The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-11
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW.

The members of SCOTS modern car
ava located near Bull met a short
time ago and voted to keep the name,
"Scott's Modern Caravan" as their
group name.
A harvest of 1000 sacks from 3 "a
acres Of potatoes, is reported by Henry
Nelson, three miles east of Acequia.
This is an acre yield Of AS 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 Ameri-
can Fork canyon be officially designa-
ted as the "Timpanogos Wonder Cove"
go
The report Of w. g. Swendsen, state
pleted Saturday evening and forwarded
to Washington, If congress acts favor
ably upon the recommendations there
will be added to the irrigable wealth
Of the state more than 10000 acres Of
farm land all lying adjacent to or in
the present Fort Hall project or on the
Indian reservation.
The Interstate commerce commission
has set for hearing in Boise Friday, No
vember 10, the application of the Amer
lean Express company for increased
rates on intrastate shipments. The
company has been denied the increase
sought and a Reconsideration Of the
commodities it 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 educatinOn as part of high
school work and install a supervisor
of commercial education in it's voca-
tional educational department, accord
ing to Mrs. Lesetta Erickson, supervis-
or of commercial education in Idaho.
Pennsylvania and New York preceded
Idaho in appointing a supervisor in
this work.
Idaho's share of the 1921 fire pro-
tective work in the state was $36 ,O16.-
Oh, according to I. II. Nash, state land
commissioner, who has returned from
Spokane, where he attended a confer
ence of the secretaries Of the five tim
Der protective associations in north
Idaho of which the state is a member.
Damage to the extent of about $4O,-
900 or even 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 We're burned up. The orr
gin of the fire is supposed to be of in
cendiary origin.
Clyde NJ. Gray, formerly of POcatel-
10, but for the last few years a resi-
o0A VI oOASCb q lOtul W "a
10 to take charge of the division office
Of the department of internal revenue,
succeeding S. G. Bixler, resigned. Mr..
Gray has had several years experience
in both the field and office work Of
!, the department of internal revenue.
Patrick J. Phelan, former city clerk
and treasurer, and candidate for mayor
r of Pocatello at the last election, was
arrested at Pocatello Tuesday upon
} complaint of Mayor Jesse Bulge, charg-
ed with The embezzlement Of city funds.
, The charge is to the effect that on or
: about NAY 6 Of this year, Phelan ap-
propriatsd public funds to the amount
Y Of $2391. 46.
;. Frank Breshears, former su%perinten-
dent Of the state constabularty, be-
r came United States marshal for the
district Of Idaho Tuesday. Marshal
Breshears and his chief deputy, Robert
3. McCutcheon of Idaho Falls, took the
a oath Of office before w. D. McReynolds
a clerk of the district court at Boise, IL
the presence Of the retiring marshal
Leroy Jones, and his deputy. George
o Ish.
Work will begin on the m~uch-needet
bridge across the Payette river neal
Emmett about the LIST of December, &C
. cording tc Otto Wilhelm. commissions
Of Gem county. The bridge is on
branch OF the state highway and con
meets southern Idaho with Cascade an,
Mccall on Payette lake, thus making
Z connection with New Meadows. Tn
bridge Is 800 feet long. consisting o
three 12O-foot spans.
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