The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-26
In THE GEM STATE


will gather in Boise February z, s and !
culture conyenes.
Boise was veritable convention
city last week, nine different conven
tons being held in the capitol city
during the week
The fourth annual convention oil
the Idaho Mining association was held
in Boise Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 16 and II.
In order to meet the needs of the
employees Of the Boise-Payette Lum,
her company, 100 new houses are to
be CONSTRUCTED at Emmett at once.
William A. Holzheimer, a former
resident OF Pocatello, Idaho, has been
appointed assistant district United
States attorney assigned to Ketchikan
Alaska.
F. v. Martin, who is well known
in Boise, is named as general district
manager of the Earl Fruit company
of the northwest, a new corporation
with $25O,00O capital
1t is claimed for the office of clerk
auditor-recorder of Canyon county
that it collected during 1916 a larger
percentage of fees above expenses OF
the office than any other in the state,
M. o. Wood, a pioneer of the Bull
country, has a copy of the New York
Herald published the day after the
death of President Lincoln, which he
will give to the Idaho Historical SC,
ciety.
Spirited bidding marked the sale
of the 100000 Washington county
highway bonds last week. Eighteen
bids were received and IA representa-
tives Of bond purchasing houses were
| present.
Stockgrowers from all over this
section we're in Boise on Wednesday
of last week for the annual meeting
of the Idaho Cattle & Horse Growers
association, some 300 delegates being
present.
During the week beginning March
| IL, a whirlwind campaign of six days
length will be conducted in Caldwell
and community in furtherance of the
half million dollar endowment cam
paign of the College of Idaho.
A Washington dispatch says Sen
ator James H. Brady of Idaho will be
come chairman of the senate com
mittee on military affairs two years
hence, if the Republicans gain contro
of the senate at the election Of 1918.
Police court in Bull was a bus.
place last week when inc Buhl me
were arrested and arraigned befor
the court on charges of gambling. TIL
first trial resulted in an acquittal an
the second brought hung jury. OIL
er trials are pending.
Percy Weaver, Boise boy, was Q
the cruiser Milwaukee, which wa
. wrecked, all on board being saved Fl
!. re-enlisted in the navy Inst Nover
Der and has been on the Milwaukee
since last summer in the capacity
,, master plumber and filter.
1t is the concensus Of opinion tn;
the Harvest festival at Nampa he
, come to stay, and there is every re-
son to believe that Nampa citizens fl
vor redoubled efforts to make til
! 1917 display and fair the finest an
most comprehensive ever staged i
the city.
Idaho Falls was without light 0
water Monday night of last week. Al
the streets and homes We're in dark
ness. An ice jam in the river abov,
the municipal plant shut off watel
supply and power. Hotels and al
public places were lighted will
candles.
Through the courtesy Of the agrI
cultural extension department Of the
University of Idaho, the women b
Boise are to have the privilege o.
hearing a lecture, illustrated by ster
eopticon slides, upon the subject o.
Planning Meals" by Miss Caroline
Hunt OF Washington, d. @.
Desirability of a workingmens com
pensation law in which the risks are
insured with authorized and accepted
insurance companies rather thar
through a state monopoly, v.as the
keynote of the discussions held Eur
ing the annual meeting of the Insur
ance Federation Of Idaho at Boise.
December was the third successive
month with temperature below nor
NAL, only more so, for twice onl,
since statewide records have beer
kept has the mean temperature TO
the month been lower, according Il
the summary by the meteorolcgis
of the Idaho section of the weathe
bureau at Boise.
The Second Idaho regiment, in de
mobilization camp at Boise, is il
mourning over the death of Captain
R. L. Shaw of company l OF Payett
from diabetes of long standing, ant
Private Tied" Sullivan of company A
Standpoint, former Portland boy, whC
died from pneumonia contracted afte
having measles.
Work is progressing in a very sat
isfactory manner on the new telephon
line from Pocatello to connect will