The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-07


liams, assistant chief deputy in the
national revenue service, a group OF
income tax experts have begun tour
of the state to cooperate in the income
tax drive. They will be in every I'M
portant city in Idaho.
Sixty-four delegates, representing
Idaho ut the Mountain congress for the
league of nations, at Salt Lake, sub
scribed $1300 toward the national cam |
paign fund of the League to Enforce |
Peace. The total amount subscribed |
at the congress Is 5000.
That the farmers of the country are
not profiting by the governments fix
Ing Of the price of wheat, but that II
the restriction in price were removed
the farmers would make more money
was the declaration of w. S. Hall of
Oneida in the house Of representatives
last week
At a special meeting OF the city
council of Idaho Falls last week
resolution was adopted providing for
large amount Of paving during the
present year. Petitions for this work
We're presented to the council several
months ago, but were held up on ac-
| count OF the war.
In 1918 Idahoans purchased War
Savings stamps to the amount of $o,-
S61 ,6G4.73 in maturity values. This is
per capita purchase of S14.30 for
the state. Idahos record approXim-
ately equals the performance of the
country ms whole. or is perhaps
little ahead OF the average state.
The second annual state high school
basketball tournament will be held at
the Moscow university March l3 and
ii. The hoopfest will be conducted up
on the same plan us last year, with
open enrolment from north Idaho
towns, and two or three of the sec
tional winners from The southern por-
ton of the state.
In protest against the federal ap-
preparation of S1OO00O00 for employ
ment offices throughout the country,
Governor Davis sets out that this state
has no labor problems and that Idaho
needs no federal agencies to find EN-
, ployment for idle men, because thing
will soon open up and create III
! abundance Of work.
According to message received by
NJ. ]. Kerr, federal employment direc
tor for Idaho, the service VIII be dis
!, continued July 30, unless an amend
!, ment IS adopted to the snndry civi
+ service bill which WINS reported by III
+ house appropriations committee with
d out any provision Tor the federal EN-
ployment service for the next fiscis
s year
G Warren Smith arrived at Warre
Il last week from the Gold King mine
n Warren Smith Is the son of Three
Fingered Smith, who in early day
discovered the richest placer in th
!. northwest, yielding $1,000 per day pc
;, man and rocker. II is estimated thu
: gold to the value Of %50O,OOO wa
washed from that placer.
i The jury failed to agree and wa
>. discharged in the case at Twin Fail
v Of Americus Vespucius Mounce ngains
n Winfield scott Hyde, an action inst
l. tuted for recovery of $3o0,OOO as tn
Il measure Of damages alleged dore I
r Mounces business reputation 2n
health by reason of oral and write
statements attributed to Hyde, to I'll
ID effect that Mounce was pro-German.
n Tom Poulos pleaded guilty at Poe
~ tello to bootlegging and was fined 81
y and sentenced to serve thirty days
I" the county jail. The same punishmei
was meted out to Tony Weihner, co
-, victed of having liquor in his posse
III sion.
r. Plans are being made for a big Idal
cs celebration at Boise to welcome hon
ce the 116th engineers. All the returns
a. soldiers, sailors and marines fro
Boise and Idaho are invited to be
the big parade planned.
Eddie Mccullough. IT, escaped fro
an officer Of the Idaho industri
school. a short distance from Blac
foot, by jumping Off the rear end
the moving train as he was being l
~ turned to the Institution, after havil
IN enjoyed two months French leave.
ise
Lieutenant Ainslie Nugent son
:. Senator and Mrs. John +. Nugent w
was brigaded With the British in Fla
:. ders, was badly gassed and is still
-, precarious condition. He return
to this country some months ago a
since then has been under the ca
w Of a Johns Hopkins hospital speciali