Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-28
In THE GEM STATE


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 b. 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 L. Redfield, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, has gone
to Atlantic City to attend a national
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
unpaved 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 and
American forces held in France, the
honors for America were taken by
Lieutenant Homer Youngs of Twin
Falls. Out of a possible AS points
Lieutenant Youngs made AZ. while his
nearest competitor made A.
The Burley highway district now
has more miles of graveled road than
any other district in the state The
farmers are working with the COM
missioners in crawling the roads
, there. The district furnishes the
; gravel and the farmers do the work for
t about half of the regular price.
The agricultural extension depart
I ment of the state university will be
8 removed from the third floor of the
capitol to the first floor Of the ole
Central school building on the state
house grounds in Boise, in shor
5 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
Z energies and money within the district
with the view that these two potentia
2 necessities may be used in successful
n prosecution of the war.
g Plans for the new mission school a
|. Fort Hall to replace the one burned
, some time ago are being drawn. Thi
e building will be one story with higl
Q basement, with dining room. kitchen
q and playroom in the basement
The state land board will purchas
!, no more Liberty loan bonds from In
:, dividuals. companies or corporation
h in the future. Secretary McAdoo ha
advised the board that dealing in tn
g governments paper should be discouI
d aged.
y The state land board has invite
l. the directors of the King Hill irriga
= ton district to confer with 1t Marc
5 - The board is anxious to have tn
district take over the management 4
y the King Hill project and water
s. this summer.
=. o. l.. Bayles of Nampa has been nj
- pointed predatory animal inspector b
:, the state livestock sanitary board. TIL
Nampa man will handle bounties O
n ground squirrels, gophers and other re
\ dents. The position was created b
Is the last legislature.
N Following n large parade headed b
i the Gate City band and in which a
of the labor organizations of the eli
took part, q well attended public NEE
ing under the auspices of the Amer
TO can Alliance for Labor and Democrat
c was held ut Pocotello.
90 A high-power transmission line MOI