The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-13
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Frank JayneS, an employee in the
Waiser elevator, suffered laceration of
his right hand while working with
he sacking and grinding machine.
Right Rev. James Bowen Funston,
first Protestant Episcopal bishop of
idaho. died suddenly at his home in
Boise at o'clock Monday morning,
December 2
Robert 4. Helm and X. j. Hillman,
Rupert boys, have made the supreme
sacrifice in France, news having been
received last week of their having been
killed in action.
Republicans elected 30 senators and
IS representatives to the legislature at
the general election November 5, ac-
cording to official returns at the office
Of the secretary Of state.
Settlers who have farmed 10000
acres In the Era and ArcO tracts Of
the Big Lost River reclamation project
since 1909 without water are soon to
realize their hopes of an irrigated elm.
pire.
j. w. Banbury reports yield OF 947
bushels of alfalfa seed on his ranch,
about ten miles southwest Of Wendell.
The fields varied somewhat, but the
average appears TO be close to ten
bushels to the acre.
G. A. Luther, residing west of Good
ing, recently sold this years red clover
seed crop from three acres for $660.
His neighbor, w. b. Burlington, has
sold his red clover crop from four
acres, his return being $l26O.
Runyan Irons of Hagerman was
wounded on the 9Th or 9th Of October
in France, according to word that was
received Mt Hagerman. He was struck
in the back of the head and IN the
back by n piece of shell and was also
shot In the arm.
Moscow police have started a purity
campaign and hope to put stop to
the sale of cigarettes and intoxicating
liquor to minors. Forty boys charged
with smoking cigarettes were taken
before Judge Nelson and We're released
after q lecture.
The Idaho Irrigation company has
practically completed the replacement
Of wooden headgates with concrete
structures on all the south GOOding
and Richfield contracts. This is in
compliance with the recommendations
of the state engineer.
Charged with grazing greater
number of stock on the Raft river di-
vision of the Minidoka national for
est reserve than was allotted him I'M
der his contract with the government,
william Jones, stockman of Cassia
county, has been made defendant in a
$139S damage suit.
The Emmett schools, which re-
opened Monday of last week, were
closed Tuesday by order Of the board
of health Two or three cases Of in
fluenza developed among the high
school students, and it was deemed
wise to close until it could be known
how fur the infection had spread.
Mrs Frances r. Brewer of New
York is in Idaho to acquaint the
women of the state with the impOr.
lance of Idaho ratifying the federal
suffrage amendment, which all suffrage
factions believe will pass before Janu-
airy l, and of its Importance to the
international suffrage movement.
On the publication in a Occur
dAlene paper of II list of 135 individ- |
uals who claimed exemption from Sc
lective service because they were not |
citizens of the United States, one big |
business firm announced that all such |
men would be discharged Immediately |
from the employment of the company. |
One hundred and lightweight jobs |
ranging from $50 to $333.33 per month,
will be distributed by the Republican |
state administration between now and |
January 6, when it takes up the reins
will probably be made in the 80 other |
of the 224 state jobs. us the depart |
ment heads over these employees have |
either been reelected or will hold over. |
1t is said that many of the Idaho
boys will be kept for year ut least |
in the foreign field and that the work |
done in the leave areas will be even
more important now that the war is
over, In keeping up the morale of the
men,
A clash between the master bakers
of Idaho and the state food admins.
tration has occurred over the price of
bread. Some time ago Food Admins
traitor Bicknell fixed the wholesale and
retail price of bread mt . and 10 cents,
respectively, for the l6ounce loaf. and
some of the bakers are baking.
One woman is dead and two per
sons are suffering greatly as a result
of II fire AT Orchard, when large
ranch house and several small build
ings owned by 7. II. Wilson were de-
stroyed by fire. Mrs. John Berryhiu