The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-22
IN THE GEM STATE

Red Cross.
Two prominent physicians Of Pocn-
tello last week left for Georgia 10
join the medical corps
A drive on sIackers who failed to
register for military service Is to be
started Immediately by the state gov.
eminent.
The lodges and secret societies Of
Boise, as well as the patriotic organI-
cations, have been invited to enter the
Fourth of July parade.
A southeastern Idaho Red Cross
conference which was attended by rep
resentatives Of ten county Committees.
was held at PocateIIo June II.
William Drury passed away at his
home In Nampa hast week at the ripe
age of 81 years. His death was at
| tributed to ailments incident to old
| age.
The little son Of Mr. and Mrs Mar
| ion Simpson Of Five Mile was quite
/ badly scalded on the arm and side by
pulling kettle Of hot water off the
stove.
II is announced that the Idaho ma
tional guard would have been on a
war footing number of months ago
| If the orders had not been received
| from Washington to stop enlistments.
Carload shipments received by the
railroad in May, 1916, at Boise, num-
bered sos, and for May, 1917, were
760, or an increase of 232 cars, an
average increase Of over seven car
loads day.
Order No. 6, issued by the head
quarters, department Of Idaho, Grand
Army of the Republic, sets the date
for the thirteenth annual department
meeting of the G. A. z. for Boise June
10, 20 and q.
| The Boise High School class donat-
Ell the proceeds from their class play
to the Boise Red Cross, instead of
using them, as has been done in for
mer years, for scholarships in the Uni
versity of Idaho.
Every effort is to be made by the
Pacific Fruit Express company, which
furnishes refrigerator cars to ship
pers in this territory. to take care Of
the tremendous fruit crop scheduled
for Idaho in 1917.
Under arrangements Just completed,
Nampa is to be the point at which the
big southern Idaho meeting for the
purpose of working UP Interest in the
Evergreen Highway" will be held
about the middle of July.
Oneida county registered GAS men.
The federal government estimated that
it would register 900. ElmOre county
reported registration Of 500 men.
The federal government estimated
chat it would register no.
Every man in company, Idaho ma
tional guard, from Lewiston sub
scribed for $50 Liberty bond, accord
ing to a letter received from the cap
tain of the company. on duty some
where in the United States"
N. A. Messenger and Billy Wilson,
riding a motorcycle, were victims OF
serious smashup at Nampa when they
crashed into the car of r. D. Arnold
at the intersection of Twelfth street
and Second avenue, in front Of the
city hall.
Henry L. Finch and Dubach Broth
ers, prominent wool growers. sold
their wool clip at Soda Springs, con-
sisting of about COCO deeces, to Shur-
man Brothers, a manufacturing con-
Germ of Des Moines, Iowa. Sixty cents
per pound was the price paid.
One Of the finest dairy herds in Ban
mock county was recently sold for beef
at prices averaging close to 500 per
head. and it is this high price which
| fr,1
ing the fact that pasture conditions
were never better than at present.
The state supreme court has placed
an order for 2OO0 volumes of law
books for the law library to be in
stalled in PocateIlo. The last session
of the legislature appropriated $1,000
for this purpose, with the understand
ing that the housing of the library is
to be cared for by Banneck county.
Fully 5000 persons took part in
celebration at Paul on June Il, particle
pated in by beet growers. sugar manu-
facturers, Red Cross members and
other patriotic citizens. The occa-
sion was in the first place celebration
in honor of the big sugar factory
which is being built there by the
Eecles interests and also in honor Of
Flag day.
The Woman's club of Mackay has
been asked to supervise the work OF
the Home Patriots" an organization
which is planting three acres of land
in the Burnett field. which it will put
under irrigation; and when all is
planted, certain plots of ground viii
be allotted TO boys of the town, who.
viii care for it under the supervision
OF an expert.
E. r. Bennett, field hOrticuIturist
with the agricultural extension depart
ment of the state university. has re-
turned TO Boise from a trip through