Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-09-12

William Mcmillan of Burley has been
appointed county director Of CONNER
clal economy for Cassia county by o.
o. Haga, state director of commercial
economy.
State headquarters for the coming
war fund campaign of the Y. M. G. A,
the Y. w. G. A, the War Camp Com
munity activities and the American Ii
brary association, have been opened
at Boise.
At a rabbit drive on the Schodde
farm near Burley between 5000 and
5000 Of the pests were killed. The rab-
bit was becoming q serious pest to the
farmers In this neighborhood, but Is
being killed off in these drives.
FL. w. Hochbaum, state leader Of
county agents, has returned from a
three weeks trip through Kansas, Wyo-
ming and California, where he assist
ed in organizing county farm bureaus
along the plan now IN use in this
state.
This years Meridian prune crop al
though below normal will be in the
neighborhood of 80 carloads. The
quality of prunes is also below normal,
due to frosts which necessitates the
culling out of more than the usual
amount.
Il. %. Miller, farmer living south
Of Caldwell on Sunny Slope, was ac-
cidentally killed by trap gun he had
set for water melon stealers. In set
ting up the gun it was accidentally
discharged hitting him In the side of
and face.
| Mrs. George Stanger was instantly
killed at her home in Iona. She was
milking a COW in TIE yard when team
| hitched close by became frightened and
started to run. She got in front of them
to stop them, and was knocked down
and trampled upon.
| Word comes from France that an
other Minidoka county boy has given
up his life in service. The young mans
name is Wesley c. Predmore, of Ru-
pert. He was educated in the public
schools and was well known and
popular young man.
If sufficient numbers of 21-year-old
registrants of the August "a class vol
unteer under the call for 700 men to
go to Camp Lewis, older men, upon
whom the harvest depends to a large
extent, will be permitted to stay at
home for a few weeks and take their
places in the army in later calls.
The recent primary. the fifth held
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tory for the Nonpartisan league, which
nominated on the Democratic ticke'. its
candidate for the short term in the
United States senate, for congress from
the southern district, for governor and
presumably all of its candidates for
state offices.
An automobile plunged to the bot
tom of the Snake river, when the
clutch failed to hold and the car
crashed into the Homedale ferry,
broke through the iron safety chain
and plunged into the river bearing
with it two men, a woman and five
children. All were rescued without suf-
fering serious injury.
The following Idaho men have been
commissioned second lieutenants at the
field artillery central officers training
school at Camp Taylor, KY; Fred ].
Babcock, Occur d'Alene; Ambrose N.
Frederickson, Potlatch; Albert Hen
drick, nixon; Thomas J. Maginnis
Pocatello; Robert r. Miller. Wallace
James S. McNair, Post Falls; George
SfronV Priest Rfvar
A request for extradition papers for
James Parsons was issued last week
from the office of the governor upon
the governor of Nebraska, where rar-
sons is being held pending the arrival
of an officer to bring him back to
Pocatello. He is wanted on a charge
OF grand larceny.
Reclamation of arid lands, swamp
ands and cut-over and burned-over
inds, to provide homes for American
soldiers when they return home, is one
of the vital problems now before the
federal government. Congressman
Smith of Idaho is urging a bill in con
gress to put the federal government
directly back of this great work.
In order to let the Boise Y. w. G. A
carry on its excellent work through it.
free employment bureau II. II. Has
brouck head of the federal labor bur
eau for Idaho, considers this and tn,
city employment bureau. as branches
of his own federal office and com
plete report of all workers placed anC
all requests for employment is mad,
TO him by each branch weekly.
"Boys and girls of 10 and II year.
of age are working on the farms IL
southeastern Idaho" says ID. II. Hub
bard, who has returned from n coda,
trip appraising farm lands in that re
gion for the federal loan bank o
Spokane.
Real property and public utlltie
In the state as valued by the stat
board of equalization this year in
creased S1s60S,502 over the valuation
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