The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-02
BUDGET

Plans for the annual Labor Day
celebration September 2 by the Boise
Trades and Labor council are being
made
Bumper crops prevail in Idaho. The
problem now confronting the Idaho
farmers, is how to get sufficient help
to harvest the war production.
Drug stores will close hereafter In
Boise every Sunday afternoon from
to 6 O'Clock, according to an agreement
reached by the druggists Of the capitol
city.
Nampn gave the drafted boys who
left for Camp Lewis last week a rous-
Ing sendoff. A crowd of more than
25OO people were at the depot to see
them Off =
There has just been received by the
Twin Falls county Red Cross chapter
$1,000 worth of yarn to be made Into
1926 pairs of socks and 400 sweaters
by September /.
w. II. Hochbaum, state county
agent leader, is confronted with the
problem of filling seven county agent
vacancic, in thu state and having no
material with which to fill them.
! Plans Of the Nampa Commercial club
committee for the harvest festival are
taking shape and 1t Is assured that
Nampa will this year have the best
celebration that has yet been put on.
County agricultural agents and
farm bureaus are making a survey OF
the bean and potato crop supply and
demand in the state, similar to sur
vey of nny crop conditions just COM
/ pleted.
Upon an offer made by the county
fair association this years fair at
Rupert has been turned over to the
farm. bureau, which organization
promises a big county fair September
1S, 10 and 20.
Cooperation In war work and food
conservation was the keynote of an
enthusiastic gathering of between GOO
and 700 members of the vocational
clubs of Twin Falls county at Twin
Falls on July 25.
Plans are being perfected by trac-
4 tor dealers of Idaho in cooperation
with farmers and agricultural agents
TO hold power farming school as a
feature Of the Idaho state fair in
Boise during September.
The sewer system in Preston has
been practically completed and Ms
really for the acceptance Of the may
or and city council. Resident and
property holders are now busy max
ing connections with the system.
Refusing TO submit to a surgical
operation which would probably have
saver his life, "Tom," Chinaman of
Jordan valley, died at the general hos
pital at Caldwell from blood poisoning
which had resulted from broken leg.
Golf enthusiasts of southern Idaho
will have the opportunity of trying
their skill in competition beginning
August 3 in a southern Idaho amateur
championship golf tournament stageo
by the Boise County club on their
links.
Caldwells engineering department IL
installing eight traffic street lights.
The lights are being placed on the
principal cross streets at the busiest
corners. If the eight are successful
between twenty-five and thirty will be
installed.
1t is learned that so far as statistics
now available show, sheep and cattle
have increased materially IN Idaho
during the past year, while hogs, In
spite of the high cost Of grains for
average production.
#. J. Gary of Boise is in receipt of q
German war helmet and a purse con
tanning paper money in the form of a
five-mark piece and a letter of credit
which Jude Gary, his son, sent him
from France. They were taken from
German prisoner by Young Gary.
The public utilities commission has
been advised that the interstate com
merce commission has set September 4
as the date for the hearing of the
utilities commissions protest against
proposed advanced rates on charges
for reconsignment and diversion OF
green fruit and vegetable shipments.
Emmett Hershey, aged 10, died al
Idaho Falls, July %, as the result OF
a mysterious accident. The boy lef
home on a motorcycle to attend early
mass at the Catholic church. Severa
hours later his parents started tt
church in their auto and short dis
tance from home discovered the body
lying in n partly-filled water ditch be
side the road.
Bumper crops are predicted for east
rn Idaho this season, according to ar
\ estimation made by Secretary of State
w. L. Dougherty and State Auditor
Clarence Van Deusen, who recently re
turned from trip through that par
of the state.
II. F. Hartenbower was recently ap
pointed threshing inspector for Idaho
His duties will be to save grail
wherever possible and his affiliation:
and cooperation with the threshermer
and farmers will be with that end II
view.