The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
In THE GEM STATE

ing TO put eurD on negligent ana |
reckless autoists by enforcing the traf-
flc ordinance to the letter.
The 0hioans Of the Payette valley |
have organized an Ohio society, and
the first annual meeting will be Sat
urday, October 10, at Payette.
A new automobile street flusher has
just been received at Idaho Falls and
placed in commission. 1t will take
the place Of four horse-drawn sprink-
lers.
d. w. Hart, while working on an
electric power line at Idaho Falls, hit
a live wire with his hand and fell to
the ground, distance of about thirty
feet, death resulting few hours later
Hay and grain crops throughout the
Midvale and Salmon river sections are
in excellent condition, excepting for q
drought to the dry farm grain and a
slight frosting of cereals in irrigated
sections.
Representatives of twelve Red
Cross organizations within the juris-
diction of the Twin Falls county chap
ter We're in attendance at the home
service institute which opened "a three
days session at Twin Falls on Sep
TENDER IS.
Idaho has a shortage of 1924, 1851
in the various endowment funds of
the state, according to a report just
filed with the governor by Clarence
Van Deusen, state auditor. The re-
port covers the period from 1885 to
June 80, 1918.
Dick Donovan, assistant director of
the Idaho farm markets bureau, has
gone TO Washington, where he will at
tend conference of directors of the
United States boys working reserves
to be held there during the last two
weeks of September.
From the reports of housewives
| some of the dealers have already
| quoted the advanced price on sugar.
| The new ruling put Il tariff of Sl.5O on
| every 100 pounds of sugar on Septem-
! Der 9, whether it had been ordered
/ previous to that time or not
The registration at Weiser resulted
4 in the listing of about 1850 men, few
of whom are in the 18th year class.
4 This comparative shortage is due to
the fact that the young lads in the
4 larger communities have been almost
cleaned out by enlistments long ago.
Some of the American gqnners in re
cent fighting in France experienced
difficulty in keeping their guns within
range of the Germans, according to
word received from John-H. Sinema OF
Twin Falls, who said the Germans re
treated so rapidly it was hard to get .
shot at them.
That Boise has had material in
crease in her population recently i
plainly told by the enrolment in the
public schools. The grades showed Al
increase of exactly 200 pupils over las
year, while the high school, with 81
man boys gone to war, shows only II
less than last year.
Falling from footbridge across thu
Portneuf river, the 2-year-old son o
: Mr.. and Mrs. Z. j. Dolbeer of Pebble
was drowned. The accident occurred
ut Ii o'clock and it was not until nigh
that the body Of the baby was fount
about 100 feet from the bride, afte
: the river had been dragged for hours
The Gooding County Council of De
Tense expects TO organize the sclloo
children of the county into chorus
A thousand copies of a song hool
,, have been ordered and these will b
distributed throughout the county AM
the teacher of each school requisite,
to drill her pupils especially on Ties
songs.
Ii has been the custom of the bee
raisers Of the Idaho Falls section t
allow the beet tops to lie on tn
9 ground and be plowed under the fol
lowing spring, but this is now to b
) changed. 1t is claimed that there ar
| about four tons of tops on each acr
Of beets, which are worth $40 per to-
to feed cattle.
i, A meeting of the regional commit
tee of the national war service con
mission of the Presbyterian church fo
the district of southern Idaho, Uta
and Montana, was held mt Pocatell
last week and scheduled outlined fo
the holding of numerous meeting
e throughout this district during tn
t thirty-day period beginning Noyembe
2 10 and ending December 10.
The University of Idaho, at Moscow
. will be greatly improved and wor
will be pushed with all speed. Las
week the state board of examiner
!. voted $4,000 to be expended on tn
: big state institution, and the educa
tional directors We're authorized
Immediately arrange to expend tn
! sum of money in preparing the I'm
: versity for the training of young me
! for Uncle Sans army.
V Charles S. Hamlip, chairman of II
) capital issues committee, has sent
q communication addressed to all publ
8 utilities commissions and all munie
e pal officials, with reference to expel