The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-11-18
IN THE GEM STATE

Der to ~.
Idaho boys and girls made a cieai
sweep Ia the i'ig ana Calf club com
petition at the Western Royal Live
stock show az Spokane.
The Parma fruit packing hous'
closed It's doors last week. after a sue
eessfui season. A force exceeding 10
persons was at times employed
Win an average production 81 259l
pounds u butter fat. Canyon County
Contrasting association ranks second
Ia the state for the month Of October
Nampa streets are 10 be put in a
better coalition al once. Lawn gravel
o. crushed rock will be used. the estl,
mated cost Of Improvement being
$4,000.
The members Of the Poeafello cham
Der OF commerce al meeting last
week went on record as fayOring a
commission form Of government for
that city.
senator-elect Davis from Boise
county had his right foot crushed at
Horseshoe Bend when a 20 gallon oil
tank fell Oh II. lie Is In hospital
al Emmett.
The Red Cross roll call opened al
Pocatello. November o. with the cam
paIgn for the sustaining membership
and 5000 was subscribed by the mer
chants and professional men OF the
city.
The Parma packing house recently
shipped several thousand boxes OF ap.
plies 10 London. aud had crops and
packing facilities been larger. these
foreign shipments would have been
much larger.
Glenn r. MastersOn. service station
superintendent for the past year for
the Continental on company at roca-
telio. was placed under arrest last
week for AN alleged shortage OF
si2oO.s5 la bis books.
John (''Pony') Young. veteran race
track owner In Idaho. II dead file died
n few days ago AT the age OF 90 years
and his passing removes one OF the
most picturesque characters OF the
early days OF the territory.
Plans 10 wipe out the College OF
idaho debt OF $4,000 We're laid at
meeting OF the Caldwell Commercial
club last week. A committee Of TWEEN
ty.fve men and six women was APP
pointed to have charge OF the drive
News has been received from Wash.
ington that the plans ~ worked out
by the United States reclamation ser
vice for the building OF the dam at
American Falls for the creation OF a
great reservoir have been approved.
Twin Falls taxpayers. at special
election. approved the issuance OF
municipal bonds In the amount OF 49,.
90 TO meet deficit Ia the street IN
tersections paving fund, and 10000 |
for motorized fire fighting equipment.
According 20 the report Of the de-
partm.nt OF agriculture. there are In
1870, f2.i0o farms In the states OF
Idaho, as against 3O.sO7 In 1910 and /
i7.iTi In 1900. Twin Fails leads the
In the state In the number
n farms within rs borders with
total OF 27i6 In 1920.
A yield OF s5h bushels Dicklow
wheat per acre Is reported from the
'arm Of Lee Greenwell. northwest OF
Paul The average Tor his entire wheat
acreage IL "a bushels per acre. \. H.
Iiohon. also near Paul threshcd $50
bushels from ~ acres, an average yield
Il ao bushels per acre
A tire blowout was responsible FOR
painful inJurics received by Harold
Wilson of Rupert aud Jack vaugen
II Dsico. proprietor Of garage nj
hat place. and for whom Wilson was
AFR. vauxen was cut about
he face and his employee received
aesrated arm and f,ce cuts.
The idaho Falls high school foot.
all team defeated the Pocatelio High
n slow xame played on the idaho
Rails gridiron. November q. - 10 o
he aeld was covered with snow.
shlch kept the ball slippery. making
! hard to handle. The local boys cut.
ielshed the visitors considerably.
Luther KIRK. charged with shooting
ack Merrill. October IA. and held IN
an at Rupert sinee that time. has
ecu released on ball Merrill. who
AS taken 10 salt Lake hospital for
'eatment. will be brought houie whcn
'eunsis made from probing for the two
ailets lodged In his body have healed
Idaho ranks third In the percentage
! Increase In the nuu,hcr % farms
ariax the period FROM 1910 10 iae0
'eordiax to the bulletin issued ~ the
apartment % agriculture In coniunc~
ma with the bureau Of CENSUS. from
gurus complied ~ the fourteenth cen
y u the United States. taken In
'co
A farmer living north % idaho Falls
ss surprised when Ne dug luto his
-sw stack on bis ranch and found