The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-10-24
In THE GEM STA

in the Salvation Army drive by $lyV,
and was the first to send In its quota.
The Idaho Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' association will hold It's annual
meeting in Payette this year in De
cember.
A branch Of the American Legion to
be known as the Clark +. Post was
organized at Bull with 16 charter
members.
A number of farms in Wood River
valley have changed hands this seal
son at prices ranging from $50 to $3.50
per acre.
A drainage district has been organ
lied IN the vicinity Of PIcabo to drain
several hundreds Of acres of swamp
lands along Silver creek.
The public utilities commission OF
Idaho denied the request Of the opera
tors of the Ousley ferry for an in
crease In the rates charged.
Ed Young of Bull was accidentally
SHOT while cleaning % caliber
rifle. the ball penetrating his right
lnnd and inflicting a painful wound.
Oneida county farmers nre organ
zing, under the leadership Of the farm
bureau, to conduct systematic pois-
oning campaign against rabbits this
winter.
The first farm bureau community
fair held III Clark's Fork was great
success. The weather was ideal and
farmers from all sections Of the coun-
| ~ were present.
Auto tourists to the number of. 2O91
have been visitors III the Boise tour,sf
park so far This sensnh, and the total
number WILL in Ill probability. reach
200 before The present year ends.
Water supplies Of more thnn half of
the IS Idaho cities investigated by
the state health department during
four months just ended were found
to be ''prcjudcial TO public health"
c. V. Cali. living in the Wapcllo dis
trict, was severely injured when an
automobile driven by NJ c. Udy of
E.ba collded with the farm wagon
driven by Mr.. Call north of Black
foot.
=. NJ. Gladhnrt of Salubria commu-
n.ty has reported to the Washington
county farm bureau Il Yield of 30 tons
Of sunflower ensilage on an acre and
n quarter of subirrigated land. This
is yield of "A tons to The acre.
Idaho's quota in the campaign for
funds for the Roosevelt memorial as
ISOLATION Is fixed mt $4,000 and il Is ia
lie raised during II campaign com
nencing October 20 and concluded On
October IT, the date of Colonel Roose-
velt's birth.
Iduho's total wheat production, n
Indicated October /, is 11,C0l.OoO bu
shells 1t was grown on an estimated
area of 9GJ,000 acres with an average
yield of 1871 bushels per acre. Las
year the average yield per acre was
.1.4 bushels.
Harry White. president of the Firs
National bank of Wallace. Ida, ana
sres.dcn of the White 4 Bender Me
camille company. the largest retail ans
Wholesale grocery establishment II
The Occur d'Alenes. is dead after al
illness of nearly year.
Indignant at the alleged machina
tons of the United States grain cor
poration North Idaho farmers. assem-
bled in five separate mass meeting
last week, voted to carry their cas-
directly TO congress aud the presiden
of The United States
Don De Shirila. pocatcllo pairolman
who Is charged in complaint file
by Andrew j. Atkins with the mulsle
of Charles Atkins on the morning .
October 8. has been held for trial
Atkins was shot when De Shirila mad
n raid on still south of the city.
Potatoes begin to move from III
Burley-Rupert district in Septembe
| and continue as late MS June. Thes
; two areas are the main shipping point
on the Mnidoka reclamation project
In 1916-1917. Ala ears moved our Il
t 1917-191S, 100 cars. and in 191S-l9l.
, 800 ears.
MItillHtlN lpI TIE hu1tll tiiet>
factory, which will be run co-ope
atively by the farmers, has arrived
The MAJ '.et for dairy cows around X,
pert is reported TO he a little stronger
owing to prospects for the cheese fa'
tory and the return of hny to NOR
moderate prices.
Farmers in the beaver-infested di.
tricts of the state may lose the priv
lege granted by the state game dcpar
nent TO trap beavers. which have bee
proving a menace in farming sections
particularly in the Oakley district, b'
cause of their failure to turn over til
pelts 10 the state.
The canning factory at Payette ha
closed active operations for the Sc;
son and the output is being labeled an
lmcpared for shipment. The deman
is exceptionally large and good Price
prevail This season. About 100 peop
have been employed and $4,000 wa
I,aid ont for fruit, mostly in Payetl
ounty.