The Meridian times., 1917-12-21
In THE GEM STATE

The teachers of the Ashton public
schools have offered their services to
the county draft board.
James CampbeITs application to in
stall an electric plant at Bovi1I has
been denied by the public utilities
commission.
The grand total of cash and pledges
raised in the recent drive in Nampa
and vicinity for the Y NJ. G. A. hut
fund was $4S37.26.
Work of making permanent surveys
on the north and south highway be-
tween New Meadows and GrangevilIe
has been practically completed.
Glenn E. Smith, for the past two
years principal of the Caldwell high
school, and John N. AIullica, of the
| manual training department, have en-
listed in the army.
Incomplete reports from over the
state indicate that the donations by
the school children for the Children's
Home Finding society will far exceed
that of previous years.
Four members Of the Boise fire de-
partment declared their intentions last
week of laying away their blue fire
fighting togs for the uniform of the
United States service.
Thad Prince, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Prince of Nampa, has been
awarded the British military medal
for conspicuous bravery in rescuing
two comrades under fire.
Actual construction work on the
new $175.000 milk condensary, which
the Carnation Milk Products com
pany will build on the sugar factory
| site north of Nampa has begun.
Figures which have just been COM
| piled by State Land Commissioner L.
| A. Smoot show that the state sold
nearly twice as much land during 1917
as was disposed of in the four previ-
Gus years.
Marshall Cromwell, a young man of
the Swan valley country, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head with rifle. 1t is said he
worried over the fact that he might
be drafted
The members of the Canyon county
Bar association passed a resolution to
| lend every possible assistance to reg
istered men OF the county in helping
| them to correctly answer questions in
| questiOnnaires.
| Pocatello bakers are complying with
| the new instructions issued by the
government and real war" bread is
being made. One pound loayes sell
for cents if carried home and s
cents delivered.
In seventeen Canyon county school
districts, $4,000 has been raised by
the students by means of box socials
and entertainments for school pur-
poses since the beginning OF the se-
lnester in September.
In twenty-one Idaho counties it has
cost the government nothing to en-
train hundreds of men for the train
ing camp at American Lake, while in
Ada county the cost of entraining sew
enty-two drafted men has amounted
to S197416.
Albert Barr, a farmer living near
Eagle, was forced to kill a high grade
dairy COW, when the animal insisted
on attacking him. He took the cows
head to the state bacteriologist's de-
partment at Boise, where it will be
examined for rabies.
Ranchers of Payette county, who
ost their connection with the county
rm bureau when Canyon county was
divided, are planning to organize
permanent bureau TO take the place of
the one that was temporarily formed
several months ago.
The forthcoming session of the Ida
no State TreacherS association prom
ises to be one of unusual interest not
only to the educators of the state, but
TO patrons OF the school generally.
The meetings this year will come on
December -, 2S and 20.
All of the Snake river valley gath
cred ut Idaho Falls December II
TO bid GOdspeed to Mayor George
w. Edgingron, who mas been given !,
captains commission, and 100 army
and navy recruits who left the fol-
lowing day to join the military forces
of the country.
Paul Boutwell,, while trailing deer
over Badly mountain, lost his way and
as night came on and no response TO
his calls for help he crawled into a
cedar stump and remained there all
night. He was wet and cold and his
feet were frozen before he was res
cued by passing woodsmen.
Il have been there myself and
know how much the boys will appre-
ciate the socks and things" said Ed
ward Rixon, British veteran, as he
submitted sock he had knitted, and
applied for an allotment OF yarn at
Red Cross headquarters ut Wallace,
where he is employed at a cafe.
; Although the entire amount OF the
, $4,000 loan which Caldwell citizens
) purpose to make to the Caldwell Trac-
ton company for the identification
of its Wilder branch has not been sub
scribed, a sufficient sum has bCsn
guaranteed to enable the purchase OF
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