The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-10-30
In THE GEM STATE

4 ais electrical NOlhrIN uhloh dlt "
strike. They ask y per cent wage IL
crease.
Through a change In the time table
OF the Oregon Short Lhe, Victor, or
the Yellowstone branch. will receive
direct train service TO Salt Lake and
vice versa.
The POcafellO FIRE department has
just completed a six-stOry practice
tower, which is thoroughly equipped
for giving the firemen the latest Ideas
in ire-hghting practice.
The Idaho state school system. pro-
fting by the dearly bought lessons OF
the great war. will stress Americana
cation and physical culture In this
years educational program.
Payette county is well satisfied with
It's participation in the state fair this
year. The county won 500 In prizes
and exhibitors are enthusiastic over
the showing they Intend TO make Eext
year.
The fruit dryer opened al Weiser Is
now employing nearly 40 people, and
the force will be Increased. The plant
uses Gull apples, heretofore loss, and
win continue In operation for at least
three months.
George Western was severely In
jured while firing on a helper engine
at King Hill. He was going from the
cab back over the tender when the
coal gave way and let him fall some
is feet to the ground.
While the state OF Idaho has been
making good on all other financial
campaigns she has failed in the war
savings campaign, according to Allen
b. Eaton, director for the state on the
federal savings organization
IF many Idaho farmers are 10 Sc
cure maximum returns from their fail
seeding Of wheat. they must SOW
pure, plump and clean seed" says Il.
+. Sheehan, agronOmist OF the Uni-
versity of Idaho extension d~isiOn.
Robert $. Built. the engineer who
pulled the first train over the old Utah
Central railway when the golden spike
was driven January 10. 1870, was
found dead in n room OF the First Ma
tional bank building at ST. Anthony.
He died OF heart trouble.
BY voting down resolution To de-
clare the strike on. Burke local Of the
international Union OF Nine. Mill and
Smelter Workers again delayed re-
sumption OF mining and milling opera
tions in the Coeur d'Alenes. which
have now been idle since July Is.
The iowly prune has come into Its
own No more will IL be the butt OF
boarding house jokes. for this season
the prune will be luxury. growers
netting Slo0 n ton for the dried fruit.
an unheard of price. svs Z. J. Sin
sell president of the STATE board OF
horticulture.
Michael Morris died at Boise a week
after he had been struck In the face
by o. r. Henderson,. secretary OF the
state fair. following an alteration.
Should an autopsy develop that blow
produced the condition resulting IN
death, a charge Of mansiaughter will
be filed against Henderson,.
The bureau Of markets. Idaho de- 4
partment OF agriculture. has recently /
promulgated standards for sale Of tim
Othy, alafifa. red clover, alsike clover /
and white clover in this state. These |
grades went into effect July /. 1919. /
and IL Is upon these grades that all /
-. - Ia .h n.aA aa1aaA
shall be made.
The special bond election held AZ
Burnley for the purpose Of voting S325.-
900 for the purchase Of the Willow
creek water and Installing the system
was lost. there being 142 votes cast
against the proposition while there
were only 1911 for the bond issue. u
required two-thlrds vote TO carry
the issue through
John Fleming. who was sentenced
10 death In 1905 in Lincoln county.
when he was convicted Of having muir
-iered man. and whose sentence was
10 1911 20 life imprison-
ment. now wants the state pardon
board 70 free hinE
A two-year experiment in the use
n sulphur on alfalfa fields Is being
started Ia Canyon county through Co
operation Of two farmers with the
county farm bureau aud the soils spe-
.iailst Of the university extension
iivislon-
The Law requiring automobiles car
wing passengers and freight 90 take
ut licenses. and exemptiug machines
~ star routes. Is held constitutional
md not class legislation by Judge
leddoch in a decision rendered AZ
Boise.
OF a community shipment q Boz
ler county beef cattle recently COZ
igned to the Spokane Onion stock
ards. seven head topped the spokane
market. Six head averaged Sl46 each
The federal employment bureau.
rhich has operated IN Boise for more
han a year with =. H. Hnsbrouck IN
harge. viii discontinue business on