The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-12
idaho STATE NEWS

at Minidoka.
The Stockmen's National bank will
be the name Of third banking insti-
tuition TO enter the financial Held In
Nampa soon.
Blackfoot high school won the cham
pionshp of southern and southeast
ern Idaho in football by swarnping
Bull high school by the score of -
to o.
About 500 head of cattle have been
vaccinated in 90 days in Washington
county, most of them under the Oil
rection of the farm bureau community
committeeman.
There are now Almost 400 herds Of
Shorthorn cattle In Idaho, according
to Il. f. Rinehart, field animal hus-
bandman Of the University of Idaho
extension division.
The girls at Chester, in Fremont
county, have organized first year
| sewing club, and the older girls will
take canning next summer. The boys
will do harden and pig work.
The University of Idaho received
i 81 $500 for four fat steers sold at
| the Pacific international Livestock
show mt Portland, after the steers
| had won a number of valuable prizes.
Emphatic denial of allegations re-
| Gently made in Spokane newspaper
| to the effect that the Idaho prohibi-
| ton Inv has no teeth has been made
by Roy l.. Black Idaho attorney gen
eral
Hoping to replace river water by
| well water the city of Weiser placed
the question in the hands of DIR. Ern-
| est T.. Laubaugh, state medical expert,
| who is inspecting the proposed
| sources.
| Three government horse buyers, two
| captains and a veterinary surgeon of
the United States army. were in Cald-
well last week to purchase 200 cavalry
horses which will be shipped to Fort
| Funston. Kan.
AT the special election held at Idaho
Falls to vote on bonds to the amount
of 100000, for the construction of II
water publication and filtration plant,
the issue was lost by ninety votes for
and 312 against.
Is. +. Sheehan, field agronomist of
the university extension division, re-
ports that in jerome and Cassia coun-
ties there is good supply Of certified
DicklOw wheat seed, which is above
30 per cent pure.
The number Of sheep now on fall
pasture is far below normal, says the
regular report of f. +, Rinehart, field
animal husbandman, to Director l.. w
Fluharty of the extension division OF
the University of Idaho.
Steve Halverson and Willard Price
both youths. are under arrest at Lew
ston, charged with kidnapping two
girl. Mary Evans and Inez Plat, from
a hospital where they were being held
on charges of delinquency.
Miles Cannon, state commissioner
of agriculture, has notified Governor
, Davis that he has suspended the per
sonnet and activities of the state fail
, bureau, including the services of O
i. Henderson,, as its head.
Al TIE IIeTtloTu Suie Ut the IuClUt
T international livestock show sale a
t Portland. Henry Thiessen, Idaho stock
I man, got the top prices. One of hi
animals sold for $2775. while the av
erage for ten head was Sl1O0.
An increase in fares on the Cald
$ well Traction company's lines to be
: come effective December l. has beer
granted by the public utilities com
mission following an investigation o
: cost of maintenance of this road.
After being in the Gold Hunter min
mt Mullnn since Saturday morning
November Is. when they were Ell
tombed by a slide of earth. p.
Grant and Emil Sayko. miners. wer
taken out alive at $40 p. III. Noven
Der 30.
: l. w. w. prosecutions will figur
foremost in the discussions of mort
Idaho county attorneys when the
meet in conference at Occur dAlen
December s and 9 pursuant to a ca
issued by Roy L. Black. Idaho attol
\ ney general.
In an order issued by the publ
!. utilities commission direction is ri,
!. en- that the Oregon Short Line railwa
n and the Caldwell Traction compan
:. must by April ]. 1920. complete til
work of Installing additional int
;. change track connecting the lines
& these companies in Caldwell.
A. Laboratory analysis in the office
l. the state seed commissioner. fro
s. January /. 1918. IN january /, 1871
le shows that 49, per cent OF the alfalf
H. 29.o per cent of the red clover. Al
r per cent Of the white clover and "a
per cent of the alsike clover sampl,
he submitted for test We're condemned
Is The Shorthorn breeders of the Pa
I'd cite valley have organized the Payet
n Valley Shorthorn Breeders associ
IL ton. which is the sixth local associ
n. ton of its Kind in the state. The
ST are eleven members, owning appro,
l. mately 300 head Of cattle. The 5
u local associations are united in n sta,