The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-07-25
IN THE GEM STATE

I state DOAru OF lAliu COMMISSIONERS
have announced sale of state land in
Bannock county near Pocatello, COM
| prising fifteen-sixteenths of section
The land is divided into fifteen parcels
Of forty acres each, and six OF these
tracts are improved TO the extent OF
| from $50 to 5000. This land is In
section 16, and the plan OF sale pro-
yides for the payment Of cash for the
improvements. plus 10 per cenl Of the
purchase price Of the land, and forty
years time is granted for the payment
of the balance.
A committee Of fifteen thresher-
men, farmers and laborers, following
the recommendation Of n meeting Of
seventyfive delegates in The farm
bureau office here has fixed The fol-
lowing scale Of prices for threshing /
in Twin Falls coui.sy this season
Wheat cents, barley 6 cents. oats 5
cents. The charge for thrcshlng
where straw burning machines are
used is ! cent n bu>hel high 7. A
charge of 81 per hour will be made |
where wages cannot be made ihrcshing
! by the bushel. The farmer IS To fur
nish coul and board the men employed
with the machine
Approximately one-fourlh of the
total number of inmates in The Idaho
I State penitentiary have made applica-
= ton for either parole or pardon. This
o unprecedented number Of requests, to-
!. taling, ,fifty-two, will be submitted for
consideration to the pardon board this
= week There are 2lS prisoners in the
= institute.
i That fall plowed land in southern
:. Idaho Is probably Il better producer Of
corn and small grains lh,n spring
: plowed land is Indicated from progress
reports of a series OF such experiments
= conducted here and in other southern
y Idaho counties by f. B. Hitchcock, soil
& specialist with the University OF Idaho
extension department.
Authorization was received by Of
ficers OF the Farmers and NJ. rchants'
National bank at Nainpa ny telegram
i from the comptroller Of currency at
Washington of the increase in The cap
al ital stock and surplus Of the institu-
- ton from $6t 900 to $130,oW The in
crease went into effect immediately
{ upon receipt Of The authorization.
I" The thrgshci1nen Of t;Qodin= fnunty
n la.,s.s fosx{eel ,:sa aesrssaSks sbass Azan.ss
/ as the. G('Aplisix t'osussy Tbrcshe hien's
~ association The pulp;se1 oia 'i}F or
ganzation is to divide territory, tsavt
overlapping. establish Uniform prices
and to facilitate efficiency in tht
handling Of the crops In Goodini
county.
r. The baseball germ is getting firm
M hold on fans of the national game II
u, all corners Of Bannock county. ant
the latest town to come 10 tie for'
~ with team is Grace. one of the liv'
y. spots OF the southeastern part of th'
un county.
c Goodlng mas been pif6sd - r--a ne,
Roosevelt highway. being laid on
~ across the state. This highway Wi
cross southern Idaho and Will follo'
the Oregon Short Line until it reache
As American Falls.
Choose between your cat and tn
health of your child, is the selectio
urged upon Idahoans in Ii s.atemer
ira which has just been issued by j. +
White. state commissioner Of publ
80 welfare.
=" Anna. the 1C-monthS-old cliild of NJ
- and Mrs. George krepS, living abo,
III four miles west Of Rupert. while pla.
10, ing near the house last wcci. fell int
an irr. .gafcn ditch and was browne
before assistance could reach her.
A Salt Lake motor company hs
'"' been awarded the contract fur urns
IN ing the city of Bull with modern fir
hi, fighting apparatus. including Il chez
Mt. ical engine, ladder ana hose
,er Breaking into the Fi!cr postoffi'
u, last week burglars got away with $!
In stamps and a few dollars in pc
MICS. No trace OF them has be,
ltu found
.lie United States Marshal Leroy
ihe Jones of the federal jur's,.a.flon f
:. idaho has been served With a dcnal
hy the state oi Idaho to make good
shortage of S2J.GOO, l,ge her with
''n lerest and penalties. alleged to ex1
'ge in the state fish and game dcrartme
viii iiid credited and created n the sta
fish and game depar.mt III while
a. (Jones) was game warden for ldal
r according to dispatches.
The crop and weather report issu
''' BY the bureau OF estls.ates tor the {
partment Of agriculture last we
all gives II comprehensive summary of
phu crop conditions in the state OF Ida
80, nj the present time. The report sta1
,,r, that fine growing weather prevail'
''o' but that the long draught was ,
me broken and that in dry-farm sectic
tluIl crops continue to dclerioratc.
ster Calls for aid from Idaho 10 ext
III. guish forest fires raging in the aim
..; inaccessible country in>thc vicinity
Yellow Pine resulted last week in
dispatch of another party OF firefig
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