The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
IDAHO BUDGET

Mrs. 5. L. Kennedy, for IL years
resident of Nampa died last week at
the age of 76 years Of Brights dis
ease
Sheepmen in is south Idaho counties
under an order issued by Or. III. G.
Bodle, state veterinarian.
Boise experienced an early frost Au-
gust 20, when the thermometer drop
ped below freezing point. Slight
damage was done the tenderer truck
gardens.
The public utilities commission will
go to MaCkay September 13 to hear the
application of the Mackay Telephone
company for permission to increase Its
rates for rural telephone service.
Tonney Wake, Of Burley who has
been serving with the artillery divi-
sion in France, has returned home for
a short visit with relatives and friends.
He has returned as an instructor and
will be stationed in North Carolina.
Cordelia Foote, widow of the late
Samuel S. Foote of Caldwell, filed a
in the Canyon county probate court
Monday. The probable value Of the
property of the well known Middleton
man was set at S25,00O.
Prisoners at the penitentiary, 35 or
more, all either l. w. WIS or I. w. w.
sympathizers, are in solitary confin-
ment in their cells, denied the use of
the corridors and are placed on a
bread and water diet, because of dis
turbances made by them.
The women are to be asked to
bring the citizens of Valley county to
realization of their duty in the mat
ter of War Savings Stamps. The
apportionment Of Valley county is S54,-
600 and the women will be asked to
take entries charge Of seeing that this
sum is subscribed.
Orders for more than 100 cars of
hay have been received by the state
! farm markets bureau at Boise for dis
tribution among ranchers of the state
who have hay to market Thirty cars
are wanted at once for shipment of
north Idaho, and 100 more are wanted
for shipment to various places begin
ming October.
Farmers Of Canyon county who are
OF blackleg among thc'y cattle have
been requested to casrea4 the Canyon
county farm bureau orme at Caldwell,
and II. H. Musser, agricultural agent,
will arrange to have the animals vaci-
mated. Efforts are being made to put
stop to the epidemic
Caldwell public schools and the
Caldwell high school will start the
schOo year Monday, September 16. The
Caldwell high school faculty has been
completed and announced. H. II. Cliff
ford is superintendent d. Nj. Sharer.
formerly head Of the Boise high school
pnysical department, is principal of the
Caldwell high school.
The moving of the grain crops from
Minidoka, Twin Falls and Cassia coun-
ties is assured by the orders received
by the local freight offices to hold in
the yards all cars fit for carrying
grain. Other cars, not adapted for
grain carrying purposes, are ordered
to the Pacific coast to be used in the
lumber freighting Of the government.
Motive power has also been arranged.
Wheat tAreshing is starting in earn
est in Gooding and the surrounding
country. Deliveries of more than 2OOO
bushels per day are being made at the
elevator. 1t Is estimated that there
t. ~
small grain on the Gooding tract this
season. The wheat will average prob
ably 40 bushels to the acre and yields
of 70 bushels per acre are being re-
!, ported from some sections.
The report Of the results OF the work
of the Junior membership Of the Red
Cross for Idaho for the school year
ending June 1, 1913, has been received
by Miss Ethel u. Redfield, state super.
intendent of public instruction, from
Robert M. Garrett, director of junior
membership, northwestern division
American Red Cross, Seattle. The re
port is accompanied by a letter of con
graduation upon the splendid showing
made, which is evident when 1t Is
known that the work was not organ
lied on anything like a soliu basis until
the first Of February.
All Idaho is interested In the pro
posal to open up coal mine in Teton
: county and in the tapping Of the dis
trict with branch OF the Oregon
Short Line in order to put the coal
on the market. Fuel Administrator
Frank r. Gooding, the railway officials
and the federal authorities have beer
cooperating in this undertaking and
there is every prospect now that il
will be carried to a successful issue
in short order.
Harold G. NewmanS financial secre
: tary of the Pocatello Y. Nj. c. A., will
leave the latter part Of the month tt
enter the Y. NJ. G. A. work in Ander
son, Ind. Besides being financial sec
retary of the local Y. M. G. A., Mr.
Newman was also boys secretary He
has been In the west for more thar