The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
IN THE GEM STATE

arrested last week on n charge of sell
Ing whisky to Indians.
The Gooding highway district is
gravelfng the state highway between
Gooding and Shoshone.
new theatre has been opened at
Nampa which the townspeople claim is
second to none in the state.
Boise seed merchants are generally
out OF seed potatoes, kaffir. beans, field
peas, cane and millet seed, it was an
nounced last week.
In the annual report Of the Carnegie
library at Boise, submitted by the IL
brnrian, a net gain In circulation of
1766 Is shown over the previous year.
Before the elapse OF great many
days the humble tuber will be sprout-
ing In abundance from nearly every
at Caldwell
The rounding out Of 80 years OF
welded life was celebrated last week
by the Reverend T.id Mrs. ii. b. Pow
ers and relatives who gathered at their
home at Meridian.
The Idaho Technical Institute Is
not to have the new gymnasium build
ing, for which an appropriation was
made by the last legislature, until
some indefinite time In the future.
A large delegation of Pocatello .Elks
are planning to attend the convention
Of the b. p. O. K. to be held in Salt
Lake City on June 4, 5 and 6, and
special trains will be run from various
points In Idaho and Wyoming.
Recruiting officers are optimistic
that Idaho viii have enlisted her full
quota by June /. The Pocatello sta
ton has already furnished its share
and more, but the captain is anxious
that 1t keep up it's good record.
The rules of the state land board
were SO amended last week as to per-
NIT non-residents of the state to lease
state school lands that have been cut
up into lots about the lakes where
summer resorts have been established.
The Greek Patriotic society, recently
organized at Pocatello, now numbers
more than 800 members. While the
society will be of a semi-military char
acter. its main object will be the in
culcation Of American ideals OF citizen
ship.
L. L. Young, well known stockman
and seed grower Of the Nampa Sec
tion last week received the five medals
and accompanying diplomas awarded
him last fall at the Panama Pacific
International exposition ut San Fran
cisco.
Complete returns from the Red Cross
membership day campaign, which was
held Mt Pocatello May u, show re-
suits greater even than the $1,000 which
the local officers of the society had
hoped for the total amount collected
being $1161.21.
i Robert Smith. 80 years Of age, died
Mt Salt Lake hospital from the eff
) fects of injuries suffered when a. horse
fell on him at Inkom, several days
ago. A widow and two children sur
vive him. The body was sent to Po-
catelo, for burial.
Wednesday of last week the Portneuf
river overtlowed its banks to such an
extent that number Of families resid-
ing on the flats at the south end Of
Pocatello were compelled to abandon
their homes. In several cases the
water reached the second story win
dows.
Confidence that development Of 39,-
600 acres of Black Canyon lands may
soon be realized is felt at Caldwell as
a result of the recent visit of A. T..
Davis, director and chief engineer of
the reclamation commission, and
Judge VIII Il. King. counsel for the
commission.
Enoch Albert Bryan, retired presi-
dent of Washington State college,
Pullman, Wash, is Idaho's new COM
missioner of education to succeed DIR.
u. 0. Sisson, resigned. The state board
of education offered the commissioners
ship to DR.. Bryan and his acceptance
was received last week.
Edward Brandhl, whose parents live
in Idaho Falls. played the part of n
hero at Pittsburg when he saved the
life of 5-year-old girl who had fallen
into the manhole of seven-foot sewer
and was being swept into the Ohio
river.
Professor Carl G. Maesser of the
Pocatello high school has been ap-
pointed superintendent Of schools for
Beaver county, Utah. Mr.. Maeser has
been an instructor in mathematics and
science at Pocatello for the past two
years.
Plans for the grain warehouse which
farmers of the state have proposed to
erect comparatively took shape at IA
meeting of the district Farmers Union
organization last week. Much Of the
stock necessary has already been sub
scribed.
The sixth annual convention Of the
Idaho State Sunday School associa-
ton was held last week at Parma
Among the laws which went into
effect last week is the one prohibiting
the circulation in the state of news
papers ard periodicals carrying liquor
advertisements.