The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-06-20
TN THE GEM STATE

General Pershing has awarded the
distinguished service cross to Ernest
| Werneck Of Mackay.
Work ON the cooperative cheese
factory at Rupert win be started with
In the next thirty days.
A number of new school houses are
! being built in Bingham county, and
more are to be constructed this sum
mer.
Lieutenant Governor Moore presided
over the regular cabinet meeting last
week, in the absence of the governor
from the state.
More than 100 firemen and their
families attended the annual State
| Firemen's association convention at
Boise last week.
Two hundred dollars in prizes have
been offered for the best decorated
automobiles in the auto parade to be
held at Boise on July 4.
Prizes aggregatlng $3.50 will be
awarded to boys and girls vocational
club members exhibiting at the county
/ fair at Filler, September 80 to Oct
tober 8.
1t is predicted that crops in north
ern Idaho will be stupendous this
year, the wheat crop especially being
the biggest in the history of that sec
ton of the state.
Attempting to light the kitchen fire
with a mixture of gasoline and coal
oil in five-gallon can, Mrs. Leonard
Larson was burned to death at her
home near Bellevue.
An Italian arrested at Rupert
charged with having liquor in his
possession, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to thirty days in Jail and to
pay fine of $500 and costs.
II. A. Kinyon lost team valued at
$3.50 when his barn near Castleford
was burned. The fire originated from
smouldering debris of sheep corral
that had been burned the evening be-
fore.
Race horse owners in Bear Lake
county and in Star Valley, Wyo., are
getting their horses into condition for
the races to be held in Montpelier dur
ing the homecoming celebration on
July and 5.
1t is declared that bootleggers are
participating in regular parade
through the Tin Cup country in Wyom-
ing, coming into Idaho at various out
of-the-way places and disposing Of
their stocks of liquors.
Former Governor James H Hawley
has been chosen by the Idaho Recla-
nation association to represent this
state at Washington, in the matter of
the proposed S5OO,00O,0O0 reclamation
bill now before congress.
The Indian Valley Telephone COM
pany of Council, has asked the public
utilities commission to restrain the
Keithley & Daishmut Telephone CON-
pany from entering Midvale and the
Dixie country in Adams county.
A hungry thief who stole show
case from the window of Boise
butcher shop which he thought con-
tanned several slabs of bacon, is prob
ably kicking himself just now, as the
said bacon" was simply camouflage
Buried in a deserted cabin, more
than $50 bottles Of Old Crow whisky
was discovered by officers about ten
miles north of Boise in the Dry Greek
district. Merle Bowman was arrested
charged with being the owner of the
booze.
Governor Davis appeared before the
senate interstate commerce committee
on June 10, to voice Idaho's support
of the Poindexter bill, which intends
rigidly to enforce the long and short
haul clause of the Interstate com
merce act.
Ad Santel of San Francisco threw
Konstantine Romonoff of Omaha il
two straight falls at Boise, winning tn,
first in l hour, minute and % seconds
with a flying cradle, and the secont
, fall in 10 minutes and "a seconds witt
, a toe hold.
Ross Fairchild, of Burley, was acci
IDENTIFY shot and killed by chum, Ro,
Sweet, at a hotel in Pocatello. Befor
he died, Fairchild exonerated hi
: friend, declaring the shooting wa
: purely accidental, and Sweet was no
taken into custody.
= Government bonds are being eS
! changed for worthless Speculativ
r stocks and investments in Idaho, az
!. cording to Guy Bowerman, commits
sioner of finance for this state, VIII
has issued warning to Idahoan
against travelling stoek-selling agents.
z Arrangements had been under wa
a by the Red Cross of Bonneville to hol
e a celebration for the returned soldier
(, and sailors of the county ON June /
II Flag day, but owing to the fact tia
a Bonneville county has not quite ha
% of her men home as yet, it Wa
thought best TO postpone the form,
welcome home.