The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13


members.
Twenty young women of Ogden have
signed tho membership role vi the
brass band being organized.
A number of farmers of Fairview
and vicinity have been busy Of late
vaccinating cattle for blackleg.
Fifteen young men of Malad enlisted
Tor service in the navy one day last
week, and started Immediately for the
recruiting station.
Shipping hay into the Salmon river
country is heavy tax on the owner
of cattle, hay ranging in price from
$50 to s35 per ton laid down.
A telegram sent to President VIII
son from Moscow pledged the Univer-
sty of Idaho cadet battalion to ma
tional loyalty and an offer of service.
The state land board has made ar
rangements to collect as rapidly as
possible 100000 in interest now out
standing on loans from permanent
school funds.
Blaine county had an assessed prop
erty valuation OF $9.779, ,3s7.O1 before
it was divided. The division of the
county will give Camas property
valuation estimated at $2,500000
The oldest living man on the Sal
mon river says he has never seen a
winter like this. So unusual has been
the needs for fodder to sustain life
that ranchers have had to send out
for grain.
1t has been learned that the woman
who jumped from the roof of build
ing in Salt Lake City, being instantly
killed. was Mrs. Anna c. Bardson of
Buhl She was undoubtedly temper
} arily insane
J. Fl. Gipson, chairman of the Navy
league for Idaho, enlisted five re-
cruits Sunday, bringing the total for
the week up to nine, which is sconsid
cred an excellent record for city the
size OF Caldwell.
One day last week about thirty-fve
; men and thirty teams got busy at an
early hour. and throughout the day
graded and put into shape a portion
= of the highway leading through town
from Star to Caldwell.
-sl1 April was Patriotic day in Shelley.
: The public buildings and business
blocks were all decorated with flags
: and bunting and nearly every person
:, demonstrated their loyalty by wearing
= the national colors or the flag.
There is little likelihood that the
state will sell its 10000 acres of land
in the Gem Irrigation district in Owy-
: hee county to the district before late
in the summer, Secretary of State
Dougherty announced last week.
There are eleven new store build
ings and garages now under way at
Emmett and about fifteen residences.
. In all there will be over 100 new res
licences to go up. 1t is estimated that
these operations will cost s250000
= Appeal has been made to the gov
!, ernor by representatives of the cream
:, cry interests to use the resources of
the state to relieve the serious condi-
: tion that exists in the dairy and stock
:, industry of Idaho owing to the short
:, age of hay and feed
The state now gets revenues from
f licenses, fees. etc, amounting to ap
= proximately $4,000 year. 1t costs
but about s1,250,000 for the actual
: running expenses of the state govern
q ment, for salaries, expenses, etc. in
the several executive departments.
4 The mystery attending the disap-
pearance from Eagle last week of Mrs.
i. Lloyd Hunt has not been cleared up.
Efforts put forth by the husband and
!. by the authorities at Boise to definite
n ly locate the missing wife and mother
of four little children have been re-
;, sultless
q The action of the last legislature in
creating the counties of Selway, Pay
cite, Butte, Camas and Valley gives
Idaho five new political divisions
having a combined property valua-
: ton of approximately s30,000,000, and
brings the number of counties in the
| state up to forty-two.
Many inquiries are being made as
. to the status of homesteader who
y enllsts in any branch of the military
q service and whether his claim might
v be contested during his absence on
the army during war are immune from
: contest during their absence
! In line with a movement that has
been started by women's clubs of Og
+ den, James H. Riley, president Of the
a city board of education, has declared
that he will favor bond issue OF 5000,
v 600 to improve the school buildings ol
r the city.
8 According to the report of the Unit
r ed States forest service, issued from
s the office at Ogden, grazing ON the
f national forests will be provided this
d year for $685. 900 more sheep and II,
600 more cattle than were cared fol
last year.
Alvin Heaton. convicted of murder
9 when he was I6 years of age and sen
3 fenced to serve the remainder OF his
6 natural life behind the walls OF the
= Utah state prison, left the prison Sun