The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-02-22
IN THE GEM STATE

, automobiling.
Samuel w. Pincock of Sugar City,
listed as missing from the transport
Tuscania, has been reported safe.
Mrs. r. w. Stoughton, wife of a
prominent farmer north of Payette
died last week following an operation.
The annual meeting of the Idaho
State Dairy association will be held
Monday and Tuesday, March 4 and 5,
at Boise.
A plan Is on foot at Caldwell to
purchase barn for the city stock.
1t is proposed to sell lot belonging
10 the city to raise the money.
Albert WOndershek of HALEY was
one of the survivors Of the torpedoed
Tuscania. Mr.. Wondershek enlisted
in the Twentieth engineers two months
ago.
| Latest measurements on the Arrow
rock and Deer Flat reservoirs show
the former to contain 1OS,420 acre feet
Of water and the latter 1884 acre
feet.
The home Of c. A. Larson. of Boise,
burned last week. The fire is sup
posed to have started from sparks fall
ing on the roof, and the house was II
total loss.
j. NJ. Neal. who operates a ferry
on the Snake river, has been denied a
rehearing of the case in which it was
recently decided that the ferry was
public utility.
uVo T.. To-
in Boise for the purpose Of giving
information and assistance to the tax
payers in making out their returns,
until February %.
Edwin Stephen Whittier, an old
time IdahOan, died recently in Cali
fornia. Mr.. Whittier was department
commander Of the Idaho G. A. II. in
1903. He was II years of age.
Moneys received from the endow-
ment funds credited to the different
state educational institutions cannot
be placed in the general fund of the
state treasury, Attorney General Wal
ters has ruled.
One thousand Junior Red Cross but
tons We're distributed to students Of
! the Nampa public schools as part Of
the Lincoln day exercises. The stu
dents joined the Red Cross In re-
cent campaign.
Shorthorn breeders Of Canyon coun-
ty formally organized ut. "A meeting of
about fifteen prominent stockmen, at
Caldwell last week. Membership will
be open to breeders of Ada,s Owyhee
and Payette counties.
Citizens of Deep Creek, Boundary
county, have filed petition with the
public utilities commission asking that
the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad
company be compelled to stop It's To-
cal passenger train at the Deep Creek
station.
Idaho sheepmen lost their fight
against their inclusion under the
workmen's compensation act when the
state supreme court denied to them
u write of" mandate directed against
G. 0. Broxon manager of the states
insurance fund.
The registration of alien enemies in
Canyon county the past week disclosed
the fact that there are few former
subjects of the kaiser in that sec
tion who have failed to take out their
final naturalization papers. Only a
dozen were registered.
r. H. Dunlap, probate judge Of Ada
county, conferred with Attorney Gen
eral T. A. Walters last week upon the
issuing of alcohol permits, and upon
his advice decided to discontinue the
practice of making out the slips for
the pain balm and cure-all.
George Smalls of Walla Walla,
Wash, aged 80 years, died at Twin
Falls at the home of his grandson,
whom he had been visiting. Mr..
Smalls was one of the early settlers
Of the northwest, travelling through
Idaho 50 years ago in an OK cart.
That Idaho may cooperate with
Utah in the matter Of marketing crops
this year, Harvey Alfred, director of
farm markets for the Gem state, has
written to A. G. Rees, secretary of
the Utah Council of Farm Markets,
for full information as to the plans
of this organization.
The Idaho wOmen's committee,
council of national defense, is sending
a letter to every county chairwoman,
asking that a meeting be called at
once for the purpose of taking up the
sale of war savings stamps, of which
Idaho is expected to buy $S,OOO,OOO
worth within the next several months.
The family of Pirtle f. Linder,
member of Company f, sixth bat
talon, Twentieth engineers, who en-
listed in the forestry regiment from
Indian valley the latter part of De
cember, have a telegram from the ad-
jutant generals office that I.inder was
on the ill-fated Tuscania but escaped
safely.
The womans committee, Council of
National Defense, is trying to get to-
gether an interesting series of arti-
cles about what women of different
training and experience are finding to
do In practical war work and are de-
sirous Of obtaining interviews from
Idaho women who have had any un-