Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-07-12
IN THE GEM STATE

Inc prisoners al tue lIdEp pehtl'H-
tiary subscribed $31 to the state Red |
Cross fund
Fred Davis Of Middleton, while out
shooting frogs, had the misfortune TO
send a bullet through one Of his fin
gers.
Senator Borah is Tor ''bone-dry" leg
lslation at this session notwithstanding
the position taken by President VIII
son. says "A Washington dispatch.
After SO had joined the church and
$4,000 had been raised for local and
foreign work the camp meeting Of the
Seventh-day Adventists closed at Boise.
After combing Ada county 10 learn
if there We're any slackers among the
citizens, the police arrested j. i. Adj
ans. barber Of Boise, who was later
released.
Notwithstanding the high price Of
fered for hay harvest help, real
shortage Of sufficient men to take care
Of the crop is being experienced in the
Star section.
The state highway department last
VEIN pun litl-'N l''A N'a''N
plant to be used in surfacing y miles
If the Yellowstone park highway north
IF POcatello.
DR.. L. O. Sisson, for four years head
of the state educational department,
has retired from the service of the
state in favor of DR.. Enoch a. Bryan
Of Pullman. Wash.
Assurances were given last week by
officers of the Caldwell Traction COM
pany that its present line 10 Mcneil
station will be extended to tap the
Snake River valley.
The highways through Bear Lake
are in good shape. The grading was
nearly all completed last year and this
season many drags have been at work
keeping them smooth.
The Idaho pioneers who came to
the state prior to 1890 held reunion
and were entertained by Boise on July
4, from u to 2 p. m. in the west part
Of the capitol grounGs.
The town of Gooding already has
contributed ~ men for service in one
or another of the governments figi.r-
ing corps. but it is still one of the
best recruiting centers in the state
Lloyd Haiden of Caldwell was cut
and bruised when the automobile II
which he was riding crashed into {
horse, near Middleton. A young won
an riding on the horse was slightly in
jured.
The number of entries for th'
Northwest Livestock show. to be hell
at Lewiston. November S to 10. inclu
sive. is far greater this year than a
the same time in 1916, according Il
r latest reports
Cutworms. poor seed. Ny weather
the neighbors' hens and other vermi
/ have made bad gaps in many gardens
and seriously dampened the ardor O
i many would-be prize gardeners /
. some sections of the state.
= After having spent the day worhn
: in the hay field. Erastus Willial
f Eames. former widely known resider
of Caldwell. expireo unexpectedly {
n his homestead near Melba. He ha
!, retired seemingly in usual good healt
T. In Twin Falls county one mile {
. good roads has been completed as Il
d result of the efforts on the part {
n farmers who pledged money and d
q mated labor to carry out the wor
l. Money and labor have been pledged Il
q two additional miles.
President Wilson and the Unite
States senate were asked to suppo
the food control bill, with the beer al
+ wine clause retained. in a telegra
It sent from Twin Falls by members
al the Methodist church. More than 8
~ members voted unanimously to sci
u the message to Washington.
Finding that argument is not brir
ing forth a full weight. siXteen-oun
loaf of bread. Pure Food Commissio
er J. X. White has at last resorted
prosecutions of bakers. Nine of the
have been arrested in the city of Ida
Falls. charged with selling sho
weight bread that is not labeled.
An agreement 20 sell to the COVER
ment at eight cents pound one-six
of their output for July was made
the seven largest lead producing mir
OF the Occur d'AlcneS ut Il meeting
Kellogg. called by Harry l.. Day
the national council Of defense. II
will amount to about 1000 tons.
The supreme court of this state h
been called upon to determine whetl
or not county superintendent
: schools in Idaho can be ousted from
3 fee by being disqualified for not havi
N taught school or for failure To ha
s either teachers certificate. n cert
Is cate for eight years or a life certiiica
s Fear of violence on the part of G
man sympathizerS las resulted in
s. Farmers Protective Irrigation assoc
n ton petitioning the attorney general
S. use his influence To have the govern
81 Issue Il proclamation. serving notice
s all parties To keep away from hei
IS gates and dams of irrigation probe,
81 Three small steam roads and I
N electric lines We're granted pcrmSS
q 10y the public utilities commission
increase their freight rates on Id;
intrastate shipments 10 per cent l.
week. The commission in the 81