Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-12-29
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

successful bidders for $50 900 worth of
road bonds for the Ferdinand highway
district, Idaho county.
Fifty families in Nampa % former
service men and % civilians were
helped In November by the Mamma
/ chapter American Red Cross. Miss
Grace nj. Coffman, secretary reports.
Inc meeting of the Idaho Falls
school board disclosed the fact that the
district Is In better condition financial
iy by $4,000 than at this time year
ago.
Salary slashes and curtailment of op-
Grating forces In various county DEPART
ments, designed to save the county he
tween $4,000 and $4,000 have been
ordered by the board of commissioners
at Twin Falls.
The new road to Wendell was COM
pieted by the local highway district.
FOR the first time in the history of
the county a really excellent highway
now connects Wendell with the county
seat.
Directors of the Twin Falls Chamber
OF Commerce Endorsed proposals for
establishment of an interstate highway
TO shorten the route between Boise and
Utah points. The proposed route passes
through Twin Falls, Burley and
StreVelle on the way to Ogden and
Salt Lake and materially lessons the
distance of travel as compared with
the route passing through Pocatello.
A divorce suit at HALEY was filed
IN the clerks office at $50 o'clock one
afternoon, and the plaintiff was
granted decree at 4 O'Clock. only
half an hour intervening between the
ming OF the papers and the granting
of the divorce, being about the record
Tor expediency in this district
While Captain and Mrs. ] f. pur
dy of the Salvation Army were conduc-
ting divine services on the streets in
Twin Falls, mimscreants entered their
residence and lugged off nearly all
OF the canned goods and other comesti-
Dies donated by the public for charity
purposes at Christmas time. There
were several hundred cans of preserves
and canned fruits stored In the cellar
idaho Apples packed in fancy
baskets, bid fair to become a we'll
known commodity on the fruit market
as the result of trial given this year
Dy Idaho apple growers. Growers
round this year that they could get so
cents more by packing in baskets and
hence plan TO put this type of contain.
er into more general use next year.
Between eighty and ninety claims of
former service men were handled by
the veterans welfare commission in
Pocatello. TO date the commission has
about $50 claims and has
PAID S2O,OO. The last legislature es
tablished a fund of 100000 for this
purpose.
John Robertson and Raymond earn.
ey, graduates of the Idaho Falls high |
school and now second year students |
IN the agricultural department OF the
Idaho Tech at Pocatello. are doing re-
search work in the department OF
iairying. This is the first work of the
Iind ever done in southern Idaho. Re
suits of the tests will be put into prac
lcai use throughout this part of the
safe by the dairy interests.
There we're 81 fires In the Boise ma
lonai forest during the past season.
)ut of the 81, the supervisor states
hat nine were man-made and in all
probability caused by smokers.
Sweepstake honors In the certified
eed section of the Pacific northwest
'otato show at Spokane, Wash, were
warded to X. j. Stutz Of Dudley, Ida
10. Mr.. Stutz entered twenty netted
'em potatoes, scoring $50 points out
f possible 1000. Elsie Mcpherson of
'agle, Idaho, winner OF the Idaho rural
OF, was a close second with 9775
Joints.
The Nez Perez county commissioners
ave gone on record as ready to coop
rate with the state and federal gov.
rnnent in furnishing funds to build
he proposed bridge across the Clear.
water river ar Spauldlng. The esti-
mated cost of the Spaulding bridge is
$4,000. The county will furnish $26,.
67, which is now available; the state.
1888, and the federal government,
The estimated cost OF that