The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27
IN THE GEM STATE

Inc new Payette fruit drier is to
nave capacity Of 10000 pounds daily.
Permanent organization Of the Home
Guards in Caldwell was effected last
week.
Work Is progressing on the state
highway between Midvale and Cam
bridge.
-Four hundred people are to be en-
ployed in the new fruit evaporators at
Meridian.
4 man giving his name as James
Clark has been arrested at Rigby for
selling court plaster which it is
claimed Is infected with serious dis
ease.
Idaho will have in the neighborhood
Of 400 applicants for admission to the
second officers reserve corps training
camp, to be opened at the Preside Au-
gust 27.
Walter kober, performer in the
Cole Brothers circus is dead, the result
Of an auto accident which occurred at
Boise, being caught between TWO auto
mobiles and crushed to death.
Boise club women have been busy
this past week securing signatures to
q petition asking the city council to
submit the question of buying Column
hia park to vote of the people.
-Four. small fires and one big one
which were started in the Emmett ma
tional forest by an electrical storm,
We're gotten under control after burn
Ing over space of at least 100 acres.
The potato acreage in Idaho last
year was 2S.000 acres. 1t is predicted
that it will be 10000 acres this year,
but that does not mean the production
will be increased in proportion to the
area planted.
Captain ]. VI. Lindsay of the Boise
fire department suffered broken back
when pinned beneath the falling roof
of burning building at Boise, during
Il battle against blaze which did $50,
900 damage.
John George O'Brien, said TO be
member of the I. w. w, is under ar
rest at Payette. charged with attack
ing Anton Stanek with the intent of
robbing him while Stanek was panning
sand for gold.
Fire which started in blacksmith
shop at Cascade destroyed that struc-
ture and livery stable and for a time
7 threatened the principal business block
Of the town. Splendid work by a
bucket brigade prevented disastrous
| fire.
Ernest H. Lindley, the new president
| of the University of Idaho, arrived in
Moscow last week. accompanied by DR..
1 Il. a. Bryan, the new commi ssioner of
education of Idaho. DIR. Lindley Will
work all the summer getting the uni
versity ready for the opening of Sep
| TENDER.
Appraisers for the state land boart
are at work in Bannock and Bingham
counties fixing the value of state land:
which are to be sold during Angus
and September. Appraisals have jus
been completed of state lands in Bon
neville, Jefferson, Fremont and TetoT
counties.
The greater part of the property
left by the late Colonel HI. v. A. Fer
guson of Pocatello was willed by him
TO the local lodge of Elks. This prop.
/ erty consists of household goods, his
private library, a Steger grand piano
and a number of lots in the city OF
Pocatello.
Lajos Steiner, commissioner for the
agricultural colonization of resident
Immigrants for the Union Pacific sys-
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| ence with members of the Commercial
club relative to securing some tracts
Of land in this section for colonization
purposes.
e. r. Bennett, field horticulturist
with the agricultural extension depart
ment of the state university, is of the
opinion that Idaho farmers are becom
ing needlessly exercised over potato
prices. He says the production in this
state will be greater than in 1916, anc
the prices good.
Acting under the advice of Governor
Alexander, who is on the ground, anc
of the Latah Comfy Protective asso
clarion. Sheriff Campbell of Lataf
comfy and Sheriff Sullivan of Clear
water. nave lHEoNb Out q
round up every l. w. w. striker ant
other idler in the two counties.
Idaho's credited apportionment 0
mon 10 constitute the first contingen
Of 6S7, 900 men for the army was com
Melted July'19 at the governors Office
preparatory to the drawing to tax
Mace Friday. BY it Boise City an
the counties of Bonner, Canyon, idaho
Pavette and Washington are eliminal
ed from draft.
In an address at Deary, Governo
Alexander made it plain that he vii
not countenance organized opposition
"a the harvesting of crops and carryin
on Of the usual occupations of the dis
trict. He stated that the man who !
willing to go to work can do So know
ing that the full strength OF the star
government is behind him.
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