The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-27
IN THE GEM STATE


last week
A patriotic fund Is to be raised for
company d in which the Emmett boys
are enrolled.
The Wendell Milling & Elevator
company is erecting an elevator OF
10000 bushel capacity.
A new postoffce has been estab-
lished at Deolo, Cassia county. with
Lawrence A. Gillett as postmaster.
The Countrywomens club of the
Twin Falls section is about to emu
late the Crescent club nf Emmett, and
own club house of its own.
The truckers strike at the Oregon
Short Line depot in Boise was called
off on April II, when the demands OF
the strikers for q wage of $3.50 day
for ten hours was met.
The regular meeting of the CONNER
cial club held at Pocatello last week
was devoted for the most part to a
consideration OF the problems relating
to an increase in food products.
The Third Idaho regiment of ma
tional guard may be organized in the
near future If enlistments in the Sec
ond are sufficient to bring that organ
ization up to the required strength.
The spring stated meeting Of the
Twin Falls Presbytery was held last
week at Pleasant View church, six
miles southwest Of Twin Falls, where
the members were delightfully."- enter
tanned
An elderly man giving the name of
James Cramer was taken into custody
by the police at Pocatello on the
charge of having assailed the United
States government for taking a stand
against Germany.
A meeting interesting to men en-
gagged in the manufacture of cheese
and butter was held in Caldwell last
week. One of the aims of the new
organization will be the standardiza-
ton of Idaho butter.
rousing farewell was given the
high school boys who volunteered for
the army when they left Pocatello.
The boys we're Clarence Hewlett,
Frank Young, Frank Smith, Robert
Pugmire and Harry Keef.
Through showings made by H. R.
Peacock a creditable list of prizes
were brought home to Nampa from
= the livestock s1ow~ held at Salt&I5al
last week in connection with the for
NAL opening of the big Cudahy pack
ing plant.
Walter Lux of Triangle, Owyhee
county, is reported to have killed a
white bear recently. This is regard
ed as curiosity as they are usually
brown this time of year. 1t is sup
posed the hard winter has turned
them white.
G. r. Hit, state bank commission
err last week announced that he had
taken up with William G. McAdoo.
secretary of the treasury, the matter
of purchasing government war bonds
for the people of Idaho wishing to
make such investments.
Alfalfa growers of the Boise dis
trict are facing the probability of a
heavy loss, for as the spring advances
it appears as though most of the old
acreage of alfalfa was killed at the
roots by the repeated ice coatings of
the fields during the winter.
Peter Wiser of Ogden, light-heavy-
weight wrestler, won from Harold
Christensen at Boise on April IT.
Wiser took the first fall in fifty-one
minutes with a scissors. Although in
jured, Christensen insisted on starting
for the second fall, but was forced to
give up after few minutes.
Ten prominent members of the
Boise Chinese colony seven Hops
and three Hips, are out on s100 cash
bonds, having been arrested late Sat
urday night for refusing to give their
names and occupations to the police
department, which is preparing a cen
sus of the Chinese OF the city.
Interest in the Red Cross work all
over the state is keen. Applications
for charters have been made by the
women of Emmett. which will start
with a good sized chapter. HALEY
starts with a charter membership OF
so; Filler will meet to organize this
week; Wendell has recently organized
and sets its mark at 500 members
AS herd of rs fat cattle we're be
ing driven across the Boise river
bridge a mile south of Star, one com
plete span of the structure collapsed
: precipitating 25 Of the steers and two
horsemen to the river bed below. The
men, horses and cattle escaped with
out serious injury.
: The county agents OF this state are
J being urged by the United States de
partment of agriculture, through its
states relation service, to do all il
their power to bring about the plant
ing of an increased acreage of land in
' spring wheat, barley, corn, oats, pota
, toes. beans. sugar beets and vegetables
Of all kinds.
I The state is selling 100000 acres o.
school lands this year That viii
l place more than 100000 in the state
treasury to the credit of the schoo
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