The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-17
IN THE GEM STATE

far more than 100000.
More than 100 children In Caldwell
and Nampa were organized last week
for school garden work.
G. b. Mosher of Idaho City has been
named chief deputy in the United
States marshal's office to succeed G.
b. Steunenberg.
The institution for feeble minded at
Nampa may be opened about June /.
Failure Of the furniture to arrive has
delayed the opening.
Coal has been purchased for four of
the six educational institutions Of the
state by the state educational depart
ment, for immediate delivery.
There are % families in the Warm
River district who bought 23 Liberty
bonds and three $40 war Saving
Stamps in one day of the last drive.
Train service on the Oregon Short
Line through southern Idaho will not
be affected by the proposed routing
Of passenger traffic west from Chi
cago
The annual G. A. Il. encampment of
( Idaho will be held this year June II,
at Payette, at which time delegates
from all the posts Of the state are ex-
pected.
The railroads OF the state have filed
an application with the interstate COM
merce commission for permission to
advance the minimum on special pas
senger fares from 20 fares or $25 to 30
fares or $50.
Aaction has been brought by At
torney K. r. Dampier of Rupert, charg-
ing twelve prominent citizens of Mini
doka county with conspiring to COM
NIT battery, false Imprisonment and
criminal libel.
The appointment Of w. H. Thorpe,
chief deputy, as state fish and game
warden to succeed Leroy G. Jones,
who has been appointed United States
marshal, was announced last week by
Governor Alexander.
Rathdrum's business men. provoked
because the Milwaukee railroad closes
its freight station and passenger sta
tion there from ! to 5 o'clock each
afternoon, have filed complaint with
the public utilities commission.
The Rev. Marcus Z. Lindsay, who
for the past three years has been pas
for the Presbyterian church In Po-
catello, will soon leave to serve as 1.
NJ. G.. A. secretary in France. He vol
unteereu his services several months
ago.
A farmer near Viola, whose only un-
married son has been called to war,
has two daughters at home and one OF
these has developed into an expert
farm hand and drives four and six
horses and does as much work as a
man.
Commencement week Of the Caldwell
high school will be dedicated to the
Red Cross, of which 100 per cent OF
the pupils are members. Celebrations
and functions begin Sunday evening.
May 10, and close Friday evening,
May "a.
Edmund Mayor of Payette county
has been arrested by the federal
authorities for failure to fill out his
QUESTIONABLE In the draft. he VIII
be taken to Fort Douglas for trial by
military court Mayer was arrested
In Boise.
Graveling Of the entire canyon-grade
at Shoshone Falls will begin soon, the
county commissioners announce. with
the opening Of the tourist season, when
scores of auto tourists visit the falls,
the need for better road to this
scenic attraction is demanded.
Miss Judith Morrisette, 20 years OF
age, a nurse in training at the hos
pital at Twin Falls for the past two
years, is dead as the result of the ac-
cidental discharge Of rifle at the
home of her brother-in-law and sister,
eighteen miles from Twin Falls.
The general fund in the state treas
ury had balance of $7,SSS.71. at the
close Of business April 80. according to
the April report filed with the state
auditor by John w. Eagleson, state
treasurer. Receipts for the month in
the general fund totaled $65,679.71.
Martin Gaze, an Englishman who
was employed In the royal gardens In
England before coming to this coun-
try, and who has been suffering from
| q cancer on his face for the past two
wears. committed suicide at Jerome
literally blowing his head off with
shotgun.
Prof. Frank r. Shepherd, federal In
spector on special education for the
army service, after spending two days
looking over the Idaho Technical In
stitute plant at Pocatello, has recon-
mended to the war department that
100 men be sent there for two months
beginning July l.
Kellogg is one of the 10 cities In the
the United States to receive the ma
tional pennant for the sale OF Red
Cross seals, Its percentage being 356
per cent. HALEY received the state
pennant and Sugar City has received