The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
THE GEM STATE

reckless autoists by enforcing the traf-
fic ordinance to the letter.
The Ohioans Of the Payette valley
have organized an Ohio society, and
the first annual meeting will be Sat
urday, October 10, at Payette.
A new automobile street flusher has
just been received at Idaho Falls and
placed in commission 1t will take
the place Of four horse-drawn sprink-
lers.
D. w. Hart, while working on an
electric power line at Idaho Falls, hit
live wire with his hand and fell to
the ground, distance of about thirty
feet, death resulting few hours later
Hay and grain crops throughout the
Midvale and Salmon river sections are
In excellent condition, excepting for a
drought to the dry farm grain and a
slight frosting Of cereals in irrigated
sections.
Cross organizations within the juris-
diction of the Twin Falls county chap
ter were in attendance at the home
service institute which opened a three
days session at Twin Falls on Sep
tember 16
Idaho has a shortage of 1924, 1851
In the various endowment funds OF
the state, according to a report just
filed with the governor by Clarence
Van Deusen, state auditor. The re-
port covers the period from 1885 to
June 80, 1918.
Dick Donovan, assistant director Of
the Idaho farm markets bureau, has
gone to Washington, where he will at
tend conference of directors of the
United States boys working reserves
to be held there during the last two
weeks of September.
From the reports Of housewives
some of the dealers have already
quoted the advanced price on sugar.
The new ruling put a tariff of $1.5O on
every 100 pounds of sugar on Septem-
Der 8, whether it had been ordered
previous to that time or not.
The registration at Weiser resulted
in the listing of about 1850 men, few
of whom are in the 18th year class.
This comparative shortage Is due to
the fact. that the young lads in the
larger communities have been almost
cleaned out by enlistments long ago.
Some of the American gunners in re-
cent fighting in France experienced
difficulty in keeping their guns within
range of the Germans, according to
word received from John H. Sinema of
Twin Falls, who said the Germans re-
treated SO rapidly it was hard to get a
shot at them.
That Boise has had material in
crease in her population recently Is
plainly told by the enrolment in the
public schools. The grades showed an
increase of exactly 200 pupils over last
year. while the high school, with so
man boys gone to war, shows only 16
less than last year.
Falling from fOotbridge across the
Portneuf river the 2-year-old son OF
Mr. and Mrs e. j. DOlbeer of Pebble
was drowned. The accident occurred
| at II o'clock and it was not until night
! that the body of the baby was found
about 100 feet from the bride, after
the river had been dragged for hours.
The Gooding County Council OF De
fense expects to organize the school
children of the county into chorus.
A thousand copies of song book
have been ordered and these will be
distributed throughout the county and
the teacher of each school requested
to drill her pupils especially on these
songs.
1t has been the custom of the beet
| raisers of the Idaho Falls section to
allow the beet tops to lie on the
lowing spring, but this is now to be
| changed. 1t is claimed that there are
about four tons of tops on each acre
of beets, which are worth $40 per ton
to feed cattle.
| meeting of the regional commit
| tee of the national war service com
mission of the Presbyterian church for
the district of southern Idaho, Utah
and Montana, was held at Pocatello
last week and scheduled outlined for
the holding of numerous meetings
throughout this district during the
| thirty-day period beginning November
10 and ending December 10.
The University of Idaho, at Moscow
will be greatly improved and work
will be pushed with all speed. Last
week the state board of examiners
voted $4,000 to be expended on the
big state institution, and the ednca-
tional directors were authorized &c
Immediately arrange to expend this
sum of money in preparing the uni
| versity for the training of young mer
for Uncle Sans army.
Charles s. Hamlin, chairman of the
capital issues committee, has sent 8
communication addressed to all public
utilities commissions and all munici
pal officials, with reference to expen
dlture of money for improvements