The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-30

cation at Gooding.
Myron Cordingly met with serious
accident Sunday whenFhe was Grown
from horse at Ashton
Plans are being dlSc}Issed for the
est blishment of municipality owned
..' operated hospital at Caldwell.
80 Boise Salvation Army raised
goodv sum for the War Service league
by the sale Of tags on Saturday, No
vembt.' "a.
The yomef1's committee, Council OF
National Defense, Is making great
plans for registration week, which will
probably be the first week in Decem-
Der.
The sum of $3.50 was realized for the
Thanksgiving turkey fund for Cald-
well boys serving in G company, ll6th
engineers, at dance given at Cald-
well.
Idahoans need not fear a coal short
age, according to the old prospectors
in the hills, who claim that unless all
old signs fail, the winter is to be an
| extremely mild one.
The Melcher Mining company of the
Conner creek section are building a
S250O0O mill and otherwise improv-
Ing the property, presaging an active
season in that district.
Joseph Rodgers died ut Idaho Falls
as a result Of an automobile accident
IL mile east of town. Rodgers and a
brother were walking in the road when
struck by car driven by Harry Oles.
George e. Erb of Lewiston has been
named by the governor to place on
the public utilities commission. The
Lewiston man succeeds Axel Z. Ram
stedt, who resigned from the commits
sion nearly eight months ago.
Captain j. Turley of Boise has been
ordered to France for duty with the
engineering corps. Captain Turley
was among the first to receive a com
mission with the engineers. He has
Deen ia the government service several
years.
Ernest Ross was dangerously hur1
near Meridian, when in an effort tt
he drove his car into ditch, thereb.
sustaining serious injuries to the back
which at first was thought to b.
broken.
An automobile in which a man an
boy were Hding plunged off til
, grade at the west end of the Car
, yon bridge at Caldwell and went int
, the river. Neither of the occupant
, was hurt, and the car was not badl
/ damaged.
A. w. Shillington of Rupert drew
: check for S97 for an acre of the pen
! ell Pod Black Wax" beans. OF thi
acre there was about one-eighth tha
would not be irrigated and did no
{ produce any seed, or the yield woul'
9 no doubt have been much larger.
Recent activities in the Deer Fla
and Huston vicinities of cellar thieve
have. led the citizens to believe tha
. other raids, eimilar to those of las
winter, when more than fifty celler
we're robbed of fruit and provisions
, are likely to take place this winter.
II. N. Baker, who lives near Cald
well. has invented a dredging machin
that will dig ditch twelve feet dee
/. and three-eighths of Il mile long /
: zen hours. 1t is operated with a foul
horsepower gasoline engine and re
i, luires the services Of but one man.
e Withdrawal from the Boise vale
Q If several of the largest dairy herds
: | md the raising price of feed, ha
:, .aused the Boise Valley Cow Testin
association to announce that the wor
; If the organization will be suspende
Indefinitely, or until conditions az
more favorable.
In a circular sent out to farmers G
he state Monday Harvey Alfred, d
.ector of the state farm markets bl
eau asks them to list with him til
k aLmber of tons of hay that they ar
,olding for sale, and the price aske'
+. He promises to find market for tn
o lay in the state.
$ c. G. Goetling who, on his farl
h aear Eagle, was compelled by Bois
II delegation to paint his derrick POI
n red. white and blue and to kneel an
Kiss the flag, emphatically denies thu
n ne was disloyal or that he had SCI
J. $1,000 or any other sum of money
Is .sermany, and that he has son
e. he American army.
To show the splendid work beir
L. lone by the agricultural agents of tn
0, state, a case is cited in Fremol
0, county where for $50, little ski
and great deal of tenacity, the coun
}, agent had completely exterminated Sc
h aral large swarms of crickets whi'
}; threatened to destroy thousands
s. dollars worth of grain.
The campaign for army Y. M. o..
funds in Fremont county closed wi
subscription of $4,000, exceeding Il
allotment by GO per cent. st. AEthoi
II gave $1200, Ashton 5000 and small
- precincts in proportion.
a The SS2,5 800 worth of municip
to ponds voted by the city of Idaho Sal
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