The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-05

briggs for tourists, and q committee
appointed to arrange for its compile
ton.
1t Is said that there are between
400 and 500 acres Of grain in the fields
yet unharvested In the Bennington dis
trict.
Purchase Of the BlackfOot Water
company's plant and system for $82,-
600 by the city has been ratified by
the city council.
Work on Ford assembling plant to
be constructed at Boise will begin
soon. The Boise plant II the only one
between Denver and the coast, 1t is
said
A large number Of Indian horses are
being shipped from Pocatello to Peta-
luna, Cal, to be used for chicken feed.
The horses arer bringing about 81
head.
w. L. Lucas Of Gem, who was In
jured on September 16 by an acct
dental gun discharge while on hunt
ing trip, died last week at Wallace
hospital. :
0. E. Harlem, postmaster Of Bone,
will have to answer for $500 defi-
cheney in bis accounts. The deficiency
was found recently by the postoffice
inspector.
| One of the latest organizations In
Idaho Falls is the Catholic Woman's
league, which starts out with a men,
bership of twenty-five women Of the
| Catholic church.
| More than 700 teachers attended the
South-Centra Idaho Teachers insti-
tute at Twin Falls last week. All
schools in the district were closed dur
ing the conference
Returning to Rigby after dark y an
auto without lights, William Bambrick
Of Boise was instantly killed when the
machine plunged over an embankment
few miles from town.
George Richardson, arrested at Po-
catello following his shooting Of an
Indian, in which domestic affairs are
alleged to have played part, has been
placed under $1,000 bond.
The south wing Of the administra-
ton building Of the University Of
Idaho, at Moscow, which was COM
menced over two years ago, is nearly
completed and will soon be ready for
use.
Jack Kirk, aged -, Of Blackfoot,
found revolver cylinder Of % caliber
and attempted to drive cartridge
into 1t with hammer, exploding the
cartridge, the bullet entering the left
hand.
A banquet was given to nearly fifty
business men Of Fruitland by the
women Of the town, the purpose Of the
banquet being to discuss the best
methods to clean up Fruitland and the
close-in vicinity.
The skeleton Of a body found at the
head Of the south fork of Garden creek,
twenty miles east of Blackfoot, is be-
ieved to be the remains Of Roy Fruit
former inmate of the asylum, who
escaped July IS, 1913.
Idaho government surveying parties
have all been called in as the result OF
heavy SHOWS throughout the noun
tains of Idaho. Work has stopped the
earliest in IA years, according to fig
ures available at the United States
land office.
The roads on the Bliss end Of the
Bliss-Gooding road are in better shape
now than ever before. The highway
was Just finished last June and since
then has been sprinkled and dragged
until there is smooth graded rOaC
up to the GoOding line.
A state health inspector of schools
and state high school inspector fol
the state of Idaho will be provided II
the resolutions of the committee OF
legislation of the last teachers instl
tute at Pecatello are acted upon ia
vorably by the state legislature.
Unless the quarantine on hay is lift
ed by the state of Montana the Camas
Meadows section of Clark county vii
not be able to dispose of 1000 tons o.
timothy now on hand, it is said. Thi,
embargo is due mainly to the fac
that the alfalfa weevil has infested
Idaho hay.
On order of the court, 700 bottles 81
home brew beer were broken ant
dumped into the Snake river at Idaht
Falls. Several gallons Of malt syrul
also were destroyed. This was thu
J evidence in the case OF the Fishe
Brothers, who were recently convicted
: in the federal court and are now serv
ing sentence.
| Louise Perkins, aged 10, Of Emmett
: | poured kerosene into the kitchen stow
1 to start fire. The resultant explosion
: set the house on fire, and the girl
! clothes burst into flame. She forge
+ her own peril and rescued the baby
4 the only other occupant Of the hous
! at the time. The girl was badly burr
i ed, but will recover
+ Articles of incorporation have bee
filed in the secretary of states offic
}. for a 81 500, 600 Farmers CooperatIv