The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-22
IDAHO STATE news

The hauling Of beets TO the Paul
sugar factory began last week.
Convicted OF hunting without a H.
cehse. i resident OF nixon was fined
$40 last week.
burglars broke into store af Ru-
pert aud stole two reyoivers and two
hunting knives.
little more than six miles Of state
highway IN the Rupert highway dis
triet was completed last week.
Georse Nignall. farmer three
mites south OF Rupert, reports a yield
Of 3oo sacks Of potatoes To the acre.
The first annual gathering OF the
idaho War Mothers association met
n Idaho Falls on October S and .
Upper Country day" Of The Weiser
'oundup vas attended by more than
900 people, according 10 reports of
officials.
Falling from an automobile when
The door came open. III. Ii. Lewis OF
Shoshone fractured his skull. his In
jury being considered critical.
Mrs. Clara White, aged 81, died nj
the "eiSer hospital as the result of
burns sustained in the hotel fire AT
Robineite, Ore. making the fifth vic
tim of the fire
II is announced thar the Eccles In
'eresiS will spend about S5eo.0O0 IN
the erection OF modern building at
| Idaho Falls. 10 be devoted partly To
hotel purposes
II is reported that the prune indus
try Of Idaho has attracted the atten-
ton Of New England dealers and the
idaho Italian prune is demanded in
many sections of the east.
The AmericansLegion harvest home
festival, staged at Twin Falls in lieu
of Fourth of July celebration, was
one of the most successful celebra-
tionS ever held In the city.
Bert Skidmore and Mckinley Tip
ton have been arrested following the
burning OF "a hoinesteader's home eight
miles south of Twin Falls. which
they are said to have ransacked.
Twenty thousand yellow perch. from
three To four inches long, have been
placed in the sloughs tributary Ia the
Portneuf river and Marsh creek. near
Me- Cannon. during the past week.
The attorney general has expressed
the opinion that superintendent OF
schools have power TO excuse from AT.
tendance students under Is years OF
age for reasons cited In section 1918
Preliminary work on the grea,
American Falls project has begun
The contract for drilling test holes fol
the foundation of the enormous dan
has been let and two drills set q
work
l.. A. Critchfield suffered loss o.
about 5000 when fire destroyed hi,
barn, numerous sheds. pig pens, chick
en- coops, farm implements. besides
20 tons of hay at his farm In Norti
Oakley.
Don Jain. aged 10, was shot Will,
hunting in the hills near Genesee. III,
/
J his head and face from the gun of
companion. He will lose the sight o
one eye.
Mrs. T. lombard of Pocatello. Will,
scratch from the child's finger mai
on the corner of her left eye which
il Is said. may cause the loss of he
eyesight
Large crowds attended the Lemil
county fair at Salmon. The agricul
, tural displays aud the blooded stocl
! We're given special attention. wit
, three days of horse racing ~ an adde'
attraction.
The Northwest Conference OF Publ
: Utilities Statistics and Accounts va
, held In Boise last week. with a nun
, her Of expert accountants from man
? parts Of Idaho and other states In al
tendance
7 j. Summeryille. aged !. of Pocatello
: was kicked In the abdomen by his ~
Shetland pony. suffering serious IN
tefllAi injuries. Inc hbA WIS opera
ed on. aud hopes are entertained ia
his recovery
Mark Wood. employed nj sawmi
; in Round valley, north Of Me-
! Meadows. is dead as the result Of a
+. accident M the mill. being nearly 90
! in two by the big saw when he ~
. in Froni of il
! The roeatella chamber of commerce
] Endorsed full-time health officer ~
r thar city and has appointed a commi
: tee 10 unite with the community cnur
: ell In regard TO the selection Of sui
able person to employ
A meeting was held 81 Lewiston Las
week by the United States board {
engineers with those Interested In III
eanallzaiion of the lower Snake riv.
for the purpose of making a deep vi
Ter inlet from tidewater 10 lewiston
= Invitations "a attend the first al
nnal buyers week 10 be- held AT Rnls
from October "a To October -. incll
slve. have been sent ont by the Bots