The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-09-16
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

/ "'O"1he fuiuSlUTlH fludy night,
the first snow of the season fell on the
high mountains south of Albion early
SATURDAY. morning. The fall was very
i.ght
As one of the means by which Idaho
is 10 be advertised through the east
during the near future. a series of NOV
ing pictures Of the Sawtooth range are
being taken by experts IN the work.
The University of Idaho officially
opens Its next years work on Saturday,
September IL, It was announced re-
Gently. Students will register Monday
and Tuesday. September 10 and 20, and
class work will START Wednesday.
Within the next few days construc
ZION work will he started on a $780,.
900 dredging boat which will be com
pleted and put in operation by the LIST
Of MAY, 1922, on rich placer ground
situated along the Boise and Feather
rivers, IN Gilmore County.
Completion and acceptance by the
state, federal government and coun-
les of federal aid projects 40 and 81
n Washington and Payette counties
were announced Saturday by II. w.
Gregory. Office engineer of the bu-
reau of highways. state department OF
public works
On the ranch OF II. 8. Green, twt
miles east of Jerome, on measured
piece OF ground containing 2.17 acres,
D.cklow wheat was threshed Thursday
which tctaled 2l9 bushels and &c
pounds This is believed to be the
record yield in southern Idaho, If MOI
in the United States.
The Marsh Basin Oil and Gas com
pany has resumed drilling operations
at Albion again. They were delayed
somewhaV on account of shipment
of large casing which did not arrive
when expected. All indications are
very favorable for the development of
oil in the near future.
c. 5. and + a.. Maxwell, operating
the w s. Stewart farm north Jf kim
berly, have completed threshng and
report yield of 1890 bushels of wheat
from u 2l-acre peich. BY bushels the
per acre. The farm operators have
sold about 30 per cent of the yield, the
half being stored in bins.
Fred l.. Williams of Boise former
county agent leader OF the University
Of Idaho extension service, has been
appointed county agricultural agent
for Gem county, according to an
Saturday by l.. ". Flu
narty, director. Mr.. Williams sue
ceeds A. l.. Berry, who resigned to go
into the sheep feeding business at Man
haitian, Kan.
Joel Jenifer, superintendent OF Tie
Lewiston city schools, and Miss Eliza
beth Shotwell. teacher and supervisor
Of the Twin Falls city schools, were
named recently on the board of teach
srs' retirement fund at II meeting II
Governor Davis, Roy L. Black, state
attorney general. and Miss Ethel +. |
Redfield. state superintendent of pub
ic instruction.
A barn and forty tons of alfalfa hay |
~ fr-o 1as
,ast of Blackfoot, were destroyed by
re last week, involving loss Of
1000, without insurance. 1t is as
'umed that threshers blew straw over
embers. resulting in the
,laze The dwelling and various other
were saved by a bucket
'i..sade formed by neighbors.
With the four big packing houses OF
emmett all filled to capacity with
ackers. the Emmett prune crop is be-
ng handled at a lively rate these days.
he prlIne crop this year is the largest
yer gathered in t;is section, and the
-uit is of excellent quality. Growers
ill receive on an average of $40 per
IN for the crop. 1t is estimated that
-om 40 TO 200 cars viii be shipped.
The Ada county commissioners are
sell the old county farm.
about 100 acres. north OF
ol.isfer. Ii is their belief that the
ixes on it will bring In n greater rev
nue. than money they would obtain ,
V leasing 1t. \ survey at The land
III l,e made mt once, with the view of
king definite action on the sale OF
re property II viii he advertised for :
lie m. compl'ance with the comlj.1ed
atlitts of fSahmo.
Jascfentha Medeiros of Honolulu
has i,een in Idaho Falls
strict looking over the lands which
.,ine .n,lled by colonization
'mpany. has started on his return ;
in. Mr. Mede,ros has for many years
zen super niendent on one of the
-ge sugar plan atoms in the Hawaii
islands and has decided to cast his
IN Idaho. While here he purchased Z