The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-09
IN THE GEM STATE

W De erected at RUNNER.
The Masonic temple being con
structed at St Marles is nearly com
| pleted.
The Lspwai valley highway district
has sold 100000 road bonds at a pre-
MUM Of $3135.
Subscriptions to stock in the Buh
Farm Loan association have passed
the $4,000 mark
The c. NJ. & st. p. spent $4,000 ,OOC
in 1916 for improvements in Idaho
/ Montana and Washington
One hundred homes are to be built
! at Emmett to accommodate men 10
! be employed in new mill.
An increase of 30 per cent in out.
put over the previous year is the graf.
| Tying record of the Nampa Coopera.
tive creamery reported for 1916.
All present officers of the Nampa
Chamber of Commerce were unani.
mously reelected last week at the
first weekly conference-luncheon in.
augurated by the directors.
The program for the Business Mems
convention to be held in Pocatello on
February and 9, is now off the press,
ana shows that an excellent program
OF speakers has been arranged for
A petition has been extensively
signed by the people of Rupert ad-
dressed to the board of trustees ask.
ing that the village of Rupert be in
corporated into a city OF tue second
class.
The matter of investigating the
feasibility of forming a corporation
among local business men and farmers
10 finance construction of -four mill
at Middleton has been left to a COM
mittee OF interested citizens.
a few weeks ago the Oregon Short
Line announced it would supply posi-
tons to members of the Second Idaho
who wished railroad work. A number
or the discharged soldiers have re-
Gently been given positions.
One Of the additions to the activi.
Ties or the Boise Commercial club will
be the formation of meal ticket
league for the children of stricken
Belgium, if the plans of Jess Haw-
ey, president of the club. carry,
A person guilty of a criminal of.
Tense, but released by a court because
ne was charged with a crime under
the wrong statute, cannot be permit
ted to maintain an action for malicious
prosecution, it was held by the state
supreme court last week.
Plans for a free public swimming
pool have often been discussed in
irwin Falls, but no definite steps were
ever taken in the matter until recent
~ when the proposition was taken
up by the Twentieth Century club and
Will be carried out by them.
Canyon county grapes won a gold
medal award at the Panama Pacific
international exposition. ]. F. Stout
who lives near Caldwell, has lust re-
ceiyed the medal which was won bv
an exhibit from his young vineyard,
planted only four years ago.
Inability to get the new high scboo,
building ready for use this winter has
initiated to put the Nampa school
basketball team out of the running in
the scholastic league of southwestern
Idaho since the boys have been unable
TO find an empty building in which 10
play.
d. o. Van Voris, reporting the sale
or six horses through the market at
caldwell, states that he received rs
cents pound" for the animals. As |
the smallest weighed 1850 and the |
largest 2,150 pounds. it will be seen
mat the prices received ranged from |
S2lhoO to $322.50 per head.
Professor Hochbaum. In Cbsrga oF |
the county agent department of the
Onivers ty of Idaho, is working at Ru-
pert to effect an organization of the
farmers of the Minidoka project into
u tarm bureau, under the Joint ans
il'es OF the university and the United
states department of agriculture.
The secretary of agriculture last
week allotted to Idaho 1920. 1927 as its
pro rata share of the good roads fund
available this year. This is exclusive
ot the amounts recently allotted for
roads in forest reserves. The state
must match this allotment
Three young people who were
sleigh riding near Weiser one dav last
week had narrow escape from death
men the team became frightened and
plunged over the bank into the river.
/ ne occupants Of the sleigh were res.
.nsd from the water by ropes.
Entering a plea of guilty TO trans
,TeSsion of the prohibition laws Of the
.'"te and waving all stays to which
'e was entitled. Sefneo Baldez was
en'enced at Caldwell to pay a fine Of
loo and committed &c he county fsu
o serve a term OF ninety days
IL IS stated on good authority that
work will be started early in F75rp.
ny on the relay.ng OF track on the
1'h' Northern branch between Nam
% ana Emmett
4 representative meeting II Poca-
clio of taxpayers OF hammock county