The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-16
IN THE GEM STATE

The ice on Snake river, near Paul,
is fourteen inches thick and the farm
ers are taking advantage of the fact /
and are putting up ice for next sum
mer. Many loads are passing through |
Paul daily.
1t is expected that work on at least |
a dozen new business buildings will |
begin at Rupert within the next ninety |
days. Several residences are in |
course of construction, and many |
more are needed.
In Idaho. the 1919 wage of farm
hands, with board, was $3.50 a month";
and without board, $936O, as against
S35 and $3.50 in 1910 Idaho pays
the highest wage without board OF
any state in the Union.
The bonds for road building voted
on in jerome county carried by big
ma ajorty, about six to one. This will
give Jerome county about $4100 for
road building, besides the federal aid
which will be available now.
Idaho condensed milk shipments val
ued at hundreds of dollars have been
held up by order of the state depart
ment of public welfare, peding prose
cution of the manufacturers on
charges of violating state milk laws.
AS the result of the breaking of
the steering gear, which precipitated
the car in which they were driving
over an embankment near the Nevada
state line, two Twin Falls residents,
man and woman, were seriously
injured.
A convention of sheriffs and muni-
cipal peace officers of the state will be
held in Boise within the next sixty
days, when plans will be made for
more vigorous enforcement of the state
motor license law, as well as other
state statutes.
Ii is announced that amity between
the state department OF agriculture
and the state fair corporation was al
most completely restored when the
corporation officials last week filed
with the department a signed copy OF
the new contract
The Bull Canning company an
nounces that 1t will furnish hot beds
for the termination of tomato plants
early in the spring This step will
greatly expedite the transplanting and
insure an early crop of the vegetable
for canning purposes.
The Northwestern Investment com
pany of Pocatello has placed orders
with Pocatelo lumber and building
materials companies for material for
| 100 houses, to be erected in the towns
in which the company is operating
Pocatello, Nampa, Twin Falls, st. An
thony and Burley.
In the matter of 1919 maintenance
of the Salmon river project the Unit
ed States district court at Boise has
ordered the return OF 80 cents per acre
to the settlers, this amount being that
which is the portion of the mainten-
ance charge of 1910 applied to the
construction of improvements in the
, so-called Check basin.
There seems to be some kind of a
lisease among the horses in the vicinity
of Preston which is puzzling. Some
think it is silage poisoning, while
others say it is contagion. 1t seems
to paralyze the animal in the hind
quarters until it lays down and can't
ret up The animal affected eats until
!. the time of death, with no sign of pain.
The story comes from Caldwell that
, a 2O-year-old boy of that city had saved
for years to buy an automobile, and
when he had almost the requisite
amount, his parents took all his say
f ings, whereupon he stole an automo-
bile, was captured, and now faces a
, prison term.
l Pelts of 35 beavers have been col
lected in the office of the state game
: warden. With the exception of five
the skins were from animals killed
under state permits issued in cases in
which the beaver were damaging prop
erty.
The highway commissioners at Ru
: pert are having difficulty in obtaining
gravel for their work, as the railroa,
: officials state they can handle no mor'
S gravel shipments until March.
L. w. AScnelrner OF ST. faul na
been appointed successor to Majo
: Horton II. Miller, as superintendent o
: the Fort Hall Indian reservation, ant
v has assumed the duties of the posi-
!, ton.
The automobile registration has In
> creased in the state of Idaho the pas
n seven years by 2100 per cent, or iron
@ a little more than 2OOO cars in 1912 t
! approximately $4,000 cars the first o
this year.
L Wanted--to buy forty acre alfal
ia farm Address No. 5, The Oakle
Herald Oaklev Idaho stating nrice