The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-15

VOLUME TX.
EDITORIAL MENTION.
Buy Thrift Stamps and help en- the
war.
Columbia river smelt can be bought
at &c a pound f. o. b. Woodland, Wn
Don't you want some? This is cheap
food and the people of Idaho should
have some of it.
Word has been received that begin
ming March Is, parcels weighing UP
to 70 pounds may be sent by parcel
post to any postotfice within the
first, second and third zones. Pack
ages up to so pounds may be sent to
any post office.
Willard Turner has made good
investment in sheep. Last year he
bought $3.50 worth OF ewes. This
week he sold to H. ] Renk and TIC.
Catlin of Eagle, 20 ewes for $50 each
or $1,000, a pretty good interest on
his $1,000.
o. o. Bland, son Of w. b. Bland,
residing mile east of Meridian, has
made success of red clover seed. He
has sold $1100 worth from IA acres,
and besides this had S400 worth OF
hay. Can you beat it?
Della Pringle Van Auker. known
as Jolly Della Pringle" filed suit
for divorce at Boise this week from
c. X. Van Auker, on the charge of
desertion. When last heard from
Mr.. Van Auker was captain in a
aerial battalion stationed in Texas.
Mrs. S. D. Fairchild of Mora has
taken care of number Of deserted
lambs given to her by the owners Of
flocks of sheep near her home. Be
sides doing a humane work she has
earned $500 in the sale of the sheep
after they had reached their growth.
Miss Peninah Newlin, formerly a
Meridian teacher, has resigned her
position as teacher in the Nampa
schools, and will take the position as
assistant to Miss Lulu Vance, AIDE
county school superintendent. She
succeeds George S. Curtis, who re
signed as assistant superintendent
last week.
Orley Soucie went to Caldwell this
week to attend meeting of the di-
rectors of the Water Users Associ
aion. Mr.. Soucie is the new director
for district No 2. He says there was
a fair crowd out to the Locust Grove
school Saturday night, to hear Attor-
ney Eldredge explain the purposes of
the suit the association will start
against the government, in fixing the
water rights and assessments.
r. H. Bell, manager for the Mer-
idian Elevator Co., estimates that
fully $1,000 acres will be planted
to wheat in this part of the Boise
valley. He said practically all of the
pastures in this vicinity will be plow-
ed up and planted to wheat. He
says a number of the farmers will
SOW Marquis wheat, which is hard
spring wheat, famous for its milling
qualities.
The entertainment course in Mer-
idian for the season netted S44S.37,
and the expense of the six entertain
ments deducted leaves balance of
$157.53. OF this balance $50 was
donated to the Meridian Red Cross
society, and the balance, S107.5S
given to the rural high school, where
the entertainments were held, and
which will be used in purchasing
needed furnishings for the auditor
ium.
Bishop j. B. Funston, of the Epis,
copal church, of Boise, is OF the opin-
ion that the people of Boise and the
Boise valley should petition the
government to at once build q
power plant at the Arrowrock dam
to furnish the people of this entire
section cheap electricity for power
and heating purposes. Such a move
ment he states would mean conser
vation of coal and resources.
At a recent meeting of the Boise
Valley Grazers' Association plans
were completed for the grazing o.
the cattle of the members in the nat
ional forest on the Boise river above
Barber the present year. More thar
1000 head of cattle are owned 10y
the members, and will be kent on the
range in charge of William Abbott
of Boise, the herdsman for the as
sociation. The cattle will he takeI
up there in about two weeks
On March 1st, the Germania Fire
Insurance Company, one of the old
est insurance companies in America
founded in 1859, changed its name
to the National Liberty Insurance
Company of America The changt
in the name, which is the only chang,
affecting the company. was neeessi
tated by the public misinterpretatioI
of the former name which many per
sons believed to indicate the com