Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-14
In THE GEM STATE

ing run on a six-day schedule. Ninety
per cent of the patrons voted in favor
of the plan.
School is being held Saturdays a,
Hazelton, that the spring closing may
be early enough for the older boys TO
help put in crops.
S. j. Hindman of Boise, for three
years chief clerk in the state highway
department, has been named private
secretary to Senator John f. Nugent.
The records of the Canyon county
local exemption board show that there
were but six alien enemies of draft
age in the county last June, when reg
istrations were made.
A carload of yearling elk from Gard
ner, Wyo., were received at Pocatello
last week for turning out on the game
preserve near Pocatello. There were
twenty-five animals in the lot.
| William Gilman was adjudged in
sane and ordered committed to the
state institution ut Blackfoot, follow
ing violent attack that he made upon
members of his family at Boise.
Senator b. A. Cummings of Bannock
county comes forth with the startling
proposal that in the event the special
session of the legislature is called all
members donate their services for the
emergency session.
| More farm loans were paid back to
the state in 1917 than were made, &C
cording to statement on securities in
| the several endowment funds filed by
| John w. Egleson, state treasurer, with
Governor Alexander.
Congressman Smith and French have
assurances from Director of Railroads
McAdoo that refrigerator cars will be
| supplied for shipment of potatoes from
| eastern Idaho, of which it is estimated
there are about 1000 carloads.
| Refrigerator cars will be sent to
| Idaho at an early date to move pota-
toes and apples out of this state, ac-
! cording to a promise given the state
| farm markets bureau by Herbert
Hoover, national food administrator.
Because of shortage in good wheat,
oats, barley and corn in Ada county,
| o. 2. Henderson,, secretary of the in
creased production committee, is urg-
ing the farmers in this section of the
state to purchase their seed at once.
|
week at which Messrs. Jones and
Brock, representing the food admin
istration and the department of agri-
culture took up with the farmers the
need for planting an increased acreage
of sugar beets.
Bonneville county's smileage book
campaign was closed in less than one
hour, though week had been given in
which TO dispose of the books. High
school boys were lined up and the city
divided into districts and a whirlwind
ampaign made.
The state land board has fixed the
1918 maintenance charges on the King
Hill project at 81 an acre. A like
charge was made last year. The land
board acted in the matter because the
federal government has not taken the
project over yet.
Men of military age who have mar
ried in good faith since war was de-
clared are to be exempted from service
with the colors in the event they put
forth a dependency claim, according to
ruling given Adjutant General Moody
by Provost Marshal General Crowder'
"When the nation is at war, no mans
time is his own. 1t belongs to the gov,
eminent" With this statement the
Idaho state council of defense has ap-
pealed to the people of the state to
see that the loafers and idlers, rich as
well as poor, be put to some useful
employment.
Ray A. Elliott and Joe B. Elliott
brothers, who i've on Big creek, thirty
miles below Johannesburg, were in Cas-
cade last week to be examined for the
draft. They started from their home
on the 25th of January and Travelled
on snowshoes for six days, coming BY
the way of Warren.
A civil process cannot Issue agains
any man now in the service of the fed
eral government, Attorney Genera
Walters advised the state land boart
when it discussed means Of foreclos
ing a mortgage held by the state al
security for loan made to an Adams
county citizen who Is now In the army
Members of the Boise city exemption
. board have been confirmed in thei
. opinion that the capital city will no
/. have to supply any soldiers on the mex
all, on account of the number OF vol
=. unteers with which Boise will be cred
tied.
G. o. Broxon, manager Of the state
Insurance fund provided for in til
workmens compensation act, ha
asked the state land board to sell hir
$4,000 worth of farm mortgages. III
, explained in a letter to the board tina
since the law compelled him to inves
the funds at his command, he wante
IDAHO securities.
Chairman Pomeroy of the Pocatell
exemption board has given out lis
of several hundred registrants, who's
, questIonnaires have been returned b
| the postoffice authorities, because Q
l inability to find the men at the &C
: dresses given. Many of the names /
the list appear to be those of fol
eigners.