The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-13

Mr.. n Mrs. Guy Remington were
Boise visitors yesterday.
j. ]. Caldwell was In Boise yester-
day.
Fred Fenton made a short business
trip TO Boise Thursday,
o. y. Henderson, was d Meridian
visitor Thursday.
Born, April 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs,
Clarence Ayers, residing 5 miles east
OF Eagle, q boy.
Born, April 9th. 10 Mr.. and Mrs,
Guy Shook, residing , miles south
west of Meridian, q Dos,
Frank Gray, who resides southwest
OF town, Is seriously III with pneu-
monia.
Guy Mcintosh, of Bliss. is here for
i visit with HIS father, j. q. Mcintosh
our popular candy merchant.
Several Boise friends surprised Mrs.
Otis Rife Tuesday evening. The aft
fair was a surprise party, in honor Of
her birthday,
John Record, Residing rear the
Victory school, met with an accident
this week. having his collar hone
broken Thursday. a doctor was cal
lied.
ID. l. Bailey, Of Caldwell. is Wis
iting his brother, L. III. Bailey. D.L.
49, $1,000 t.f. ~ :. gxr a. tant n,a.l l
with his wife VIII leave soon for
Portland 10 make their home.
Mrs. Don Yost is expected to arrive
ia a few days from Salt Lake where
she was called by the death of her
mother, Mrs. Sims. Mr., and Mrs.
Yost viii spend the summer with Mr..
and Mrs. w. NJ. Yost, near Meridian.
The lawson wireless station be-
tween Meridian and Kuna is being
dismantled. MIR. Rawson has offer
ed his services 10 the government as
a radio operator and Will probably
be assigned to work In the east. The
has ordered the closing
up OF all private wireless stations.
The new parkin hall will he opened
with Il grand ball next Thursday
night, April 10th. Music an enter
tainment will be furnished by the
Sampson Music Co. OF Boise. Every
body Ii invited and there will be no
charge at the door, A reasonable
price II you dance.
Only one dredge machine Is at work
In the vicinity of Meridian this week
and the big contract TO drain the
lands of this vicinity is practically
100 per cent finished. Three days
will finish up the Five Mile drain,
just north of town. and the work Will
stop In the Bailey field, Just across
the state highway.
The children in one II the grades
of the Meridian school evidenced
their dislike for the German emper-
or this week by T,erforating his pic;-
ure, found In their Biographies. with
pin holes. They did not wish 10 tear
out d page of the school book so took
this method of paying respects 10
their country's enemy.
Willis Harrell, of Emmett, came
over this week aud negotiated a deal
for the purchase OF the Brewer bar
Der shop, The deal was not closed.
however, and later in the week Mr..
Brewer decided to continue the BUSH
ness. and all negotiations were de-
clared off.
Efforts OF the water users associ-
alton TO levy and collect an assess
ment OF loo an acre from all lands
receiving government water for en-
penditure in waging a fight for lower
water right costs are to encounter a
obstacle in the Nnmpa-Mer-
|idian district, as viii be seen by their |
resolution. published ms 4 legal not
ice in another column OF this paper.
There is something new under the
asun"--seed tape, which was used
some last year. and is on the market
lin quantities this year. There is the
prediction made that IL will take the
8place of the old-fashioned article
sold in bulk or packet. The tape
CONTAINS the seed the right distance
Rpart for growing and It will save
2the waste OF the old method. Wick
&ers-Sims Hardware Co. in Meridian
have d nice assortment OF tape seed
az 10c a package. See the aid on the
9TH page OF the Times OF the Packro
Seedtape.
W. w. Groves. formerly in business
N Meridian, but later a resident of
Sampa, has moved with the family
o a ranch between Nampa and Mer-
dian. and intends to help reduce the
Ugh cost OF living by raising a big
|ot of grain this year,
Sugar is being stored by the pru-
pent housewife. In the Meridian
market sugar is retailing at $a,40 a
kack. There was an advance of 81
turing the past week and as one
merchant says 1T Will 20 up befor,
I win go down"
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