The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-29
IN THE GEM STATE

forty-eight charter members has been
effected at Rupert.
Caldwell's new $4,000 vaudeville
ana moving picture theatre was for
maliy opened last week.
Potato growers in the Burley district
are begging for refrigerator cars i'm
which TO ship their product.
Merchants Of Bull have decided to
close their stores at 6 p. m. on week
Gays and 8 p. m, on Saturdays dur
ing the winter.
At Montpelier the Waterloo mine OF
phosphate company is employing
thirty men and shipping 100 tons Of
high-grade rock a day.
The ornamental poles and lights for
Nampa have arrived, but the instaIIa.
ton has been delayed by the failure of
the cable to reach the city.
Alfalfa weeyil is known to occur
In p counties in Idaho but in only 10
Of them has it become abundant
enough to cause serious injury.
Grand encampment I. o. o. F. met
at Caldwell last week with about 100
in attendance. Rebekah assembly also
convened with about go present.
Moving picture representatives re-
Gently spent a week in the Ashton
country looking for a suitable location
to stage James Oliver Curwood's
northern story picture play.
In the interest of Idaho farmers.
Senator Nugent has sent telegram to
President Wilson urging that an en-
barge be placed at once on wheat ship
ments from Canada into this country.
The joint teachers institute for
BannOck, Bear Lake, Bingham, Butte,
Caribou. Custer, Franklin Oneida and
Power counties was opened at Poca-
tello. October is, with over 100 teach.
ers present.
Sam Bogard, 80 years old, was found
dead in his cabin near Idaho City. He
was lying on the floor by a stove, with
some kindling in one hand, when found
by neighbor, who had stopped at the
cabin to visit him.
L. Reams and Charles Mason, while
trapping up in GreenhOrn canyon, dis
covered a cinnamon bear and two
cubs. They bagged the mother and
captured the two youngsters and took
them to HALEY. The old bear weighed
80 pounds.
w. J. Hall, commissioner of public
works of the state of Idaho, vas
made defendant in a mandamus action
filed in district court at Boise for
the purpose of compelling him to open
the books of his department for pub
lie inspection.
According to plans instituted by
President Frazier and the faculty of
the Idaho technical institute, at Poca-
tello. that institution viii ask for
nearly a half-miIlion dollars for main
tenance and improvements for the
next btennium.
Luther Kirk. farmer. is under ar
rest at Rupert, charged with shooting
J. Merrill also a farmer as the result
of a quarrel recently. Merrill is said
to have been shot three times, two
bullets entering his back and the third
penetrating his lungs.
That the business of the o. S. L
railroad at Montpelier. has greatly
outgrown its facilities is indicated by
the fact that three additional sidings
now are under construction in the
south end of the yards. Each of these
sidingS will be one mile loL4g.
Former Governor James H. Hawley
has just completed a history of the
state of Idaho, which will be one of
his final literary efforts. The history of
the state is brought down to April l,
1919. and covers the participation of
this state in the great World war.
Idaho has harvested the largest
spring wheat crop in its histOry-15,-
$4,000 bushels Combined with the
100000 bushels of winter wheat,
Idaho'S total wheat production for
1920 is placed at 21,354,O00 bushels.
as compared with 1S.705,O00 bushels
last year.
james E. Burnett. of Blackfoot,
while hunting with party of friends
on Wet creek, in the Pahsomeri cOun-
try. last week. accidentally shot HIM
self in the right foot with a .32-calibre
revolver. Burnett, who was alone at
the time. cauterized the wound with
a burning match and then extrated the
bullet.
The public utilities commission has
denied the application made by Rob
ert c. Brown of the Gooding Water
works company for an order authoriz-
ing him TO abandon the water service
to some twenty-six customers in the
Woodwork addition to the city of
Gooding, claiming that the service was
being rendered at a loss.