The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-09
In THE GEM STATE

Cross.
Fire which started in the basement
OF the Kenwood school building at
Nampa caused damage Of $1,000.
Idaho's subscription to the second
Liberty loan passed the S11,000,0O0
mark, but 100000 being the quota
set for this state.
The public schools Of jerome were
dismissed Wednesday Of last week
and many Of the pupils worked in the
fields gathering crops.
Between 20 and 80 per cent of the
potatoes grown in the Idaho Falls dis
trict this season are ruined as a re-
suit Of the freeze which hit that sec
ton, it is reported.
Citizens Of Caldwell held a dance
last week and charged themselves each
a dollar. The funds realized will bs
used in buying turkeys for the sol
diers on Thanksgiving.
Two more girls are soon to be added
to the force Of the Nampa telephone
Office, according to the manager. This
viii make total Of eight, or i've more
than were employed a year ago.
A bank was opened at Paul LAST
week. Since the erection Of the sugar
factory at Paul it has taken on rapid
! growth and Is becoming one Of the
leading trade ceuters Of the aIinidoka
project.
The statement Of the Idaho state
fair for the season Of 1917 By the sec
rotary shows that all expenses have
been met and surplus OF S3,67004 re-
mains, with supplies to the value OF
| S1,224.74.
That the small shipments Of cattle
| in this state do not warrant the adop-
/ ton of plan providing for the patrol
If stockyards by home guards, is the
opinion of R. F. Bleknell, state food
administrator.
Teachers Of agriculture and domes-
tic science in nine Canyon county
schools and their pupils attended the
| agricultural short course at Caldwell
last week and student delegations were
present from several other schools.
The Pine Creek Mines association
met az Kellogg for the purpose Of dis
cussing the donation of the right-of-
way TO the new railroad which Is un-
der construction. Eighty per cent OF
the members present voted In favor OF
the donation.
r. L. Archer, manager of the Idaho
Payette Lumber company at Black
: foot, died suddenly October %. Mr.
q Archer was a member Of the schoC
: board and of the city council and on
u Of the most prominent boosters
southern Idaho.
= A silver dollar splash" is to be CO
y Quoted by the people of HALEY for u
n war camp community recreation fun
4 Seven hundred and eighty dollars al
q to be gathered together packed an
8 expressed to the national headqual
e tiers in Washington.
: Failure of the Caldwell Traction
e company to dispose Of 100000 worti
9 Of bonds for the purpose of securing
) capital to electrify its Wilder line AND
TO make some extensions has given
rise to q rumor that these improve
ments viii not be made until after
the war.
, The first conviction under the law
passed by the last legislature making
criEatpal syndicalism a crime was Sc
cured last week at Wallace when J.
]. AIcAiurphy, an L W. w. leader, was
sentenced TO serve one year at hard
labor in the state penitentiary and pay
a fine Of $500.
News has been received OF distnc-
ton conferred upon another Boise
high school student Robert Parkin-
son. ensign on the United States de-
stroyer Cassin, was highly compii-
raented BY Admiral Sims for his braT-
cry when that boat recently encoun-
tered a submarine.
The old soldiers who are now living
; at the Soldiers home at Boise took up
; $500 worth OF Liberty loan bonds in
; one day. Many Of the veterans had
! | previously subscribed for bonds, but
: that did not prevent them from sub
/ scribing a second time when the op-
porrunity offered.
In addition to the 1896 persons who
-igned food pledge cards in the first
: lays drive on the food conservation
!. ,ampaign, in Boise alone, there were
j outside of Boise. 1855 names re
+ sorted by u counties out Of the Il in
e idaho.
I A notable feature OF the Liberty
d loan campaign in the st. Anthony. sec
j ton was the response Of the farmers,
: who were canvassed thoroughly and
! subscribed almost to a man. Two hun
!. bred thousand dollars Of the total was
n ia amounts OF 500 or less
i Fruit shippers who object TO being
I compelled to put false floors and sid
g ings into box cars If they use then
e for shipping purposes, say the eHtrs
5 cost VIII be 500 or S125 per car.
y Clifford Pinchot, chairman of tbs
: livestock committee OF the national
9 food administration, will deliver an ad
5 dress AT the northwestern livestock