The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-21
IDAHO BUDGET

The annual meeting of the Idaho
Society of Engineers was held at Twin
Falls last week as part of the big
Irrigation conference.
Bingham county has sent $4,000 fol-
Armenians relief. This Is the first
county in Idaho to "go over the top
In the campaign to raise $3O,OOO,O 900 in
the United States for relief in the
near east.
Sergt. Orville Jackson, mentioned in
the casualty list as severely wounded
has sent his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
g. f. jackson at Middleton, a German
helmet. The helmet and letters were
mailed from Germany.
The triplets of Mrs. Thomas Moran
OF Boise, which have caused so much
attention on the part of Idaho people
ever since their birth, are all sick with
Influenza. Mr.. Moran's husband ID
serving with the army in France.
approximately 10000 acres of Lem.
hi county farm and ranch land changed
hands in 1913, the total aggregate price
being somewhere near 100000. There
were some so farms in the list and the
average price paid was $40 an acre.
Ernest Merrifeld, who was arrested
for forgery some time ago, pleaded
guilty to the 0ffense in the district
court at Caldwell and was given an in
Discriminate sentence of from one to
IA years in the state penitentiary.
Boise fire fighters are now full
f1edged union members. They now
have their charter from the Interna-
tional Association of Fire Fighters, and
the local union is to be known as Boise
Fire Fighters union local No. 149.
Ada County Council of Defense is
lending its approval to the coming
drive in which it Is planned to raise
$4,000 for the relief of Armenian, Sy-
rian and other refugees of western
Asia who have been made destitute by
the war.
Governor d. w. Davis contract with
the Idaho Power company, through
which his home at American Falls was
supplied with electricity, is not dis
criminatory, according to decision an
nounced by the public utilities COM
mission.
The report of the Pocatello post
office shows the sum Of $112,7S4 in
savings deposits in the local office as
compared with $37,756 deposited on
last January L. During the month of
December alone $31 200 was deposited
and only $2,440 Withdrawn.
Influenza conditions are so serious at
Kellogg that all public gatherings and
schools have been put under the ban
by order of the board Of health. No
gatherings of any nature in excess of
six adults at any one place is permit
ted under penalty of arrest.
Officers Of the Southern Idaho Wool
growers association elected at the
Twin Falls convention were as fol-
lows: Il President, Joseph Seaver,
Castleford,. Idaho; vice president, I. P.
Edwards, Kimberley; secretary-treas-
urer, H. H. Schildman, Filler.
There have been total of "a fatal
tiles in Lemhi county from influenza,
10 of which occurred at Salmon City.
This Is result of several hundred
cases which have been reported in the
county since the first outbreak of the
disease, about the middle of October.
]. w. Keefe, Boise accountant, has
been appointed chief clerk in the game
warden's office by Otto M. Jones,
warden. Keefe was prominent among
the applicants for the position Of
and had the Endorsement of a
arge number of sportsmen of the
state.
The Idaho Irrigation congress is 30
mack bill In the legislature which
.reates bureau Of water rights for
he administration Of the waters of
he state, to be composed of three
members, appointed by the governor,
Who are to serve nine-year terms at
'alaries of $500 per annum.
Tentative announcement of the pro-
ram planned for the general sessions
# the Inland Empire Teachers asso-
iation meeting which will be held in
spokane April 2, 3, and has been
nade by Miss Ethel e. Redfield, Idaho
uperintendent Of schools and presi-
ent of the Inland association.
Efforts to secure half-million ad- (,
itional endowment for the College Of =
lahO ARE progressing satisfactorily
ccoding to DR.. Charles L. Chalfant, !
lie vice president who Is chairman Of :.
Re campaign committee. OF the $780,
10 quota for southern Idaho and east
n Oregon $121.OOO has been SUBJ
ribbed.
The ushering in of the Greek new h
Ear at POcatello was the cause of {,
holesale arrests by the police In v
reek quarters on gambling charges. n
general roundup by members OF the q
lice and sheriff's forces resulted in
irty-seven arrests and in each case
e participants of the poker" games
ere caught redhanded. 6,