The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-12-20

who died in California. was filed in
the probate court ut Boise, naming the
widow us exccutrix.
With. bullet from q .3S-caliber re-
vover through his brain and with the
gun lying ut. his feet. members of his
family Sunday morning discovered the
body of Curtis +. IIaldermaii. owner
of extensive land interests, dead in his
bed NJ his ranch, T.. miles southeast
of Twin Fails.
The local draft board at Boise has
been notified that the time originally
set for the sealing Of its records has
been extended from ltecolnber 10 to
December u. Chairman Edwin Her
ringiOn says he j. also sending out
several questionnaires tu men who
have recently arrived in Boise from
Canada
All but eight of the 80 Ada county
schools have been rcopcned aftetr hav-
ing closed down on account of influ-
enza. Eighteen more opened Monday.
Only one-third of the students attend
ed the first sessions of the Eagle
school Monday, the county superinten-
dents office was informed. Attend
ance in most of the schools, however,
Is above normal.
Echoes of the age-old economic bat
tie between the hOmesfender and the
cattleman were heard last week ut
Boise in coiAest brought before the
state land board by Archie 4. Winter,
John Winter and Thomas n. Lynch,
homesteaders, to obtain cancellation of
a grazing lease held by George w.
IIammand and +. NJ. Gondingo on lands
III Elmore county, which the protest.
ants claimed surrounded watering
places vitality necessary TO them MS
homestcaders and owners of small
herds of cattle.
Cancellation of all former notices
advertising lands of the Idaho lrrisa-
tion company in Lincoln and Gooding
Counties as being open for entry, ana
publication of a notice that the Carey
;)roject of the company no longer con
aims lands subject TO entry, was or
Tered by the state land board as IN
aftermath of a recent decision by the
state supreme court that so long rs
notices of availability of water were
outstanding, entries must be accepted,
,cgardless of the water supply on the
project. W. 7. Dougherty, secretary
)f sast1s ana G. Nan DaSen. auditor,
roted against the motion, which was
offered ~ II. A. Walters, attorney
general
Permission to move its shops and Of
fices to WeiSer from New Meadows.
The present headquarters has been
granted the Pacific < Idaho Northern
railway by the public utilities com
mission
Idaho Farmers in the Snake river
valley have an opportunity TO make
bids on 2l00 tons of hay for the gov
enmcnt, to he delivered at lidewater
at Seattle and Tacoma, according to
o. q. Haga, chairman of Boise com
mittee of the war resources board.
Doctors report that there are no
eases of Spanish Influenza in Meridian.
The last quarantine sign was removed
Thursday morning. Churches and pic
lure shows We're given permission to
open the first week but decided to re-
main closed voluntarily
The Red Cross will probably conduct
no further campaigns for great funds.
according TO Il. H. Dewey, Idaho
chairman for Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call, but the Christmas roll call
is expected to bring millions of dol
lars into the treasury, though costing
each individual only 81.
Governor ID. w. Davis has an
nounced that he will probably leave De
cember IL for the Conference of gov
ernors and governOrs-eiect to be held
December Is at Annapolis or Wash
ington, -. c. After his return u con
ference of Republican leaders to dis
cusS appointments will probably be
held.
Passengers travelling in Idaho on the
Oregon Short Line have been well pro-
tected during the epidemic of influ-
enza. which is still prevalent in many
parts of the state. The Short Line has
operated Il fully equipped hospital car
over its lines on the west end as far aS
Boise. The car at first was in charge
of two professional nurses, and the
conpany's physicians at the various
stations along the line are subject to
call to board the car at any time il
passes their station. Since the cpl
demic eased up there has been no
necessity for two nurses, and at pres
ent one nurse is in charge. A regular
day coach is used, the seats having
been partially removed and replaced
with beds. The car has handled
about sixty cases of influenza without
one loss on board
THE closing of the war Will add to
the teacher supply says Miss Ethel
i. Redfleld. superintendent of public
instruction. in Il letter 10 the county
superinterdents County superinten-
denis will have many applications, So
let us work harder than ever for high.
er and better professional standards
Miss Redfield called particular atten-