Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-07
In THE GEM STATE


number this year 124.
Dry farmers operating in the vicin- !
ity OF Nampa are overjoyed at crop |
/ prospects.
The remains Of more than 400
Union veterans are buried in the sew
eral cemeteries in and near Boise.
For patriotic reasons, the opening Of
the summer term Of the Albion nor
NAL was postponed one day, to June 6.
The insurance men Of the state will
spend registration day, June 5, in So
Letting subscriptions TO Liberty loan
bonds.
At meeting of fifty business men
and citizens at jerome, every man
present agreed to purchase a Liberty
bond.
The 1850 acres of state school
lands sold last week in Cassia, Mini
doka and Twin Falls counties brought
100000.
Money and labor has been pledged
to build two miles of hard surfaced
road running from Bull by the farm
ers in that territory.
Bosses Summer Normal school for
teachers, which has proved so great
a success in the past will open this
year on Monday, June 49, and con-
tinue until July IS.
The Idaho campaign for subscrip-
tons to the Liberty loan will be car
ried to completion on the local com
mittee basis in every town that has
one or more banks.
There are several Utah operators
now in Canyon county who are en-
. deavoring TO contract for all this years
crop of hay and they are offering from
$3.50 to SIS the ron.
] J. Arnold Cannon is the first Poca-
l tello boy to qualify for the aviation
l.. section of the officers reserves. He is
| 20 years old and has been employed the
( past two years by the Short Line.
| Leigh Caldwell, an employe in the
: lath department of the Boise Payette
{ mill, sustained an injury which result
s ed in death within few hours. In
: some way he was hit by a slab, which
caused internal injuries.
f The First National bank of Idaho
a was the first Boise bank to make O
@ definite bid for a block of the Liberty
@ loan bonds on its own behalf and has
g sent in an application for S250,OOt
d worth of the governments loan.
l. The survey for the North ant
O South highway through Washington
county has been completed and bid.
II for the construction of stretch o.
T. road between Weiser and the Adam!
II county line will be opened June II.
p Hundreds of acres of farm land il
n Bingham county is lying under water
q owing to Sand creek overlooking il
l. banks. Dykes which in other year
lie have served to stay the water hav
this year been washed away by tn
+, heavy rains
" What is reported TO be one of tn
ic biggest livestock sales in Jerusalem
H. valley, was consummated last wee
IN when Elmer Davis and son of Duboi
n purchased the Reid and Burke ranc
I'd and cattle. The price paid was approx
es imately $4,000.
In confession made by him in tn
O. presence of several officers of the lay
a. at Weiser, Dan Ruth acknowledge
20 that ii was an act of his which cause
d. the death of Thomas Cavanaugh o
of Mach II, but insists that the fatal she
90 was accidentally fired.
st Failure TO understand the use c
re his emergency" caused a farmer VIII
:. was driving a new car from Boise I
in go right on through the ferry boa
NJ at Walters ferry and submerge hin
al self and companion in the Snake rive
IN They escaped uninjured.
u. The state land board last week sui
H. scribed for government war bonds
i'll lie sum of 100000 with state scho,
Inds and in addition set aside $40
re- 600 for the purchase of addition;
r. bonds that are TO be sold to state o
ok ficials and employees of the state go'
ON eminent on the installment plan.
of Jerome is one Ct the towns in Idah
on that has sent its quota of young ME
iii to the front and the ladies are no
RS DING their bit by organizing an au,
larry for the Red Cross and are a
of ready actively engaged in co-operatin
N. with the western headquarters at Del
n ,er in preparing needed articles Il
by tlle boNS WHO Will 20 ~ tne 'front.'
st While attempting to obey the 81;
he nal of traffic officer at Pocatello.
TO car driven by Miss +. Davis collide
nj with lighting standard. The heay
iron post was knocked from its foul
n dation, breaking off the cross-arms an
os SCATTERING the light globes, but the o
~ cupants of the car We're uninjured.
,. In furtherance of the purpose
he bringing about closer affiliation b.
,e- tween the various commercial clubs
Dr. southern Idaho and the Idaho Sta
&C. Chamber of Commerce. a banquet W,
held at the Commercial club room
I'D in pocatello Saturday night at whiC
q there was large attendance of II
o. members of the different organization
49,, interested.
ce Floods in the northern part of Il
ell state are reported as having ruin,
m thousands of acres of crops by was
in ing the seed out of the soil and lea