The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-19
In THE GEM STATE

The rural life school at Cooling col
iege opened last week with a good at
tendance.
The erection Of silos for peas and
Dat silage as well as sunflower siiage
Is being considered by Camas county
farmers.
pOcatelIo engineers have formed a
local club, which eventually viii be-
come a local chapter of the American
Association Of Engineers.
The county commissioners Of Wash
ington and Pnyette counties have made
appropriations for hiring county
club leaders for the boys and girls
work.
Arrangements have been made for
the testing Of several dairy herds OF
Madison county for tuberculosis. One
herd of 81 which was tested showed
no reactors.
Offers ON potatoes produced from
certified seed In the Dietrich tract thus
far have averaged from 40 to 30 cents
more per hundred pounds than the
market price.
More than 400 people attended the
first market day sale held under the
auspices Of the Goodng county farm
bureau The returns from stuff sold
totuled sS;,3.3i.
Lemhi county will soon have pub
lie health nurse, the action to employ
one having been taken by the Red
Cross chapter. jointly with the county
commissioners.
Recent inspection Of six Fremont
county demonstration plots on which
pocket gopher eradication work was
done In July revealed that more than
80 per cent OF the gophers had been
killed.
There Is a possibility that the fiji
teentii Idaho legislature may be con-
vened some time during November In
Il one-day extra session for the sole
purpose Of ratifying national woman
suffrage.
The Teachers institute for all edu-
Gators in the nine counties In south
eastern Idaho. adjacent to Bannock
county, was held at Pocatello. Hun
dreds of teachers were In the city for
the occasion.
Peas which grew on irrigated ground
In camas county In one instance made
vine growth of more than eight feet.
Men who are trying to grow field peas
there are confident that 1t will make
IA good pea country.
The outlook for water supply in
Bear river and the recuperation of
Bear lake looks promising for next
season, according to Commissioner of
Reclamation w. q. Swendson, after an
extensive Inspection trip to the Bear
lake region.
Seven carloads OF sheep shipped to
| Omaha made UP the second shipment
from Boise valley for this season. The
shipment went from Caldwell, Meri-
dian. Nampa and Kuna aud represent
cd both the Canyon and Ada county
farm bureaus.
Jay Rugg, the 9-yenr-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. j. Rugg. of Bull, lost the
thumb and two fingers of his left hand
from an explosion Of II .o2-caliber cart
ridge. The boy poured the powder
out of the cartridge upon II hot stove
and the explosion followed.
John Ours, workman employed on
the concrete elevators being construct
ed at Idaho Falls by the Misllands
Elevator company, died from injuries
received when he fell eighty-fiye feet
10 the concrete floor of the elevator
when n scaffold gave way under his
weight.
Judge j. j. Guhcen. prominent
Poeatello jurlst, committed suicide N
Portland by shooting himself. Tht
reason for the act Is said To have beer
poor health. Mr.. Guheen was in Port
land taking treatment nj a hospita
FOR general brokcn.down condition o.
his health.
The news comes from Bull That thu
Farmers Mutual Power company ha'
purchased the power site mt Cleal
hikes from w. e. Hazard for con
sideration of $4,000 The purchas,
Includes steam engines and all the par
aphernalia to be used In the construc
ton of power plant,
Joseph Unger. a wealthy hotel maj
VI plttshurg, Pa, is lost somewhere II
the mountains of Idaho. where Ne wen
early In the month With four othe
Pennsylvania men. He has been miss
ing since October s. when he left tn
remainder of the party with n guide
and later left the guide.
j. ". Nankervis. grand chancello
of Idaho, and Win Nj. Cochran. pas
grand chancellor of South Dakota. q
the Knights OF Pythlas, were guests o
the Blaekfoot Pythians In mallar
duck dinner. served In the lodge rooms
One hundred members participated 4
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