The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-11
TN THE GEM STATE

Senator John II. Nugent OF Idaho is
making-a nonpollticai tour of the state
in the interests of various big projects.
Soldier delegates from all Canyon
county met at Caldwell and formed
permanent organization under the
title World War Veterans. There were
about 60 delegates present.
Almost every county In the state
was represented at conference of
county chairmen held at Boise with
the state committee of the liberty loan,
according to Monte b. Gwinn, state
chairman
The Idaho Technical institute won
the oratorical and reading contests at
Pocatello by winning first place In
dramatic reading, first place in orig
inal oratory and second place In the
humorous section.
A. g. Hindman, former assistant
state attorney general, and last fall
campaign manager for United States
Senator John f. Nugent, has been APP
pointed United States district attor-
ney for the Panama canal zone.
At Nampa, fifty good substantial
houses are under actual construction
at the present time. To keep pace
with the residential development, bust
ness houses now under construction
have a total valuation of almost $780,
000
Conservatism and thoughtfulness in
meeting responsibilities taken up with
their return to civilian life was the
keynote of Geographic message of
welcome sent by Governor Davis to
the Great War Veterans association
Of Idaho Falls.
Salmon has been mentioned as the
possible site of~one of the two state
tuberculosis hospitals provided for in
Il bill passed by the legislature. Boost
ers for this selection say that Salmon
has the driest climate in the state and
the most sunshine.
The county agent is endeayoring to
| interest farmers in the potato produc-
ing section of Canyon coutny to adopt
| an artificial termination plan for
seed potatoes which viii insure their
maturity at least a week ahead of the
general potato crop.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alien of
Arena Valley were going down the
hill near Roswell, their ear climbed the
bank and turned turtle. Mr.. Alter
| was pinned underneath but Mrs Alter
was able to release him and neither
was seriously injured.
DR.. Il. A. Bryan, commissioner Of
education, has gone to Spokane to at
tend the annual convention of the In
land Empire Teachers association
While in the north he will pay officia
visits to the state university at Mos
cow and the state normal at Lewiston
A contract for reclamation of 800C
acres of the old West End tract, II
miles southwest of Bull in Twin Fall'
county, has been approved by the staff
land board and the Idaho Farm Devel
opment company, which has charge
is to begin work on the project a
once.
II Pocatello is not the cleanest cit,
in Idaho It will not be the fault of tn
enterprislng citizens, who last weel
took advantage of the daylight savinj
and observed "clean up week by put
. ting in strenuous hours each nigh
: around their homes and in the publ
alleys.
, Henry Halvorson is on trial at Bun
ley for murder. The alleged crime 70
: which Halyerson is being tried wa
! committed last September at tn
Horseshoe ranch, near Tipperary, clos
TO the Nevada line, when he is allege
to have shot and killed man name
John Smith after having disput
with him.
G. S. Moody, former adjutant gel
, eral of this state, charged by speci,
3 Investigating committee of the las
legislature with falsely obtaining stat
money on voucher for travelling e,
penses, has been bound over in IL
Justice court at Boise to the distrlt
court for trial. His bond was fiXC
, at $500.
& According to the monthly statemel
i there We're shipped from Caldwe
Q from the month between February
Q to March 81, a total of 100 CARLOAD
Q of farm products, an increase of
: cars over last years total during Il
5 same time and 90 carloads more thf
v were shipped during an identical pc
e iod in 1915.
d Miss Ida Edwards, aged is, died
o Pocatello as result of injuries I
ceived by being thrown from hor
when the horse slipped on the paw
ment throwing her heavily to Z
ground. She was rushed to the he
y pital, where she died in few houl
5 from internal injuries, without reco
u ering consciousness.
. c. A. Moffitt has been in Bull I
= several days to secure contracts fire
: farmers for a sufficient acreage
: needed vegetables to warrant him
a the establishment of picking facto