Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-06-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

, The College of Idaho. at Caldwell
now has 100 on the honor roll, and
y new service flag has been prepared.
The young daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
w. W. Spiers prominent residents o
81 Anthony met death by drowning
last week
, First Lieutenant Lester Albert, vii,
went from Boise in the engineering
, reserve corps, has been seriousl,
, wounded in France, according to wore
, received last week.
The Idaho public utilities commits
, sion has made formal protest to the
!. Interstate commerce commission at
Washington regarding the propQsec
advance Of - per cent in freight rates
on railroads.
Vernon Christensen was painfully
hnrf in a.25-foot fall down flight Of
st;tirs at KunaA =" Young Christensen
was coming down 81 flight of steps in
the Christensen Hardware store when
"A step broke, causing his fall
Fred Hemmlngnyer. the pro-German
who was nearly nobbed by the en-
]
legged pro-German uiterances. now rests
safely in the city bastile awaiting de
! livery to the federal authorities.
Ten schools in Ada county have pur-
chased 100 per cent of Thrift Stamps.
Their aggregate purchase us $1965.3f
! The schools are Cole. Pierce Park,
BroOkside. Whitney Locust Grove,
Ustick, Mora, Willow Greek, Maple
Grove, Roosevelt
Preparations are under way for the
biggest Fourth of July celebration in
Minidoka county this year ever seen
there. The celebration is to be held in
Rupert hut every town and hamlet in
the county is expected to fake an in
dividual share in the doings.
Persistent rumors are afloat to the
effect that union organization of
farm laborers, establishing an eight
hour day with a 81 minimum wage in
addition TO board during harvest. is
contemplated The State Federated
Labor union flatly denies the report
Telegraph operators may be trans
ferred from deferred classification
back to class l. according TO state
nents given ont by Paul Spangenberg. |
secretary OF the second district ex-
emption board. Some time ago Theses
operators were placed in deferred
class.
John +. Littoy. well known Boise
horticulturist, has returned from "a
fruit survey of southern Idaho and
eastern Oregon, where he found that
the fruit crop will average between
% per cent and 80 per cent of last
years crop instead of a total loss, as
was feared.
The farm labor situation is by no
means, acute. according to George |
Thometz, state farm labor specialist |
According to Mr.. Thometz. the present
supply of labor is sufficient for all
ordinary demands. and no great incon-
venience has yet been experienced by
the farmers.
When installation of records are
at Gooding and Shoshone
this month. for GoOding and Lincoln
counties respectively, all southwestern
Idaho counties. except Washington and
Mindoka. will have been equipped
with books conforming to plan to
unity county bookkeeping in the state
The Minidoka irrigation district,
which has been managing the Mini
loka project since il was taken, over
from the government. announces a
policy of rotation of water for this
season. by cutting down the supply
sent over the laterals to the exact
quota which has been assigned to each
lateral
Government regulation of road
as announced by the public
oadS division of the department of :
gricuture at Washington. for the
purpose of controlling the use of Pc
roleum. asphalt and tar products, ,
VII not Interfere with road plans in ;
IDAHO, in the opinion of the state
iphway department.
As possible relief to the coal sit r
alton in Idaho, it is announced the /
roposed branch railroad into the Te- o
On coal fields has been endorsed and
pproved by Mr.. Garfield ar Washing
'H. -. -. anu tilt proposition VI
uilding the branch line is now up to ,
lie federal commission and Mr.. Me .
doc for final consideration. 9
Until they have been assigned order s
nd serial numbers, the young men = {
ears of age who registered June '
lnnot present themselves for enlist /
ent. the provost marshal general has q
He'd The young men. after receiving 4
eir numbers, may then enlist If their
cal boards will certify that they are
It within current draft calls.
Because the federal director of rail
lyS refused to grant reduced fares
r the convention and full fare would {
ID nearly 1000 TO the cost of the ~
nual gathering. the Idaho grand q
lge knights of Ppthias, scheduled 1
+ June 1921 AT Twin Falls. was i,
,fNnd and sauna So pDn dixprtad m III