The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-04-30
IN THE GEM STATE.

ing one-eighth of an ounce Of strycn
nine.
The railroad strike Is directly respon.
iisible for delay In the inauguration u
paving operations at Twin Falls, Il 4
charged.
Two boys were fined SIS each far
shooting craps at Rupert. Ia the a..
sence of the regulation dice the bovs
had marked some cube sugar.
Demonstration potato plots win be
planted this season by thirty-fiYe ex.
pert potato growers In eight irrigation
communities Of Cassia county.
The sixth district convention of the
Knights of Pythlas was held last week
in Gooding. About 100 delegates wers
present from all parts Of this distric
Water users on the North Side pro.
ject Jerome county, are jubilant over
the present indications of an album.
dant water supply for the ensuing sea.
son.
Il. NJ. Davidson, Rupert, has returned
to Salt Lake to receive treatment at
hospital for his arm, which was in.
jured in a feed chopper two months
ago.
Pocatello will have a combination
city hall, public auditorium and memo.
rial building, if the plans proposed be.
fore the chamber of commerce are ap.
proved.
The Pocatello chamber of commerce
will entertain the presidents secretar.
les and other delegates of all chamber
of commerce organizations Ia the state
on May 4. u.
Approximately 200 teamsters were
thrown out of employment at Twin
Falls when employers issued orders
that union men would no longer be
recognized.
During the year ending February l.
1920 there We're shipped out of Filler
total of 1867 carloads of produce In
the same period 726 carloads Of goods
We're received at Filler.
After holding a posse at bay for
several hours, the bandit who shot
and killed Sheriff w. X. Wyman Of
Monida was captured single-handed by
Special Agent Parkinson of the Short
Line. r.., t"
The students of the Idaho Technical
institution at Pocatello have adopted
the overall pledge. About 100 men
appeared at college Monday in over
alls, coveralls, corduroys and army
shirts.
Heavy rains over the Minidoka pro-
ject, together with an excellent snow
pack on the Jackson lake watershed,
practically insure an abundant sup
ply of water for irrigation in the Twin
Falls district this year.
Addison T. Smith, chairman Of the
congressional committee On Indian
affairs, and several other members Oh
the committee will arrive in POcatelo
on May 80 for the purpose of inspect
ing the Fort Hall reservation.
The Twin Falls chamber Of COM
merce voted to solicit its membership
for donations of 81, each, to assist III
defraying expenses of American Lee
gion state headquarters, to be estao'
lished at Twin Falls during the COM
ing year.
Addison 7. Smith, Idaho member OIL
congress, has wired to Miles Cannon,
commissioner of agriculture, news tha'
the fight of the northwest against stan
dardization of the dry busher' inste"a
of the box" as an apple measure mas
been successful.
Suspension of all cement pOuflhs
operations in connection with pa'ihS
construction has been 0rdereu !"
officials in charge of the WolA
Twin Falls. Suspension was orueteu
on account of continued freeIn'
weather at night.
Believed to be ruling genluSes y
an organized gang of robbers EAR Ivy
and Doris Lee, the latter posing "s
the formers wife have been piate'
under arrest by Idaho authorities MlS,
Lee was arrested at Twin Fails 'aiiu
her husband in Rupert.
The international joint cominisS'v ,,.
which is looking into the plan 10 pu"a
a waterway to the Atlantic ocean lfVn,
the Great Lakes, y VI hold a hearlhs
Boise on June 8 %, the ldahO pa
lie utilities conn dssion has been a.
vised, and all interested parties .
asked TO attend. r.
Statewide interest is centerea ~ y.
complaint the public utilities comm" III
sion of this state has lodged AGAIN"
the Northern Pacific and Cai,@s
Prairie railroads in an effort to brlus
about construction of the noFtt ~
south railroad which so long mas -
the desire of the state.
Representative Addison 7. Siitn ~
Idaho has introduced speclat