The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-12-13
In THE GEM STATE

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Detailed information viii shortly be
issued regarding the discharge Of
clerks of draft boards, the adjutant
generals office has notified draft
boards Of the state.
Boise automobile dealers are unani-
nous in declaring that there VIII be no
early drop in the prices of autos. They
| expect prices to stay at present levels
ut least during the season of 1919.
| Gilbert stuve. an Idaho pioneer, met
with an accident at the Astoria ship
| yards that caused his death. The body
Was brought TO New Plymouth for
burial
/ Blanche Lovelace, former Boise
! girl, sailed from Boston, November %,
| for France with an ambulance unit of
the Red Cross. Miss Lovelace will be
stationed in and about Paris.
| Food Administrator Bicknell has
reached the conclusion that in selling
bread at II cents wholesale, in view
OF the amount of their output. the
bakers are not taking an eXorbitant
profit.
Members Of the Canyon county farm
bureau viii hold their annual meeting
December IA. This is the last day of
the membership campaign, and will be
rally day, to gather in tagging pros
poets.
Since the government ban on build
ing has been lifted Nampa residents
have started or are about to start
building 81 new residences, represent
| ing an average cost of a little more
than $3.50 each or IA total of S63,500.
Irwin Hoyelman, under sentence Of
from / to Is years for burglary, es-
capped while working as d tFusty near
4 the state prison. He had been work
ing with group Of prisoners under
/ guard when he slipped into the brush
and made his escape
After having been wounded July Is,
and being confined to the hospital for
a long period, Sergt Walter Steineck
died in France November 10 Of pneu-
monia contracted from Spanish in
/ fluenza, according to news received
last week at Boise by his mother.
In preparation for the return of
members of the Boise company of the
Idaho guard who have seen duty over
seas, the members of the Idaho guard
company have again taken up fnten-
sive drill work in order to stage a
4 proper welcome when the boys come
/ back.
e. f. Crawford, former county COM
| missioner, challenges any other Sec
ton Of the country to equal the returns
from his fourteen acres of land on
the mesa a few miles from Boise-the
| sum of S4271.79 This tract was plant
/ ed to clover seed.
For the purpose of acquiring prop
erty for the benefit, care and welfare
of retired ministers and their families,
| a benevolent corporation to be known
as the Conference Claimants Endow-
ment Commission of the Idaho con-
| ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church has been organized with head
quarters at Boise.
Mrs. Frances z. Brewer of New
York is in Idaho to acquaint the
women of the state with the impor-
lance of Idaho ratifying the federal
suffrage amendment which all suffrage
factions believe will pass before Janu-
airy 1, and of its Importance to the
International suffrage movement.
On the publication in Occur
d'Alene paper of list of 135 individ-
uals who claimed exemption from Sc
lective service because they were not
citizens of the United States, one big
business firm announced that all such
men would be discharged Immediately
from the employment Of the company.
One hundred and lightweight Jobs,
ranging from $65 to $333.33 per month,
viii be distributed by the Republican
state administration between now and
january 6, when it takes up the reins
of the state government. No changes
win probably be made in the 80 other
of ne 224 state jobs, as the depart
merit heads over these employees have
either been reelected or will hold over.
The Gooding schools will probably
not be opened before December 8
Frank Jaynes, an employee in the
Waiser elevator, suffered liberation of
his right hand while working with
the sacking and grinding machine.
Right Rev. James Bowen Funston,
first Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Idaho, died suddenly at his, home in
Boise at 1 o'clock Monday morning,
December 2.
Robert E. Helm and R. J. Hillman,
Rupert boys, have made the supreme
sacrifice in France, news having been
received last week of their having been
killed in action.
Republicans elected 30 senators and
45 representatives to the legislature at
the general election November 5, ac-
cording to official returns at the office
of the secretary of state.
Settlers who have farmed 10000
acres in the Era and Arco tracts of
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