The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-02
In THE GEM STATE

A Star farmer last week sold Sc
lect bunch of hogs 70 butcher for
1850 per hundred
A horse fell on the 10-year-oId SON
Of Mrs. Anton Brinaphe Of Five Mile,
the youth sustaining injuries that are
regarded as serious.
After an interval Of two months the
Caldwell Horse & Mule company is to
resume its auctions with a big sale an
lounced for February and Z.
Slightly more than 4.0O0 acres Of
state land situated in Canyon county
will be sold at public auction on Feb
ruary ID. Much OF this land has been
appraised al SO an acre
DR.. f. 7. Biwer, Boise physician,
was named secretary of the state
board of health when that body con-
vened last week to organize and
name a successor to DR.. Ralph Falk,
resigned
The annual meeting at Emmett Of
the Payette National Forest Cattle &
| Horse Growers association was at
! tended By about 70 cattle men and
horse growers who use the Payette
national forest.
The recent blocking of travel across
the Snake river because Of the float.
ing ice which prevents operation Of
the ferries have aroused strong SEN
timent at Caldwell in favor OF con-
struction Of bridges.
Idaho women are eYincing special
INT n ba NJ = a
new woman mayor, Mrs. Laura ].
starcher. Mrs. Starcher is an Idaho
woman, who has lived at Boise, Nam
pa, Caldwell and Parma
Mrs. NJ. L. Ross and Miss Christina
Hansen OF Pocatello, who attended
the convention OF the Idaho State
Federation of Labor in Boise recent
~, we're the first women ever to at
tend such a meeting in Idaho.
In response to the call nj the gov.
ernor for meeting of the county as.
SCISSORS of the state, for the purpose Of
securing a more uniform system Of
assessment, % assessors, representing
IAN but eight counties, met at Boise
last week
The streets are being torn up all
over Pocatello in order to reach the
frozen mains and thaw them out.
Straw fires had to be built first TO
thaw out the ground around the pipes
before the men could make any pro.
4 gress with the digging.
Nampa is believed to be the first n
a that part of the state TO put distribu
ton Of coal into the hands Of the mu
nicipal authorities. The car Of fue
OF which has been made to do great SER
er ice in relieving coalless families wa
one belonging to the Oregon Shol
Line.
A saving Of 100000 in interest Q
the 81, 900, 900 road bond issue aske
for by the state highway departmel
can be effected If the legislature wi
enact measure permitting the sta
u banks of Idaho to invest per eel
z of reserve funds in this paper, sa,
y the state treasurer.
Il E. A. Shaw, aged rs. has been a
rested at Salt Lake, charged wi
Il sending explosives through the mail
u The offense is alleged to have take
n place last September when Sha
Il drove stage between Challis an
Il Clayton. he being charged with sen
II ing cartridges through the mails.
Il Owing 10 defective PLUMBING
II steam from a frozen water pip
i wrecked the kitchen range in tn
/ Davis home at Collister. Mrs. DaYi
and her daughter Marjorie were hi
by hot metal, food and steam. Mr.,
| Davis received painful flesh wount
/ Miss Marjorie was burned about tn
/ face and eyes.
4 At Boise last week, Howard
i Plat, vice-president and general mai
/ ager of the Oregon Short Line,
4 speaking about the coal shortag
| made the important announcemer
4 that arrangements had been perfec
/ ed at a cost OF better than $4,000, 0t
4 whereby the Oregon Short Liz
4 would by next fall have direct rout
4 TO Utah coal fields.
II Preliminary organization Of Il
Il Idaho Irrigation congress planne
4 under sponsorship Of the engineerir
II societies of the state was set afo
i at Boise last week by the comm
i tee of engineers appointed to tn
81 task.
i Miss Amy Augur. member of Il
i Star high school faculty last yea
4 received special recognition recent
u at Boston university for thesis pr
nj scented. the theme OF which was Il
,st Boise valley, its history and seen
NJ beauty.
Thomas F. Wren, who owns whe
ranch near Fem. last week. sold )
600 bushels OF wheat for ss5.000.
NJ received an average price of s1.55
nv oushel. Four grain companies parti
pated in the transaction.
as Receipts at the United States lal
office at Boise since January 2,