The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

such a dearth of help. this being due
| in measure to the influenza epidemic.
Maurice Roberts was the second
| Weiser boy to be decorated with the
| croix de guerre in France. Carl
Dasch was awarded the same honor
early in the summer.
| Ben Carothers, negro, shot and'killed
John Anchor, another negro, at Poca-
tello. The men, it is said, had been
! having trouble all day arising out of
| Anchors alleged abuse of woman.
| Official canvass of the Idaho vote
| on November 5 confirms the re-elec-
| ton Of Senator John F. Nugent, Demo-
crat. Senator Nugent leads by go
votes out of total vote of 95,964.
Miles f. Reed, president of the
Idaho Technical institute at Pocatello,
and one OF the leading educators of
| the state, died suddenly while hunting
, near Aberdeen, Heart failure was the
cause Of death.
Judgment for $1ES2374 with inter-
est Of $500 and costs of the suit, was
| awarded the Twin Falls Canal COM
pany by Judge f. s. Dietrich of the
| federal court in an action against the
North Side Canal company.
| In the united war work campaign
Idaho has gone over the top There
was never war activity campaign
| put on in the state under such diff
| culties, but in the face of all handi-
| caps Idaho has maintained her rec
| ord
With an initial membership of 50
individuals and collaborating firms, |
the Idaho Citizens Grazing association
has been organized for operating on
lands in eastern Idaho now being held
by the Soda Springs Grazing associa-
ton.
The United States department of |
agriculture, division of the biological |
survey has rendered much valuable |
assistance to the farmers and livestock |
men of the state this year in helping |
to exterminate all kinds of predatory |
animals.
Otto Schmidt Fred Schmidt and Ace |
Nelson, all convicted in Bannock |
county OF grand larceny and sentenced
tiary, have been pardOned by the state |
pardons board, and will be released De-
cember 4.
/ Idaho is without Il regiment at the |
present time and it will be one of the
duties of the new legislature to pass
measure taking advantage of and ac-
cepting the terms of the national de-
<a,,s. on{c, thnt ,.nsriv nnv.f
be formed.
Amendments to Idaho's constitution
apparently are unpopular. Official re-
turns from the last general election
held in this state Indicate that the five
amendments passed by the legislature
and submitted to the electors at large
were defeated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weller Robinson of
Nampa have received word of the
death of their daughter, Miss Geneva
Robinson, in England, October q, from
meningitis and pneumonia. Miss Rob-
inson was trained nurse and re-
sponded to the urgent call of the Red
Cross last spring.
The campaign to eXterminate preda-
tory animals in Idaho will be con-
tinued. The government will make an
appropriation of $4,000 for this work
in Idaho, and bill will be presented
to the next legislature asking for an
appropriation of $4,000 to add to the
federal appropriation.
Although the Red Cross has stopped
all recruiting of overseas workers,
there is still a chance for two young
women to be selected from Idaho to go
overseas in the capacity OF workers
in the furlough houses, to be financed
by the club women of America to greet
The coveted strip of land in Ban
mock county, taking in upper Mink
creek and Treasureton, which has
within its radius the huge power plant
and reservoir of the Utah Power &
Light company, has been won by
Franklin county, and from now on it
will be part and parcel of this rapidly
growing county.
1t is announced that d. w. Davis
governor-elect, is planning confer [
ence of state officials at Lewiston dur
ing the Northwest Livestock show,
which meets November 2S to December ,
4. and Mt the conference state policies
and the personnel of the appointed ,
staffs will probably he the principal
items under discussion. |,
Idaho is again going to be invaded
by woman suffrage leaders in behalf !
of the Susan Il. Anthony amendment. | ,
This amendment is pending before con-
gress. Mabel Vernon. national secre-
tary of the Woman's party, and Abby ,
Scott Baker. national chairman of the ,