The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-09-12
In THE Gem STATE

IL Lse Di ueet tops Tor cNHlluSe IN De
Ing urged by the farm bureau IA Bon
. neville county.
i Colonel Theodore Roosevelt VIII Wis
II PocatelIo September 81, according
TO word received last week.
Il Pellcans are destroying great num-
bers Of fish In the reservoir of the
Fort Hall Irrigation project.
Idnho aud six tributhry interrnoun-
tain and Pacific northwest states show
a deficiency of 753.0i0 tons of hay,
based on mn estimate II August l..
Tho thirty-sixth annuel conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
the southern Idaho and La Grande
districts was held at Weiser last week.
Belief that further serious trouble
between stockmen on the mountain
near Mackay win be avoided IL CON
fa!ned In reports received from Custer
county.
4 In spite Of the drouth this year. ex-
hibifions al the state fair this month,
September 22-27. Will he greater than
ever. Secretary .. r.. Henderson, an
nounces.
After two months Of uaion evening
services during the time many of the
Boasc pastors were on their vacations,
the churches have resumed their ser
Vices In their own churches.
In voting TO ASSESS the cost Of street
improvements 10 nbutting property the
city council has disposed Of question
which has been II theme of discussion
for the past month or more.
BEFORE Madison county cattle were
placed on the forest reserve this seat
son. csc head were vacclnated. Farm
crs report themselves much pleased
with the results Of this vaccination.
/ The Bonneville county farm bureau
has appointed two men to make an
immediate inspection Of potatoes In
that district. The inspectors who did
tho work lsst gear were designated.
The four-sa0,ths-oi daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. 4. J. Higgins. Of Boise. was
sm0thersd - death when abe fell from
the bod ~ which she was lying. when
her mother went to morning church
yervics.
Abr Gsssc OF Deer Fiat Ii suffer
ling fran poisoned eyes. which were
affected ~ smut when thrcshing. The
nttess1ing physician says the sight OF
one eyests gone and the other badly
affected.
Arrowrock dam. the world-famous
irrigation reservoir structure across
| the Boise river. 90 miles east Of Boise,
saved enough crops this year to pay
LIS initial cost of $4.750.0OO. 1t II
asserted.
The water situation throughout the
upper Snake river valley Is critical ny
| the low condition OF the river makes
| II impossible 10 get water Into the
canals In sufficient quantity to main
tain Il flow.
Valuation on real property and prop
critics owned by public utilities were
advanced approximately S25,on,o00 by
| the state board of equalization, ac-
cordlng TO figures compiled BY the
state auditor.
/
dniry COWS were bought In Ontario
| by Clark Smith OF Nnmpa Tor four
| prominent dairymen IN the kuna coun-
lify. The average price paid for the
Icuttlc IL STAG. ".
| A sturgeon, nine feet and two inch
eos long, weighing 500 pounds. was
caught hy MERTON Eels of Caldwell In
the Snake river below the Warm
Springs ferry. near what are known
ns the Big islauds.
Following an exciting chase. mn
| driving large car and giving his
name az Charles Henderson, was lodg-
sl In the county JAN at Wallace and
| caggo Of IL ive.gallon kegs of liquor
was contlscuted by the slerlff's ferce.
Fred rascoc of Deer Flat had his,
two middle fingers on his right hand
lhadly cut while cleaning the weeds
from riding plow and rolling coulter
while In motion. One Of the fingers
was entirely cut off and hung by the
skin. 4
hert Dresser OF Homedalc shot and
killed his fathcr-in.law. Prince Ben
IIett, following nm alteration In which
Dresser Ii said to have taken the gun
which belonged to Bennett. from his
fathcr.in-law's hands, and then shot
him.
About iaO head Of steers and sew
cral hundred sheep Will be used In
demonstrate ns to be conducted Mt tn.
University of Idaho experimental farm
south Of Caldwell. this winter. In til,
use Of locally produced feeds, large
Ily alfalfa and corn siiage.
The Owsley Irrigation project, con
sisting Of ii6il acres In Jefferso.
county, has been ordered by w. q
Swendson, state reclamation commits
sioner. 10 he thrown open To entr,
October o. Irrigation water will b,
taken from Mud lake.
A welcome to returned bingham
county soldiers and sailors viii b,
given az BlacAfoot. September 10. 4
aud l.. during which time the annua