The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-21
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

of training VIII be offered to the, en-
| listed men Of the Service troop at
pocatello by the officers of the United
States, army and the state force.
Ground school for aeronautics, radio,
| field telephony, signalling. electrical
engineering and different types of OBJ
servation will be the chief courses Of
fered
! The total population of idaho shown
by the 1920 census is 431 $50, and com
prises 233.919 males and 19T,941
females. The corresponding figures for
1910 were 1856 and 14004S, respect
lively. During the decade the total po-
pulation increased by 32.6 per cent, the
male population by 26.1 per cent and
the female population by Alb per cent.
Prices for sheep shearing iE the
Rupert section have dropped this year
to 10 to 121a cents, as compared with
the peak price last year of 20 cents
per head. The quality of the clip is
up to normal but there is little market
demand for the crop. The good weather
of the past few weeks has been favor
able to the lamb crop.
Charging malicious prosecution,
Charles Dunn, butcher, has instituted
suit in district court asking $4,000
judgment against certain city officials
at Twin Falls. The suit is an out
growth of a case in which Dunn was
accused of butchering eleven hogs
without submitting the animals for ex-
animation.
In shooting ARRAY at HALEY, Thomas
Shaffer and Ed. Humphrey suffered
wounds. Shaffer was shot in the left
shoulder and Humphrey in the left
side of his neck. 1t is stated that
Wallace Billingsby did the shooting,
and that he delivered himself immedi-
ately into the hands Of the sheriff.
Miss Katherine Butterfield, IT.
year-old school girl Of Weiser, was
given $4,000 scholarship, and later
posed with President Harding before
the movie and snapshot cameras at
the White House. Miss Butterfield
won the national road essay contest
against 224,499 competitors.
Olaf Rye, crazed from drinking
bootleg liquor, fired rifle seven
times through the door of the room
of a hotel at Pocatello in which
policeman and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Green had taken shelter. None of
the three were injured, and Rye was
later arrested.
w. A. Warrington, recently arrested
at Clinton, Okla, on the charge of de-
frauding the Bank Of Hansen out Of
5000 by false pretenses, died cOinci-
dent with the arrival at Clinton Of
deputy sheriff from Twin Falls, who
would have returned with Warning
ton.
Charles Clifton, attorney, formerly
of Boise, is not to be disbarred be-
cause lacking in patriotism or because
he was not in accord with war activi-
ties, direct or indirect. The supreme
court has thus decided in an opinion
rendered last week.
Males continue to outnumber females
In Idaho, but the women are making
rapid strides and If the proportion of
gains by the fair sex during the last
decade continues until 1880, the num-
Der of females will about equal the
male population.
Apricots, early cherries and peaches
in the Boise valley were damaged to a |
extent by the early frost
last week, but there has been no dam
age to apples or prunes, the big COM
mercial crop Of the valley, according to
fruitmen.
The first case Of death from sleeping
in the state Of Idaho, as far
as is known, occurred last week at
Lewiston. Miss Stella L. Mason, q
years of age, a former school teacher
at Deary, idaho, died at the Lewiston
hospital.
Contracts have been let for about
five miles of state highway work
northeast Of Haley. Four bridges
ire included In the contract. There
will be heavy rock work and some
work. Operations will begin
Nay l.
Because the legislature passed law
intending the present statutes, ex-ser-
rice men who were in the world war,
whether at home or abroad, may now
inter the state soldiers home on the
'ame basis as veterans of the civil
var.
Too much moonshine is ascribed by
Clyde Hansen, of Lewisville, as the
'eason for his attempted hold up of