The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-09-17

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has been completed and the machin-
cry Is being installed. The mill will
begin operation October 10.
/! Work has been started on new build
ings on the state fair grounds for the
exclusive use of prizewinners among
the members of boys and girls clubs
in Idaho.
"Spug' Meyers, Pocatellos aggres-
sive young bantamweight wen de-
cison over Ray Rose of Boise In
hotly contested twelve-round go at
! Pocatello.
Plans for the Cassia county fair and
roundup are now complete for Sep
TENDER %, % and "a for one of the
very best exhibitions ever seen in that
section of Idaho.
! 1t Is estimated by the state agricul
i tural authorities that the anti-grass-
hopper campaign In Idaho county this
summer saved the farmers approx
mately $2O5,329 on their crops.
/ As the result Of an accident at Pc
catello, Harry Taft, brakeman, suf
fered injuries to his right foot which
made 1t imperative that part of it be
amputated when he was taken to the
hospital
1t has been learned that for the first
time since the National Tournament
Of Health Crusaders was inaugurated.
/ Idaho has not won Il national pennant.
In 191S-19 the Idaho schools won four
national pennants.
Church and civic organizations
throughout southeastern Idaho and
particularly throughout the upper
Snake river valley have taken up the
matter of enforcement Of the law on
the sale Of tobacco to minors.
Charles Jelm of Charleston, As years
old, was killed when his automobile
plunged over an embankment near
Lake Waha, and George Weeks,
prominent stockman of the Waha sec
ton, suffered serious injuries.
Dizziness In the hay market is still
holding, with no prospects Of being
succeeded by any considerable activi-
ty. What offers are made range from
SO to $40, and what the farmers are
holding out for is at least $12.
With the assistance of Deputy Vet
erinarian Edwin T. Powell and
leaders Of the farm bureau, 1873 cattle
belonging to IS Bonner county farm
ers were tested recently for tubercu-
losis and only one reactor was found
Ira Roach, aged IA, was seriously in
jured and Jack Sheriff., aged about
35, badly cut and bruised in an auto
accident near Banks, while on a fish
ing trip, the machine failing to take
sharp turn, going over an embank-
ment.
Franklin county farm bureau mem
bers have obtained the services of a
drainage engineer to work In the coun-
ty in September and October. Sew
eral thousand acres are to be drained.
A cooperative shipment of tile will
be made.
For saving the life Of an Is months
old child at the risk OF his own, II. V.
McMaster, formerly telegraph opera
tor on the Oregon Short Line, at
Mountain Home, has received a re-
ward from the Oregon Short Line of
sixty merit marks.
The government geological survey
shows that Della mountain, a mile
south of Haley is 1857 feet above the
river flowing at its base; Carbonate
hill, 1850 feet above the river; Old
Badly, $500 feet above the river, or
$3.50 feet above sea level
William e. LASTLY, who lives near
Orofino, was killed on the Pardee
grade when an auto truck he was
driving went over the grade. 1t seems
that his death was instantaneous, al
though there was no witness, and the
cause Of the accident Is not known.
A seed growers association has been
organized In two Ada county communi-
ties and it is planned to organize a
local In each seed-growing section for
the purpose of improving quality by
| united effort for Standardization and
eradication of weeds, as well as to i'm
prove market conditions by pooling and
selling In carload lots.
Farm bureau and extension division
representatives have visited Y Cassia
/ county farmers growing wheat, barley
and oats for certification this season
and have inspected their fields. Vir-
, tually all these farmers reported that
: their certified wheat was making a
yield from five to ten bushels per
acre heavier than their common wheat.
[ Recently 10000 rainbow trout fin
gerlings have been deposited in Mink
creek, south of Pocatello, and In an
J other season or two should provide
some of the best fishing In the inter