The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-13
In THE GEM STATE

W imam A1Cl1illdH 81 IDuEIeN has DeFl
appointed county director Of CONNER
cial economy for Cassla county by o.
o. Haga, state director of commercial
economy.
State headquarters for the coming
war fund campaign of the Y. NJ. C. A.,
the Y. w. g. A., the War Camp Com
munity activities and the American Ii
brary association, have been opened
at Boise.
At rabbit drive on the Schodde
farm near Burnley between 5000 and
5000 Of the pests were killed. The rab-
bit was becoming serious pest to the
farmers in this neighborhood, but is
being killed off in these drives.
III. w. Hochbaum, state leader of
county agents, has returned from a
three weeks trip through Kansas, Wyo-
ming and California, where he assist
ed in organizing county farm bureaus
along the plan now IN use in this
state.
This years Meridian prune crop al
though below normal viii be in the
neighborhOod of 30 carloads. The
quality of prunes is also below normal,
due to frosts which necessitates the
culling out of more than the usual
amount.
i. o. Miller, a farmer living south
of Caldwell on Sunny Slope, was ac-
cidentally killed by trap gun he had
| set for water melon stealers. In set
ting up the gun it was accidentally
discharged hitting him in the side of
and face.
| Mrs. George Stanger was instantly
killed at her home in Iona She was
milking a COW in TIE yard when team
hitched close by became frightened and
started to run. She got in front of them
! to stop them, and was knocked down
and trampled upon.
Word comes from France that an
| other Minidoka county boy has given
up his life in service. The young mans
name is Wesley c.. Predmore, of Ru-
! pert. He was educated in the public
| schools and was a we'll known and
| popular young man.
If sufficient numbers of 21-year-old
| registrants of the August "a class vol
unteer under the call for 700 men to
go to Camp Lewis. older men, upon
whom the harvest depends to a large
| extent, will be permitted to stay at
home for few weeks and take their
places in the army in later calls.
The recent primary, the fifth held
| in Idaho, resulted in sweeping vic
tory for the NOnpartisan league, which
nominated on the Democratic ticket it's
/ candidate for the short term in the
| United States senate, for congress from
the southern district, for governor and
] presumably all of its candidates for
state offices.
An automobile plunged to the bot
tom of the Snake river. when the
clutch failed to hold and the car
crashed into the HomedaIe ferry,
broke through the iron safety chain
and plunged into the river, bearing
with 1t two men, a woman and five
children. All We're rescued without suf-
! fering serious injury.
The following Idaho men have been
! commissioned second lieutenants at the
| field artillery central officers training
school at Camp Taylor, KY; Fred ].
Babcock, Occur d'Alene; Ambrose n.
Frederickson, Potlatch; Albert Hen
drick, nixon; Thomas ]. Maginnis.
Pocatello; Robert R. Miller, Wallace:
James S. McNair, Post Falls; George
A. Strong, Priest River.
A request for extradition papers for
James Parsons was issued last week
from the office of the governor upon
the governor of Nebraska, where tar-
sons is being held pending the arrival
of an officer to bring him back to
Pocatello. He is wanted on a charge
of. grand larceny
Reclamation of arid lands swamp
ands and cut-over and burned-over
lnds, to provide homes for American
soldiers when they return home. is one
of the vital problems now before the
federal government. Congressman
Smith of Idaho is urging a bin in con.
gress TO put the federal government
directly back of this great work
In order to let the Boise Y. w. G. A.
carry on its excellent work through its
free employment bureau f. H. Has
brouck head of the federal labor bur
eau for Idaho considers this and the
city employment bureau. as branches
of his own federal office and COM
plete report of all workers placed and
all requests for employment is made
TO him by each branch weekly.
Boys and girls of 10 and u years
of age are working on the farms in
southeastern Idahon says D. H. Hub
bard, who has returned from n 9O-day
trip appraising farm lands in that re-
gion for the federal loan bank Of
Spokane.
Real property and public utilities
in the state as valued by the state
board of equalization this year in
creased S1S,6OS, SOP over the valuation
for assessment purposes of S412, 265.-
pol found LAST year rha now fig,1ra ha