The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-05-05
IN The Gem STATE

school musical festival la Meridian.
May ). q and =, have been completed
AT Idaho Falls. Rsiph Louis, csndi-
date for mayor On the Citizens ticket.
won over Major George ". Eddlngton,
Progressive candidate for mayor. By
200 votes.
ON recommendation OF the Idaho
senators. the president has sent 10 the
senate the nomination. OF Virgil W.
samms OF Pocstello 10 be surveyor gen
eral OF Idaho.
A committee report on the spring
festival recently held. la Idaho Falls
showed balance Of sS20S ON hand.
The county fair fund has balance
Oh hand OF si.ooi.64.
The administration ~ Fort Hall has
leased 100000 acres Of grazing lands
On. the reservation at an average price
OF II cents per acre. which is much
cheaper than last year.
Reports from Emmett state that 81
per eent of the peach. 81 per cent CT
the cherries and IS per cent OF the
prune crop has been destroyed as
tue ltc>tr
Mrs. Ermlnie Manson. wife OF Super
intendent r.. &. Manson Of the Idaho
division OF the Oregon Short Line. died
AT Pocatello hospital April Is. Death
was due 10 heart trouble.
Ia the past three weeks 40 hogs
have been shipped by farmers near
Firth The last shipment consisted OF
247 hogs. making total weight OF
42.1S0 pounds. bringing about $500.
D-posltors Ia the Fidelity State
bank al Orofino. one OF the five instl-
tuilons OF the Waterman group tina
have suspended. will receive ssout 20
cents on the dollar or possibly more.
The governor has signed -xrraditEon
papers for the return 10 the state Of
Idaho OF Jake Taylor. now la Red
Bluff. Cal. aud wanted for the theft
~ all automobile In Nez Perez county. |
Jesse X. Bulge. Republican attorney. |
WAS elected mayor OF Pocafello la the /
closest and clennest nsyoralty rsce
ever seen In the city. He received |
2O5s votes. or 2Ue ahead OF Pat fhelau. I
Democrat
The annual convention OF school \
superinfend-nts Will be held this yssr |
AT Moscow on May =. 5 aud 4. The
chief purpose OF the conference il to
acqualnt the superinfendents with the
new state educational laws.
Road signs. des. gDatIng distance \
p from Nsmpa through Boise 10 Noun
tain Home. through Caldwell TO parma
and New Plymouth. besides several !
other points. will he put up by the
Idaho State Automobile association.
Three thousand persons attended the !
OF the first unit of the Black Canyon
Irrigation project az Notus. Six thou
sand acres lying horth OF the city vii.
be reclaimed by the opening of thls
project.
The work OF the Western construc.
ton company. which has been given
the S1lu.Uy contract for the draining
81 1910 acres Of land Included In
what i known a. drainage district No.
Of Canyon county, has been eomplef-
ed and accepted by the directors.
The Taxpayers league. which elected
It's mayor April :. carried Tuesdays
city election in Boise l.. y. kieldson
and John NJ. Sharp were elected to the
vacant council seats. the woman can.
didate. Miss Ivy Al. Wilson. running
third. and the old administration can
di,late, W. II. Thompson. fourth.
An assessed valuation OF s209ss
l21.s4 with no bonded indebtedness
and combined capital and current
surplus Of SS14.2Ss.23 ~ the close of
business for the year. is the condition
OF Shoshone county. according Ia the
lsl20 financial report Of the suditor
Congress will be asked To set aside
mountain park for the city Of Boise
a. a playground for its residents and .
place of beauty To he preserved for
future generations. This para j. locat-
ed about half hours auto ride from
the center Of the eits. In the mountains
north Of the city.
Golf enthusiasts Of Nampa are con
sidering the purchase Of the ebacre
tract on the shores nj Deer Plat reset
voir. that has been offered ~ site
for the golf course. Arrangements
viii probably be made Ia clear off the
grounds. which At present are covered
with sage brush.
Representatives from Twin Falls
Pocafello and the surrounding eoun-
Try and irrigation men using power for
f,ufapiBx have assured Aarar fugsn~
u. Sherman Of Boise that They oiil h.
present for the meeting Of mayors add
reclamation project Ia~n 10 be held 81
the capital May v.
charxed with shipping in enrlesd
OF wine Of peps.n.T George J. AIer
rift Of Salt Lake We arrested at pecs-
f-llo By federal Officials III. ear