The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-08-16
In THE GEM STATE

teeth.
The Kootenai county organization of
the Nonpartlsan league has filed fun
legislative ticket and practically a COM
piete county ticket for the primaries
TO be held September g..
Boise will have the Pantages road
shows for the season commencing
September /, running them Monday
and Tuesday of each week, providing
the railroad schedule can be arranged.
At recent meeting Of the Boise
Typographical Union a communication
was formulated and addressed to the
local newspapers denying that the or
ganization has entered state politics
Extensive preparations are being
made for the Minidoka county fair to
be held at Rupert September IS, 10 and
20. Committees have been appointed
and arrangements are being made for
amusement features.
The mayor of Caldwell has consent
ed to allow the fire bell to be rung
each day to announce to the citizens Of
Caldwell that the time set aside for
prayer for the American troops and
the allied forces is at hand.
1t has been discovered that several
years ago the part of the country
through Which the railroad is being
built to the Teton coal fields was
Withdrawn for a reservoir site, and
work has been stopped on the road
c. L. Wilder, druggist of Pocatello,
was drowned southwest of Blackfoot in
II inches of water. He was travelling
alone and in turning corner lost con-
troll of his car, which went over the
grade, Wilder being pinned underneath
the car.
Idaho will furnish 800 men In the
general draft call for the week begin
ming August %. This completes the
| $500 men which it was previously an
| nOunced would be indicted from this
state during the month of August. The
| men will entrain for Camp Lewis.
livestock sale will be held at the
state fair September 90 and 81.
| Already more than 100 head of pure
bred Herefords, Shorthorns, Holsteins
and Jerseys have been listed for the
September 26 sale. The hog and sheep
sale will be held the following day.
Gooding county assessors records
show that there are 1866 acres of
annual crops, such as wheat, oats, corn,
potatoes and beans, as compared with
5346 acres in 1917 There will be about
77,064 tons of alfalfa hay put up this
year as compared with 50,S04 tons in
1917.
Canyon county farm lands are valued
by the assessor at an average of $522
per acre, according to the recently com
pleted tax rolls. City property in tht
county reaches value of $1,641, III
and the total value of assessable rea
and personal holdings has increased tc
total of 81, 493,SS5.
Ada county has only 3645 acres of
waste Land with an assessed valuation
Of less than 81 per acre. There are
about 10000 acres of grazing land in
the county assessed at about 50 per
acre. Mineral and stone lands cOnsti-
tute 500 acres of the county and have
valuation of S20,035.
OF $50 school districts which have
been sold school bonds to the state
only 10 are in arrears on payments,
according to Il report made by John
w. EaglesOn, state treasurer, ut the
request Of the state land board. The
state holds 1889 bonds, representing an
investment of S2,551, 05S.02.
REORGANIZATION Of the 1000 men
called in the Idaho draft to prevent
sending to camp men not physically
fit for general military service was
! ordered last week by the provost mar
shall general as a result of the large
/ numbers of reflections which have been
made recently by camp physicians.
Congressman Smith and French, who
have been taking an active interest in
| trying to have the Boise barracks con-
verified into q reconstruction hospital,
at the request of the women's COM
mittee, Council of National Defense,
write that there is much hope of OBJ
| tanning this much desired institution.
Through the Idaho federal food adj
minlstratiOn office, the United States
administration explains the need for the
| reduction of sugar consumption in the
| United States from three pounds per
person each month, to two pounds, by
J pointing out the drain upon the United
States sugar stores to provide the
allies with necessary quantities.
Good rains from Washington coun-
ty northward and moderate terapera-
lures in all sections of the state dur
ing the past week have brought relief
temporarily at least, from heat and
drought. The rains came too late to
be Of much benefit to grain crops in
the northern counties.
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 fin
ishing.
Boise fire losses during July amount
ed to about $2S5, while during the