Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-10-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS


at Caldwell
The thirty-frst annual convention
of the WOmen's Christian Temperance
unions of southern Idaho was held in
Caldwell last week.
Michael G. Kenney, 1S-year-old son
Of John Kenney, was killed by being
hit by an O. s. L. train near the pump
line north of POcatello.
The estimated apple production Of
Idaho this year is 705,OOO barrels three
bushels to the barrel, while 2,337 900
tons of hay will be grown.
The potato crop throughout southern
Idaho is proving very satisfactory and,
owing to the uncertainty of transport
tation, the yield is being largely
stored.
A preliminary estimate shows Idaho
will produce this year 13,S00,000 BUSH
els of wheat, 100000 bushels Of
oats, 5,S2O,OOO bushels of barley and
6,45O,0O0 bushels of potatoes.
United States Land Commissioner
Clay Tallman of Washington, d. c.,
and party investigated conditions on
the Salmon river tract last week, the
entire project being toured in automO.
biles.
A class in automobile mechanics will
be one of the new features of the
winter classes given by the Y. w. c.
A. at Boise, if ten persons can be
found who are interested enough in
motor anatomy to enroll for the
course.
In the opinion of State Sanitary In
spector J. X. White, who has been in
charge of the improvements being
made by the state at Lava Hot
Springs, that thriving village is des-
tined to become one of the best known
health resorts in the entire west.
Former Governor James H. Hawley
of Boise has been elected president
of the Beet Growers Sugar company
Of Rigby. Construction work on the
plant will begin about October 10. The
company is Independent of any of the
sugar companies operating in Utah
and Iadho.
The federal government, through
the reclamation service, is assisting
the farmers on the AIinidoka project
in building potato storage warehouses.
The government is advancing one-half
the cost of constructing these ware
houses wherever the growers will pay
the other half.
State Mining Inspector Robert n.
Bell of Idaho describes IdahO's phos-
plate resources in an article in re-
cent number of the Engineering and
Mining Journal in which ne says this
and neighboring states have extensive
deposits which can be extracted as
cheaply as coal
Announcements restoring 149. SS1. II /
acres of old Carey act land south and
east of Boise to the public domain.
subject TO all prior valid lawful
rights. and to become and be subject |
to entry under the homestead laws
only at 9 O'Clock a. m. November >, |
1917. have been received at Boise.
Members of the Commercial Trav-
elers of America, who have held a
banquet ut the Dewey palace for sew
eral years past for all members of the |
association who have been caught on
the road in southern Idaho on Thanks
giving day, announce that the banquet
given this year will contain no meat.
The state board of prison commits
sioners has decided to abandon the
state prison farm at HOmedale, in
Owyhee county. This action was de
cided upon largely because of condi-
tiOns imposed by the Homedale irri-
CATION district, which the members of
the board felt they would not be jus
titled in meeting.
District Attorney McClear, who has
been in attendance at the fall term
of the United States district court in
POcatello, after investigating Il num-
Der of charges of disloyalty against
citizens of this section of the state,
has announced that the accusations
have been found to be without sub
stantial foundation.
Believed to have been murdered. the
body of John l.. Dunn was found in
Ills NdDlu twenty 1--WE HllieS SOulU OF |
Twin Falls. The body was lying on its
back and the face and head was badly
nutilated. There was a bullet hole
through the chin and a revolver was
wing ut his feet.
The department of the interior has
'efused to set aside $4,000 acres of fi
and in eastern Idaho for the exclusive
Use of the Fremont Woolgrowers' as
ISOLATION That information is con-
aimed in Il letter to the state land
from the commissioner
# the federal land office.
The expenses Of fire fighting in the ,
Iational forests of Idaho for the sea-
on of 1917 range from S6S6.93, the v
ost of extinguisbing thirty-six fires in t
he Boise forest which covered APP e
thirty acres. 10 about $780, {
90, the cost of fighting the fires in 5
he Idaho forest which covered an