The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-01
IN THE GEM STATE

John ii. Rich, aged 90 years, died at
Frultland last week from complica-
tlon of diseases. His body was sent
to Iowa, where he formerly lived.
School children of Ashton are buy
ing a good number Of thrift stamps
and war saving certificates, an agency
having been established at the school
for this purpose.
A call has been sent out by the
president and secretary of the Idaho
State Association of Optometrists for
the annual meeting, which is to be
held In Boise January %.
It has been decided that the town
board will arrange TO give public re-
ception to every enlisted man who
comes to Downey on furlough as well
as those accepted in the draft.
The Pocatello council of the Knights
Of Columbus has secured the services
of a vaudeville troupe from Ogden and
will entertain Sunday, February 3. the
proceeds to 90 to the war fund.
To guard against possible outbreaks
of scarlet fever, the Caldwell schools
were closed one day last week and
the buildings given thorough fumi-
CATION.
Ninety quarts of whisky and a large
automobile We're added to the pro
hibition" collection at Caldwell follow
ing the arrest Sunday evening of Ran
dali Sage of Ontario, Ore.
Canyon county farmers who counted
on steady market in Texas for their
hay suffered heavy blow to their
hopes when word was received that
cars in which to ship the hay will not
be available for several days.
Because his wife denied claim of her
dependency upon him as he claimed,
James Henry Nelson is i'll the Twin
Falls county Jail awaiting federal ac-
ton, charged with making false rep
reservations in his QUESTIONABLE.
The Idaho Seed Growers associa-
ton, in session at Idaho Falls, elect
ed the following officers: A. ]. Sny-
der, Springfield president; NJ. a.
Thometz, Twin Falls, vice president;
A. II. BeasIey, Idaho Falls, secretary
treasury.
Lavon Williams, Dewey Arnold,
Edward Levin and Henry Kicks, all
young men of prominent families, are
in the Madison county Jail, held on
charge of highway robbery and assault
on two Japanese women. Bail has
been fixed at $4,000 each.
Whisky ran like water in the sub
terranean conduits of Pocatello on Jan
uary %, when 1920 TASKS of whisky
valued at "a flash We're broken by
sheriff's deputies and dumped into the
sewers. The stock was valued at about
$4,000, dry territory quotations.
Announcement rs made that Gov
ernor Alexander viii invite the gov
errors of Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Oregon, Nevada and Washington to
meet in Boise this winter for the pur-
pose of discussing the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitution
One hundred signers are petitioning
for n company of militia to be or
ganized at PocateIIO- 1t will be an
Infantry company, provided to take
the place of the national guards which
volunteered for war duty. The petit
ton will be sent to- Boise immedi-
ately.
Although the, friends of Senator
Brady have known that as Il result of
the maturing of his large waterpower
and mining investments he had become
a millionaire, few were aware that he
! had acquired fortune which is va
riously estimated at from two to five
millions.
The Farmers Cooperative Cream
| cry company management has pur.
/ chased two trucks and one runabout
fer its use at Payette this season
| 1t intends to cover all the territory
! in gathering cream, SO that the farm
| erS will not have TO spend time haul
/ iEg their cream in.
Because the room in the high schOo
building was too small to accommodate
the women doing Red Cross work, ant
through desire, to aid in the war worl
as much as possible, the Elks' lodge
at Twin Falls turned over its hand
some new lodge rooms to the Rec
Cross workers of the city and vicinity
George L.. Brunn of st. Maries, wht
| NlleNl ATTEMPTING W save lfo1lN ~
Kinley, 8 years old, from drowning
May 26, 1917, has been honored b,
the Carnegie hero fund commission
for his act of heroism. A silver media
and pension We're awarded to hi
wife and three children.
Attacked by three MeSicans as h
was coming from Jarbidge, Charlie
MiSner, telephone lineman, was tel
rlbly cut and beaten. and when though
dead was thrown over a high cliff nea
Twin Falls by his assailants Misne
recovered ana walked into town an
three men have been arrested. Rol
berry was their motive,
A verdict awarding $1,000 to Fran
Il. McNeese as damages in his Su
against George l.. Phillips of Nyss
Ore. whom he charged with maliciot
prosecution, was returned by a jun
In the District court at Caldwell II
trouble grew out of the arrest OF NJ
Neese on complaint of Phillips, WI
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