Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-09-05
IN THE GEM STATE

The state board Of equalization has
reduced from 100000 to $e.5OO,OO0
the valuation it had fixed on the prop
erty of the Idaho Power company.
Frank Wilcox, a well known resi-
dent of HALEY, was instantly killed
on the Galena summit by being thrown
from his wagon, his team having run
away.
Stockmen of Mountain Home have
complained informally to the public
utilities commission Of a shortage Of
double-decked stock cars In which to
ship sheep.
The petition for moving the court
house from Albion to Burley has been
filed. While only 1450 names were
required on the petition, 1t contained
2228 signatures.
pleaded guilty to passing bad checks
In Boise, Meridian, Weiser and Cald-
well. and was committed to the indus
trial school at st. Anthony.
Former Governor Frank II. Gooding.
who has been Idahos fuel admiDistra-
to for nearly year. announces that
he has offered his resignation from that
office. effective September 1.
Mrs. S. H. Hayes, chairman of the
women's committee, Council Of Ma
tional Defense. Is urging a display Of
the work of this committee at the
state and several county fairs.
AS the result of a quarrel over a
game Of dice, Sam l.. Davenport ad
mits shooting and killing Henry w.
Stricken at Nampa, but says he acted
In self-defense. killing Stricken with
his own gun.
The quick arrival of help Is all that
| saved Frank Measel from a serious
accident. If not instant death at Maple
Grove, when he was struck by horse
and was being trampled upon when
help arrived. He was badly bruised.
Under the direction Of the club lead
or of the boys and girls club Of Ban
mock county. Mrs. Virginia MacCraig,
thirty canning clubs comprising a
membership of 375 girls have been or
ganized and are now In full working
order.
Availability of water for 10000
acres, comprising the first unit of the
Utah Construction companys Big
Lost River project, was made known
to the state land board last week by
the company, with a request that the
segregation be accepted.
The general tax levy this year will
be % mills Of the total levy of "a
mills. This will raise 1857, 6S6.SS as
compared with S650,00O last year
General Interest and sinking fund, and
capitol building fund levies, respective
ly. were fixed at 1 and mills.
The premium list for the Minidoka
county fair. to be held In Rupert Sep
TENDER Is. 10 and 20, has just beer
Issued and contains a nice lot of pre-
miums along all lines Of horticulture
and agricultural endeavor. All pre-
miums are to be paid In thrift stamps
Gold production in the state las
year dropped Off 15.044.66 ounces from
the production of 1916, official report
show. The total value of ores in tn
state was $54,S45, 153. AT the aver
age rate OF approximately $50 pc
ounce, this was a decrease OF $4,000
900.
Clay Tallman. commissioner Of tn
general land office, has been request
ed by interested persons to includ
1900 acres additional to the 20,5O0, t
which the Twin Falls-Oakley projec
was reduced. in the states application
for patent to the selected lands on tn
tract.
The Pocatello Rotary club lovin
; cup was awarded to "Shorty" TIA
madge in the drilling contest at tn
Idaho technical institute, when the 10
men stationed there entered con
petitive drill for the loving cup o.
: fered to the best drilled man by tn
local order of Rotarians.
A suggestion for further aiding tn
men who return to Idaho after tn
war. has been made by C. L. Arne
, western immigration and industrli
, agent of the Northern Pacific railroa
. and that is. that the returning soldier
should receive substantial consider
!, ton In the form of gifts of land.
q II. F. Bicknell, food administrator fl
n Idaho. has authorized the sending
Instructions to all county administer
tors asking that they make as effectl'
= plan as possible to have all confe
/ toners cut down on their sales
candies to limit Of one pound at al
= time to one person.
Sergeant Leroy Womack wrote r
Gently to his mother, Mrs. Marie
womack of Firth, Idaho, that he
safely in France after a pleasant tr
across the seas and n short visit
England. He WAS one Of the Americ'
boys to receive letter of greetil
from King George V.
The Rev. ]. III. Dickerson, former
OF Pocatello, has written from Nc
York that he Is about to Ego ovei
The Rev. Mr.. Dickerson enters {
Y. NJ. G. A. service and will leave Il
mediately for France to help look art
the welfare of the boys In the serv''
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