The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-19
IN THE GEM STATE

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Red Cross.
Two prominent physicians Of POca-
tello last week left for Georgia to
join the medical corps.
A drive on slackers who failed to
register for military service is TO be
started Immediately by the state gov
eminent.
The lodges and secret societies Of
Boise, as well us the patriotic organi-
cations. nave been invited to enter the
Fourth of July parade.
a southeastern Idaho Red Cross
conference which was attended by rep
resentatives of ten county committees,
@as held at POcatello June l..
William Drury passed away at his
nom in Nampa last week at the ripe
age of 81 years. His death was at
tributed to ailments incident to old
&
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
ION Simpson of Five Mile was quite
badly scalded on the arm and side by
pulling Il kettle of hot water off h
stove.
Ii is announced that the IDAHO ma
fional guard would have been on a
WIZ lOOtinE II hllliitI Ol HlOillllN 1EO
If the orders had not been received
from Washington to stop enlistments-
Carload shipments received by the
railroad in May, 1916. at Boise. num-
bered 52S. and for May, 1917, We're
76O. or an increase of 232 cars. an
average increase of over eve car
loads u day.
Order No. s, issued by the head
quarters. department of Idaho, Grand
Army of the Republic, sets the date
for the thirteenth annual department
meeting of the c.. A. X. for Boise June
10. 20 and u.
The Boise High School class dOnat-
ed the proceeds from their class play
10 the Boise Red Cross, instead of
sIsing them, as has been done in for
mer years, for scholarships in the Uni
Nersity of Idaho.
Every effort is to be mad by the
Pacific Fruit Express company. which
furnishes refrigerator cars to ship
pers in this territory, to take care OF
the tremendous fruit crop scheduled
FOR Idaho in 1917.
Under arrangements just completed,
Nampa is to be the point at which the
big southern Idaho meeting for h
purpose of working up interest in the
Evergreen Highway" Will be held
about the middle of July.
Oneida county registered GAS men,
eThe federal government estimated that
II would register BOO. Gilmore county
reported a registration of 500 men,
The federal government estimated
that it would register no.
Every man in f company, Idaho ma
fional guard, from Lewiston sub
scribed for a $50 Liberty bond, accord
ing to a letter received from the cap
tain Of the company. on duty some
where in the United States
N. A. Messenger and Billy Wilson,
riding Il motorcycle, were victims of n
serious smashup at Nampa when they
crashed into the car of II. ID. Arnold
ar the intersection of Twelfth street
and Second avenue, in front of the
city hall.
Henry l.. Finch and Dubach Broth
ers, prominent wool growers, sold
their wool clip at Soda Springs, con
sIsting of about 6O0O ~fleeces, TO Shur-
man Brothers. a manufacturing con
Germ of Des Moines, Iowa. Sixty cents
Der pound was the price paid.
one of the finest dairy herds in Ban
mock county was recently sold for beef
at prices averaging close to 500 per
head. and it is this high price which
induces owners to sell. nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that pasture conditions
were never better than at present.
The state supreme court has placed
an order for 2OOO volumes of Law
books for the law library to be in.
stalled in Pocatello. The last session
of the legislature appropriated S5OOC
for this purpose, with the understand
ing that the housing of the library il
10 be cared for by Bannock county
Fully 5000 persons took part in
celebration at Paul on June II, partici
pated in by beet growers, sugar manu-
facturers, Red Cross members ant
other patriotic citizens. n occa
sion was in the first place a celebration
in honor OF the big sugar factor,
which is being built there by tn
Eccles interests and also in honor o
Flag day.
The Woman's club of Mackay ha
been asked to supervise the work o
the Home Patriots an Organization
which is planting three acres of Ian
in the Burnett field, which IL VIII pu
nnder irrigation; and when all i
planted, certain plots of ground wi
be allotted to boys of he town, VIII
will care for it under the supervisiO
OF an expert.
4. r. Bennett, field horticulture:
with the agricultural extension depar
ment of the state university, has r
turned to Boise from n trip thrOug