The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-12-19
In THE GEM STATE

HVuI young DOgS, TWO from IWln |
Falls and two from Pocatello, were
sent to the industrial school at st.
Anthony last week.
A directory of growers of purebred
poultry in Idaho, which has been is
sued by the university extension divi-
sion, contains 20 names.
As the result of a tire explosion,
Ben Madsen, an employee of com
pany Mt Pocatello, is in the hospital
suffering severe injuries to his face.
Savings Of crops worth 5000 by
the Lincoln county squirrel-poisoning
campaign We're reported by IS farmers,
who used 765 pounds of poisoned oats
on $3.50 acres.
The Owyhee Livestock company is
the name of new corporation organ-
lied at Bull by ten farmers living on
the Clover tract. The company is
capitalized at 100000.
The federal vocation board is MAX
ing efforts to locate every service man
in the state of Idaho who is entitled
to the benefits by the vocational train
ing department for disabled soldiers.
Either Standpoint or Couer d'Alene
will be awarded the state tuberculosis
sanitariums in the north, while Pay
cite, New Meadows and HALEY stand
equal chances for south Idaho prefer
ment.
Plans are practically completed by
the Lincoln county farm bureau for
shipping in a carload of pure Dick
low seed wheat from Jerome, Cassia
or Twin Falls county, for planting next
spring.
Thirty dentists attended the first
regular meeting of the Idaho State
Dentists association since the closing
of the charter, at Twin Falls last
week. Pocatello was chosen as the
next meeting place.
A persistent campaign by Blaine
county community and executive COM
mitteemen has more than doubled the
farm bureau membership, more than
81 per cent of the farmers having
Joined the organization.
Due to the acute shortage of coal
in Meridian the local board has direct
ed all business houses to open but
nine hours day, from 8 o'clock until
.. The churches will combine their
| evening services in one church.
An auto driven by J. w. Wander
ford, of Bull, ran over an embank-
ment and turned completely over twice,
! wreclling the car beyond repair. Mr..
and Mrs. Vanderford, who occupied the
machine, were not injured in the
least
Eight farmers owning 30 acres of
seed potatoes, on the Dietrich tract,
| received about $50 an acre more than
| the market price for them, because
| they were considered eligible for GER
| tification. This was a total bonus of
| $3.50.
conference of the members of the
| Boys and Girls clubs of Idaho will
! be held in Pocatello during Seed Show
| week, in January, and, this being the
| first meeting of the boys and girls in
| two years, the session will be of es-
! pecial interest.
A. b. Stevenson, "a years of age one
of the oldest men in the service of
the Oregon Short Line here died at
! Pocatello last week. The cause of
death was nervous pr0stration, brought
on by strenuous work in connection
with his railroad duties.
Charging Idaho school trustees with
"woeful negligence" in failing to COM
| ply with school health laws, the state
department of public welfare has is
sued circular letter to school super
intendents demanding absolute en-
forcement of such statutes.
A series of carpentry books for boys
has been issued by the university ex-
tension division, to help them with
their poultry, corn and pig club work
and also to show them how to take
care of tools and to make useful arti-
Giles for use about the home.
Reports to that state constabulary
Headquarters from the forty-four cOun-
ties in the state show there were sew
enty-two felopies, seventeen liquor vio-
lations and five insane cases during
November In addition. five Illicit stills
were discovered and destroyed.
At a conference between the recent.
" appointed coal commission and the
various dealers of Boise, methods
were adopted to prevent the present
coal shortage from creating n famine
in Boise. 1t was decided to put all
coal buying by the individual on the
permit basis.
Gradual but sure recovery from the
nervous depression resulting from the
awful experiences they have under
gone, is the latest word from p. P,
Grant and Emil Sayko, the two miners
rescued from the Hunter mine at Wal
lace after more than two weeks en-
tombment in the mine.
The Blaine County Investment com
pany, which is in charge of the Blaine
| comfy irrigation proiect comnrisinp