American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-01-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Two Meridian elevators this season
paid out to farmers approximately
$4,000 for grain.
Combined deposits of approximately
S6OOOO00 are shown by reports of the
two Wallace banking Institutions.
In weeks work In Madison cotin-
ty. 345 cattle were tested for tuber-
culosis and no rcnctorS were found.
Eighty stockmen in the Three Creek
vicinity in Twin Falls county took up
n collection OF $1,000 for rabbit poison
ing work.
The grasshopper killing campaign
last summer In Lewis county saved
crops worth s327 027, above expenses
of $4,000 for campaign.
Idaho and Utah are To be allotted
regiments In the regular army, accord
ing to information received by the
Boise recruiting station.
Twin Falls may be one of the Idaho
towns In which national guard units
Of cavalry, heavy artillery, machine
gun or infantry are to be organized
The appointment is announced OF
Miss Florence Murray of Grangvihe
as the first woman chief deputy sher
ifr 10 be named In the state of Idaho.
The state game warden will com.
plete his plans for shipment OF 2OO
Wyoming elk into Idaho at a confer.
cnce to be held with eastern Idaho
deputies.
Six rabbit. drives in the Dietrich
and Darrnh communities In Lincoln
county, with an average attendance of
10 persons, resulted in the killing OF
500 rabbits.
A mild form of influenza has ap.
peared at Lewiston and the authori-
ties are taking precautions To- keep
the disease checked. No serious cases
are reported.
The Idaho Cooperative Sugar com
pany is rapidly maturing plans for the
erection of two million dollar factories,
me near Filler and the other In the
| Jansen district.
Boys and girls pig clubs will re-
ceive Increased attention from the
Canyon county farm bureau this sea.
son, and work will be confined strict
ly to pure-bred pigs and hogs.
Mrs. Ella Muir has brought suit
against the city of Pocatello for dam
ages of S20.OO0, on account of an In.
jury received when she fell on an
ley sidewalk several months ago.
More than 10000 acres were treated
with poisoned bait in Gilmore county
last year, for the killing of ground
squirrels. Savings of crops totaled
Sl0,67l.S0, and the cost of bait was
S751.1O
A man giving the name of ii. Il.
Chase, The Dallas, Ore. was arrested
and seven suitcases filled with whisky
were seized by revenue officers ON u
westbound Oregon Short Line train
at Caldwell
pleted their farm club work In 1919
reported n production amounting to
500 ,992.3l. The cost OF production
was S3S,Os7TO, leaving them net
profit OF $57,oOi.6l.
The first instance of death In Twin
Falls from drinking Corners cock
tails" was recorded January - The
victim Is J. H. Grubbs. %, an elderly
man, who Is said To have died from
Il concoctlon Of extracts and dope"
Two members OF the state constabu-
larry in conjunction with the county
sherlff's office, made several raids in
Burley one day last week. Several
homes We're entered whore large
quantities Of home made beer was
found.
A growing interest In sheep is re.
ported by the Kootenia county farm
bureau. one farmer has just obtained
- head to use as foundation flock
They are TO be used to help In land
clearing as well as for profit in other
ways.
Reports of the Pomona oranges wer,
given ut the oranges twelfth annual
convention NJ Boise, showing pros
perlty, strength and records of patri
otic activities marked the last year,
history for the subordinate bodle,
throughout the state.
II is not permissible under Idah,
laws for garages to sell dcnatured al
cohol, even for the purpose of kcepln.
automobile radiators from freezing
The state attorney general gives thi
opinion In answer to queries from tn,
department of law enforcement.
In accordance with law the Noun
tain States Telephone X Telegraph
company has filed with the Idaho pub
, lie utilities commission an inventor,
, of It's physical property In Idaho Tn
, complete inventory consists OF li9 vol
, umes, ranging from 80 to 800 page
each.
I The state department Of publ
works has announced that with tn
I letting of the contract for forty elgh
, miles of road In EIuurr county lrovI
, sion will be made for the complrtlo
D Of line Of 300 miles of good road
|, between New Plymouth and American