The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
idaho STATE NEWS MINES AND MINING


| Contract for construction of a thea
tire ut Ripper to cost $4,000 has been
let.
| st. -AlphOnsus hospital at Boise, the
largest hospital in the state of Idaho.
celebrated it's twenry-fifth anniversary
last week.
idaho state automobile tag No. has
been issued to c. q. Cornwall of Ru.
pert. Mr.. Cornwall made application
some months ago.
1 Idaho's sugar output for 1919 is es.
timated by the department of agricul-
ture at 25,S67 short tons, as against
44,6S2 tons in 1918
1 Establishment at Twin Falls of q
/ Salvation army headquarters Is pro
posed in an undertaking Endorsed by
the local lodge of Elks.
! Remodeling of the Boise barracks
into a government hospital for sOmt'
I 800 or 400 patients who will be sen
there by the government is now under
way.
/ No more .cheek to cheek" or "shim-
my" dancing will be allowed in
Rupert. The city council has pre-
pared an ordinance covering the
matter. Es f
Four alleged l. w. w. members were
arrested at Boise when the state con
stabulary and Boise police force raided
two lodging houses that have been I'M
der suspicion for some time.
| J. p. L0sser, a workman on the
capitol construction, fell from the sec
ond story Of the east wing and suf-
fered severe fracture of the skull,
but it is believed he Will recover.
The Pocatello post of the American
Legion has adopted the slogan, "Mem
bership of 500" A drive for members
will soon be inaugurated with a view
of obtaining a membership of 800.
The board Of education of the
Methodist Episcopal church has APP
portioned $500 to Gooding college this
year, $1,000 for the new dormtory and
$500 to help out on current ex-
penses.
Failure to pay their 1919 licenses has
brought about the forfeiture of the
charters of $50 corporations in the
state of Idaho, according to an an
nouncement made by Secretary OF
State Jones.
Judge j. G. Crowley, pioneer citizen
of southeastern Idaho, died at his
home in Idaho Falls from pneumonia.
He was former probate judge and was
serving as police judge at the time
of his death.
Retail lumbermen from ten western
states will assemble at Boise next
month for the sixteenth annual con-
ference Of the Western Retail Lumber
mems association. The date is fixed
as February 10 to q.
One of the most important pieces of
work recently completed by the Com
mercial club of PocatelIo was the
raising by subscription of $4,000 for
the purchase of additional land for the
Idaho Technical institute farm.
Roy Roberts of LOra is dead from
blood poisoning as result of an ac-
cident shooting. While attempting to
remove swollen shell from shot
gun, the weapon was discharged and
the contents entered the boys thigh.
Business men of Nampa have an
nOunced that the time is ripe for the
cities of the Boise, Emmett and Pay
cite valleys to make plans for base
ball league for the coming season. 1t
Is hoped to have at least dozen
towns represented in the league.
Idaho tax assessors in session at Boise
asked Governor Davis to urge the state
legislature to create a tax commission
and to amend the state constitution
so that the new board may take over
the duties Of the state board of equali-
cation, now headed by the governor
Two little girls. aged 8 and 5, daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Rainey, of
Twin Falls, were burned to death
while playing in tent In the rear of
the Rainey home. used for storing DO
tatoes and heated by stove. The
manner in which the fire started is un-
known. ae
The Rupert cheese factory, which
began operations about a month ago,
ls now receiving an average Of more
than 5000 pounds of milk daily. Five
tons of cheese are now stored in the
factory ready for shipment, while sew
eral thousand pounds have been sold
locally.
Governor Davis has been given full
authority by the state land board to
enter into a contract with the federal
department of agriculture whereby
$4,000 acres of state school lands
scattered throughout national forest
areas may be exchanged for compact
bodies Of forest and grazing lands.
Idaho educators will Immediately in
augurate a campaign to ascertain the
number of boys and girls in the state
between the ages of Is and 20 who
are not attending school, and after
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