The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-15
IN THE GEM STATE

The village board at Filler has ord
cred about $500 lineal feet Of sidewalk
to be installed at once.
Filler is planning to stage patriotic
celebration for all of Twin Falls coun-
ty on the Fourth Of July.
The Masons Of Gooding have donated
more than 800 and the Eastern Star
S25 to the local Red Cross.
About 500 teachers are expected to
arrive in Boise during the week for
the six weeks summer school.
Frank Konold, brakeman on the
| Short Line, was injured In fall from
the caboose of freight train at Kuna.
State officials and employees at the
| capitol have oyer-subscribed the S10,-
900 Liberty Loan bond apportioned to
| them by the state land board.
T. Il. Munhall of Nampa, newly ap-
pointed disburser for the federal gov
eminent In Idaho, has arrived at the
capitol and opened his office at the
| state house.
To Boise and Ada county has been
assigned the task Of raising $4,000 as
Its contribution to the $100,000,000 Red
Cross fund to be raised during Red
Cross week, June IS to 25.
The state land board has asked the
federal government for 80 days ex-
tension of time on the Carey act seq
gregation for the Marysville Canal &
Improvement company Of Ashton.
Word has been received In Boise of
| the death at Portland Of Henry Haus-
man, one Of the pioneer travelling men
OF that section. He had been making
Boise regularly for about 20 years.
| The Boise Payette company is ar
ranging plan whereby their employees
can purchase Liberty Bonds on month
iy payments. Every employee will be
urged to purchase at least $50 bond.
After lingering illness of almost
six months John NJ. Haines, former
governor of Idaho, died at Boise, June
4, The former governor fell ill early
last November, when he contracted
bad cold.
An accident occurred to the Malad
plant of the Idaho Power company
last week which will necessitate the
curtailing of some of the power used
for irrigation purposes until the dam
age is repaired.
| The governor in letter to the pros.
'ecuting attorney of Bonneville county
has voiced opposition to boxing bouts
in Idaho during the course of the war.
He is especially opposed to any fights
| being held July 4.
Mrs. Sumner Musser and her three
children were painfully injured at Filler
when her driving horse took fright at
tractor and bolted. The four-year-
old youngsters leg was broken and all
were badly bruised.
Three men and three women were
Injured in an auto collision half mile
west Of Glenns Ferry at night. The
accident is said to have been caused
by meeting a car carrying no lights
on grade at a curve.
Owing to the light attendance at the
wool sale scheduled for Mountain
Home June 4, the sale was postponed
until June Is. The cold and backward
weather is said to have prevented the
buyers from coming out to the sale.
Effective. June 1, the 300 employees
Of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan smelter
were granted bonus of about IS cents
day. The bonus runs from a mini
IS cents day, based on the lead mar
ket.
Mrs. Clara Brown of Boise has re-
ceived word that her daughter, Miss
Winifred Brown, graduate of one of
the leading hospitals of San Francisco,
who has just completed post gradu-
ate course at New York, will sail with
the San Francisco unit of Red Cross
nurses for France in the near future
Arrangements started about two
months ago for the honoring of DR.
Frederick S. Kohler, Nampa pioneer
aud philanthropist, have now been
practically completed, and will result
in the erection of suitable shaft in
Kohlerlawn cemetery, which was do
aated to the city by the generous early
day physician.
Demonstrating the fact that Salt
| Lake is growing in most satisfactory
manner, in spite of the united Liberty
loan movement of the citizenry, the
banking clearing house figures for May
totaled S54,019,3S4, compared witt
\ $35,640,S4S for the corresponding
month last year.
According to dispatches, the mahar
! anee of Kapurthala, who attracted tht
4 attention of Salt Lake society during
! May, 1915, when her husband wa:
robbed by an alleged spy at Sal
Lake hotel, has donated 100000 to tn,
British government to be used fol
motor cars in war service.
A Salt Lake justice last week i'm
posed what is believed to be the small
est fine ever imposed in Utah cour
\ for assault and battery, when h
4 assessed the defendant one dollar.
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