The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-07

@ n the Meridian community about
DIV ner cent are American born.
N rive IONS to the acre of alfalfa for
she three cuttings Is not unusual lot
his vicinity.
Meridian has the prettiest girls in
IN state. This is the unanimous YER
SRiet Of those who profess to be expert
zsIudges of feminine beauty.
~ Percy Mcfarland owns the big auto
Erncks you see on the street. He hauls
IA biz load and charges small price
lor the job. ..-....-
NJ Three garages, run by Henry and
Dave Matock, Rogge Motor Co., and
Hkay Curtis, are we'll equipped for the
seeds of the local and transient trade.
@ j. nj. Dodds husties insurance Tor
ahe Mutual Life and A. d. Stanton
or the Hartford. And there are
thers.
@ The Meridian community probably
|has the smallest per cent of foreign
born population of any place in the
tate.
M A lady at Boise recently discovered
that flour was selling in Meridian at
8a82.95 a sack ard In Boise at $40 a
Jack
818 Since the advent of prohibition
Bhe village cooler has been without
#a boarder, and the building is going
o decay.
8 Meridian has 342 dogs, and three
f them have had their license duly
so it is said. The rest OF them
re living on sufference, and some
Hery expensive beef steak.
@ The first children's school truck has
been run from the territory south to
he Meridian high school this year.
fifteen scholars were hauled by R. ".
Wolfe
mai The Meridian section will have the
ggess srpit csssIs this gsasw In -lsiatoEr.
his for the reason that the cold
Apring held the fruit buds back out
pf the way of frost.
Every year Meridian builds several
locks OF cement sidewalk. Some of
m cracks--but most of it is all right,
nc the board walk is almost a thing
pf the past.
meridian taxes-oh, they're the
lgnest ever the same as i'm other
ommunities where they are trying
o move ahead in spite of the h1gn
OF buying. 4
mi The elevation of Meridian is 265b
above sea level. This is yeEy
ooo altitude for the average persSn
zFaa the extreme of the high moual-
- Iz or the low valley Is avoided.
Nj " Y. l.. Dutton and DR.. Fl. F. Neal
8aooK after the Meridian sick and
aey re some busy-with the flu and
sefythlng-eyen If this is the health
est place in the world.
|S henry Taylor distributes the Boise
M ayette company lumber in this vic.
and Knute Westerheim looks af-
I'M. tne Gem State Lumber company'f
l8 4'efests' Both are wide awake.
me village trustees are looking
ac.g GOOD man for night watch. John
vuiii thought the job was too siren.
us anu that he lost too much sIeeE
#0f slOo per month. aS
S8A oery ona DAY at the Boise fair last year
,soo autos were parked on the
aos eoanes. 1t is needless to say that a
ua portion of these came from tht
|a1efialan 1 community.
hoistein and Jersey cows are fnt
oney producers and the pride OF
AN y. meriulan = farmers. At the state
#E1atv - bolse the cows from this vicin,
earry the blue ribbons as a habit
as an unusual circumstance.
M ,iaian has a man who owns ar
I'M nv VINO says If he would let his cal
I'M he always holds her in
~ ~, would make over 70 miles ar
ha Wuian Wan has three good churches
1pas,nn metnodist with Rev. C. A. Quinr
@ fsn IsSor, the Christian with Rev. C.E
ksv pastor and the Nazarene witt
@ @ ~ T. E. Martin pastor.
ha a., -. johnson of Meridian secured
I'm IN nrst premium at the Idaho fail
laadahaa .ae champion Holstein COW il
In o' NJ She has a butter record O
artpws tUSnos a week and Thousand
wheels would not buy her.
soSn :. W. Garrett is the mayor of thi
. od and the councilmen ar,
acss :, Clark, Percy Mcfarland, Jane,
In 1son y and Leroy Adams. The firs
lrst !, I'M. .his important body when the,
S@bi maj et was to reduce the amour
eir salaries 100 per cent.
aBsar rssaalan an lost five boys in the lat,
vsao ana several were wounded .Thos,
s5@&A osf6 their ljuon e. 49,. .-<.... -,