The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28
IN THE GEM STATE

effected at Rupert.
caldwell's new $4,000 vaudeville
and moving picture theatre was for
mally opened last week.
Potato growers in the Burnley district
are begging for refrigerator cars In
which 10 ship their product.
Merchants OF Bull have decided 10
close their stores al q p. m on week
DAYS and . p. IN. on Saturdays dur
ing the winter.
Al Montpelier the Waterloo mine OF
phosphate company is employing
thirty men and shipping 100 tons OF
high-grade rock day.
The ornamental poles and lights for
Nampa have arrived. but the installa-
ton has been delayed by the failure OF
the cable 10 reach the city.
Alfalfa weeyil is known TO occur
In % counties In Idaho but In only 10
of them hns IL become abundant
enough 10 cause serious injury.
Grand encampment |. O. O. +. met
al Caldwell last week with about 100
in attendance. Rebekah assembly also
convened with about go present.
Moving picture representatives re-
Gently spent week in the Ashton
country looking for a suitable lscation
TO stage James oliver Curwood's
northern story picture play.
In the interest OF Idaho farmers.
Senator Nugent has sent a telegram TO
President Wilson urging that an EN-
barge be placed at once ON wheat ship
ments from Canada into this country
The joint teachers institute for
Bannock. Bear Lake Bingham. Butte.
Caribou. Custer. Franklin Oneida and
Power counties was opened al Poca-
tello. October is, with over 700 teach
ers present.
Sam Bogard 80 years old. was found
dead In his cabin near Idaho city. He
was lying on the floor by stove, with
some klndling In one hand. when found
by neIghbor. who had stopped at the
cabin to visit him.
l.. Reams and Charles Mason, while
trapping up In Greenhorn canyon. dis
covered cinnamon bear and two
cubs. They bagged the mother and
captured the two youngsters and took
them to HALEY. The old bear weighed
$40 pounds.
w. j. Hall. commissioner OF public
works of the state OF Idaho. was
made defendant In "A mandamus action
filed I'm district court AT Boise for
the purpose of compelling him 10 open
the hooks of his department for pub
lie inspection.
According TO plans Instituted by
President Frazier and the faculty OF
the Idaho technical institute. at Poca-
fello. that institution VIII ask for
nearly a half-million dollars for main
tennnce and improvements for the
next biennium.
Luther Kirk. farmer. Il under ar
rest NJ Rupert, charged with shooting
J. Merrill also farmer as the result
OF n quarrel recently. Merrill Is said
10 have been shot three times. two
bullets entering his back and the third
penetrating his lungs.
That the business OF the q. $. l..
railroad at Montpelier. has greatly
outgrown its facilities Is indicated by
the fact that three additional sIdngs
now are under construction In the
south end OF the yards Each OF these
sidings will be one mile long.
Former Governor James II. Hawiey
| has Just completed a history OF the
state of Idaho. which will be one OF
his final literary efforts. The history Of
the state Is brought down 10 April i.
I 1919. and covers the participation OF
this state In the great World war.
Idaho has harvested the largest
spring wheat crop In It's history-15.-
$4,000 bushels. Combined with the
100000 bushels Of winter wheat.
Idaho's total wheat production for
1920 Is placed AT p $4,000 bushels,
as compared with 100000 bushels
/ last year.
James +. Barnett. Of Blackfoof.
while hunting with a party OF friends
/ on Wet creek. In the Pahsomeri coun-
try. last week. accidentally shot him
self in the right foot with a .32-calibre
revolver. Burnett. who was alone al
the time. cauterized the wound with
a burning match and then extraied the
bullet.
The public utilities commission has
denied the application made by Rob
ert c. Brown Of the Gcoding Water
works company for an order au'horiz-
ing him to abandon the water service
20 some twenfy-six customers In the
Woodwork addition 20 the city ~
Gooding. claiming that the service was
beiug rendered II loss.
A verdict % guilty was returned
against Charles McKelvey. Charles
Warren. r. J. Bates Rudolph Lehman
"a Frfur,.as Donahuq charged under