The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-06
IN THE GEM STATE

member OF the state board or eX-
aminers.
School bonds for the construction of
new building in the Scism school dis
trict, which were voted for recently,
have been sold
Andrew Peterson had his hands Sc
verely burned at the Melcher mine,
near Albion, while assisting in open
ing barrel of hydrochloric acid.
The state board Of equalization has
reduced from $7,0O0,0O0 to $6,500,OOO
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 shortage Of
double-decked stock cars in which to
ship sheep.
The petition for moving the court
house from Albion to BHley has been
filed. While only 1850 names were
required on the petition, it contained
222S signatures.
Edith Garrett, aged 1S, of Nampa,
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 r. Gooding,
who has been Idaho's fuel administra-
to for nearly = year, announces. that
he has offered his resignation from that
-efnce, effective September 1.
Mrs. S. II. Hayes, chairman of the
wemens committee, Council of Ma
tionaI Defense, is urging display of
the work of this committee at the
state and several county fairs.
AS the result Of quarrel over a
game of dice, Sam L. Davenport ad-
mits shooting and killing Henry w.
Stricker 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 a horse
and was being trampled upon when
help arrived. He was badly bruised.
Under the direction Of the club lead
er 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 company's Big
Lost River project, was made known
to the state land board last week by
the company, with request that the
segregation be accepted.
The general tax levy this year will
be % mills of the total levy Of %
mills. This will raise $9S7, 1886. SO as
compared with $65O,OOO last year
General interest and sinking fund, and
capitol building fund levies, respective
ly, were fixed at l and mills.
The premium list for the NIinidoka
county fair, to be held in Rupert Sep
tember Is, 10 and 20, has just been
issted and contains a nice lot of pre-
miums along all lines of horticultural
and agricultural endeavor. All pre-
mlums are to be paid in thrift stamps.
Gold production in the state last
year dropped off 15,O4466 ounces from
the production of 1916, official reports
show. The total value of ores in the
state was $54, ,S45, 153 At the aver
age rate of approximately $50 per
ounce, this was a decrease Of $4,000
600.
Clay Tallman, commissioner Of the
general land office, has been request
ed by interested persons to include
100 acres additional to the 2O,5OO tn
which the Twin Falls-Oakley project
was reduced, in the states application
for patent to the selected lands on the
! tract.
The Pocatello Rotary club loving
cup was awarded to Shorty Tai
madge in the drilling contest at the
Idaho technical institute, when the 1O6
men stationed there entered a com
Petitive drill for the loving cup of
fered to the best drilled man by the
: local order of Rotarians.
A suggestion for further aiding the
men who return to Idaho after the
war, has been made by C. II. Arnev.
western immigration and Industrial
agent of the Northern Pacific railroad,
! and that is, that the returning soldiers
| should receive substantial considerax
ton in the form of gifts of land
H. f. Bicknell. food administrator for
4 idaho. has authorizad fhe sandinc of
instructions to all county administra-
tors asking that they make as effective
plan as possible to have all confee-
i fioners cut down on their sales of
candies to limit of one pound, at any
time to one person.
Sergeant Leroy Womack wrote re-
Gently to his mother, Mrs. Marion
Wemack of Firth, Idaho, that hs Is
safely in France after a pleasant trip