The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-06-01
IN THE GEM STATE

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June 8, under the sclectivs draft la"
az a legal holiday.
The MAckay dam Is TO be rebuilt
The Utah CONSTRUCTION company has
the contract for the work,
Only twcnty-four men are needed In
the guard TO bring 1t up to the required
strength or 100 men TO company.
CONSTRUCTION Of siIos In country sur
rounding Meridian promises Ia assume
unprecedented proportions this year.
All towns are being urged to put In
a sufficient supply Of coal In June. July
and august 10 carry them through uh'
I'll spring.
The state horticultural inspector rs.
Inmates that 1900 cars Of prunes and
300 cars OF apples Will be- produced
this season.
Snake river Is higher than usual at
this season Of the year, but the high
water usually does not come until the
middle Of June.
When the circus came TO Salmon last
week the Red Cross auxiliary equipped
lunch counter. from the sales OF
which they realized S1O3.
The largest class In the history Of
the Pocatello high school, numbering
thirty-three students, will be graduated
on Friday evening. June i.
with the opening In Pocatelo of an
enlistment station for the navy hospi-
tai corps. all branches OF the recruiting
service are now represented there.
Menan Is to have beet sugar fac
tory, according to an announcement
by r. II. Cutler. vice president and
general manager OF the Utah.ldaho
Sugar company.
IT class of 20 or more desire to
learn telegraphy, to respond to the
call sent out by the government for
10000 more telegraph operators, class
will be started In Boise.
Two residents Of Oakland, Cal, were
the first men to make out their regis
tration blanks In Pocatello, according
to the provisions of the selective draft
order recently passed by congress.
Plans have been completed to OBJ
serve Decoration Day at Idaho Falls,
as general recruiting day for the
seven counties which make up the dis
trIct, with Idaho Falls as the center.
Guy Crockett, aged %, was shot in
the leg by Night Waterman KOfOrd at
Pocatello KOford claims he attempt
ed to arrest Crockett, who ran, and
that he fired simply to scare Crockett.
The body Of Glenn Hoffman, the
young lad who was drowned in the
Snake river below jerome, May 8, I'M
der circumstances which suggested foul |
play, was discovered floating IN the |
river abOu two miles west of Hager- |
man.
The graduation exercises of the |
Idaho Technical institute will be held |
on Thursday evening. May 81, and the |
Rev. John HallOwell Dickinson has
been chosen by the students to deliver
the commencement address on that Oc-
CaslOn.
AT large and representative meet
Ing OF the members of the PocatellO
club committee was APP
pointed again to take up with Senator
Sorah and Brady the possibility OF es-
abhshing an army training camp In
'ocatellO.
High water In Sand creek and Will
ow creek has done large amount of
amage around Idaho Falls and the
reeks are still rising. 1t Is estimated
hat 1000 acres of land In wheat Is
nder water. Several potato cellars
ave been flooded and caved In.
A number of the Sisters Of Mercy,
no came to Pocatello from the Judge
.ercy hospital In Salt Lake City and
no have been working In this cry
ending the completion OF the new
5000 Catholic hospital. which Is now
lder way, have been called to NampE
take charge of the general hospital,
hlch will be taken over by them on
Inc l.
ID. NJ. Holt, who was recently named
! Governor Alexander to serve as
sIstant secretary of the Idaho war
uncll. has issued statement EN-
the necessity of guarding
,ainst oyerbuying of staple roodstutrs
I'd against production or too much
'rishahle food products to the exclu-
on of articles which can be ex-
,rted.
The state board of examiners has
Id down u hard and fast rule regard
x the making OF expenditures from
le revolving funds of the several state
as authorized by the last
'gislature. This rule is To the effect
iar money from the funds can only be
sed for the payment of incidental ex.
enses which require cash. such IA |
-elght. postage stamps. express, etc.
Practically every legitimate financial
emand of the farmers Of Hammock
ounty has been met by local banks
nd ms result there viii he an In.
reased acreage Of both grain and no
atoes
Ranchers aud gardeners Iocat,d
long the Portneuf river in the vIrirftr
4 F"catello are suffering considerable
oSS as result ~ the river Overflow.
oE its banks and Washiny s,,.,,- ~.