The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-30
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

A company from Spokane, were the
successful bidders for $4,000 worth of
road bonds for he Ferdinand highway
district, Idaho county.
Fifty families In Nampa 2S former
service men and % civilians were
helped in November by the Nampa
chapter American Red Cross, Miss
Grace NJ. Coffman, secretary reports.
Tho meeting of the Idaho Falls
school board disclosed the fact that the
district Is In better condition financial
ly by $4,000 than at this time a yeat
ago.
Salary slaShes and curiailment Of ~.
Grating forces IN various county depart
mentS, deSicncd to save rhe county be
tween $1,000 and $4,000 have been
ordered by the board of commissioners
ut Twin Falls.
ANF AVAN ~ US AOAiA~
pleted by the local highway district
For the first time in the history OF
the county a really excellent highway
now connects Wendell with the county
seat.
Directors of the Twin Falls Chamber
of Commerce Endorsed proposals for
establishment of an Interstate highway
to shorten the route between Boise and
Utah points. The proposed route passes
through Twin Falls. Burnley and
Strevelle on the way to Ogden and
Salt Lake and materially lessons the
distance of travel as compared with
the route passing through Pocatello.
49,
A divorce suit at HALEY was filed
in the clerks office at $50 o'clock ons
afternoon, and the plaintiff was
granted n decree at 4 o'clock, only
half an hour intervening between the
filing of the papers and the granting
of the divorce, being about the record
for expediency in this district.
While Captain and Mrs. J. F. rur-
dy OF the Salvation Army were conduc-
ting divine services on the streets ir
Twin Falls, mimscreants entered their
residence and logged off nearly AL
of the canned goods and other comesti-
bic donated by the public for charity
purposes at Christmas time. There
were several hundred cans Of preserves |
and canned fruits stored in the cellar.
idaho Apples packed in fancy
baskets, bid fair to become n we'll
known commodity on the fruit market.
as the result of a trial given this year
by Idaho apple growers. Growers
found this year that they could get 80
cents more by packing IN baskets and
hence plan to put this type of contain
er into more general use next year.
Between eighty and ninety claims OF !
former service men were handled ny
The veterans welfare commission IN
~ tdt0 tit AOiii4iltNNlOl lisiE |
considered about $50 claims and has
paid S20,OO0. The last legislature es-
tabllshcd a fund of S1O0,OO0 for this
purpose.
John RobeI tson and Raymond earn
ey, graduates of the Idaho Falls high
school and now second year students
in the agricultural department OF thc
Idaho Tech nj pocatellO, are doing re.
search work in the department Of
dairyinG. This is the first work of the
kind ever done in southern Idaho. Re
suits of The tests will 1e put into prae
use Throughout this part of the
safe by the dairy interests.
There we4e 81 fires in The Boise ia
forest during the past season
of the 81, the supervisor states
that nine were man-made ana in al
probability caused by smokers.
Sweepstake honors in the certified
seed section of the Pacific northweSi
show at Spokane, Wash, wcr,
awarded to X. j. Stutz of Dudley, Ida
io. Mr.. Siutz entered twenty netfet
Gem potatoes. scoring $50 points 0 u
If possible 1899. Elsie Mcpherson o.
ldah), winner OF the Idaho rura
was a close second with DTS
The Nez Perce county commits ioher
gone Oh record as ready to coop
with the state and federal gov
ynment in furnishing funds to build
e proposed bridge across the Clear
water river IT Spaulding. The esti-
mated cost of the Sl,aulCing bridge T.
The county will furnish $20.