Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Time has been extended untfi August
81 in which to make returns on the
federal capital stock tax.
Range conditions are somewhat i'm
proved by the rains. and range stock
for the most part is doing well.
Ada county enjoys the distinction Of
being the first county in Idaho to APP
point woman to the office Of county
physician.
The body of Walter Clark. who was
drowned in the OxbOw three weeks
ago Friday, has been found in the
Payette river.
Rabbits are being poisoned near
! Caldwell. An ounce of strychnine
placed by the county agent, 1t IS assert
ed, killed 300 or 400 rabbits.
The state supreme court has adj
/ journed for the summer vacation, ana
viii not reconvene until the beginning
Of the Pocatello term, which viii be
September 8.
list Of soldiers who participated
In the Bannock Indian war of 1877 and
the Nez Perce war of 1878 is being pre-
/ pared for the information Of the pen
sion bureau of the federal government.
George Foley, age u, a former stu
dent at Boise, was drowned at Spokane
while fishing in the Spokane river
when log on which he was standing
suddenly rolled and threw him into
10 feet Of water.
In accordance with the instruction
of the state land board, 100000 worth
of state highway bonds, bearing Az
per cent interest, will be offered for
sale TO any responsible bonding COM
pany seeking to make such an invest
ment.
Edgar SkeffingtOn. son Of Nelson
Skeffington of the Crane district, was
drowned in the Crane creek reservoir.
The lad waded in after some wild
ducks and in his excitement got into
deep water and being unable to swim
was carried under.
Because of the depredations Of dogs
owned by residents of Moscow, the
sheep industry at the agricultural
college of the University Of Idaho
is seriously threatened, it is declared
by Dean E. ]. Iddings of the depart
ment of agriculture and animal hus
bandry.
Frank Hummel of Boise has been
chosen from the Idaho tech, for the
training contingent to be sent to Camp
Peake, Little Rock, Ark. officers train l
ing camp. Hummel was picked be-
cause of superior training. Five more
men Will be chosen from 100 now In
training.
The public service commission Of
Ogden has notified the Idaho public
utilities commission that it will join in
the protest which Idaho commission
has made to the railroad administra-
ton against the freight rates on corn
shipments from Nebraska TO Idaho and
the coast.
Report of the Twin Falls tract
watermaster on crop acreage on the
Twin Falls South Side tract indicates
that the acreage of that section has
been increased about 5000 acres as a
result of the governments request TO
farmers to utilize all possible agricul- |
tural lands.
Sixty threshermen, combinemen and /
farmers at Caldwell fixed the threSh- |
ing prices for the season at 5 cents a |
bushel for oats and barley and 6 cents
for wheat. Oats weigh forty pounds I
to the bushel, barley fOrty-eight pounds
to the bushel, ard wheat sixty pounds
TO the bushel.
A call for the enrichment Of fifty
nine Idaho colored men Of the first
registration for Camp Lewis during
the period beginning August 1 and end
ing August 5 was received last week
by the governor and the adjutant gen.
eral. and allounents We're made TO
twelve counties.
The winter wheat harvest Is be
coming general. The early fields have
been cut. Yields are variable; IN gen
eraI the crop in the eastern counties Is
in very good condition; in the western
and northern counties the crop IS spot
ted-in some localities fair to good. In
others. more severely affected by
drought. very short and being cut for
hay.
Two thousand men are called to en-
train under the draft from Idaho TO
Camp Fremont, Cal, during the five
day period beginning August .. This
will exhaust the states class 1 OF the
first registration. and will neeessitate
the calling into service Of large num-
Der Of the young men who registered
last month.
Hugh Fackrell, marine killed in
action in France, is the son OF Ferdin-
and Faekrell, residing six miles west
of BlackfOot in the Riverside district.
The young man had farm in the Aid
ridge district, which is remotely situat-
ed in the Wolverine canyon. twenty
five miles east OF BlackfoOt on the
river.
Lemhi county has donated to Red
Cross and other drives under this cat
alogue total Of S15.4S5, besides keep
ing I'D the regular work of the Red
Cross chapter. and the Junior Red