Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-10-18
in THE GEM STATE

state school lands sold last week in
Bingham and Bannock counties
brought approximately 100000.
People of Meridian who have been
without slab wood during the summer
hailed with joy the arrival last week
of carload. The wood was quickly
taken.
At meeting of the school board
held at Pocatello it was decided by
unanimous vote to discontinue the
teaching of German in the city schools
and to substitute French.
The Oregon Short Line hauled 40
900 tons of coal inco Idaho in August
according to report filed with the
public utilities commission. In Au-
gust, 1916, 10000 tons came in.
The new water main which is being
installed at Mccall is now nearly all
in and the building of the tank has
been started. The system will prob
ably be completed before snow flies
Mrs. LOrensa Calzacorta. charged
with the murder on July s of her hus-
band, j. j. Calzacorta, at Nampa, en-
!
raigned last week, and the case was
set for trial on October 20.
Twenty members of the Frutand
Commercial club met one day last
week and went out between Payette
and Fruitland to rake the rocks Off the
road so that the ranchers could get
their apples hauled to town.
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shipments going via Mccall TO the
Warrens and Marshall Lake country
Indicate the great activity of mining
operations in those parts. Freighters
TO the upper country are exceptionally
busy
The members of the Boise Minis
terial association voted at their meet
ing last week to observe October Il
as food conservation Sunday and ON
that date to call attention, either
through announcements or special SER
mons. to the plans of the food admin
:strator
Clarence Van Dusen, state auditor,
is home from Il "Trip which took him
into Utah, Nevada, California. Oregon
and Washington. lie visited the cap
itais Of the different states for the
purpose of investigating the methods
of bookkeeping employed in the land
departments.
X. f. Bicknell, food administrator
for Idaho, has appointed Miss Jessie
VI. Hoover, director of household eco
Monies at the University of Idaho, us
campaign manager for the north, and
the university faculty arranged her
duties so that she may aid in this
patriotic work.
Believed 10 have been murdered, the
body Of John l.. Dunn was found in
his cabin twenty-five miles south of
Twin Falls. The body was lying on its
back and the face and head was badly
mutilated. There was Il bullet hole
through the chin and revolver was
lying at his feet.
The department of the interior has
refused To set aside $4,000 acres Of
land in eastern Idaho for the exclusive
use of the Fremont WOolgrowers' as
ISOLATION. That information is con-
tanned in II letter TO the state land
commissioner, from the commissioner
of the federal land office.
Einley Yaryan and family, of Boise,
had the unique experience of turning
completely over in an automobile and
then riding into town in he same car.
Other autOists were passing at the
the ditch and rescue the four persons
beneath, none of whom was injured.
The Idaho Transmission company
will be granted certificate of public
convenience and necessity. The COM
pany will transmit power 10 the mines
of northern Idaho from the Montana
Power company. 1t will serve the Tam
nrack and Custer Greenhill-CleVeland.
Federal, Hercules and other large
properties.
At the opening meeting of the Pres
hyterian synod for Idaho ut POcatello.
the Rev. W. ). Snoddy of Burnley was
elected as moderator for the session
ana the ensuing year. The Rev. q. W.
Banum of Boise was named as stated
clerk. the Rcv. W. S. Williams. per-
manent clerk, and the Rev. Il. l.. Rob.
crts of jerome. temporary clerk.
Boise high school students spent
fourteen days in picking prunes. in
which time over 267 tons of prunes
were picked aud more than 146 tons
packed. The total earnings amounted
To Sl2I1.S0. The largest number of
students out on one day was $50. Over
800 girls and over 200 boys were en-
gagged in the Boise valley prune work.
The expenses of fire fighting in the
national forests of Idaho for the sea-
son of 1917 range from S6S693. the
cost of eXtinguishing thirty-siX fires in
the Boise forest which covered ap-
proNimately thirty acres. To shout S35.-
roo, the cost of fighting the fires in
the Idaho forest, which covered an
area so large that it has not yet been
estimated.
a reduction in the price of lump