The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-09-17
IN THE GEM STATE

$4,000. ...
Women of Smiths Prairie, In FL
more county, made 1873 pounds of
cheese last summer.
Twelve carloads of potatoes shipped
from. Twin Falls last week sold at an
average price of $1.35 a hundred.
Mathew Scully, who lives four miles
northwest of Bull, got an average Of
800 bushels of wheat to the acre on
field of forty acres.
While out hunting up Walker creek,
near McCammon, Al Stoker and "Bill"
Woodland ran, onto a good sized bob
cat, which they killed.
A yield of seyenty-five bushels of
wheat to the acre was threshed last
week on the ranch of Ed Sinclair, ten
miles northwest of Bull.
Gordon Mckay administered the
Knockout to Romeo Hagan, Pacific
coast champion, in the sixth round at
Twin Falls on Labor day.
The new FIGURING mill at Bellevue
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 prize-winners among
the members of boys and girls clubs
in Idaho.
"Spug" Meyers, Pocatello's aggres-
sive young bantamweight, won a de-
cisiOn over Ray Rose of Boise in
holly contested twelye-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
tural authorities that the anti-grass-
hopper campaign in Idaho county this
summer saved the farmers approx
mately S2O5,329 on their crops.
As the result of an accident at Po-
catellO, Harry Taft, brakeman, suf-
fered injuries to his right foot which
made it 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 a national pennant.
In 1888 the Idaho schools won four
national ~pennants.
Church and civic organizations
throughout southeastern Idaho anu
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. a
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
holding out for is at least So.
With the assistance of Deputy Vet
erinarian Edwin T. Powell and
leaders of the farm bureau, 1S3 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
80, badly cut and bruised in an auto
accident near Banks, while on 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, lei. V.
McAIaster, formerly telegraph opera
tor on the Oregon Short Line, at
Mountain Home. has received re-
ward from the Oregon Short Line of
sixty merit marks.
The government geological survey
shows that Della mountain, 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