Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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children Of pre-schOol age has been
completed.
Work has begun on the highway be-
tween 3iackay, ia Custer county, and
Salmon. in LemLi county. distance
Of 40 miles. and the work viii cosr
$4,000.
Campaign Manager Mansfield Of The
Salvation Army war fund Is receiving
encouraging report from all over the
state relative 10 the collection Of Ida
hos quota
Mrs W F. Gibbons was painfully
but not seriously Injured at Caldwell
when a horse she was driving. ran
away. turning the buggy over and
throwing her out.
Boys at NamDa engaged In playing
war, In which bricks and stones were
used as weapons, broke all the win
dOws in a vacant house. causing dam
age estimated at $40.
Walter R. Cupp Of Caldwell has been
commissioned captain in the quarter
master corps Marvin Fry OF Ferdi-
nand has been commissioned second
lieutenant in the signal corps
Nampa was the host at a banquet
given al the Dewey Palace in honor
Of the Draft contingents from Canyon,
Valley. Owyhee and Gem counties who
left last week for Camp Lewis.
SparrOws have become a pest in the
Preston section, and farmers are hav-
Ing all they can do TO keep their grain
intact, as the marauding birds hang
around the grain fields in floeks.
There was a good yield Of barley IN
the Greenleaf EeighbOrhOOd this year.
VIII Winslow having some that yielded
from - 70 50 bushels per acre. Wheat
averaged about s. 10 20 bushels per
acre.
Victor Asquela ana Tony SurenO
were each given 80 days ii the Ada
county Jail together With a so fine
for having intoxicating liquor IN their
possession, contrary to the Idaho
statutes.
Men in the draft qualified to enter
the University Of Idaho VIII be given
the privilege Of enlisting in the army
at the time they register for the
school term and VIII be given pay al
the rate Of $50 per month
Boys and girls Of 10 and u years
OF age are working on the farms in
southeastern Idaho" says D. H. Hub
bard, who has returned from a 9O-day
trip appraising farm lands in that re-
gion for the federal loan bank OF
Spokane.
Real property and pu-ic utilities
IN the state as valued by the state
board of equalization this year IL
creased SIS Os.5O2 over the valuation
for assessment purposes Of $40, 265.-
POI found last year. The new figure be
ing +3O.s73.7O3.
Henry Waggoner OF Caldwell was So
riOusly injured when a car in which
he was riding scraped a hay-rack By
the side Of the road in such 2 way
as to throw q projecting board into /
the car, striking Mr.. Waggoner and I
breaking his left arm and several RIBS /
Over her protest. Miss Ethel Z. Red 1
field. state superintendent OF public 4
instruction, was made chairman OF the /
state land board at the session last /
week in the absence Of Governor Alex !
ander. who had gone 10 Camp Lewis 4
and 70 California on official business |
Sergeant Louis Goldsmith, former /
Idaho guard member Of Caldwell. and .
now with \ company. Gas and flame
division OF the engineers, is lying
wounded in 9 hospital in France after
having acted. with three other COM
AIDES. as q backstop for q German
she'll
4 schedule OF warehouse rates for
Latah, Nez Perce, Clearwater. Lewis
md Idaho counties. arrived AZ by equal
zing existing rates, was issued last
week by The public utilities commits
sion. which conducted a hearing n
Lewiston last month with the ware
house men.
A request for exradiHon papers for !
James Parsons was issued last week
rom the office Of the governor upon /
he governor Of Nebraska, where sar-
ions Is being held pending the arrival
# an officer 10 bring him back TO
'Ocatello. He is wanted on a charge
f grand larceny.
Reclamation Of arid lands. swamp
snds and cut-Over and burned-Over (
ands, TO provide homes for American
oldiers when they return home. is one
f the vital p.'cbiems now before the
ederai government Congressman
ninth OF Idaho is urging bill in con
reSs 10 put the federal government
irectly back Of this great work.
In order 70 let the Boise Y. W. c. 4
AIRY on its excellent work through its
rec employment bureau r II. Has
rouck. head of the federal labor bur
au for idaho. considers this and the
-ty employment bureau. as branches
{ his own federal office and COM
lere report Of all workers placed and
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