The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-10-12
IN THE GEM STATE.

There are nearly 300 pupils enrolled
in the Wendell school,
a new system of heaters is being
Installed in the Eagle school.
The Wendell cheese factory took
first premium on cheese at the Filler
fair.
The apple harvest this season will
be the largest in Payette valley his
tory and prices are the best.
Walking seventy miles to join the
service for his flag, Ezekiel J. Garcia
came to PocateIlo from Swan Lake
"nd applied for enlistment. He was
accepted.
Theodore Holmes had bones in the
back of hand and at the wrist frac-
tured and his back severely wrenched
when he fell to the road from a hay
rack near Meridian.
| Despite the loss of many men
| through response to the nations call
for soldiers, the College Of Idaho, at
| Caldwell, now counts on putting a
good football team into the field.
On Saturday, October 6, freehoIders
of the Black Canyon Irrigation district
voted upon the proposal to authorize a
contract with the government for pIac-
ing water on $4,000 acres of the dis
tricts lands.
Many sales are certain to follow as
| direct result of the showing made
by the tractor manufacturers at the
state fair, in the opinion of the ex-
hibitors who demonstrated what their
engines could do.
Lhe apple section was one of the
most noteworthy of the exhibits at the
state fair and drew the attention of
the visitors, although each of the
other varieties of fruit attracted much
favorable comment.
Initial enrolment in Nampa's
schools this year passed 1000, data
compiled the past week giving the
number as 1884. This is an increase
of nearly 10 per cent over registration
figures of one year ago.
That John r. Mammen, pioneer of
pioneers in the lower Boise valley,
came to his death by hanging, with
suicidal intent, was the decision
reached by the coroner. Dependency
over poor health led to the deed.
In response to a call from the Fruit
land district for more help to pick APP
pies, the schools from the sixth grade
to the high school were closed for the
purpose Of giving the boys aad girls
a chance to assist in fruit gathering.
Conducted under the auspices OF the
Idaho Falls Automobile Dealers asso-
citation, and sanctioned by the idaho
State Automobile Dealers association,
the second annual state automobile
, show was held at Idaho Fails last
4 week.
t The Liberty loan campaign in T@iI
IS Falls opened with an address b
* United States Senator w. Fl. Befal
Of preceded by an Introductory addres
v by D. w. Davis of American Fall
e. chairman of the state campaign con
mittee.
4 The Boise Commercial club ha
filed a complaint with the InteFstat
II Commerce commission against the Ore
gon Short Line, alleging that Boise il
i. Disseminated against in favor of Port
: land, Oregon, in freight rates on dried
fruit from Fresno, Cal.
. The freak calf possessing five legs
which was born at Meridian several
4 months ago, has been shipped to Cald-
D well. The calf, now robust specl-
. men almost past the calfhood stage,
, has the extra leg dangling from it's
! spine just back Of the front shoulders.
!. After three attempts to carry To-
: cal bond issue for road Improvement
Bull has finally succeeded. In the
bond election held last week, for the
d purpose of voting 100000 bonds for
|. the building of a hard surface road
g the vote stood 1919 for and 80 against.
b J. P. Martin, engineer from the dis
g trict forest office at Ogden, and Rob-
ert McGregor of the Boise office Aave
It returned from survey of what Mr.,
II Martin says will be the most beauuful
II mountain road in the United States
l. from Lowman to Deadwood and Gar
b den valley.
e Among the prize winners at the
IS state fair was ian article made Of
| warm. 1IlS ptlI lANuAelA az th~AS 49,
q, mans sweater made by Mrs. Percy
Is Mobberly of Collister. 1t is fashioned
from extra heavy WOOL knitted with
e out a seam, pockets and buttonholes
70 included. 1t took 80 skeins of wool tt
o complete the work.
> Mrs. L. r. Holbrook of Boise ha'
y received a letter from her husband
II Colonel Holbrook, who is now with al
y regiment in France. In response t.
Ter inquiry as to what was most need
ID by the men over there he replied
hat unless they had wooden socks, ant
y plenty of them, very soon, the conse
- Iuences would be serious.
~ The club women of Idaho are advo
i eating knitting not only by all tn
j nigh school pupils, the inmates of tn
nonitentiary deaf dumb and blfnl