The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-30
In THE GEM STATE

More than $500 was taken In at
dance given by the Red Cross organi-
zation at Gooding.
Myron Cordingly met with a serious
accident Sunday when he was thrown
from a horse at Ashton.
Plans are being discussed for the
establishment of municipality owned
and operated hospital at Caldwell.
The Boise Salvation Army raised
goodly sum for the War Service league
by the sale of tags on Saturday, NO
yember "a.
trhe women's committee, Council OF
National Defense, Is making greae
plans for registration week, which VIII
probably be the first week in Deem
ber
The sum of $50 was realized for the
THANKSGIVING turkey fund.- for Cald-
well boys serving in g company, 10th
engineers, at dance given at Cald-
we'll.
Idahoans need not fear coal short
age, according to the old prospectors
in the hills, who claim that unless all
old signs fail, the winter is to be an
extremely mild one.
The Melcher Mining company of the
Conner creek section are building
| S25O,000 mill and otherwise improy-
ing the property, presaging an active
season in that district.
Joseph Rodgers died at Idaho Falls
as a result of an automobile accident
a mile east of town. Rodgers and a
brother were walking in the road when
struck by car driven by Harry Oles.
George e. Erb of Lewiston has been
named by the governor to place on
the public utilities commission. The
Lewiston man succeeds Axel T. Ram
stedt, who resigned from the commits
sion nearly eight months ago.
Captain j. Turley of Boise has been
ordered to France for duty with the
engineering corps. Captain Turley
was among the first to receive a COM
mission with the engineers. He has
| been in the government service several
years.
Ernest Ross was dangerously hurt
near Meridian, when in an effort to
| keep from running down small boy,
he drove his car into ditch, thereby
sustaining serious injuries to the back,
| which at first was thought to be
broken.
An automobile in which a man and
boy were riding plunged off the
trade at the west end of the Can
yon bridge at Caldwell and went into
die river. Neither of the occupants
was hart, and the car was not badly
damaged.
A. ". Shllington of Rupert drew u
check for $J1 tor an acre Of the Pen
Gil Pod Black Wax" beams. OF this
acre there was about one-eigh.a that
would not be irrigated and did not
produce any seed, on the Yield would
no doubt have been much larger.
Recent activities in the Deer Flat
and Huston vicinities of cellar thieves
have led the citizens to believe that
other raids, similar to those of last
winter, when more than fifty cellers
were robbed of fruit and provisions,
are likely to take place this winter.
H. N. Baker, who lives near Cald-
well, has invented dredging machine
that will dig ditch twelve feet deep
and three-eighths of mile long in
ten hours. 1t is operated with four
horsepower gasoline engine and re-
quires the services of but one man.
Withdrawal from the Boise valley
of several of the largest dairy herds,
and the raising price of feed, has
| Va Cow NpGfino
association to announce that the work
of the organization will be suspended
Indefinitely, or until conditions are
more favorable.
In a circular sent out to farmers of
the state Monday Harvey Alfred, di-
rector of the state farm markets bu-
reau, asks them to list with him the
number of tons of hay that they are
, holding for sale, and the price asked.
! He promises to find market for the
hay in the state.
G. G. Goetling, who, on his farm
: near Eagle, was compelled by a Boise
delegation TO paint his derrick pole
red white and blue and to kneel and
kiss the flag, emphatically denies that
he was disloyal or that he had sent
$1,000 or any other sum of money to
/, Germany, and that he has son in
the American army.
r TO show the splendid work being
; done by the agricultural agents of this
state, case is cited in Fremont
, county where for $50, little skill,
r and great deal of tenacity, the county
agent had completely exterminated sew
eral large swarms of cricketS which
/ threatened TO destroy thousands of
!. dollars worth of grain.
e The campaign for army Y. NJ. @. A.
/. funds in Fremont county closed with
r subscription of $4,000, exceeding the
< allotment by so per cent. ST. Anthony
5 gave $1,000 Ashton $500 and smaller
n precincts in proportion.
I The So, 800 worth OF municipal