The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-02-08
IN THE GEM STATE

ect VIII De eOlu ABOUT the middle OF
March.
The sum Of $67.97 was realized this
year from the sale of Red Cross seals
in Jerome.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Buhl are
haling large quantities of alfalfa hay
and shipping it to southern points.
More than 100 people. in the vicinity
of Filler have made income tax returns
to the deputy collector who has been
stationed there.
A company composed Of farmers
east Of Rupert have Incorporated and
will build an electric light and power
line for their own use.
1t is estimated by the state farm
markets bureau that 100000 tons OF
hay were cut In Idaho last season from
The body Of Murdo Neal Stewart,
the young man who was found dead
on the railroad right of way at Poca-
tello, was shipped to his home at
Carey.
The late Senator Brady's estate is
valued at approximately $2,OOO,OOO, ac-
cording to Q. e. Cannon one of the
recently appointed secretaries Of the
senator
John Mcdonald, the Boise boy who
had his leg broken in two places and
received minor injuries In troop
train wreck in Texas last fall, Is now
out on crutches.
Ten teams are at work on the road
near the E. E. Gibbens' place near
Lake Crowell. The graveled highway,
which extends three miles from Cald-
we'll, Is to be finished to the lake.
The fruit men around Collister are
beginning the pruning Of their or
chards DR.. Collister has uprooted all
his pear and apple orchard and will
sow the land to alfalfa this spring.
According to tabulated figures Mini
doka led all counties in the state in
the last Liberty Loan drive. The re-
port shows that Minidoka county
placed $1O5, 900 in bonds with 1854 peo-
pie.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Nampa Farmers Society
of Equity was held at Nampa last
week, with special sessions for fruit
growers, seedgrowers and hay ship
pers.
In the Twin Falls district the farm.
ers get three big cuttings of alfalfa
and the yields there run from four tc
five tons an acre, and they have beer
known to go as high as seven ant
eight.
: 1t seems that Idaho Is importing
: school teachers. Miss Anna ScanzoI
Of Everett, Wash, and Miss Nettie
} ConneH of Bellinghnm, WASH, arrived
last week to take up work in the city
schools at Boise.
A. w. Wdfr, a rancher near HALEY
had an exciting encounter with rabid
coyote recently. The animal attacked
the dogs at the War; ranch and at
tackled Mr.. War; when he went to their
, rescue with shotgun.
Enforcement In Idaho OF the order
against boarding of -four has been Ell
joined on r. f. Bicknell, food admin
istrator for this state, by Herber
Hoover, nation food administrator Il
was announced last week.
+. A. Freeland will be in Boise
from February IL to February 2S t.
advise citizens ON the making out O.
income tax returns. All single person!
; with an income of more than $1,000 pc
year and all married persons will
more than $1,000 must make returns.
J. X. Hood, postmaster at Fernwood
In Benewah county, has complained t.
the public utilities commission of tn
! Interstate Utilities company's action il
taking out all telephones in his town
He declared in letter to the commits
sion that not telephone remained II
the town.
I Potato growers, dealers and busines
interests of southeastern Idaho met a
4 Idaho Falls last week to offer protes
< to Food Administrator Hoover on tn
: action Of the national car service CON
s mission in ordering all refrigerato
e cars, regardless of ownership, out Q
9 Chicago delivered to lines In Wiscon
n sin, Minnesota and the Dakotas for pc
tatoes.
, The state agriculture college ha
o been advising the farmers for som
years to feed their alfalfa to livestoc
n with view to building up and er
n riching soils, and now the count
farm bureaus throughout Idaho al
lending their efforts, with the resu
that more and more farmers each yea
q are buying small fiocks of sheep {
4 some steers and making them ready Il
:, market.
! Twenty-seven Idaho counties no
: have, or will have. county agriculture
n agents in the near future. Exceptin
n Idaho, Adams. Owyhee, Butte and Gu
a ter counties, all counties south OF II
Y Salmon river have organized farm b.
a reauS.
Four stacks of hay belonging
Miguel Gabica. Spanish sheep owne
were burned two and One-half mile
4 south of the Nampa ferry on Snal
- river. AS the stacks were In diffe
a ent yards at least 1000 feet apart, it
= believed the fire was Of incendial
origin