The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-03-28
In THE GEM STATE

ern Idaho.
Attempts resbeing made TO organize
baseball league. with teams at Boise.
Nampa. Caldwell, Wilder, Emmett and
Barber.
Pocatello is going on the assumption
that the worlds championship fight be-
tween Jess Willard and Jack Dempsy-
on July 4 is going to be held In that
city.
-Four modern sehoOlhOuses, construc
ted along standard lines laid down by
the state, viii be built In Ada county
by the various school districts CON
ceFned.
The state board Of education VIII
meet In Boise, March "a. Budgets for
all the state institutions will be taken
up and plans for new buildings VIII
be discussed.
The fifteenth session of the idaho
legislature has made possible the ex-
penditure Of $l.152,000 in Boise and
the immediate vicinity in the next
two years, from state and government
sources.
Miss Bernice Mccoy has resigned
her position as dean of women at the
state normal school at Lewiston to
take up community war service work
Her headquarters will probably be at
Washington.
Henry Jones, Caldwell. boy con
glcted of burglary has been sentenced
to the reform school. The Judge warned
him that II his behavior at the school
was not satisfactory, he would be sent
TO the penitentiary.
Memorials win be erected in each
county in the state to the memory of
soldiers, sailors and marines who
fought In the great war il the coun
ties take advantage of provision
made by the last legislature.
Jr. A. NJ. Bell aged 45, died suddenly
at st. Anthony Of acute indigestion af-
ter few minutes Illness. In addition
to his practice as dentist Doctor Bell
was ain extensive wheat grower, locat-
ing at st. Anthony four years ago.
William I'll. r. Hill, sales manager
for the Idaho Power company, has
been appointed state publicity direc-
tor of war savings for Idaho, accord
ing to an announcement by Allen b.
Eaton, state War Savings director for
this state.
Miss Nesta Nepean, a young woman
residing with her parents on Doumecq
plains in the Salmon river country, was
shot and severely wounded by Mrs.
Newton Otto, neighbor. The shoot
ing followed quarrel. The wound is
not thought to be fatal
Pocatello theatre fans are looking
forward to the possible opening during
this year of vaudeville theatre. Lo-
cal men are negotiating with the PAN
tages interests in the hope Of inter
esting them in placing Pocatello on
their vaudeville circuit
The work of cleaning the Yellow
stone branch of the Oregon Short Line
was big undertaking. according to
the officials who returned to Pocatello
from that part of the state, where sew
eral days were spent in blowing
through several feet Of snow.
Governor Davis made a clean sweep
Of all pending appropriation measures
and other bills passed by the legisla-
ture on March Is, attaching his sigma
ture to acts carrying a total appropri-
alton of several millions of dollars to
meet state department and institution
expenses.
Senator l. FL. Nash has been elected
state land commissioner to take charge
Of the land department. He will take
up his new duties Immediately after
the reorganization law goes into effect
governing the land board and land de-
partment Commissioner Nash win be
the head.
The Twin Falls City council has
passed ordinances reassigning the du-
ties of municipal officers, raising the
salary of the mayor from $3.50 to $500
per year and of councilmen from 500
to $500 per year, and providing for
the office of supervisor of water works
at an annual salary of $2400.
''0rchards of Boise Valley win bear
an enormous crop this fall the largest
ever harvested in this section, and the
crop win bring good price ON the
market says Silas Wilson, pioneer
orehardist of Idaho and president of
the Wilson Orchard company. which
owns ITO acres of fruit trees near
Nampa,
Electors Of the Twin Falls highway
district by vote of approximately Is
to / have Endorsed the issuance by the
district of $1.250.00O worth of bonds
for the purpose Of highway eonstruc-
tlon and Improvement, including the
paving OF about 100 miles of roads and
the building of more than 100 miles of
earth-graded roads.
That Idaho has approximately $780,
900 acres of irrigated land, 100000
acres lying within 100-mile radius