The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-04-11
IDAHO BUDGET

AuyiIlS pans 1oT approximately Hall
mile of street paving. the city of
Jerome has issued a call for bids on
the proposed improvements.
Sixty Holstein breeders from both
Ada and Canyon counties met q Mer-
idan for the purpose of forming a
Hostein Breeders Cattle club
Over thousand members and
friends of organized labor in Boise
participated IN the "house warming
of the new Boise labor temple on
April l.
Last years clover seed crop was the
poorest from seed standpoint OF
any year since clover seed growing
became profitable industry in Ida
hO, according to +. p. Wenger, state
seed analyst.
- The Smith-Hughes act is in opera
ton in the Idaho Technical Institute
In Pocatello and the efforts of the
school in the mechanical department
| Is being centered on training men in
auto mechanics.
Idaho returned service men must
have their discharge papers attested
by recruiting officers at Spokane,
Washington, before they may obtain
the $50 bonus which the government
has set aside for them.
Municipal building permits issued
Mt Twin Falls during the first three
months Of this year aggregate more
than 100000, the highest figure be-
ing reached in March, when the amount
of permits issued was $52, 200.
George Dewey, county agent of Can
yon county, vaccinated $50 cattle last
week in Canyon county districts. where
the farm bureau is not well enough or
ganized to turn the work over to
that organizations local branch.
Governor Davis has announced the
appointment Of William ]. Hall of Wal
lace to be Commissioners of public
works. Hall has been assistant gen
cral manager OF the Federal Mining {,
Smelling company for number of
years.
All interest in and about Burley is
now centered on the proposed Willard
Dempsey contest for which Pocateiio
has put in n bid. If this big mill is
pulled off the Gate City Will find 50
per cent of Cassia county's population
there on that date.
The city council of Bull has under
consideration the building of new
sewer system and paving Main and
Broadway streets the coming summer
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mains is $4,000, while that of paving
the street is $50 900.
Initial steps In a movement to build
a new church building for st. Ed
wards Catholic parish at an approx
mate cost of $5o,0W We're taken mt a
mass meeting at Twin Falls when the
members of committee of II on ways
md means was named.
The new contract proposed by the
".1e iil...cat for electricity in Burley
f.l on the Mintoka project is causing
mach concern at Burley. The new
fate will make it practically impos-
Sihe to use electricity for heating and
cock 'ng purposes, unless new wiring
is dene.
Approximately 600 pints of various
brands OF liquor We're destroyed al
Pocntelo last week by the Officers I'M
George Sutherland The liquor com.
prised that which has been confiscated
by the city officials covering period
Of several months.
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buildings at Nampa. Business men
who have endeavOred to come to Main
+ pa to open mercantile establishments
, have been turned away because ne
room was available for their purposes
Three such instances have occurred
within she last week.
Idaho's public utilities commission
2 served an order on railroads operated
4 by the United States railroad admin
+ istration, and on other public utilities
G in the state last week that continued
J. violation of the rules prescribed i by
e law as to notices to be given wher
tariffs and schedules are filed will NJ
longer be tolerated.
The Twin Falls Building Trade
: council, through its business agent
: has made public its scale of wage
0 for the year beginning May 1, pro
Y yiding for no increased wages for an,
member of the allied crafts except 70
; plasterers and electrical workers
whose new scale already has been at
cepted by employers.
Josephine Whitaker, aged 3, wa
e crushed to death at Pocatello by be
II ing buried in the caye-in of Il san
II pit While playing with her brothe
u she ran into the pit. Her brother ra
TO her rescue, and was buried to hi
head, but dragged himself out an
IS then rescued his sister, but she die