The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-05-30

nave another daily newspaper.
The Third Idaho National Guard
unit at Pocatello is being recruited to
full strength.
A movement is under way to pro-
vide suitable and permanent soldiers
memorial for Jerome.
A larger per cent of the apples In
the Pleasant Ridge district were dam
aged by the freeze than at first es-
timated.
June IL has been named as COM
mencement day for Gooding college
ard the summer school will begin the
following Monday
The county commissioners have de- (
cided to spend 5000 within the next
two months IN surfacing the highway
between Salmon and Baker In the
Lemhi valley.
A big time is planned for the Idaho
Technical Institute during the week
from June to 6, graduating week, and
diplomas will be granted to class OF
nearly 250 students.
An increase of 80 cents day, from
$4.25 to x475, became effective IN
mines OF the Occur dAlenes district
on May 20, according to bulletins post
ed In the principal mines.
By resolution passed at meet
ing Of representative men of Ada coun-
ty, held last week, Boise and Ada
county took 5000 memberships ut
large in the Idaho Reclamation associ-
alton.
The Oregon Short Line has inaugu-
rated mixed train service on the Yel-
| lOwstOne branch, and the schedule in
cludes Il mixed passenger and freight
train each Sunday until June 10, when
the regular Salt Lake-Yellowstone
special will be put on.
| Actual bank returns to the Twelfth
| federal reserve bank at San Francisco
show that Idaho oversubscribed its
$11,15O.O0O Victory Noan quota by
$3.50, ,25O with possible increase which
may be made when Teton and Latah
counties submit their final reports.
That inmates of the Idaho peniten-
tiary should be given greater consid-
eration and extended helping hand
rather than condemned ut every turn
Is the opinion Of Judge Charles r. Me
Carthy ef the THIRD judicial distric
tourt, - expressed IN N address givel
Fat Boise last week
The fruit situation In the Payettt
valley is encouraging. Barring fur
ther destructive freezes, there Will bt
big crop Of apples. In fact, 1t will
be necessary to do large amount Of
thinning in good many orchards be-
cause there is lal ger crop than the
trees can possibly mature.
To avoid confusion of dates, the
state meeting Of delegates represents
ing the soldiers, sailors and marines In
Idaho who served with the c0lOrs In
the European war will be held In Boise
June 25 instead Of June 6, II heads
of country organizations who signed
the call will consent to the change.
Governor Davis las set aside May
q, as the date upon which all Idaho
will honor Private Thomas G. Neibaur
Bear Lake boy, who, single-handeu
held an entire German division II
check, and although seriously wound
ed captured eleven Germans and es
corted them into the American lines.
, The 1880 silver service set which
, the state gave to the old battieshil
idaho when it was launched some year.
ago has been dug up In Washington
by Franklin ID. Roosevelt, assistan
secretary Of the navy, and busted OF
and polished up and presented to tn
new battleship Idaho, with Governo
Davis compliments.
, e. G. Gallett, state auditor, wan,s
ruling from the attorney general Dt
fore he will pay out $3S99 in bae
t claims on bounties. The claims wer
taken care of in an appropriation D
the last legislature, after the stat
] supreme court had held that the stat
& could be held liable. The bountie
a were brought in back In 1914.
Repinnipa June G, the Idaho Fir
mems association will open its annut
convention at Boise, which will COZ
tinue through June and 8, ard,
the proposed plans for their entertain
ment are carried out, the delegate
who will come from throughout III
state will have q busy time while
Boise.
That part Of the Snake river Dasi
Z which is tributary to Boise has, In a.
!. dition to the land susceptible OF irE
cation, 100000 acres of dry farm Ian
} and 1000 square miles OF timber an
3 mineral land. There is possib
100000 horsepower in electrical el
ergy In the Snake and tributal
streams in the Boise area
All danger of local tong war
the Chinese colony at Boise is past Il
the present. The trouble was settle
by arbitration, but it took delega
> from the Chinese Benevolent socie
;, of Portland to accomplish 1t.
!. Boise Commercial clubs barbecu
ond ANIMAL event which was postpone