The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-05
In THE Gem STATE

With q charter membership Of fifty
the Twin Falls County farmers asso
citation has been formed at Twin Falls
to promote agricultural and ranch in
terests in this district.
A church building to cost approx
mately $4,000 is to be erected by St
Edwards Catholic parish at Twin
Falls as early in the coming spring as
weather and working coalitions will
permit.
The Twin Falls Dehydtating Com
paIy. established by local people, will
begin its initial operations next week.
A special run on stringless beans,
peaches and windfall apples will con
stitute the first list Of produce to be
manufactured.
Proceeding under instructions from
A. Mitchell Palmer, United States at
torney general, ;. l.. McClear, United
States district attorney for Idaho, has
put in motion the machinery Of the
government to ascertain the cause. of
the high prices Of foodstuffs in Idaho.
Mail service at Teton, Hlaho, has be-
come so unsatisfactory that the Com
mercial Club has inaugur;lted a move
ment to obtain Improvement il pos
sible. The club has sent letter, to
the fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral at Washington, who has charge
of all rural mails.
The Idaho Technical Institute will
inaugurate a vocational department at
the opening of the school next month.
The department will be a dressmak-
ing school conducted on large scale,
and is to be under the supervision of
Mrs. Harriet Adams Of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Adams has instructed in this
class of education for six years In
large California school.
Attacked by mountain lion and
yiciOusly clawed and scratched, Letha
Burrell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bur
rell, who reside on the eastern edge
of HALEY, was found unconscious in
a field short distance from her home
at 10 o'clock this morning. The girls
clothing was torn to ribbons and one
shoe has not yet been found.
The Owsley irrigation project, a
Carey act undertaking, obtaining its
water supply from Mud lake, and 10
Gated about % miles north Of Idaho
Falls, will be completed next month.
Next Spring an additional 10000 acres
Of Idaho land will be reclaimed by ir-
rigation, says Fred A. Wilkie, chief
engineer for the Carey Land and Irri-
CATION Company, promoters of the
Owsley project, and former state en-
gineer.
Thhe first airplane service to be es-
tablished in Boise has been estab-
lished by two Boise young men, Gro
yer @. Taylor and Walter w. Lind
say of the Boise Automobile market.
They have purchased Curtiss air
plane. 1t will be operated for sight
seeing trips about the city and sur
rounding country and will carry pas
sengers for pressing business engage
ments to various parts of the state.
Bruce Lampson, county agent and
member Of the board of directors Of
the cooperative bureau of Power
county, has received telegram from
L. w. Fluharty, state director of ex-
.ension work, stating that congress
,lanned relief for farmers injured by
the drought and requested that infor-
nation be gathered Immediately that
would give approximately the amount
# money needed to procure feed and
seed and the number of farmers who
would need federal aid.
A fatal wreck that claimed two
ives and seriously injured other mem
,ers Of the train crews occurred at
Tale siding, fifty miles west of Poca-
clio. An eastbound extra freight GO
ng down grade at thirty-five miles an
lour jumped switch frog and plunged
leadlong into another freight train
The fall term at Gooding college will
'egin September 8, and the practical
eatures that will be offered include
! night school for adults, chair in
urai sociology and economics, sec
etarial course for high school gradu-
ties and a country life rally similar
Q that which has just been held at
he Washington State college for the
ural pastors. II.
John w. Hardin Of Kimberly has j
isposed Of his apple crop on the trees
or 500 per ton. This will mean about n
200 an acre for the crop, it is said.
Corporal Harold Thompson, son Of