The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-16
IN THE GEM STATE

government as the public health !. ~
tral office for southern Idaho ''A
Lanterns are being used in Moa,.
county beet fields for the trannIna
moths Of the sugar beet weh VS. =
BIDS VIII be received on July ), /.
the department Of public wort0
the construction of las miles - ~
Yellowstone Park highway in Froms ~
county. .Ni0us
The sheriff of Canyon county, !,
midnight raid captured still w,,s
capacity Of ten gallons of whisky :.
day in the extreme northern nart =
the county. 80 =
Josh Mum and son, Sherman Nm,
former residents Of Pocatello wo,s
arrested at American Fails y.
operating a still and having liouo, !,
their possession.
Charles Soldiers, who was arra,,.a
at Pocatello three months ago a Il.
charge of extortion, pleaded gnllfy
last week and was sentenced to sarva
six months In the county Jail.
The laying of the cornerstone 4,
the magnificent new hospital helm,
built BY the l.. D. S. church at Idaho
Fails, last week, was a most impros.
sive ceremony, attended by most Of
the citizens.
prospects are excellent for hummer
crops in the Little Lost Valley Oh
settlers in that valley say crops never
looked better than they do at present
and that water condition seems annie
for all needs.
Fremont county farmers have
planted 98 acres of sweet clover fol-.
fertilization. Farmers have high hopes
of the outcome of this venture as II 4
means, if successful, an initial cost Of
only $500 for seed.
A. A. Jordan, carpenter, in police
court at Twin Falls, paid fine and
costs aggregating $135 for his part III
a crap game, while F. L. Ashton
laborer, another participant in the
game, paid a fine of so.
The Hansen livery barn, large
frame structure at Idaho Falls, was
burned at an early hour Thursday
morning of last week with all its con-
tents. The building was the last
frame structure in the business dis
trict.
Pedro Rodriguez, so years of az
was killed and Y. Tiscarin0. 40 years
of age, was wounded in a raid made
by officers on a shack occupied by
Mexicans in the west part of Burnley
The Mexicans were engaged in gam
bling.
Potato growers Of the Lorenzo dis
trict are cooperating for construction
Of a storage cellar on the railroad
siding. Application for lease on the
siding has been made and cOnstruc'
ton will begin as soon as the permit
granted.
Farmers of Twin Falls county ms
year are finding that labor shortage
is not interfering with the haylns SeG
son as was the case last year. Inc
crops throughout the county VIII "
above average and in some cases tllefe
will be record crops.
Herschel Skaggs, S-year-old son o.
NJ. B. Skaggs of PocatelO, was drown,
ed in the natatorium at Lava no'
Springs. The boy was unable
swim, but was pulling himself across
the deep part of the pool by fVpe
in some way losing his hold.
SHORE wool remains unsOld in tie
hands of Idaho growers at the ptesen'
time than has ever been in their llaiius
before at this time of the year, sag
r. B, Millin, sheep specialist OF Wv
University of Idaho extension dlNisiop'
in a statement concerning 'deteflun
ing the value of wool"
Charles Atwater, a cobbler' n
been arrested at Blackfoot' chals.s
with having made forceful entry a m.a
a liquor cellar at the county jail IN
arrest was made in consequence y =
earlier examination of the cellar snV :,
ing that arrangements had been nav
for wholesale removal. i,
Services of an official escort y IN
employ of the city of Twin Fans @
be placed at the disposal oil wv NV
having occasion to cross teinpoi' !,
bridge swung across the stream wan
the bottom of Rock Creek ea n.
separating South Park and othei now
1itions from the city, until tlo
rim-to-rim bridge is completea' .,ad
Bingham county wool was pm ms
into six cars under farm bureau , ="
pices and consigned to BoSton ,ros
An advance of 80 cents a pounu ,0,s
received on the fine wool and y ., M
on the coarse: The amount VI me
handled was 1913, 400 pounds anu ,ls
amount of money checked out =
farmers was S37 1925.