four small fires and one big one
which were started In the Emmett ma
tional forest by an electrical storm,
were gotten under control after burn
ing over space Of ut least 100 acres.
The potato acreage in Idaho last
year was 28,OOO acres. 1t is predicted
that 1t will he 10000 acres this year.
but that does not mean the production
will be increased in proportion to the
area planted.
| Captain ]. M. Lindsay Of the Boise
fire department suffered a broken back
when pinned beneath the falling roof
of burning building at Boise, during
battle against blaze which did $780,
600 damage.
John George O'Brien, said to be a
member Of the I. w. W., Is under mr.
rest ut Payette charged with attack
ling Anton Stnnak with the Intent OF
robhlng him while Stanek was panning
sand for gold. @
Fire Which StAI tCu III n UiuNASAAfi
shop at Cascade destroyed that struc-
ture and livery stable and for a time
threatened the principal business block
Of the town. Splendid work by a
bucket brigade prevented disastrous
fire.
Ernest III. Lindley, the new president
of the University of Idaho, arrived in
Moscow last week, accompanied by DR..
X. A. Bryan, the new commissioner of
education of Idaho. DR.. I4indley will
work all the summer getting the uni
versity ready for the opening Of Sep
tember.
Appraisers for the state land board
are at work in BannOck and Bingham
counties fixing the value Of state lands
which are to be sold during August
and September. Appraisals have just
been completed Of state lands in Bon
neville, Jefferson, Fremont and Teton
counties.
The greater part Of the property
left by the late Colonel II. V. A. Fer
guson of Pocatello was willed by him
to the local lodge of Elks. This prop
private library, IA Steger grand piano
and n number of lots in the city Of
Pocatello.
Lajos Steiner commissioner for the
agricultural colonization of resident
immigrants for the Union Pacific sys-
TEN, was in Boise last week in confer
ence with members of the Commercial
club relative to securing some tracts
of land in this section for colonization
purposes.
E. II. Bennett, field horticulturist
with the agricultural extension depart
ment of the state university, Is of the
opinion that Idaho farmers are becom-
ing needlessly exercised over potato
: prices. He says the production insthis
state will be greater than in 1916, and
the prices good.
Acting under the advice of Governor
Alexander, who is on the ground, and
of the Latah County Protective asso-
ciation, Sheriff Campbell of Latah
county and Sheriff Sullivan of Clear
+ water, have thrown out a dragnet to
round up every l. w. w. striker and
other idler in the two counties.
Idaho's credited apportionment OF
men to constitute the first contingent
of 6S7 900 men for the army was com
pleted July 10 at the governors orfice
preparatory to the drawing to take
place Friday. BY 1t Boise City and
the counties of Bonner, Canyon, Idaho
Payette and Washington are eliminat-
I'd from draft.
Ia an address at Deary, Governor
Alexander made 1t plain that he will
lot countenance organized opposition
10 the harvesting of crops and carrying
an of the usual occupations of the dis
trict. He stated that the man who is
willing to go to work can do so, know
ing that the full strength of the state
government is behind him.
The Byron Union Oh company was
organized in Idaho Falls last week.
This company has secured Oil lands In
| Xyynminp and will af once DrOcped to