The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-08-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Nampa harvest festival Is to
held this year September Is to p, Il
elusive.
The net receipts for the Payett
national forest during the fiscal yea
ending June 30, 1917, amounted I
S9394.74.
The fourth week In October ha
been fixed as the time for the farm
ers' institute and boys and girls clu
school in Caldwell.
Twelve potato inspectors, who wi
grade the Idaho spuds placed on th
market, are to be appointed by Harve
Alfred, director of the state farl
markets bureau.
Fred G. Mays has been brought BAG
to Boise from Spokane by a deput
sheriff to face the charge of havin
stolen an automobile belonging :
Frank e. Johnesse.
September II has been set as tn
date for the opening of the Middleton
schools. improvements and repair
to the school building have been unne
way the past week.
Clergymen of Boise made an ap
peal from their pulpits Sunday TO
contributions of books and magazines
for distribution among United States
sildiers at the contonments.
Valuations on power plants ant
electric transmission lines in the state
owned by small corporations and indi
viduals were increased 100000 ovel
last year by the state board of equal
lzatiOn.
Mrs. James Pinkard, wife of a con
tractor on the state highway, was Sc
riously injured when the automobile
which she was driving turned over on
a piece of bad road between Midvale
and Cambridge.
In compliance with the request OF
the Fremont County Grazing associa-
ton, the state land board has de-
cided to file on an entire township of
approximately 10000 acres to be set
apart for grazing purposes.
A. r. Shier, charged with removing
mortgaged property from the county,
and Floyd Allen, charged with failing
to pay board bill in that city, have
been brought back to Pocatello from
Twin Falls county for trial.
Colonel J. NJ. Ingersoll Of Pocatello,
national committeeman from Idaho for
both the Prohibition and Progressive
parties, has left for Chicago to attend
the Prohibition convention which will
be held in that city September 3.
The prunes are still dropping from
the trees in the orchards of the Boise
and Payette valleys and unless con-
ditions change soon there may not be
more than third of crop, Guy Ora
ham, state horticultural inspector,
said last week.
The Stephens Orchard company of
Nampa has just completed it's tree-by-
tree estimate of it's orchards of $40
acres, In age five, seven and nine
years. There are 1000 boxes, on a
estimate of the fruit suit
able for box shipment.
The Second Idaho regiment and ma
ional guard regiments of Washington,
oregon, Montana and Wyoming will
rain at Camp Greene, near Charlotte,
Y. c., instead of Palo Alto, CAL, ac-
'ording to information given out by
he war department.
Boise and Nampa men have filed pa
'ers for $5,0O0,000 corporation which
Will promote patents Of Nampa in
'entor of gasoline engine which, If
'rOven as successful as tests have in
icated, may revolutiOnize construc-
ion of engines of this type.
Lemhi county was the first county
n the state to have certified it's
uota of registered men for service In
be national army under the call of the
resident and the war department. OF
he 22S7 men Idaho is required to
lrnish the national army. Lemhi's
uOta is thirty-eight.
The state board of equalization has
aised the assessed valuation of the
tab Power & Light company, the
laho Power company and the Wash
lgton Water Power company, the
Tree large hydrO-electric concerns
lat control the electrical field in this
ate, total Of $3,33931O.
1t is believed that Theodore Devore,
no was out under a $500 cash bond
# his appearance before the district |
'urt to answer to the charge of grand
rceny, was murdered in the foot |
lis near McCammon. His body has
1t been found, but his coat, which
'ntained two bullet holes, has been
und.
A mass meeting was held at the
'catello Commercial club, August %,
the call of Mayor A. B. Bean, for
e purpose of protesting against an
crease of 20 per cent on building
is and 10 per cent on improvements
Pocatello and Bannock county,
nich was made by the state board of
Captain FL. G. Boyden of the engi-
ering corps of the army, who is in
arge of the military information