The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-06
IN THE GEM STATE

"a DuiIey In thu
near future, the local Elks' lodoo y" !;
entering upon campaign to cre.4 :
q building fund. A"
In a seni-annual report for tho n...
six months by John w. Eagleson s tsts
treasurer, to Governor Davis ~
shows a balance of $3,O12 1874 a. nc as
June 80, 1920, while the balance ~ "
January !, 1920, was $1,000, 3O711
W. ]. sergel, one of the pioneo,,
of the Bull country, arrived from, ' r,
shore, Calf, for a brief visit ana
expressed himself to Bull renr '4
sentative as being astounded at +So
growth of Bull and the surround;rc
country.
The Boise troop of cavalry for tbe
national guard has mustered in AZ
men so far, according to the renort ~
Maj. J. B. Burns. Sixteen prospects
were given the physical examination
and passed for enlistment into tbo
troop last week.
b. b. Muehlen, electrician for the
Idaho Power company, was drowned
last week few hundred feet below
the power plant in Snake river. H.
had been instructing his two children
in swimming along the sand bar on
the east bank of the river.
The Bull beet crop gives promise
this yea, of being the best ever raised
IN the Bull country, hence the best
ever produced in the wide world. in
the opinion of John Conner of Ogden.
head of the agricultural department
of the Amalgams ted Sugar COMPANY
The Rupert post of the American
Legion has started movement to OBJ
tain the opening of 10000 acres.
known as the Minidoka project exten,
sion, for filing. Efforts will be made
to get all the Legion posts in the state
to cooperate in urging Congress to
take action.
The high cost of sugar has resulted
in much less jelly-making and canning
this season than usual, according to
the grocers of Boise, who say that
the housewives are bottling their fruit
juice and will wait to add the sugar
until it is cheaper. They are using
only enough to "keep" the canned
fruits.
Negotiations are being conducted
for the purpose of bringing about an
adjustment of the differences between
the successors in interest of the Twin
Falls-O Oakley Land & Water company
and the settlers who took W farm
lands under the Carey act project,
which was promoted by the company.
The construction of the American
Falls reservoir and a more liberal pol
icy for reclamation in the west never
looked so encouraging as it did when
the appropriations committee of the
United States House of Represents
lives completed its tour through Idaho,
during which the committee visited
some of the leading irrigation prof.
ects of this state.
Sheep ready for market may be
shipped for immediate slaughter with
out dipping, if accompanied by GER
tificate from a federal or state In
spector indicating that the animals
are free from infection, according to
a statement Interpreting quarantine
order No. IL of the bureau of animal
industry, issued by authority OF the
bureau.
The alndition of Idaho sugar beets
Is 30 per cent, as against the ten
year average of 80 per cent, accord
ing to the July crop report of the de-
partment of agri .ulture, and it is es-
5imated that the states crop will reach
508,00t tons, as compared with 2OS'-
300 tons in 1919. The Idaho beet
acreage this year is $1,000, an III
crease of 1900 acres over last year.
Arthur Johnson, a grandson of Her
man Anderson of Bull, left for Ne"
York to join the crew of the steam
ship Northern Pacific. He went IN re-
sponse to a telegram appraiSing MIN
IF the opening on the same ship OIL
which he had served during the wal
He served two years on the Northern
Pacific, making regular trips between
New York and the ports OF tranee
when the Atlantic was supposed TO Oe
/ hotbed of Hun submarines.
Scarcity and high price of seed dlu
not tend to reduce potato acreage
for $1,000 acres were pian..
ID, as against $4,000 last year. say
Julius H. jacobson, field agent OF '''e
Idaho crop reporting service IN !,
weekly crop summary. The crop
A condition of 70 pc
,ent of normal is in marked eohsias
% rs per cent on July l, 1919, anu y
iicates a total crop of 6,186, ooO puss
lis, as compared with 5,4oO,oOO p"'A
is harvested last year.