The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-01
IN THE GEM STATE

France last week for the Idaho boys.
City and county schools together
in Twin Falls county, have contrib
uted over $4,000 to various war
funds during the past few months.
Emmett mothers have recently or
ganized branch of the Child Con-
servation League of America, to be
known as the Emmett Mothers Circle.
Because Of increases in present
rates for arc lights, the entire street
lighting system of Nampa may be re-
fitted with tungsten incandescent |
lamps.
A number of prominent Rotarians of
Idaho attended the annual meeting Of |
the Rotary clubs of the intermOun- |
tain district at Salt Lake February 10 |
and 20.
Jess p. Hawley has been appointed |
chairman of the executive board of the
Ada county defense league, of which
John f. Nugent was president when
called to the United States senate.
Miss Ethel E. Redfield, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, has gone
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meeting of the superintendent divi-
sion of the National Education asso-
citation.
The Smith Brothers farm at Coils
ster, which has been the home of the
Early Dawn dairy for many years, is
being plowed and will be seeded for
grain. The dairy will be moved to
another location.
Through repeated and consistent
work with the steel road drags at its
command the City of Boise has put the
unpayed streets in excellent condition
since the mud which came after the
December and January rains dried up.
Charles Helby, alias G. w. Bryant,
who was brought back to Pocatello
from California to answer charge OF
embezzlement in connection with the
theft of an automobile, has been
bound over to the district court for
trial
Medical examiners for the Canyon
county exemption board passed FOR
general military duty in one day last
week, IS Of the % registrants who APP
peared for examination. This IS the
largest per cent so far recorded in a
single days examination.
In recent competitive shoot be
tween French, English, Canadian anc
American forces held in France, the
bonors for America We're taken D!
Lieutenant Homer Youngs of Evil
Falls. Out of a possible ~ point
Lieutenant Youngs made Al, while hi
nearest competitor made A.
The Burley highway district no'
has more miles of graveled road tina
any other district in the state. Th
farmers are working with the con
missioners in graveling the road
there. The district furnishes tn
gravel and the farmers do the work TO
about half of the regular price.
The agricultural extension depart
ment of the state university will b.
removed from the third floor of tn,
capitol to the first floor of the OLE
Central school building on the state
house grounds in Boise, in a shor
time. The lower floor of the schoo
building is being remodeled and re
paired and made ready for use.
The Shoshone county Defense coun
ell proposes to conserve all wasted
energies and money within the district
with the view that these two potentia
necessities may be used in successful
prosecution of the war.
Plans for the new mission school a
Fort Hall to replace the one burned
some time ago are being drawn. Thi:
building will be one story with a higl
basement, with dining room, kitchen
and playroom in the basement.
The state land board will purchase
no more Liberty loan bonds from in
dividuals, companies or corporation:
in the future. Secretary McAdoo ha:
advised the board that dealing in the
governments paper should be discour
aged.
The state land board has invited
the directors of the King Hill irriga
ton district to confer with it Marcel
i. The board is anxious to have the
district take over the management OF
the King Hill project and water il
this summer.
o. L. Bayles of Nampa has been ap
pointed predatory animal inspector by
the state livestock sanitary board. The
Nampa man will handle bounties OF
ground squirrels, gophers and other ro
dents. The position was created by
the last legislature.
Following a large parade headed by
the Gate City band, and in which ali
of the labor organizations of the city
took part, well attended public meet
ing under the auspices of the Ameri
can Alliance for Labor and Democracy
was held at Pocotello.
A high-power transmission line more
than II miles in length, to connect the
Swan Falls power plant with the Cald-