The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-01-23
In THE GEM STATE

/ line Ihlfa annual conference of the
/ Idaho irrigation congress was held last
| week at Boise.
Scarcity Of hay is pinchfng rancEers
In Lenhi county and many of them are
threatened with serious losses.
The s18.500 bond issue for the inn
provement of the city Of Montpelier
carried at the recent election by
| four to one majority.
! The home Of Hugh Brock near Cald-
well was destroyed by fire, nothing be-
Ing saved, the occupants narrowly es-
Gaping with their lives.
The city of Twin Falls, through de-
cision reached by the city council. is
| committed to the reclamation service
for construction of the American Falls
dam.
The exhibit of Idah0-grown seeds on
display in the chamber of commerce
convention hall at Pocatello make
creditable showing and each exhibit is
a prize-winner
| Stockholders Of the Twin Falls
Building and Loan association at their
annual meeting at Twin Falls voted
to Increase the capital stock from $780,
600 to 100000.
Mrs. Peter Later suffered broken
leg at Rigby as she attempted to
alight from a sleigh. The team started
as Mrs. Later was getting out and she
was thrown to the ground.
The state will open bids in the next
two months for the construction of a
bridge at OwsIey's ferry. This struc-
ture will cost $4,000 and will be one
of the finest on the Snake river.
Miners of varying degrees Of expe-
rience and from ell parts of the state
are registered for the annual miners
| short course of eight weeks offered by
the University of Idaho school of
| mines.
| The state supreme court has dis
missed the disbarment proceedings in
! stituted again o. R. Baum, American
Falls attorney, against whom sixteen
charges of unprofessional conduct had
| been filed.
| AT the convention of the Idaho Fed
| Grafton of Labor, held at P0catelIo, the
/ real estate men of the cities of Idaho
were given hard rap in resolution
which fayors municipal control Of land
! transfers.
Ferries are public utilities and sub
Ject TO state control under utility laws,
/ Raymond Givens. attorney for the
state public utilities commission and
an assistant attorney general decided
last week.
Robert o. Jones, state commissioner
OF law enforcement, has issued his
formal call for a statewide meeting of
sheriffs and peace officers at Boise
and set February and as the con-
ventiOn dates.
The Idaho Reclamation association
has called q conference to be held in
Burnley, January 81 and %. Residents
of Cassia, Gooding. Jerome. Lincoln,
Minidoka, Power and Twin Falls coun-
ties are particularly invited.
Starting some weeks ago with about
200O pounds of milk every other day.
Rupert's cheese factory has grown to
such an extent today that it is recefv-
ing an average of more than 5000
pounds of milk daily to be made into
cheese.
One of the most important things
accomplished at the annual meeting
of the Idaho Horticultural society,
held at Payette January 8 and 10, was
the adoption of the grading rules rec
commended by the state commissioner
of agriculture.
Appraisers OF the new AShtOn-Vietor
highway have been busy the past week
going over the new road. estimating
the value of the land taken up and
the damages suffered by the farm
ers along the route in having the road
built through their farms.
Miss Edna Harrington. Neg Perez /
school teacher. whose fight to retain ,
her teachers license in the face of q
relinquished school position has been
heard before the state board of edu- /
cation as test case. will not forfeit /
her right TO teach. The board decided
in her favor !
Lester Stevens. sought by police at
Twin Falls since June, 1919. when. II
is alleged, with a companion carrying ,
a stock of whisky in an automobile.
he eluded police pursuit, pleaded guilty
in justice court last week to drinking /
intoxteants on public highway and |
was fined 500.
Del Hardy, Stockman, is patient
in Twin Fails hospital suffering
from a fracture of his left leg, suf-
fered when he was thrown with his
horse in an effort to rope a fractions
steer, The horse, standing on lev
footing, was unable to resist the on
Slaught OF the steer.