Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25
IDAHO STATE NEWS

ulth At tliltDus NH.
!, A mems club has been organized a
! POcatellO which will be identified witt
the work of the Congregational churcl
at that place.
AT a meeting Of the school board OF
Parma held recently it was decided ia
have "six-day" school for the high
school grades.
The Idaho state board of examina-
tion and registration for graduate
nurses viii hold an examination on
February II and 10 at Boise.
The Council chapter of the Red Cross
shipped box of knitted articles to
headquarters last week, in addition to
a shipment of gauze bandages.
All German alien enemies in Idaho
are to be registered during the week
of February to o, under the direc-
ton Of the United States marshal.
In the first week of the retailers
pledge campaign 4175 Idaho food re-
tallers pledged themselves to give the
public the benefit of fair and moderate
prices.
Plans of Denny & Co., prominent
fruit marketing agents of the north
west. 10 build large fruit evaporator
MT Caldwell are waiting only upon as
surances of a crop this season.
e. A. Schaffer was nearly crushed to
death in n cavern of the sewer ditch
In which he was working at Emmett
-Four feet of debris covered him and
1t required 20 minutes to release him.
Questionnalres mailed to 2S2 Can
yon county registrants have been re-
turned from the addresses given by the
registrants to the local board, and are
being held until the correct addresses
are learned
Norris McKeath, aged IL, of Nampa,
Is critically i'll from infection of
wound sustained about three weeks
ago when he was struck on the back
of the head by rock thrown at him
by another boy.
The supreme court has held that
Fred l.. Lilly, who has been acting as
mayor Of Caldwell since the city cleo
ton of April, 1917, must give way to
Edward H. PIowhead, who is declared |
to have been elected by one vote.
IL. Collins aged H. of Caldwell suf-
fered severe injuries to his hand when |
Il dynamite cap, which he attached in |
some way to an electrical apparatus, |
exploded and tore the end of the first |
finger and of the thumb into shreds.
II. Il. Biclnell, state food administra-
tor, is advising people to lay in their !
supply of potatoes at this
time as shipping facilities are crippled
to such an extent that great quantities
of idaho potatoes viii have to be used /
within the state.
At the annual meeting ut Idaho Falls
Of the beekeepers OF the state the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, c. IL. Harper vice president,
William Krupp. Reports showed that
twenty carloads of honey had been
shipped during 1917.
Much enthusiasm is shown over the
of company of national
guard at Pocatelo. Nearly 100 men
nave already signed petition asking
or a company, and believe that Poea-
clio should have it ON account of its
,eing Il railroad center
Senator Brady apparently died with
'ut leaving a will. Unless a will is
ater found the senator's property prob
IDLY will be divided between Mrs.
Brady. his widow. and his two sons. J.
iobb Brady of Ell Caney, Kan, and
!. Il. Brady of FL Reno, Okla.
The skill of Professor Robert Blair
f the Idaho Technical Institute ut Po-
atello rs violinist has received sub
tantial recognition through the action
f. Fassauer. Ferron. noted violin
iaker of Chicago, in presenting him
18th valuable handmade instrument. ,
Jess Totterdell of Jordan valley WAS i
ound guilty of assault with intent to &
ommit robbery by a district court {
lry at Caldwell. The assault was {
ON the evening of Decem-
er 20 upon the person of Roy Fox. c
18th whom Totterdeu had been gamb- /
ne. 5
Members Of the county exemption y
cards are being flooded with letters
nd protests from friends and rela- :
YES of men already enlisted who :,
ave been posted by the board as fail
x to send in their queStionnaires. F,
he board hassho,option but to publish 4
lie names. !,
Prank Brim. ,the 15Sear-old boy Il
larged with manslaugnter. was found Il
1t guilty by jury ut Caldwell. The n
large against the boy grew out of G
e death of Walter Freeman last Oc- Il
Der from wounds received when he
as shot by Brim ON the evening o. W
rptember 10. 81
The crowded conditions in the pub =,
, schools of Blackfoot made il neces-
ny during the past week to resort to
Ilf-day sessions TO accommodate the
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