The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-10-15

| Prune shipping has been completed
from the orchards in the vicinity of
Caldwell. Evapornting Of prunes Is
in progress.
More than 100 carloads Of apples
packed at the Apple Valley packing
house at Parma this year will be ex-
ported to England.
The new 100000 structure for the
First National bank at Rigby Is near
ing completion When finished it will
eclipse anything In this line north Of
Pocatello.
Regional and county Sunday schools
will hold a convention in Boise Octo-
Der 30 and 80. This meeting is one
of several to be held in the towns of
southern Idaho.
The Pocatello high school and the
Idaho Technical institute will be in
creased as to the vocational and home
economics work being Offered within
the next few weeks.
Federal officials, in cooperation
with the Boise police department,
seized opium valued at approximately
1920 and a quantity OF yen-sheee In a
raid on Chinese store at Boise
Beet digging for the Beetgrvwers'
Sugar company at Rigby Is In full
blast and deliveries are being made to
the twenty-five beet loading stations
the company has established this year.
The special election held recently in
Jerome county for $4,000 bond
issue to complete road work failed by
lack of a two-thirds majority. The
vote stood 351 for the bond issue and
312 against it.
The intermountain district Of the
Lutheran church closed an interesting
conference at Boise on October 5, and
will meet in Idaho Falls for the 1921
conference. At that time q pastoral
retreat will be held.
Ashtons tourist park was used by
more than 1900 tourists during the
: figures compiled by the Ashton Com
mercial club, under whose auspices
: the camp was managed this year.
Jean, the 14-months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keane Of Pocatello,
: was severely scalded when q teaket-
tie Of hot water fell off the stove
upon her. Physicians say that the
child has good chances for recovery.
The first state golf tournament in
the history of Idaho was held in Boise
Log pth 4 ob1 "a
the Boise Golf club, won the state
championship cup. Colin Oford, also
of the Boise Golf club, was runner up
Twin Falls clearing house reports
: total clearings for September, $5,S67,
914.O3, an Increase Of 81 ,403, S62.31
over the aggregate for August and
Y the largest in the history of the asso
citation, which was organized las
: May.
Matthew Phelps Fifield, 90 years o.
: age, one Of the few men to whom thu
discovery Of gold in California wa!
confided before it became general,
, known, and one Of the oldest men il
power county, died at Rockland, Octo
Der 4.
! AT a public meeting at Grace thu
second troop of cavalry for Bannocl
= county was given a good start. Sew
eral young men signed up, and 1t II
thought that the required number o
fifty-five will soon be obtained In tina
vicinity.
George e. Denman, state supervise
% aI, ho nv
pressed himself as being great.
pleased with the results of the frs
annual livestock judging contest, TO
the high schools of southern Idaho
held at the state fair.
Several grocery stores in Caldwell
are displaying in their windows prod
ucts that are grown on farms sur
! rounding the city. One store has TIL
front window decorated with Idah
succotash, squash cantaloupe, pickle
: and watermelons, with a trimming
around the outer edge Of grapes.
r. p. Cope of Pingree has bee
awarded a contract for drilling tn
bedrock tests for the American Fall
| TtStINOlI uull, u1u Will bSSii WIZ
Immediately, expecting to finish b
the first Of January. These tests wi
extend for several hundred feet o.
either side of the proposed site.
The ST. Anthony Commercial clu
has issued a call for convention t
be made up of representative bushes
clubs and organizations from Pocs
tello to Ashton, to be held at st. Ar
thony for two days, October Goth an
21st, to form cooperative associatio
for the purpose OF promoting th
interests OF that section Of the stat,
Prem Moore OF the extension d.
partment of the state university ha
announced series of one-day school
throughout the state for poultry II
struction. These will begin first
the western part Of the state and the
gradually work eastward to Pocatell
and Bear Lake county.