The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-10-23
In THE GEM STATE

III TIT aNttAfAAAtA Athr At"fN -
ana was the first 10 send In its quota.
The Idaho Cattle and Horse Grow
rrs' association will hold its annual
meeting Ia Payette this Year In De-
camber.
A branch Of the American Legion TO
be known as the Clark r. Post was
reanized nj Bull with 10 charter
members.
A number Of farms In Wood River
valley have changed hands this sea-
SOL at prices ranging from $50 TO Si'o
per acre.
A drainage district has been organ
lied IN the vicinity of Picabo 10 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 a ID caliber
rifle, the bail penetrating his right
hand and lnilicting a painful wound.
Oneida county farmers are organ
izlng. under the leadership of the farm
bureau. to conduct a systematic pois-
oning campaign against rabbits this
winter.
The lirst farm bureau community
fair held " Clark's Fork was a great
success. The weather was ideal and
farmers rom all sections Df the eoun'
~ were present
Auto tourists 10 the number of 209T
have been visitors at the Boise tourist
park so far this season, and tho total
number viii, In all probability, reach
1000 before the present year ends.
Water supplies OF more than half OF
/ the u Idaho cities investigated by
tie state health department during
four months just ended were found
10 be "prejudlcial 10 public health.
c. V. Call, living In the Wapello dis
/ trlct WAS severely injured when an
automobile driven by NJ. c. udy Of
Elba colllded with the farm wagon
driven by Mr. Cali, north OF Black
| foot
T.. NJ. Gladhart Of Salubria commu-
nifty has reported TO the Washington
county farm bureau yield Of 30 tons
OF sunflower ensilage on an acre and
a quarter Of subirrlgated 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 at $4,000 and Il Is 10
be raised during campaign com
mcncing October 20 and concluded on
October -. the date OF Colonel Roose-
velts birth.
Idaho's total wheat production. as
Indicated October I. is 100000 bu-
shells. II was grown on AN estimated
area OF 100000 acres with an average
yield OF 1871 bushels per acre. Last
year the average yield per acre was
PA bushels.
Harry White. president OF the First
National bank OF Wallace Ida, and
president Of the White Il Bender Mcr-
| cantlle company, the largest retail ana
wholesale grocery establishment In
/ the Occur d'Alenes. Is dead after an
illness Of nearly a year.
Indignant at the alleged machlpa-
/ tons OF the United States grain cor
poraiion. North Idaho farmers. assem-
bled IN FIVE separate mrss meetings
I last week, voted 20 carry their case
directly TO congress and the president
OF the United States.
Don De Shlrlla. Pocateilo pairoiman,
who IS charged in complaint Aled
/ by Andrew J. Atkins with the murder
/ Of Charles Atkins on the morning OF
/ October s. has been held for trial
Akins was shot when De shlrila made
\ raid on n still south OF the city.
Potatoes begin to move from the
I Burley-Rupert district in September
/ and continue as late as June. These
two areas are the main shipping points
on the Minldoka reclamation project
IN 19lG-l9l7. 414 cars moved out; IN
l0l7-1als. 700 cars, and In 19ls-i9l9
/ DO cars.
Machinery for the Rupert cheese
/ factory. which win be run cooper
/ atively by the farmers, has arrived
/ The market FOR dairy cows around Ru'
pert Is reported TO be a little stronger.
owing 10 prospects FOR the cheese fac
tory and the return OF hay to more
moderate prices.
Farmers IN the beaver-infesfed dis
I ,ricts Of the state may lose the privi-
,ere granted by the state game depart
ment 10 trap beavers. which have been
proving q menace in farming sections.
particularly IN the Oakley disrict- he
cause o. their failure 10 turn over the
peits 20 the state.
The canning factory at Payetie has
Z closed active operations for the sea.
son aud the output - being labeied and
prepared FOR shipment The demand
Is exceptionally large and good prices
prevail this season. About 100 people
have been empicred and $4,000 was
paid ont FOR fruit mostly IN Payette