The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-13
In THE GEM STATE


rooming house, at Twin Falls, fell
down an elevator shaft and broke his
back.
In "wet" days Boise numbered on
her police force from twenty TO TWEEN
ty-hye men. The present force IL an
exact dozen.
Nearly 900 persons from Blackfoot,
Shelly, Bingham and Rigby stakes
attended the four-stake M. /. A. con-
vention at Idaho Falls.
Institution of meat and abattoir
inspection department, as part OF
the municipal administration, has been
authorized by the city council at Twin
Falls.
The city of Twin Falls has entered
into contract agreement with A. II.
Roberts of Portland, Ore, for the sale
of carload of army merchandise
and goods there.
Fifty pupils of the rural high school,
25 girls and as many boys, have slgnl'
fled their desire to enter the declama-
tory contest which will take place at
Filler some time during February.
Howard darlington of Jerome lost
the sight of one eye from the careless
use Of rubber flipper In the hands
of a playmate last week. A piece Of
barbed wire penetrated the eyeball.
Equipped with apparatus of the lat
est design, hospital is to be instf-
tuted in Burley, according to authori-
tative information. 1t will occupy the
entire upper floor of the new Pixley
building.
An ordinance which will be voted
upon at the next meeting of the Nampa
city council will provide severe penal
ties for the people living in the city
who permit debris to accumulate on
their property.
Building permits covering construc-
ton estimated at 100000, were issued
by the city clerk at Twin Falls during
January. This is the heaviest months
Twin Falls city.
Employers of child labor must pay
10 per cent of their net income to
the federal government, Sam J. Hind
man, chief field deputy in the office
of Lewis Williams, revenue collector,
announced last week.
The "open shop policy has been
inaugurated at Twin Falls by the
Twin Falls Employers association
Official notice of the associations ac-
ton has been served on business agents
and secretaries of the various crafts
| involved.
A dam which had been built in Cow
| Greek this winter for the purpose of
| providing water for their ranches at
Cow lakes went out with the high
| water few days ago. The dam had
| just been completed and had not had
| time to settle.
| Captain Jones was burned about the
| face and head when the furnace in
his home at Basalt exploded. The
boy had attempted to build a fire in
! the furnace, and being unsuccessful, he
threw in quantity of coal oil, caus
ing the explosion.
"The increase in the receipts of the
department of commerce and industry
over 1918 is within $532.70 of beins
sufficient to pay the entire expense o.
the department" said Jay Gibson, com
missioner Of that department, in hi.
report to Governor Davis.
The Cove Motor company has pur
chased from n NJ Eldredge twent,
acres in north Pocatello and started
excavations for plant. A portion
will be laid out in city lots for tn,
homes of the wOrkmen in the factory
The factory itself will be located nea
the town.
With a beet sugar factory assure,
for the Filler district, and arrange
ments proceeding for the operation
of this institution to handle the 1922
beet crop, executives of the Idah
Cooperative Beet Sugar company o
Twin Falls are negotiating for the es
Establishment of similar factory i
Bull.
1t is rumored that there is to b
constructed. a line of railroad extend
ing from the present main line of tn
Oregon Short Line at Hammett
through Twin Falls to Wells, New,
distance of more than $50 miles. Thi
would, it is said, put Twin Falls O
the main line of the Oregon Shor
Line.
The Central Idaho Antlers' associs
ton, made up chiefly of members q
the B. p. o. e. of southern Idah,
will transfer before spring forty Ell
from the jackson Hole country to tn
Copper Basin near Mackay. The tran,
fer will cost approximately 500;
which cost will be borne by the ass,
citation.
There was $1o.27 saved for ever
dollar expended in farm bureau wor
IN Idaho in 1919, according To a tab,