The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-20
IN THE GEM STATE

L. F. Goodheart was injured when
derrick pole fell, striking him on
the head MS he was helping to put
up hay on his ranch at Five Mile.
The Brotherhood Of American Ye0-
men is to inaugurate an active cam
paign in Boise for $50 members who
will be initiated early in August.
A. O. Bacus, janitor in the grade
school at GoOding, shot and killed
himself. Whether it was an accident
or suicide, has not been determined.
Idaho farmers who have clover and
alfalfa seed for sale this fall are GO
ing to be In clover, figurativly speak
Ing, because Of shortage of the crop
In different sections.
The Non-partisan league is making
campaign hay in Idaho while the sun
shines The propaganda prepared
for the state is being spread daily
now by the organization.
In the neighborhood of 100 drug
gists were present for the yearly.
meeting of the Idaho Pharmaceutical
association, which opened at Guyer
Hot Springs Monday, July 8.
The public utilities commission has
forwarded to the interstate commerce
commission at Washington a petition
In Intervention in the potato rate case
filed by the Minnesota potato grow
ers.
The state highway department has
completed plans for bridge of three
9Ofoot spans to be built by Wash
ington county across the Weiser riv-
er half mile east Of the city Of
Weiser.
F. w. Mullen, brakeman, slipped
and fell under moving train of cars
ut Montpelier and had leg cut off
above the knee, an arm amputated
above the elbow, and one hand severed
at the wrist.
Huston Frost. Jr., one of the best
known ranchers In the Boise valley,
lied last week as the result of being
thrown against feed rack while
Iassoing wild horse. His skull was
broken and his spine hurt.
Senator Borah in. conference with
Lord Northcliffes suggested thegs will
be large quantities OF potntVes in
Idaho, Utah and other northwestern
states this fall available for export to
England via the Panama canal.
Clay Tallman, commissioner Of the
United States land office, is coming
to Idaho to make personal inspection
Of the Twin Falls Oakley irrigation
project and the Twin Falls Salmon
River irrigation project In October.
Juan J. Calzacorta, As, owner Of the
Calzacorta block in Nampa, and
former manager of the Canyon Auto
mobile company, was shot and killed
Early Sunday morning. Mrs. Marie
Calzacorta, his wife, was arrested and
held without bond.
The state farm markets bureau has
sent out letters to the threshermen
Of the state calling attention to the
new law which requires threshermen
and seed hullers to buy licenses at
81 each from the state before com
mencing operations.
Seventy million bushels is the first
estimate of the grain crop of Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon, as made
by X. j. Lord, representative Of a
Spokane milling company, who has
just returned after visit to the
principal grain growing sections.
Dick Donovan, head of the labor de-
partment in the state farm markets
shortage on the farms in Idaho by
| mobilizing the vagrnnts and making
them go to work, either of their own
volition or under the direction Of the
civil officers.
| Arron B. Lucas, an 1S-year-old New
Meadows boy. who has just been ac-
cepted for naval service, comes Of a
| fighting lineage that reaches back to
Revolutionary days. Young Lucas
father is the only one of his progeni-
| tors who has not seen actual warfare
under the flag.
| The Shoshone County Power COM
pany has asked permission Of the pub
| lie utilities commission to extend it's
transmission lines from Wallace to
Murray, where 1t wishes to furnish
| current for 10 miles Of placer mining
claims owned by the Yukon Gold com
pany on Prichard creek.
The extension department has re-
Gently completed a survey of the al
| falfa seed situation in southern Idaho.
The acreage is far below normal, the
report says. In Twin Falls county
the alfalfa and clover seed acreage
this season is but 5000 acres; last
season it was 10000 acres.
All Of the agencies of the Earl
Fruit company In Idaho. Oregon
Washington and California have been
notified from the head office of the
corporation that the American Red
Cross society is to be allowed free
use of all of the company's ware
houses and packing houses during the
present fruit season.
| Heavy wheat losses are being suf-
| fered in southern Idaho as a result OF
| the rav8geS of the warrior" grass