The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-11
IDAHO news REV..

to the hay NOW with lantern, which
he had suspended from rafter. WieI.
he noticed that the blaze was runnin.
high he reached for the lantern, and
at the same time the handle broke
and in a moment the hay was In q
blaze.
The county agriculturist for BannOck
county is busy organizing committees
to take care of the distribution Of the
$4,000 Of moneys assigned to Ban
mock county for the mid of drouth-
stricken farmers in buying seed grain
for this years crop. The loan of not
more than $500 to. any one farmer is
given to those who have suffered crop
failures or financial difficulties.
All points of the $255,OOO bond issue
met decisive defeat at the hands of
Pocatello voters at the special election
March 81. The main part of the issue,
proposing to vote bonds for $163,O
for paving street and alley intersec-
tons throughout the city, was defeat
ed by $50 to 2S3. The second propo-
sition, calling for $4,000 for storm
sewers, was defeated, 542 to 265.
The "bOosters" excursion of Poca-
tello Wholesale men returned home
March 80, from jaunt by bus up the
Snake River valley. They were the
guests of the Snake River Transports
ton company in the opening of an
auto bus service line connecting POca-
tello with the cities of that section.
Search is still being made by Idaho
officers for William e. True. who was
at Wallace in August, 1919, and had
planned big game hunt. He d;Sap-
peared before starting on the trip into
the timber. His brother, Clark True
of Wichita, Ran, came to this state a
year ago, seeking his lost brother.
Promise of establishment of another
beet sugar factory at Twin Falls was
made public last week in connection
with the filing of articles of in
corporation of the Merchants and
Planters Sugar company, organized
at Wilmington, Del, March 10, 1920,
with 100000 capitalization.
"You shot me-" We're the dying
words of NJ. Walddogel, 70 years of
age, who was accidentally shot and
killed by his son, L. E. Walddogel
about eight miles from Murphey. A
22-caliber rifle was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet entering the un-
fortunate mans left side.
News has been received at Salmon
that John Manfull, a former resident
of that town, is in hospital in a seri-
GUS condition. Mr.. Manfull was light
ing a fire in disused stove, when
, , giant caps and powder, which had been
! left in the stove, exploded.
Clyde Hansen, who has been operat-
| ing pool hall at Lewisville, about five
miles east of Menan, was captured near
his home just after he had attempted
to rob the bank at Menan, and had
been frightened away after an alarm
had been given.
A force of men is engaged at the
Manidoka dam in Snake river taking
out trout eggs for the hatcheries. The
eggs are taken Immediately to the Hay
Spur hatchery on Big Wood river,
where the conditions are ideal for
Matching.
Nearly $50 cars Of potatoes have
been shipped. out of Pocatello from the
upper Snake river section in the past
few weeks. Most of these have been
loaded at Blackfoot and have been con-
signed from Manitoba to the Rio
| Grande.
A club of the Progressive Business
Men, national organization, with
headquarters at San Francisco, has
| been organized at Idaho Falls. The
organization is along the same general
lines as the Rotary and Kiwanis
| clubs.
In appointing a former service man
as deputy game warden at Idaho Falls
the state warden stated that it would
be the policy for the department tc
appoint former service men as depu
ties wherever they could qualify. i.
A sewing festival was held by the
Girls Sewing club Of Hatch recently
which was attended by the entire
community. The girls gave an in
lteresting program and a good socla
time was enjoyed.
Boise will have fast baseball this
season in the nature of three games
a week of the twilight variety, played
by teams of the recently organized
Boise Commercial Baseball league.
Senators Borah and Gooding have
united in recommending the appoint
ment of William Ashley of Standpoint
as receiver of the Occur d'Alene lane
office.
The American Legion post No. OF
Pocatello has arranged to give series
of lectures open to the general public
during the month of April.
The schools of the Robin distric
have been closed indefinitely on &C
count of an epidemic of measles ant