The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-08
In THE GEM STATE.

An entertainment given at Payette
by the high school pupils netted $500
for the Red Cross.
Farmers throughout the Snake river
valley are holding hay and potatoes.
because they cannot get cars.
Tex Smith, found guilty at PocateIlo
Of embezzlement, was sentenced TO
from two 10 fourteen years ia the state
prison.
Albert Snow, IS years Of age, Il
clerk for more than year at the
NlcOlett hotel at Pocatelo, died Sun
day night of complication of dis
eases.
A rabbit drive for the benefit Of the
Red Cross was staged Thursday Of
last week on the north and south sides
Of Lake Lowell by the Caldwell Com
mercial Club.
II. 9. Moore viii hereafter scale tim
Der which the state is selling from its
lands in Hepburn park He was APP
pointed to the new position last week
by the state land board.
Pocatello leads. other cities of Idaho
in Estate volunteer enlistments, the
army recruiting office announced last
week. The local bureau Is said TO
rank highest In the district.
The Boise high schOol interscholastic
debaters have been divided into teams
and are working hard in preparation
for their annual tilt with Twin Falls
high school about the middle of April.
A suggested raise of $40 for the
minimum wage of all firemen, making
the minimum pay $50 instead of $40,
was agreed upon at conference of
the members of the city council at
Boise.
Jordan Valley has just had its first
touch of real winter weather this sea-
son. There Is now quite lot of snow
on the hills and the ground is full of
moisture, which augurs well for crops
and range.
Administrators proceedings have been
begun in the probate court at Pocatello
In the estate of the late Senator james
II. Brady, Mrs. Brady, the widow, hav-
me bbNh 0ppOAhNSu aulhAhAotlAbliA W
Judge Hyde.
Fire practically destroyed the plant
Of cleaning company at Pocatello.
For an hour the flames seriously
threatened destruction of the Yellow
stone hotel, but finally was controlled
by the firemen.
The recent order relative to cold
storage chickens issued by the federal
food administration will not inconveni-
ence Boise dealers in the least, for the
reasons that there are no cold storage
chickens In town, 1t is said.
The furnace in the residence of
William Sumin at Ashton exploded and
was completely wrecked. Frank, the 10
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sumin,
was in the basement at the time and
narrowly escaped serious injury
A general meeting of the women's
committee, council of national de.
Tense. Idaho division, was held ut
Boise, March .. From now on it is
planned to hold these meetings regu-
larly each alternate month, the next
one to be May 4,
j. Il. McGrew, well known Twin
Falls rancher, was killed and his Wife
injured in an auto accident 30 miles
east of Twin Falls, the car going over
I'm embankment, McGrew, his wife
and two-year-old child were in the car,
going to Burley on business.
More than 500 men enrolled in the
aviation and other technical branches
of the government service will be
trained upon the university campus at
Moscow If tentative plans recently am
nounced. by President Ernest IL. Lind
ley are carried to completion.
Two trunks and suitcase filled with
booze were grabbed at the depot at
Pocatello, February %, by police
officers. Chester Landes was arrested
as the owner of the suitcase, but the
owner of the trunks got away. Forty
! quarts were secured In the haul.
Western Consumers week will be
celebrated this year, April to 10, by
all the club women of the northwest,
This year this movement, which the
women of Idaho initiated through the
New West Magazine five years ago
has now the national governments ap'
prevail,
with the combined assistance OF
Aialheur county. the citizens of the
Puyette, Oregon slope and the citizens
Of Payctte, a road is being grarelet
from the Snake river bridge, north OF
town, across the bottom to the foo
Of the bench. This road gives cas-!
access of Payette-Oregon people t
Payette.
Fer the purpose OF securing join
action In a move to take advantage
this season of the state appropriation
for the construction OF five bridges OF
the Snake river, the commissioners o
Ada, Canyon and owyhee counties viii
meet the state highway commission u
Boise ut an early date,
The president recently renominate,
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