The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-23
IN THE GEM STATE

laying track between Nampa and EN-
NETT.
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company expended $49S. 722
for improvements and extensions in
Idaho last year.
Citizens of Glenwood highway dis
trict have voted $4,000 road bonds
for road from Kamiah to Glenwood
and Caribel country.
The f~our-year-old son of o. E. Lin
der of Midvale fell into a tub of
scalding water and was so badly
burned that death resulted.
An irrigation project has been
launched at Soda Springs to utilize
waters Of Blackfoot river and Soda
creek on lands north and east of
town.
Mere possession of intoxicating
liquor is unlawful in Idaho, according
to a decision rendered last week by
Judge Carl A. Davis in the district
court at Boise.
Formation of the Middleton Coop
erative club, to fulfill the functions Of
a commercial club and also work for
interests of farmers of the surround
ing territory was effected at Middle
ton.
A good roads movement has start
ed at Occur d'Alene, it being the in
tention to improve Fourth of July
canyon and bond the district for
$4,000, to take advantage of state
and federal appropriations.
Farmers neal Meridian raise SO
bushels of wheat and So bushels of
oats to acre and five tons of hay
to acre, while 80 acres of blue grass
~pastured 100 head of cattle sever
months.
Captain George S~teunenberg,
Twenty-fifth infantry, brother of the
later Governor ~Steunenberg, has been
placed on the retired list on account
of physical disabilities. He is now in
the army hospital at San Francisco.
Representatives of the Parma
school won IL points Out of a possible
16 in the triangular rural high
school league debate and defamation
contests held last week with Roswell,
Parma and Middleton schools compel
ing.
The land values around Rupert,
Paul, Burley and that vicinity have
increased from so to $50 per cent
since the beet industry has been es-
tablished, and the same applies to the
country around Idaho Falls, Sugar
City and Shelley.
So successful was the two-day sale
of purebred. livestock held at Cald
well under supervision of the Cald
well Horse C Mule company that of
ficers of the firm have announced 9
decision to repeat the sale monthly
for a time at least.
Col. Thomas r. Hamer, ~ex-congress
man, lawyer, soldier and orator, has
been appointed by President Wilson
to the reserve corps of the United
| States army and assigned to the
Judge advocate general department
with rank of major.
That $11,514.3O was expended on
roads and bridges and 1879 miles OIL
roadway was sanded or resanded dur
ing the past year are two of the more
important facts shown by the annua
report of Secretary Anderson of the
Nampa highway district.
Over 500 cars of potatoes wer,
shipped from Idaho last week. Thi
heavy shipment was due to the fac
that the railroad lines in Wyoming
were tied up for some time becaus,
of the snow and car of potatoes &C
cumulated at various points in thi
state.
For two or three days after he
arm had been broken, the ~13-year-olt
daughter of Mrs. F. NJ. Parrish, livinl
near Caldwell, went about her usua
pursuits, unmindful of the seriousness
of her injury. An X-ray picture o
the arm disclosed a clean break o
the bone.
Through the filling in district couI
at Boise of a petition for formatio
of drainage district No. 2 of Ada couI
ty the movement for obtaining d.
manded drainage of all the low land
along the north side of the Boise ri'
er between Collister and Canyon st;
ton. near Caldwell, takes definit
shape.
After almost a week of unremittin
effort, the Y. NJ. G. A. campaign t
raise $4,000 for the enlargement an
r~emodeling of the association buildin
at P~ocatello came to a climax on Fet
ruary IA, when by the pledging of $50
each by eight local men the tota
amount subscribed reached the sum Q
500, 655.11.
Secretary Lane reports that afte
an investigation he finds there is N
money in the reclamation fund wit
which to proceed with the Black can
yon project Is proposed by the rec
lamation service, and sees no way b,
which this project can be taken Vi
unless congress will make a direc