The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-11-07
In THE GEM STATE

1 est during Lne 1J1' SCe7UN.
The retail merchants Of Bull ore
planning the organization Of ketall
Dealers Credit association.
The work of paving the streets OF
Bull has begun Two miles OF pave
ment will be put down in the CITY.
Approximately so insurance men Of
the state of Idaho met at Boise Tor
banquet given in honor of the new
and retiring insurance commissioners
Of Idaho.
il. r. Baum, an attorney of northern
Idaho, has been selected by tine gov
ernor as judge of the Fifth judicial
district to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Judge Guheen.
Farmers are experiencing much diff
ficulty in getting their sugar beets
out of the ground in some sections or
the state. Frost was followed by
fall of eight inches of snow.
The Boy Scouts at Pocatello have
formed an athletic club and have out
lined a broad program of athletic
events for the winter. Suitable quar-
tiers for the club have been obtained.
Governor Iavis has sent formal let
tiers to governors of western states
setting forth the purpose of the irriga-
! ton congress he has called to be held
in Salt Lake City, November p and p.
The state fish and game department
is seeking the famed ibex in Idaho,
now almost extinct. Reports coming
to that department indicate the ami
mails are to be found in the mountain
Businesses.
Responding to the call for commu-
nifty service through greater com
munity organization, every organiza-
ton and element in Nampa is back
| ing the move for an enlarged cham
Der of commerce.
The governor has turned over to the
state treasurer a check for $115,-
76T.60, representing the states per-
centage of the. earnings of the ma
tional forests in Idaho during the ifs
cal year closing June 80 last.
Fred Gruber, who was sentenced to
| life Imprisonment, and who escaped
with another prisoner from the state
penitentiary November II, 1913, was
arrested a short time ago for the theft
Of an automobile in California.
It is announced that should the
Mondell soldier land reclamation bill
pass, Idaho would receive approximate
ly $37 100000, and that the American
Falls dam is one of the first under
takings that would receive considera-
ton.
The state board of examiners has
authorized the issuance of $650,000 in
treasury notes, under the authority
vested in it by the last legislature, to
put the state on cash basis pending
receipt of the tax collection for the
| year.
Alfred Fl. Wilke, proprietor Of
poultry farm four miles from Boise,
where White Rocks are raised has a
new pullet named Lady Mary Al
breida Wilkes" which he says has es-
tablished the unofficial record of $50
eggs in one year.
A corOner's jury at Blackfoot which
investigated the killing of Leon Reese
HARDWOOD returned a verdict that the
young mans death was caused by gun
shot wounds inflicted by ]. Vance
Johnson. Johnson was arrested i'm
mediately after the killing.
Bull win soon have a tourist park
If plans are carried out which were
begun by the city council last week
It is planned to equip the park with
building to be used as a garage, with
a concrete floor and running water to
be used for cooking purposes by the
autoists.
The district court at Rupert has de-
ctded that the claim of Twin Falls
| county against the commissioners of
Minidoka county for $3.50. alleged
due In payment of share of the cost
OF constructing the Hansen bridge
spanning Snake river, is a Just claim
and must be paid by Minidoka county.
Sudden ending of mine strikes in
northern Idaho means immediate in
auguration of new free mining schools
Officials of the state department Of
education have announced that four
schools will open on or soon after
November l and that others will no
provided should the enrolment neFes-
state them.
An election to provide $4,000 for
use in building a water system has
been called at Richland. The voters
had previously appropriated s2Oo0O
for this purpose, but the advance in
material and labor prices since tban
Is said to have made an additional
amount necessary to the completion
of the project.
Honey production as an occunotion
for returned soldiers who are DESTROYS
OF getting into some line of industry
different from what they had baforo