The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-06-01
IN THE GEM STATE


The Mackay dam Is to be rebuilt
The Utah Construction company has
the contract for the work.
Only twenty-four men are needed IN
the guard to bring it up to the required
strength. or 100 men to company.
Construction Of silos In country sur
rounding Meridian promises to assume
unprecedented proportions this year.
All towns are being urged to put in
sufficient supply Of coal In June, July
and August to carry them through un-
til spring.
The state horticultural inspector es-
Inmates that 1900 cars Of prunes and
25O0 cars Of apples will be produced
this season.
Snake river Is higher than usual at
this season Of the year, but the high
water usually does not come until the
middle Of June.
When the circus came to Salmon last
week the Red Cross auxiliary equipped
a lunch counter, from the sales Of
which they realized $103.
The largest class in the history OF
the Pocatello high school, numbering
thirty-three students, will be graduated
on Friday evening, June l.
With the opening In Pocatello of an
enlistment station for the navy hospi-
tai corps, all branches Of the recruiting
service are now represented there.
Menan Is to have . beet sugar fac
tory, according to an announcement
by T. r. Cutler, vice president and
general manager of the UtahIdahO
Sugar company.
II q class Of 20 or more desire to
learn telegraphy, to respond to the
call sent out by the government Tor
10000 more telegraph operators, class
will be started in Boise.
Two residents Of Oakland, Cal, were
the first men, to make out their regis
tration blanks in Pocatello, according
to the provisions of the selective draft
order recently passed by congress.
Plans have been completed to OBJ
serve Decoration Day at Idaho Falls,
as a general recruiting day for the
seven counties which make up the dis
trict, with Idaho Falls as the center.
Guy Crockett, aged %, was shot in
the leg by Night Watchman Koford at
Pocatello. Koford claims he attempt
ed to arrest Crockett, who ran, and
that he fred simply to scare Crockett.
The body of Glenn Hoffman, the
young lad who was drowned in the
Snake river below Jerome, May s, un-
der circumstances which suggested foul
play, was discovered floating IN the
river abou two miles west OF Hager-
man.
The graduation exercises of the
on Thursday evening, May 81, and the
Rev. John Hallowell Dickinson has
been chosen by the students to deliver
the commencement address on that oc-
casiOn.
At large and representative meet
ing Of the members Of the POcatellO
Commercial club committee was ap-
pointed again to take up with Senator
Borah and Brady the possibility Of es-
tablishing an army training camp in
PocatellO.
High water in Sand creek and Will
low creek has done large amount OF
damage around Idaho Falls and the
creeks are still rising. 1t Is estimated
that 1000 acres of land in wheat Is
under water. Several potato cellars
have been flooded and caved in.
A number of the Sisters Of Mercy,
who came to Pocatello from the Judge
Mercy hospital in Salt Lake City and
who have been working In this c1ry
pending the completion OF the new
$4,000 Catholic hospital, which is now
under way, have been called to Nampa
to take charge Of the general hospltai.
which will be taken over by them on
June 1.
b. NJ. Holt, who was recently named
by Governor Alexander to serve as
assistant secretary Of the Idaho war
council, has issued statement en-
phasizing the necessity Of guarding
against 0verbuying Of staple roodstufrs
and against production or too much
perishable food products to the exclu-
sion Of articles which can be ex-
ported.
The state board OF examiners has
laid down hard and fast rule regard
ing the making OF expenditures from
the revolving funds Of the several state
institutions as authorized by the last
legislature This rule is to the effect
that money from the funds can only be
used for the payment Of incidental ex-
penses which require cash, such an
freight, postage stamps, express, etc.
Practically every legitimate financial
demand OF the farmers Of BannOck
county has been met by local banks,
and as result there will be an In
creased acreage of both grain and DO
tatoes.
Ranchers and gardeners. located
along the Portneuf river In the vicinity
Of Pocatello are suffering considerable
loss as result Of the river overflow
Ing its banks and washing away the
seed recently planted.