The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-06-15
IN THE GEM STATE

Liberty Loan bonds
The village board at Filler has ord
cred about 1900 lineal feet of sidewalk
to be installed at once.
Filler is planning to stage a patriotic
celebration for all of Twin Falls coun-
ty on the Fourth OF July.
The Masons OF GoodiLg have donated
more than 500 and the Eastern Star
S25 to the local Red Cross.
About 500 teachers are expected to
arrive in Boise during the week for
the six weeks summer school,
Frank Konold, brakeman on the
Short Line, was injured in fan from
the caboose of a freight train at Kuna
State officials and employees at the
capitol have oyer-subscribed the S1O,-
900 Liberty Loan bond apportioned to
them by the state land board.
T. e. Munhall of Nampa, newly ap-
pointed disburser for the federal gov
ernment In Idaho, has arrived at the
capitol and opened his office at the
state house.
assigned the task of raising $3.50 as
Its contribution to the $1OOO00,0OO Red
Cross fund to be raised during Red
Cross week, June 1S to %
The state land board has asked the
federal government for 90 days ex-
tension of time on the Carey act seq
gregation for the MarysvHle Canal &
Improvement company of Ashton.
Word has been received in Boise Of
the death at Portland of Henry Haus-
man, one Of the pioneer travelling men
of that section. He had been making
Boise regularly for about 25 years.
The Boise Payette company Is ar
ranging plan whereby their employees
can purchase Liberty Bonds ON month
ly payments. Every employe will be
urged to purchase at least a $50 bond.
After a lingering illness of almost
six months John M. Haines, former
governor of Idaho, died at Boise, June
4, The former governor fell i'll early
last November, when he contracted a
bad cold.
plant of the Idaho Power company
last week which will necessitate the
.cartailiIg Of some Of the power used
for irrigation purposes until the dam
age Is repair, |.
The governor in letter to the pros
ecuting attorney Of Bonneville county
has voiced opposition to boxing bouts
in Idaho during the course Of the war.
He is especially opposed to any fights
being held July 4.
Mrs. Sumner Musser and her three
children were painfully injured at Filler
when her driving horse took fright at
n tractor and bolted. The four-year-
old Youngsters leg was broken and all
were badly bruised.
Three men and three women were
injured In an auto collision half mile
west of Glenns Ferry at night. The
accident is said to have been caused
by meeting car carrying no lights
on grade at curve.
Owing to the light attendance at the
wool sale scheduled for Mountain
Home June 4, the sale was postponed
until June 1S. The cold and backward
weather is said to have prevented the
buyers from coming out to the sale.
Effective June /, the 800 employees
Of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan smelter
were granted bonus of about rs cents
a day. The bonus runs from mini
mum of 25 cents to maximum of
rs cents a day, based on the lead mar
ket.
Mrs. Clara Brown of Boise has re-
ceived word that her daughter, Miss
Winifred Brown, Il graduate of one of
the leading hospitals of San Francisco,
who has just completed a post gradu-
ate course at New York, will sail with
the San Francisco unit of Red Cross
nurses for France in the near future.
Arrangements started about two
months ago for the honoring of DR..
Frederick S. Kohler, Nampa pioneer
and philanthropist, have now been
practically completed, and will result
in the erection of suitable shaft in
Kohlerlawn cemetery, which was do
mated to the city by the generous early
day physician.
Demonstrating the fact that Salt
Lake is growing in most satisfactory
manner, in spite of the united Liberty
loan movement Of the citizenry, the
banking clearing house figures for May
totaled $54,O19,3S4, compared with
$35,640,84S for the corresponding
month last year.
According to dispatches. the mahar-
anee of Kapurthala, who attracted the
attention of Salt Lake society during
May, 1915. when her husband was
robbed by an alleged spy at Salt
Lake hotel, has donated $4,000 to the
British government to be used for
motor cars in war service.
Salt Lake justice last week i'm
posed what is believed to be the small
est fine ever imposed in Utah court
for assault and battery, when he
assessed the defendant one dollar.
In an auto collision between Payson
and Saratoga Springs, Il. H. Wright