The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-07-18
In THE GEM STATE

cents. e' IRON TO
n.. George krassel Of New pIy,nona,
was shot ana killed by W. l. pao% =
.ne nome OF the latter, on the 60 a.
rofk OIL the Salmon about twentv , ,,';,
below Knox, early last week. > "'i'eS
LaborerS employed on state 49,
,i"e'S r'h be worked only eight bonr,
aaE' said William ]. Han SAT- ao,' :
missioner Of public works, in j Ietta ,l
addressed TO contractors Of stata r ,e,,er
Through the efforts Of partias j
Nalhpa, representing the Idaho Co.. !.
stave Silo company, factory Mn iV I
erected at Nampa. Large supplies i
satisfactory sand are available Il 1
reported '' i IS
The Idaho Power company in . 70
port tlled with the public uttIities
commission says 1t has sufficient alor,
trlcity to operate pumps on wostoa,,
Idaho irrigation projects at a miyi,onn,
capacity. ma '''' ''iii
Three persons are missing az tha
result of the oyerturning of launcb
on the Upper Twin lakes northern
Idaho, according to telephone advicas
Six other passengers on the lapncb
were rescued
water users on the Twin Falls-Oak-
ley project will eudeavor to destroy
dams built by beavers on Goose craAl,
ana It's tributaries in Cassia county
with a view of increasing the flow %
irrigation water.
| The Lewiston Valley Water com.
pany of Lewiston wants to double lis
rates for service. 1t has filed formal
application with the public utilities
commission To charge $40 an acre for
water Heretofore it has charged but
50.
By virtue of a walloping delivered
to Twin Fails, Burnley is winner of the
initial half season Southern Idaho
league pennant. Twin Falls and Ru.
pert tie for second place, and the other
clubs finish in the following order
Paul, Filler, Buhl.
| Canyon county road and bridge
bonds TO the amount of $4,000 were
sold Saturday by the board Of county
commissioners ut par, to Kalman, Mat
tesOn & Wood of st. Paul, MINI. Half
OF the bonds bear interest at AZ per
cent and the remaining $4,000 worth
bear . per cent interest The purchase
was unconditional.
| Reports current at Nampa indicate
that 0wyhee st0ckmen are eXperienc,
| ing greater difficulty obtaining salts
\ factory range conditions for cattle and
sheep, because Of the long continued
drOuth, than they have experienced for
| years. Many Sheepmen are shipping
sheep 10 Idaho forest reserves, to Col
orado and California ranges. Cattle
men have Indicated that they will be-
! gin 10 gather their stock about Aug. l.
Conditions in the Upper Snake river
\ valley, where a loss of crops was
threatened as result OF water short
| age. are becoming settled again. ac-
| cording 10 W. q. SwendSen, state re-
| clamation commissioners Trouble
which threatened for Il time in that
section over the shortage of water has
been ayerted. the commissioner said,
| and he is now endeavOring TO get the
| farmers who have water to divide up
| as far as they can with their neighborS
High tribute is paid in the current
| issue of the American Forestry maya
| zine to Capt. Homer Smith louhsS'
| company +. Sixteenth |. ). nmahtrE'
an Illinoisan graduate of the IhlVer
| sity of Idaho school of forestry whose
widow is Anne Geraldine Parker
Youngs of Los Angeles. Mrs. lounss
is the mother of a son Captain AoulisS
never saw. The magazine reeoeh'S
how CAPTAIN Y0ungS was commissioner
/ n San Francisco soon afteF ms lu"'
riapp and went overseas IN ut
Il
Oscar OHarrah. a young sheeple.u,
or Of Idaho Falls, was plaeeu "iue'
arrest after having attempted 10 "V'N
a "get-richQuick" scheme WHEREBY =
manipulated Il 81 and a $50 Dill III Su wy
a way as 10 make whoever he sa'e w
| two bills TO believe they were 'esel'
ing two $50 bills.
Tbere is no fishing ut the faye''e
lakes now. according TO otto NJ 'v'' I,
state game warden, who has )uS'
turned from trip that TOOK nun ~, y
tba summer resort, He says ny w. NY
! catching either bass or trout ~
came department expects to plou' , t'S !,
N the lakes and attempt to S'''A
up. ,,,, an
Pocatello business men are 'aN", 80, y
active interest in the boy Scou, NV Nm
ment. and as result Po'alea ,,n |
coon boast one of the liNeSt o.s'
lions Of boy scouts in the s'o's'
The total of municipal buildins ~ !
m,ts issued at Twin Fails in Su noo :
s75.95o. of which more than Ss INN 70
far homes, ranging from the T''V