The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-23
In THE GEM STATE

big l0g-rOlling.
Telephone communication has been
established between Mountain Home
and Castle Greek
Little Pearl Hilyard. of Lone Star
IS recovering from severe burns which
she received by falling into pail Of
scalding water.
Through the efforts Of the HALEY
Commercial club, the long looked 1ur
improvement of the Trail Creek Sum,
nit Is now assured.
While gathering kindling to start a |
fire in his kitchen range, John r |
Webb, "a, a pioneer carpenter con- |
tractor of Twin Falls, fell over dead |
Eastern buyers are already anxious
TO book orders for Idaho potatoes, and
indications point to a much greater
demand for Idaho tubers this year than
last.
John Martinez was arrested at Po-
catellO, charged with deserving his
wife. 1t is alleged that Martinez re-
fused to work and will not provide for
his family.
Whether Twin Falls will renounce
Pacific coast time and adopt time OF
the mountain zone is to be determined
at meeting next week of the chamber
of commerce.
The car of james Mcdonald was
stopped and held UP by four masked
men near HALEY and its occupants
stripped of all valuables, amounting
to several thousands of dollars.
The fOur-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Tindell, of Rupert, is
| suffering from a broken arm. The
child fell from a hay wagon when the
| team became frightened and ran away.
Elmer Laursen, aged 49, of Grover
| Station, is in a Boise hospital par
| alyZed from the shoulders down, the
result of striking some obstruction
when he dived into the waters of the
Ridenbaugh canal.
| The appropriations committee of the
FhOuse Of representatives inspected the
| government projects of Idaho last
week. This is the second congress
siOnal committee which has visited
Idaho in the last month.
Failure of congress to appropriate
larger sums for maintenance of all the
activities of the department of agri-
culture was scored by Secretary of
Agriculture f, I. Meredith, who spoke
at Twin Falls on June II.
A series of house robberies has been
reported in Montpelier during the past
two or three days, and in some cases
it appears like the work of amateurs,
while in others shrewd work has been
accomplished by the thieves.
The reclamation service will open
bids at Boise August "A for building
sixteen miles of main canal on the
Boise project. The work involves eX'
cavation of 100000 yards of mate
rial and will be done near Caldwell.
Governor Davis has appointed ]. 7
Young and Theodore Turner, both OF
Pocatello, as delegates from Idaho to
attend the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Tidewater congress- which is to be
held in Detroit Mich, July %, "a and
20.
Governor Davis, speaking at lunch
con of the Rotary club at Salt Lake
said the national government must ait
extensively in increasing the food pro
duction of the United States if the
nation is to maintain her economic
status.
Officials of the Idaho Irrigation com
pany are preparing to have their force
of engineers go over the old SurVe.
made by the government many YEAR,
ago with the idea of bringing TIT
waters of Snake river to the Goodln;
district.
Everett Hall, ranch hand nea
Bull, has been placed under a Sl,5o'
bond, for an alleged assault made
upon Russell Bell, another ranch hand
with Il knife, in which the latter re
refved a number of serious cuts, non'
Of which will prove fatal.
PocateIlo post of the American
Legion has been designated by tn
state commander to receive the IN
tfonaI commander of the American
Legion. franklin d'Olier who is max
ing a trip through the west ana VII
arrive at PoeatellO, July %.
That practically all the seed whea
raised in Canyon county is produces
in the Parma section and that it j
some of the best seed grown in Idaho
is the statement of c. B. Allison o
Boise, assistant field agronomist OF tn
university extension service.
: Mrs. Henry F. Schwartz OF Mil
: township, Twin Falls county, wa
l drowned in a canal near her home
/ Mrs. Schwartz, who has been ill TO
, several weeks, walked from the hous
I to the canal bank, and was sittin
3 there when she fell into the water.