The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

destroyed every grain field IN the
basin.
Pocatello's municipal band made its
first appearance Ia concert last satur-
day afternoon at the court house
grounds.
Nathaniel Goodhue. IS years OF age.
is In the county jail at Idaho Falls
after robbing the postoffice at Bone
OF 500 cash.
Fire at welser destroyed property
estimated at $4,000 and for time
threatened the entire west end resi-
dence district
@. s. Sweeney. said 10 be In tenn
pomrlly demented condition. stepped
In front of train near Twin Falls and
was seriously injured.
n. W. Shaffer. age 90. OF Big rlney.
wyo.. was found dead In a private pool
nj Lava Hot springs. Death was
caused by heart failure.
Hereafter purchasers OF state school
lands must pay a penalty OF per
cent II they fail 20 keep up their In
terest and principal payments.
The prune crop was hit hard by late
frosts and less than so per cent crop
is estimated by the government en-
pert. according 10 the June | survey.
While In New York. Governor Davis
greeted more than thousand Idaho
men upon their arrival from France.
all members OF the Second Idaho In
fantry.
Reports coming In from the ranches
around Goodlng indicate that the first
cutting OF alfalfa viii average about
one-thIri less yield than the first cut
ting OF 1918.
Lamont Fife, Is-months-old son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Delmonte Fife. living five
miles north OF Idaho Falls. was
drowned when he toddled into canal
near his home.
The Idaho grand lodge. Knights OF
Pythias. set aside $500 out OF the gen.
eral fund as a nucleus for an old age
pension fund for the benefit of mein-
bers OF the order within the state.
Officers rounded up 80 stolen sheep
aud arrested two former sheepherders
near the headwnters OF Howley Greek.
the men being accused Of stealing the
sheep from the Montana side OF tho
divide.
While driving heavy truck across
bridge near HALEY. Frank r. Law
was killed. the bridge planks break
ing. causing the truck 90 turn over.
Law being caught underneath and his
neck broken.
AZ the session nj Twin Falls OF the
grand lodge. knights OF Pythins. J. u.
IInnkorsis. Of Moscow. was elected
grand chancellor. while Mrs. Emma
Berry, OF Occur d'Aiene. was chosen
grand chief OF the Pythinn Sisters.
one OF the oldest women In the state
OF Idaho. and one OF the oldest IN this
part OF the country n Mrs. Susie Hen
rlc OF Montpelier. who celebrated her
nlnetleth birthday on June 10. Des-
pite her advanced age she Is hale and
.iearty.
An average price OF 5000 was paid
for forty-five pure bred Scotch short
horn cows and heifers and two regis
tered Scotch Shorthorn heifers sold
al Twin Falls at the first auction sale
Of animals OF this type offered In
Idaho
Rebekahs OF Idaho district No. 10.
meeting In annual convention at Idaho
Falls. chose pocatello as the scene OF
the 1920 meeting. More than 100 dele
gates and members Of the order were
in attendance from the various lodges
Of the district
Occur d'Alene has been selected by
the veterans OF the Idaho department.
Grand Army Of the Republic. as the
1920 meeting place Of the state or
gnnizations Of the Grand Army. the
women's Relief corps and the Ladies
u the g. A. X.
Gabriel Norby. age "a. for 10 years
a resident Of Pocatello. died after a
years illness. For many years Norby
was an officer on the police force.
Last year. IN the performance Of duty.
he received a bruise on the cheek-bOns
which developed into cancer.
The jury IN the case Of william
UutNnhN1 N~NiNrA aohu - tfAff H'N'f
grower OF Eden. Involving claim for
$4,000 damages for personal injuries
sustained b. Hathaway while stacking
hay on the Gray ranch In August. 1917.
returned It's verdict. finding FOR the
defendant
James Wilson and brother. J. l.. VIII
son. travelling from Salt Lake to the
Teton country IN a small car, were
painfully injured when their ear rolled
over an embankment north OK Poea-
tello. leaving the occupants pinned UNI
derneath for some time before rescued
By passersby.
Idaho apples escaped damage by
frost 10 an excellent manner this sea
son. according 20 late survey made
BY Julius H. Jacobsen. field agent for
the United States bureau OF crop esu-
mates for Idaho. who estimates idaho's
apple harvest this fall at approximate
r 2,g7l OoQ bushels.