Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-07-11
IDAHO AND IDAHOANS

organization AT POcateilO more una
: a year ago. Issuing of these check
!, was in keeping with the movement t.
= clear up all the affairs Of the compan.
! prior to mastering Of the newly organ
lied ID company into the new militi;
: organization.
: There is no fishing at the Payett'
lakes now, according to Otto NJ. Jones
state game warden, who has just re
. turned from a trip that took him t.
the summer resort. He says no one
is catching either bass or trout. The
game department expects 10 plant fish
in the lakes and attempt to stock il
up.
Oscar O'Harrah, a young shepherd
er Of Idaho Falls, was placed under
arrest after having attempted TO work
q -get-richquick" scheme whereby he
manipulated 81 and a $50 bill in such
a way as to make whoever he gave the
two bills to believe they were reseiv-
ing two $50 bills
The extreme water shortage that is
being felt throughout the state has
been a source Of much concern 10 Of
.icers. but a recent inspection of the
sources of water supply has shown the
three government projects, at Boise
Fort Hall and Minidoka, to be in good
condition.
Recent surveys made by the Canyon
county farm bureau give the number
o; farm sheep in the county at 969T.
which produced this season an esfi-
mated crop Of 93.92S pounds Of wool.
! Several farmers with small flocks av.
eraged il pounds per clip.
Pocatello business men are taking an
active interest in the boy scout move
ment. and as a result POcatellO viii
soon boast one of the Invest organiza-
lions of hoy scouts in the state.
The total of municipal building per-
mits issued at Twin Falls in June is
$75.950. of which more than $4,000 is
for homes. ranging from the $1,000 TO
$500 class.
The Moscow Telephone x Telegraph
company has asked the public utilities
commission for permission to increase
rates.
Potato crop reports indicate that
this years yield in Canyon county will
be about an average on an acre basis.
All Canyon county wool has been
sold. bringing producers prices rang
ing from 10 to 30 cents per pound.
Buyers are in the field. contracting
fall apples. and are offering $40 to $50 |
per ton, based on variety.
More than 1900 persons attended the
opening session of the Boise Chau-
tauqua.
Representative Smith of Idaho has
brought to the attention OF the federal
trade commission and the house of rep
the matter of the eXOrbi-
tant price of gasoline in Rocky noun
tain states, which is nearly twice as
much as the price charged in eastern
states.
That the water situation in Idaho is
acute is the substance of a report made
by the commissioner of reclamation of
this state, W. G. Swendson. upon his
return to the state capital after an in
spection trip through southeastern
Idaho and the upper Snake river
'egion.
After successfully eluding the Of
icers of three counties and a score of
titles and villages for more than two
months Charles Galloway was taken
nto custody by the BannOck county
at Pocatello on the charge of
icing a whiskey runner.
OF the 1900 carloads of fruit to be
hipped out OF Idaho this season. it is
that 1850 cars will be neces-
airy to handle the apple crop alone, :
While 800 cars will be devoted 10
runes. and peaches will make up an
dditional $50 carloads.
The state board of education has :.
ecided to make use of the lesson :
lught by the war savings campaign q
f last year, and Introduce thrift into =
lie schools of Idaho as an independent :,
udy, carrying the idea through all :,
lie grades ~
With officers in pursuit. a touring ii
II laden with fourteen cases of liquor c,
,liided with calf few miles from
ava Hot Springs and wrecked the
II. allowing the sheriff and his dep
Y TO confiscate the centraband \
Iuor "
The Canyon county commissioners or
I'VE granted the petition for forma- ii,
on of the new school district, to be ti'
Town as South Side Boulevard school. bu
rmed from parts of Happy Valley. "a
-eenhurst and Sunny Ridge districts. bi
Criminal complaints were filed in III
2 probate court at Caldwell by DR.
nest f. Laubaugh of the state health
partment against Mayor II. II.
i'm of Nampa and Ira Beam. charged Fr
III violating health regulations. At
Revival of the so-called Dubois re- 100
NATION project in eastern Idaho is AZ
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