The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-11
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

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ti,us ago and voted to keep the name.
SCOTS Modern Caravan" as their
group name.
A harvest Of 1000 sacks from 8 "a
acres of potatoes, isreDorted by henry
Nelson, three miles east OF Aceauia.
This Is an acre yield Of 40 bushels.
The crop Is entirely free from disease
and many potatoes are Of unusually
large size.
A communication received recently
by Dana Parkinson, chief supervisor OF
the wasatch national forest, from the
American Fork Commercial club, sug'
gests that the mystery cave In Amert
can Fork canyon be officially dasieIia.
ted as the "Timpanogos Wonder Cove
ass
The report of w. q. Swendsen, state
commission of reclamation. was COM
pleted Saturday evening and forwarded
to Washington. II congress acts favor
ably upon the recommendation there
will be added to the irrigahle wealth
of the state more than 10000 acres OF
farm land all lying adjacent to or In
the present Fort Hall project or onsthe
Indian reservation.
The intarstate commerce commission
has set for hearing in Boise Friday, No
vember III. the application Of the Amer
lean Express company for increased
rates ON intrastats shipments. The
company has been denied the increase
sought and a Reconsideration of ths
commodities II handles, before the Ida
no public utilities commission. and has
taken the matter before the interstate
commerce commission.
Idaho Is the third state IN the United
States to realize the Importance OF
commercial educatinop as part nf high
school work and install supervisor
of commercial education In its voca-
tional educational department, accord.
or OF commercial education In Idaho
Pennsylvania and New York preceded
Idaho In appointing supervisor in
this work.
Idaho's share of the 1921 fire pro-
tective work In the state was $36, 0l6-
03. according to l. III. Nash. state land
commissioner, who has retnrnsd from
Spokane, whore he attended confer
encs OF the secretaries of the five tim
Der protective associations in north
Idaho of which the state Is member.
Damage to the extent of about $4O,-
900 or evan more than this amount
was done Sunday near Twin Falls
when the Crystal Springs orchard was
destroyed By fire About so acres of
peach trees were burned up. The ORR
gin of the fire is supposed to be of In.
cendiarr origin.
Clyde NJ. Gray, formerly of Pocatel.
10, but for the last few years resi-.
dent of Boise. has returned to PocateI-
10 to take charge of the division office
of the department Of internal revenue,
succeeding s. q Rixler, resigned. Mr..
Gray has had several years experience
in both the field and office work Of
the department Of internal revenue.
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Patrick ]. Phelan, former city clerk
and treasurer. and candidate for mayor
of Pocatello at the last election, was
arrested at PocatelIo tuesday upon
complaint of Mayor Jesse Rudge, charg.
ed with the emhezzlement of city funds,
The charge Is to the effect that on OF
about May 8 Of this year, Phelaa ap.
propriated public funds to the amount
of $2s01.4 40.
Frank Breshears, former superinten,
dent of the state constabularty, be.
came United States marshal for the
district of Idaho Tuesday. Marshal
Breshears and his chief deputy, Robert
n. McCutcheon of Idaho Falls, took the
oath of office before w. D. McReynolds,
clerk of the district court at Boise, Id
the presence of the retiring marshal
Leroy Jones, and his deputy, George
Ish.
Work will begin on the much-needed
bridge across the Payette river neaI
Emmett about the list of December, nc.
cording to Otto Wilhelm, commissioner
of Gem county. The bridge IN on d
branch Of the state highway and con.
meets southern Idaho with Cascade and
Mccall on Payette lake, thus making
a connection with New Meadows. This
bridge Is 860 feet long, consisting Of
three 120-foot spans.
SO
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