Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-08-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS

James ii. Hawley, former governor
is In the race against John +. Nugeni
for the short term Democratic senator
ial nomination.
Farmers In the Deer Flat country, a
section with a reputation for consdera-
BILE frost susceptibility, will harvest Il
fair crop of apples and other fall
fruits.
In Camas county about 80 per cent Of
the lamb crop has been shipped, and
they weighed up well Early beef
cattle are. being rounded up for fki-
fishing.
Boise fire losses during July amount
ed to about $3.50, while during the
same month of 1917, the Total loss,
according to fire station records was
! $41 ,345.
price of ) and cents has been
fixed by the threshermen of Canyon
county for threshing and a price of
4 and cents by the threshing men or
Ada county.
The 3-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Goodman of Murtaugh is dead
from the effects of a gunshot wound
inflicted by a neighbours boy VINO was
cleaning a rifle.
The wagon bridge spanning the
Snake river between Weiser and the
Oregon side was damaged to the ex-
tent of $1,000 or $500 by a fire. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Eighteen volunteers to the army left
Boise one day last week for Salt Lake.
This is the largest number of volun-
teers sent out in body so far. The
Is were divided into three squads.
J. G. DOnnely, who was arrested at
Weiser for selling cider carrying too
high a percentage of alcohol, was
bound over to the fall term of the dis
trict court at his preliminary hearing.
Combine harvesters are gaining IN
popularity in Canyon county. There
are % of the machines in the county
now that are in use. They are prac-
tically an experiment there on irrigat-
ed land.
Idaho farm bureau county organlza-
tions are rapidly approving the pro-
posed nationwide campaign for farm
bureau members which the United
States department of agriculture Is
planning for this fall.
Winter wheat is in excellent condi-
ton in the eastern and central cOun-
ties; the crop is just ripening in Ca
mas and Madison counties; harvest IS
in full swing in Latah and Nez Perez
counties where the crop is fair to
good.
Clinton Z. Norquest, meteorologist of
the Boise weather office has received
the first reports of heavy frost in
Idaho since the late spring freezes. The
report came from Cuprum in Adams
county, where the thermometer regis
tered 80 degrees on July 81.
At the invitation of the Ada Coun-
ty Council of Defense and the local
Salvation Army the organization of
the Boise lodge of Elks will be used
in raising the Salvation Army drive
quota of $1,000 for Ada county for the
Salvation Army war work in France.
w. Walter Lindsay. who was in the
aviation service, having had his ground
raining in California, from which
field he was transferred to the fields
1t Love, Tex, and who fell 800 feet
n one of his flights and escaped with
lis life. is visiting with his mother AT
Boise.
A suit which will determine the
liability of an employer to comply
With the workingmens compensation
let in carrying compensation insur-
nee for his employees has been insti-
uted before Judge Issac f. Smith ut
yeiser against Sam Criss. a Council
merchant.
Good rains from Washington cOun-
y northward and moderate tempera-
ures in all sections of the state dur
NJ the past week have brought relief
at least, from heat and
rought. The rains came too late to
e of much benefit to grain crops in
he northern counties.
Immediate construction of new
ing at the University of Idaho at
Ioscow. 40 by 100 feet, three full
tories and basement, for the accom-
of 250 soldiers whom the gov
rnment will detail there October 10.
announced by DIR. L. a. Bryan, state
of education
The police commissioner has refused
, reappoint Mrs. NJ. X. Shaver as
for Nampa. He gives as
is reason that the month just ended
as in the nature of an experiment
nd that in his opinion and In the
)inion of the council the results obtain
have not justified the added ex-
snse.
The Gooding chapter of the Parents
'sociation. made up of parents or
of boys in the service, mas
,cided to establish "A permanent rec
d for each OF the boys who enters
e service of Uncle sam during the
ar. The plan. includes a large print
form, which. when properly filled
will be filed with the county re-