The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-26
IN THE GEM STATE

trioic purposes has just been COM
pleted by the Nampa Home Defense
league.
The Boise river water supply for ir-
rigatiOn this season promises to be
less than usual, as the accumulation of
snow on the watershed is considerably
below normal
Butte county was the third Idaho
county to go over the top in the third
Liberty Loan drive, according to re
ports that reached the state head
quarters in Boise.
Bank clearings OF the five institu-
tions in Boise were 81, ,455 ,O6S.5S for
the week just closed, compared with
$13S9, 1925 for the corresponding
week year ago.
Subscriptions of $25, 400 were made
to the third Liberty Loan Sunday Mt
Rose Lake. The towns quota was
$14, 400 and residents declared their
intention Of raising $4,000.
The state highway commission has
agreed to designate the road between
hioiOh uHu MdI SHllelu us Sldte NIGH
way with the understanding that the
Albion highway district would expend
$4,000 on it this year.
Wool may be billed straight through
from Idaho points to Boston, accord
ing to statement made by r. F. Bick-
nell Heretofore an embargo has been
In effect on all western wool to the
principal markets OF the east.
"One Of the strong impressions that
the traveller from Idaho always brings
back with him is the unquestiOned
superiority of the climate here" said n
prominent ldahoan upon his return last
week from visit to the east.
Special application blanks for fur
loughs for enlisted men who were en-
gagged in agricultural occupations and
who are needed at home to assist in
taking care of the crops, have been
received by the Pocatello exemption
board
! Pocatello baseball fans are arrang-
ing for the organization of two clubs
to represent that city in the amateur
league which has just been organized
and which includes Pocatello. Idaho
Falls, Shelly, Blackfoot and Lava Hot
Springs.
Miss Ethel e. Redfield, state super
intendent of public instruction, is
back from Spokane, where she went
to attend the Inland Empire Teachers
association meeting. Miss Redfield was
elected president Of the association
without opposition.
The sheriff's office and the local
police department will cooperate in
conducting a vigorous campaign to rid
PocatellO of all idlers and foaters. All
such characters will be required
either to go to work, leave town or
serve a Jail sentence.
'This is an American town, and we
will not tolerate the presence of slack
ers and loafers," is the warning di-
rected to slackers, l. W. W.'s and
loafers, by the Caldwell Home Defense
association. IF you do not want to
work, beat it" the notice says.
The Canyon county farm bureau is
instructing the farmers Of the section
in approved methods of gopher poi
soning, and from the interest that is
shown in the subject by the agricul-
turists 1t is hoped that the pest will
soon be among the things of the past.
Erick Erickson, Finlander, was
arrested by Bonner county officials as
he arrived at Standpoint from Spokane.
He admitted that he was an /. w. w.
there to promote his organization in
opposition to the Loyal Legion cam
paign.
The first stones to grind wheat in
the state Of Idaho have been recovered
from a creek bed where for many years
they have been used as stepping stones,
and will be presented to the State His
torical society. They were first used
by Cal White in a mill ten miles be-
low Boise.
The teaching of German In the public
schools Of this state up to and includ-
ing the eighth grade is prohibited
through the passage by the state board
of education OF a resolution so provid-
ing. The question Of German in the
high schools was left to the determine
ton of local school boards.
Idaho's state treasury opened the
present month with balance OF ST.
325,913.20, of which $73,394.39 is in
cluded In the general fund. The total
receipts for the month amounted to
$694, $3.50 There was apportioned to
the charitable institutions total Of
$3,131.7S and to the normal school
fund, $2.795.61.
L. w. Bewhey, sheriff of Tulsa coun-
ty, Oklahoma, arrived In Boise last
week to arrange for requisition papers
to transport Dale Duval to Tulsa coun-
ty 10 stand trial on charge of rob-
berry and jail breaking. Duval was
recently released from the Idaho peni-
tentiary where he served a term Of
three years and nine months for grand
larceny.