The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-22
In THE GEM STATE

toes has gone as high as $500 an acre.
i Additional returns ON legislative
elections continue to roll up majori-
ties assuring the Republicans Of con-
troll Of both houses Of Idaho's law
making body during the next session.
Word was received In Roswell last
week that Joe Burger had been wound
ed while in battle In France, and that
Elmer Peterson, formerly teacher In
the high school at Roswell, had been
gassed.
The quarantine on the University Of
Idaho viii rot be lifted until every
case of Influenza has been stamped
| out according to Capt. Luther b. Eel
ker, commandment Of the university
troops.
Nonpartlsan league candidates evil
IDENTIFY Jared badly in the landslide,
and indications now are that the league
| will have much less than the 20 legis-
Iators 1t was figuring on soon after the
| election.
Larah county is buying large guam
| titles Of hay from southern Idaho, ac-
cording to HI. g. Avery, county agent
| for Lincoln county, who is trying to
| dispose of the 100000 surplus tons
they have there.
Twin Falls county will send a solid
Republican delegate IN to the next SEES
sion of the Idaho legislature, the Nom
partisan candidates on the Democratic
ticket having been defeated by over
whelming majorities.
AS the glad tidings of peace floated
throughout Boise, Monday, Mary X.
Plowman received the sad news of the
death In action of her son, T. r.. Plow-
man, Jr.,. of the 361st engineers, some
where in France on October l.
The Albion State Normal school, with
quota of $500 for the United War
Work fund, exceeded that quota In one
day by raising $1,000. Four student
teams worked with great enthusiasm,
and also the faculty committee.
e, r. Boren, of Boise, while driving
an auto between Burley and Oakley
struck rut in the road, being thrown
against the top, breaking his nose and
causing bad cut above one eye, rend-
ering him unconscious for time.
Bids on $4,000 Y. NJ. G. "A. for the
University of Idaho at Moscow We're
received last week. The building is to
be paid for by the war council of the
Y. M. @. A. The University of Idaho
Is to furnish the site, heat and light.
Under regulations adopted by the
Twin Falls county board of health, as
precaution against the spread of the in
fluenza epidemic, all buildings housing
Influenza hereafter will be placarded,
and all influenza cases will be quaran-
tined.
Control of the state land board which
has charge of investment of school en-
dowment funds and has jurisdiction
over many irrigation projects will be
returned to Republicans when the new
state officials take their oaths of Of
flee January 6.
Funds of the state decreased from
$T05, 1S7,15 October to $497, SS3.62
October 81, drop of $207, 303.63, ac-
cording to the October abstract of John
w. Eagleson, state treasurer. The
states general fund dropped from $780,
1900 to S4260.1S during October.
The sugar service ration for patrons
Of public eating places has been in
creased in accordance with the in
creased monthly allotment of sugar
from the two pounds monthly per cap
tia to three pounds per capita monthly
ration that became effective Novem-
Der 1.
The united war work campaign in
Bannock county is progressing favor
ably regardless of recent events which,
for time, had tendency to slow up
the opening activity. A number of
county precincts have reported to head
quarters that they went safely over the
top on the opening day.
The closing order of the state board
of health, which closed schools,
churches, theatres and places of pub
lie gathering because of the influenza
epidemic, will be lifted Sunday, No
yember "a Churches and theatres
have been closed since October 10, and
schools since October 81.
Word has just been received of the
death of William Winter at Nampa,
who has been killed in action in France.
Mr.. Winter was private in the sig
nal division of company A, 360rd field
artillery. He was a graduate of Nampa
high school, and sailed for France July
Z. He was killed September 20.
A stray bullet passing through the
screen door of her kitchen struck Mrs.
+. G. Adams, of Nampa, wounding her
in the right shoulder. The bullet pene-
trated her body and lodged under the
skin on her chest Who fired the shot
is not known, but it is believed it was
an accident.
Mrs. Den Wright, aged so, was
killed almost instantly at Twin Falls
when rope stretched across the
street to bar motors from a restricted
district was broken by notorist who
tailed to see it, She was caught by the
recOil of fha rome and fhrox,n x,;o