Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
IN THE GEM STATE

Several instances are noted where
each member of family at Kuna
were subscribers to bonds.
Thirty-nine people in the town of
Banner north of Idaho City, at the
Banner mine subscribed 1855 to the
Red Cross.
A group of prisoners will be put to
work on the highway in Canyon coun-
ty leading to Walters ferry on the
Snake river.
Boise is TO have fruit and vege-
table dehydrating plant of rs to 100
tons capacity that 1t is planned to be-
gin construction work on by May 10
The Boise AID club, which has com
plete, charge of publicity work for War
Savings Stamps Is planning to make
Memorial day a special day for War
Savings societies.
Lsncoln one of the smaller school
buildings of Boise, has just taken stock
of Its Liberty Loan, War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps among the
pupils, and they total $5,S14.40.
High school commencement will be
held at Payette, May 10. President
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Idaho will give the commencement adj
dress. There will be about 80 gradu-
| ates.
Liberty Bond subscriptions to the
amount of SO, 700 were obtained by 20
members of the Nampa Boy Scouts
organization. who combed the streets
in campaign directed by their scout
master.
Fruitgrowers should not apply ar
senate of lead and other poisonous
sprays to fruit trees while they are in
full bloom, says Guy Graham, state
horticultural inspector. in statement
issued last week.
Because of his activities in the dis
tribution of printed matter that was
recently suppressed as being disloyal
TO the United States government,
Prentice G. Gloyestein Of Twin Falls
was ordered detained for trial.
Aianlus Bennett, boy about 16
years of age, received "A severe wound
in the right foot, at a sheep camp near
Caldwell when a dog knocked a rifle
from the support against which the
boy had leaned It, and the firearm was
discharged.
Alleging that instead of Marcus
wheat. the Farmers Society of Equity
of Canyon county delivered wheat OF
inferior quality when they purchased
quantity of seed. the Payette First
National bank has filed suit for
81. 29S.50 alleged damages.
Dick Donovan, head of the labor
department In the state farm markets
bureau, wants 10 men for ranch work
at Grandview. He is anxious to find
experienced irrigators, general farm
hands and sheep herders for work in
other sections of the state.
Senator Borah had n head-on COLI.
sion in the senate lobby with Buck
Bryant. correspondent of the Butte Mi
ner. While neither party was seri-
ously injured. both were put out OF
commission for the balance of the
day. The collision was entirely al
accident.
Spirit Lake, n numbering town In
Kootenai county, has gone over the
top in the Liberty loan drive in man
ner In keeping with the spirit of q
patriotic people. The town was asked
60 subscribe $1,000. over $4,000 has
been raised and subscriptions are still
coming in.
Better sanitary conditions in the
lumber and mining camps of the state
will be insisted upon by the state
board of health in the future. The
state health department has just is
sued pamphlet containing rules
which must be observed in camps b,
campers generally.
Coal contracts for the Soldiers
Home were renewed last week by th'
Soldiers Home board, with the sam'
dealers who held the 1918 contracts
Agreed prices of $500 for lump ant
S9.O5 for nut, in accordance with thu
government prices were the figures Sc
for the 1919 supply.
After being Obliged to keep the fac
of their being union men secret TO
many years in order to obtain employ
ment through the Western Union Tele
graph company, the commercial tele
grnphers of Boise. eleven in number
have openly affiliated with the Com
mercial Teleraphers' union.
The trapping of gophers and spur
rels has proved profitable to two @
the Weiser high school boys. Ro,
and Leigh Lint, who have put in thei
spare time catching the rodents. The,
receive s cents apiece from the owne
of the ranch and the bounty of tw'
cents. They have caught 800 squirrel
In the past five weeks.
With legacy of SD ,4T9.39 almos
within her grasp, the property of he
murdered son, II. c. Goodwin of Boise
Mrs. Laurinda Goodwin of Butler
Tenn. may have to relinquish the en-
tire sum. including $4,000 which sh
has already received, to Benner Cert