The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-09-05
In THE GEM STATE

Fires are spreading worse than us
ual in the vicinity of the Idaho ana
Payette forests.
The annual state meeting OF Idaho
osteopaths will be held at Boise, sep
TENDER and 8.
Prevalence of Influenza among the
horses of the Clifford section near
Lewiston has been reported.
Discovery on Wilson creek, sixty
miles southwest Of Twin Falls. OF the
skeleton OF d man is reported.
Boise's Chinese colony has pledged
itself to do everything in It's power to
prevent Japan's domination OF shan
tung.
The thirty-sixth annual session OF
the Idaho conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church was neld in Welser
last week.
A Hawkeye picnic was held in Rup-
ert September ! under the auspices OIL
the Idaho-Iowa association. All for
mer Iowans We're invited.
Fire completely destroyed the Gold
en- Rule store and building at Paul.
The damage was $4,000. The fire
started from an unknown source.
Clarence Fliegel, Weiser Flat boy,
was awarded the 1918 sweepstake in
the fattening phase Of the Pig club
work. Young Fliegel IL ID years old.
The shooting of valuable cattle on
the mountain ranges by careless hunt
ers has resulted in the closing of
large district to hunting near Lewis
ton.
Five hundred head of sheep were
destroyed by the forest fires in the
Rocky Ridge section, according to re-
ports that have been received at Lew
iston.
]. w. Newman shipped 26 cars Of
sheep from Jerome to the Omaha mar.
ket last week. This is record num-
Der for an individual shipper from
Jerome.
Concord grapes have appeared on
the Lewiston market. The crop in
the district is considered fair, and it
is expected the demand locally will
outstrip the supply.
The Mountain States Telegraph &
Telephone company's assessment for
taxing purposes was increased from
500 to $50 wire mile by the state
board of equalization.
In order not to conflict with the
pleasures of the state fair, the Boise
lodge of Elks has decided to conduct
its Salvation Army campaign for work
in Idaho September 10 to %.
James Tolliver was thrown from an
automobile near Kimberly and died
shortly afterwards in hospital. He
was k He'd accidentally. according 70
The verdict of the corOner's jury
Potato growers in Canyon county
have squeezed out the buyers and
hereafter they will place orders for
their own refrigerator cars with a
view of insuring prompt delivery.
Lack of water in Snake river to sup
ply power to the municipal plant has
forced the people of Idaho Fails to
spend the last few nights i'll darkness,
and but little hope of relief is seen.
The Gooding school board has let
the contract for the construction of
two rural school houses to the Knight
Construction company. Their bid is
reported to have been $6634 for the
two buildings.
Truman Prestergard, S-year-old son
of o. NJ. Prestergard of Idaho City,
was accidentally shot with % bullet
by his 1O-year-old brother. The bullet
entered over the left temple and
lodged in the skull. 1t is believed he
will recover
A. L. Merrill Pocatello attorney,
has been appointed zone chairman of
southern Idaho in the Harvard fund
campaign, nationwide movement
for the raising of funds with which to
increase salaries of the professors of
Harvard university.
With magnificent labor temple ms
the goal, union labor of Pocatello lent
every energy to promoting a success
full celebration of Labor day, as, the
Central Labor Council voted that the
net proceeds of the celebration are
to be devoted to the building fund.
Miss Anne NJ. Campbell, of Emmett
has returned from overseas. Miss
Campbell was one of the few Idaho
girls to enlist for overseas service
with the army signal corps. She was
in France more than year as tel
ephone operator with the signal corps
The southeastern Idaho district TO,
the coming Salvation Army drive, fol
which Pocatello is the headquarters
is now completely organized, says Eel
mer l.. Amidon, director of the dis
trict, after returning from an extend
ed trip through the five counties com
priSing the district.
Canneries of Lewiston are begin
ming their work with tomatoes, an,
are working double shifts to get III,