Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-03-29
IDAHO STATE NEWS

more imam TWO ana q Ddll tons OF OlQ
clothes for Belgian and French re-
lief
Bosses company Of home guards
has been mustered in. The governor
may send them to north Idaho at an
early date, it is said.
Disloyal teachers in the schools Of
the state will lose their licenses, Dr.
Enoch A. Bryan, state commissioner Of
education, has announced.
Sufficient cars are now being re-
ceived in the upper Snake River valley
to move potatoes held in storage, ac-
cordlng to information given Harvey
Alfred, director Of the state farm mar
kets bureau.
Idaho will have $4,000 for it's state
fair in Boise this fall, according to
figures laid before the state board Of
agriculture and the fair advisory board
by Secretary o. p. Henderson, at
joint meeting last week.
Parties who have just returned from
the Big Creek mining district report
more snow by three feet than has ever
been experienced in that region since
mining operations have been on in
that country. In many places it is II
feet deep.
superintendent of schools in six
teen southwestern Idaho counties con-
ferred with c. f. Rose, superinten-
dent of the Boise public schools. last
week, when plans We're made for a
teachers institute to be held at Boise
this fall.
In a statement issued by r. Harvey
Alfred, state director Of the farm
markets bureau, the rec Mt decision of
the sheep shearers organization to
demand 10 cents per head for shear
ing sheep this spring was condemned
as unjust
The invitation extended 10 FL Korah
temple of Boise to hold the spring
ceremonial of the order in PocatellO
has been accepted. The club agrees to
provide not less than twenty nOvices
for initiation, but it is expected that
there viii be at least twice this num-
Der.
Jess Totterdell of Jordan Valley,
Ore, who was found guilty at Caldwell
on January IS of assault with intent to
commit robbery, withdrew his appeal
from the state supreme court, and was
taken to the state penitentiary to be-
gin serving his sentence of from to
IA years.
Although the sheriff's office, as well
as the local police force, has been
working on the case, no clue has yet
been discovered as to the identity of
the man whose body was found last
week by Deputy Game Warden L. A.
Lehrbas in a canyon a few miles west
Of PocatellO
Pupils and teachers in the Lincoln
school of Caldwell have invested
S256475 in war stamps and bonds. |
The largest amount went for the pur-
chase of Liberty bonds. of which $1,000 |
worth are held. The sum of SITS has |
)een spent for war savings stamps. /
and SS6.75 for thrift stamps.
The student in the state of Idaho, |
Is years or under, who submits the /
pest Liberty loan slogan TO the state
Liberty loan committee, will be award
ID a prize OF 500 in cash. The con-
est opens Immediately All slogans
must be submitted to the committee
L Boise on or before April g.
If the authorities at Washington
efuse to reverse themselves with re-
,ard 10 giving Idaho financial assist
nee under the terms of the defense
ct so national guards companies can be
lrmed and equipped, the fourteenth
IDAHO legislature will be called into
xtrI session in April, Governor Alex
nder has announced.
The enrolment of students in the
oys' working reserve is progressing
icely in southeastern Idaho. and, ac-
ording to Director of Farm Markets
Harvey Alfred, there appears TO be no
oubt that this state will provide its
uOta of 1000 boys. who will be pre-
ared to assist in solving the problem
shortage of farm labor.
G. A. Tobey. young man employed
! the offices of the Oregon Short
inc at POcatello, who was accused
f disloyal utterances. narrowly es-
aped lynching- TObey was taken into
lstody by members of the local home
efense association, after inveStigat-
X charges that he had boosted of
lie reported German victories.
The wOmen's committee of the ma
onal council of defense has started
owe of practical value. Through its
)me economics branch il has induced
laho women who Know how to cook
work out recipes for bread and
shes. good wholesome food. in which
e governments wishes as to sub
flutes are adhered to rigidly.
A Garry On Club" has been organ
ed in the high school ut Bull. The
lrpOse of the organization is to make
study of the needs Of the government
ON time to time and then by vocal
id instrumental music. by patriotic