The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-26
IN THE GEM STATE

erecting z woolen mill in that city.
Approximately 21S carloads of grain,
livestock and farm products were
shipped from Caldwell during the past
month.
Idaho grains are practically up to
their normal weight per measured
bushel. Last year they we're short, be-
cause Of prolonged drought.
Boy Scouts were conscripted at
Meridian to aid In the distribution Of
posters advertising the fourth annual
roll call drive OF the Red Cross.
Jesse Mathews, Mnidoka county
farmer, has just harvested a yield Of
107 bushels Of barley to the acre on
a tract of four and one-half acres.
More than 100 delegates are expect
ed to attend the colder boys" confer
ence OF the Y. NJ c. A. for southern
Idaho at Twin Falls, November 26 to
%.
In an action filed at Boise. Fred A.
Monske asks judgment in the sum Of
$1,000 from Henry Klce. who had him
arrested on charge OF disturbing the
peace.
Kid Davis Of Salt Lake knocked out
Charley Lavatta In the fifth round Of
Z scheduled twelve-round bout at Po-
catello. They are both feather
weights.
Fourteen men were arrested In po-
lice raid at POcatello. Gambling wns
the charge against them and consider
able gambling parapherpalia was taken
In the raid.
One field OF ten acres In Canyon
county yielded 6S95 bushels per acre
OF marketable protatoes. These were
sold for seed and averaged close to
81 900 per acre.
The officers Of the Caribou National
forest. located at Montpelier, have
just finished the tabulation Of the re-
ceipts for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1920, showing total receipts Of
| $4O.44573.
J. F. Wiedenman, accused of shoot
Ing and causing the death OF his son-in-
law, Irving E. Kelsey, waived pre-
liminary examination at Twin Falls
and was bound over to the district
court for trial.
The chamber OF commerce. Kiwanis
club and the Rotary club of Pocatells
are indorsing the Fall River Irrigation
proposal. which Is to be resubmittet
in congress by Representative Addi
son 7. Smith.
FIRST place was won by the Uni
versity Of Idaho College Of Agriculture
team in the student stock judging con
tests held on the opening day OF thu
Pacific International livestock exposi
tlon at Portland
county and 1000 acres in Bingham
county have been completed, and I. N
Nash, state land commissioner, hal
sent in a check for $11, 1,168.77 for thu
first payment on the lands.
i A recent reports hows that 1925
Idaho citizens paid individual income
taxes for their earnings In 1918. the
incomes taxed amounting to $55,954,
206, whine the tax paid was 81, ,493, ,518
The preceding year 18.414 Idaho in
comes. aggregating $40,465.514, wer'
faxed a total nf $830. .846
Eugene Gasser. chief Of police o1
Lewiston. narrowly escaped deatf
when the police car which he wal
driving crashed into big automobile
driven by speeding Indian, on ,
bridge Both cars were practically de
molshed. The Indian was fined 81
and paid cost OF repairs to the police
car
: iom Bohrman of Jordan valley ha,
narrow escape from death when
large truck he was driving turne'
over on the top of Poison Creek hill
The truck turned over three times be
fore Bohrman was thrown out. H
sustained dislocated shoulder AM
several broken ribs.
Il. r. Meredith, secretary OF the de
partment OF agriculture, will be un
. able to visit the state seed show whicl
opens in Nampa January 10, according
to wire received from him by tn
seed association. The association ha'
> hoped to have the secretary delive
an address mt the show.
Julius f. Jensen was tried at Cald
/, we'll for the killing Of Lee Harris las
8 summer. 1t is stated that Jensen frs
confessed the killing and said Harri
was trying to take his wife away from
him. In the trial Jensen's plea wa
temporary insanity, and he was foun'
. not guilty.
Apparently frightened at her al
: tempt to commit suicide mt q Namp'
, hotel, Mrs. Stella Kinney, about 3
years old, telephoned the office AM
notified the clerk that she had takel
carbolic acid and was dying. A phys
, clan was summoned and administers
IN antidOte.
j, David SAINT OF Mud Flat was al
tackled by rabid coyote. but was abb
to get to his house without being BIZ
fen One Of the valuable dops Of NJ,