The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-07-30

wards have left for camping trip in
the mountains.
The total stored water for the Mini
doka project is 28S,OOO acre-feet, being |
$1,000 acre-feet more than all the stor-
age available last season.
Seventy thousand pounds of wool
were consigned by one hundred and
fifty men In Minidoka county to Bos-
ton wool warehouse last week.
Sanford Larson, farmer of Jerome
suffered broken Fight leg last week, |
when he was precipitated from a hay
stack by the breaking Of the stacker
cable.
The public library at Rupert will re-
main open on Saturday evenings until
s 100 p. M, for the benefit of farmers
and those workers who are not able to
get books in the afternoon.
State Fish Commissioner George
Isaacs was in Anaconda, Mont last
week for the purpose of purchasing
half-million grayling fingeriings with
which to stock Idaho streams.
| Last week members of the congress
| sional committee on appropriations
visited the greet irrigation reservoir
at Mlnidoka, in the vicinity of Burley
and the American Falls project.
A man giving his name as J. NJ.
Petersen, said to be an employee of Il
local paving company, had narrow
escape from death at PocatellO when
he INDUCED too freely in wood alcohol.
potato grower of the King Hill
district received $625 from his crop of
300 square rods of ground. The bulk
of the King Hill crop sold this year
for prices ranging from 10 to Is cents
a pound.
Hay crops in Lincoln county are suf-
fering from a need of water accord
ing to J. f. Dorman, chief of the in
termountain office Of the dairy division
of the United States bureau OF animal
industry
Ninety percent of the cherry crop
in the Emmett section is signed up
in the Emmett Cherry Growers asso-
citation, which was organized this sea-
son under auspices Of the Gem county
farm bureau.
-Four testing clubs have been formed
among Ada county boys who purchased
purebred dairy cattle through the
farm bureau Demonstrations in Bah
cock testing have been held in three
communities.
The Gilmore county wool pool closed
with "a 600 pounds of wool pooled
Twenty-nine growers joined the pool
with clips ranging from seven to 2,447
pounds. The clip was consigned to a
ortland warehouse company.
Dorothy Parish, of Twin Falls, Is
dead rs the result of falling into q
boiler of scalding water. The chile
had been warned to stay away
from the vessel, and while scamperine
around, fell backward in the water.
Plans are being formulated to or
ganize an irrigation district in the
Kimberly. Hansen and Murtaugh sec
tons of Cassa and Twin Falls county
to irrgate 1900 acres of dry lands IL
what is known as the Hansen-Butts
project.
As many as fifty-two cars night /:
the record number of automobiles
parked on the municipal campu:
grounds at Ashton during the pas
week. Free lights, water, fuel, stoves
tables ana chairs are provided for tfs
tourists.
- An old landmark was destroyed a
Malad last week when the Eliza Jone
building on South Main street was de
stroyed by fire. This building wa
constructed in 1873, and at one tim
was Malads leading general merchan
dizing establishment.
The Ashton Commercial club ha
built large sign, as a map and guide
board, at the Vernon church for tn
information of tourists bound for III
park. The sign is 14x17 feet in dmen
sions, and map of the upper Snak
river country is painted on it In mil
units.
In order to get some definite acticl
regarding an armory and suitable drill
grounds for b troop. First Idah
cavalry, a committee was appointed b
the board of governors Of the chambe
, of commerce at Pocatello to invest
gate the matter of purchasing bloc
IN the Fairview district
III Two demonstrations In weed KILN
have been held under auspices of tn
| Ada county farm bureau. A cominel
cial weed killer was used Each pic
that was treated contained quac
grass, Canada thistle, sweet clover an
| willows. In 30 days, all the plant
were killed and the roots were foun
j TO be decaying.