The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-08-06

building fund.
In a semi-annual report for the past
six months by John w. Eagleson, state
treasurer, to Governor Davis, he
shows a balance of $3,012,16433 on
June 30, 1920, while the balance on
January 1, 1920, was $2,6O6, 307.11.
W. J. Sergel, ons of the pioneers
of the Bull country, arrived from Ell
shore, Calf, for brief visit and
expressed himself to Bull repre-
sentative as being astounded at the
growth of Bull and the surrounding
country.
The Boise troop of cavalry for the
national guard has mustered in 46
men so far, according to the report of
Maj. J. B. Burns. Sixteen prospects
were given the physical examination
and passed for enlistment into the
troop last week.
B. B. Muehlen, electrician for the
Idaho Power company, was drowned
last week a few hundred feet below
the power plant in Snake river. He
had been instructing his two children
in swimming along the sand bar on
the east bank Of the river.
The Bull beet crop gives promise
this year, Of being the best ever raised
in the Bull country, hence the best
ever produced in the wide world, in
the opinion of John Conner of Ogden,
of hn 1+,,~
of the Amalgamated Sugar company.
The Rupert post of the American
Legion has started movement to OBJ
tain the opening of 10000 acres,
known as the Minidoka project extern
sion, for filing. Efforts will be made
to get all the Legion posts in the state
to cooperate in urging Congress to
take action.
The high cost of sugar has resulted
in much less jelly-making and canning
this season than usual, according to-
The grocers of Boise, who say that
the housewives are bottling their fruit
juice and will wait to add the sugar
until it is cheaper They are using
only enough to keep" the canned
fruits.
Negotiations are being conducted
for the purpose of bringing about an
adjustment of the differences between
the successors in interest of the Twin
FallsOakley Land & Water company
and the settlers who took up farm
lands under the Carey act project,
which was promoted by the company.
The construction Of the American
Falls reservoir and a more liberal pol
icy for reclamation in the west never
looked so encouraging as it did when
the appropriations committee of the
Ur<ed States House of Representa-
tives completed its tour through Idaho,
during which the committee visited
some of the leading irrigation prof.
ects of this state.
Sheep ready for market may be
shipped for immediate slaughter with
out dipping, if accompanied by GER
.ificate from federal or state in
spector indicating that the animals
are free from infection, according to
Ia statement interpreting quarantine
order No. l of the bureau of animal
industry, issued by authority of the
bureau.
The condition of Idaho sugar beets
is % per cent, as against the ten
year average of 80 per cent, accord
ing to the July crop report of the de-
partment of agriculture, and it is es-
timated that the states crop will reach
sos, 900 tons, as com pared with 20S,-
600 tons in 1919 The Idaho beet
acreage this year is $1,000, an in
crease of 1900 acres over last year.
Arthur johnson, a grandson of Her
man Anderson of Bull, left for New
York to join the crew of the steam
ship Northern Pacific. He went in re-
Spouse to telegram appraising him
of the opening on the same ship on
which he had served during the war.
He served two years on the Northern
Pacific, making regular trips between
New York and the ports of France
when the Atlantic was supposed to be
hotbed of Hun submarines.
Scarcity and high price of seed did
not tend to reduce potato acreage, as
expected, for $1,000 acres were plant
ed, as against $4,000 last year, says
julius II. jacobson, field agent Of the
Idaho crop reporting service, in a
weekly crop summary The crop is
Furnishing. A condition of 95 per
cent of normal is III marked contrast
to rs per cent on July 1, 1919, and in
dicates a total crop of 6,1S6,O00 bush
els, as compared with 5,400,000 bush
els harvested last year.
The murder of John Bartholomew. Il
sheepher,her of Price, Utah. seven
years ago, has been partially eS-
planned by AL Ringing. held in the
Caldwell Jail several months past for
attempting 10 pass n bogus check
Ringing says he and another man
killed Bartholomew and then robbed
the body.