The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-04-19
In THE GEM STATE

asked the nation for more than 10000
soldiers.
Idaho viii be asked to furnish GO4
men in the April draft. according to
figures compiled at the adjntaBts gen
erals Office.
Emmett last season shipped 80 ears
Of peaches. This year the district viii
not ship more than 20 cars if estimates
Of damage By recent cold weather i
correct
Thirry-seven county chairmen and
representatives of the forty-one cOun.
ties Of Idaho met in conference at
Boise last week to discuss food situa.
tions and problems
A total Of S5G53.34 was turned over
to the Caldwell Red Cross chapter last |
week by the chairman Of the financial I
committee Of the auction sale held for /
Red Cross benefit March 20.
Six Homedale boys, five Of whom are |
not p years Of age, joined the colors |
In Boise one day last week. Homedale. !
proud of its sons, sent delegation Of
Al people to Boise with the young
men,
Beans. potatoes and other products
specified as substitutes heretofore. viii
not be recognized as such in the fu-
| ture, according to telegram sent to
| all county chairnen by r. +. BickneIl,
federal food administrator for Idaho.
1t is said the farmers of Smiths
| Prairie section are blowing, but that
| the price of seed wheat is 50 steep that
! they may not be able to plant. 1t costs
| S5.25 per hundred pounds by the time
| it reaches the farmer in that section
The high school teachers who last
| week attended the meeting Of the In
| land Empire Teachers association. ut
| Spokane, report highly interesting
and profitable session. Idaho was well
represented in attendance and on the
| program.
James +. Murray, prominent contrar-
tor, tried to commit suicide at Poca-
| telio by Slashing his throat three times
with a razor. He has good chances for
recovery. I'll health and brooding over
the death of his wife two years ago
| icN as9 TIE Ntbt.
AT Red Cross auction sale held at
Ashton, one-half dozen pure-bred white
Leghorn hens brought Sl5IS. They were
sold many times, ranging in price from
$40 to $50. After the chickens were
sold, single feathers were sold at SIC
each. An egg was found in the COOP
aud it brought SIS more.
J. NJ. Neil and Charles Orr have
disposed of their herd of more thar
1900 head of cattle in Owyhee count,
to Herbert Temp of Boise. accordin;
to. reports from Oreana, their head
quarters. April 10 was the date set TO
delivery of The stock and the transac
ton involves nearly 100000.
Because of the belief that every dol
lar Idaho has TO spare should 90 TO
ward the winning of the war espe
ciaily in view of the terrific battle,
that are waging on the western from
in France, the state board of eXami
ners in this state has put the lid dow
tight ON public improvements. .-
Plans for the organization of ;
baseball league comprising POcatelio
Biackfoot- Lava Hot Springs anC
American Falls, We're perfected at ;
meeting held ut Pocatello last week
Pocatello will have two clubs. ont
representing the Elks and the othel
the Oregon Short Line railway.
E. Hofsted, an attorney, who wa.
convicted of seditious utterances ant
actions mt Moscow. and served tire,
months in Jail for the offense, has beer
retained to represent the l. w. W. il
their fight before Spokane courts. Hof
sted is BOw facing iiSharment proceed
! ings before the Idaho supreme court.
c. b. Smith, chief of the states re
lation service at Washington, has aske,
that II. w. Hochbaum. director
. county agricultural agents in Idaho
: spend two weeks this month AT the ma
i tional capital. Smith wants the Idah,
! man to assist the federal government
! in organizing county farm bureaus il
| other states.
{ Some firebug, presumably with tn,
intention of cutting off the water sup
, ply for the King Hill project. set fir,
TO the ~big flume" on the ditch. Elk
cept for an early discovery of tn
blaze the entire flume might have beer
, destroyed, which would have resulte,
in destruction OF all the King Hill
crops fms season.
AT the annual meeting of the Utai
, Press association held at Salt Lake
! April s and 8, James H. Wallis. former
state dairy, food and sanitary commits
sioner, was elected president of til,
association. Mr.. Wallis has published
papers at Paris, Rexburg and Preston
and is one of the best known news
paper men in Idaho He is now pub
lisning the Nernal, Utah, Express.
Canyon county farmers win raise
500 acres more wheat this year than
last, according to an estimate based
upon a survey of feed. seed. livestock
: and labor conditions by the farm bu
reau.
A man Sof1 70 ba T. rar,,arta,.