The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-01-14
In THE GEM STATE

Forming a link between the local
and the state grange, the Canyon
County Pomona grange has been or.
ganized.
according to the records In the city
clerks office, improvements were
made in Buifl during the year 1920 at
the rate of $500 for each inhabitant.
Frank J. Clayton, chairman of the
Industrial accident board of Idaho. has
rendered his resignation to Governor
ID. W. Davis, TO become effective
January 10.
Seventeen miles of Boise streets
were sanded at an approximate cost
OF $oO63 from July l to December l,
ana 602 miles Of streets were swept
at cost of S3511.
The Idaho Horticultural association
opened its annual convention i'm the
chamber of commerce rooms at Boise.
January 8, with about fifty fruitgrow-
ers of the state in attendance.
On an assessed property valuation
OF $29,936, 1897 there comes to Twin
FAILS county total tax sum of 81
o34,3l3.2S, including the assessments
against personal and real property.
The rabbit population of the Wen
dell section suffered heavy casualties
last week, when a rabbit drive was
staged, A total of $40 of the original
natives of this section was slaughtered
by farmers
An extra large crew is cutting ice
for the Oregon Short Line at Humph-
rey. Approximately 1900 tons of ice
will be taken to PocatelIo for the ice
houses there and about 1900 tons will
be sent TO other points.
Announcement is made of the re.
sumption of the Twin Falls FIGURING
mills with full force on an 11-hoIr
shift. The mills resumed after shut
down Of about 10 days. Demand for
flour has suddenly increased.
Capt. A. FL. Conner, former service
man and lawyer of Standpoint, has
been appointed attorney for the pub
llc utilities commission to succeed Ray
mond l.. Givens, who is to sit on the
bench of the Third judicial district.
AT its regular luncheon last week
the Blackfoot Rotary club fndorsed
the civil service appointment of Lee
Z. Hardy as Indian agent at Fort Hall,
and instructed that telegram to that
effect be forwarded to Senator Borah.
A fire at Firth, ten miles north of
Biackfoot, destroyed business property
to the value of $4,000 and was pre-
vented from wiping out the entire bust
ness district by a bucket brigade of
$50 men and boys battling against a
heavy gale.
The hopes that sweet clover, which
grows luxuriantly in many places in
the northwest, might be used in max.
ing linen have been blasted by the
report of r. X. Bennett, head of the
department of agronomy of the Uni
versity of Idaho.
The city council of Lewiston has |
called for bids on sewer and street !
work amounting to 100000 as the re-
suit of conferences by business and |
iaboring men in an effort to provide
work for the large number of unem-
ployed in Lewiston.
Ada county collected S91, 1902. go dur
ing 1920 for licenses on motor vehicles.
reports from the county assessors of
flee show. Touring cars licensed num-
bered 41S7; roadsters, 420; trucks,
S46; motorcycles. 236; dealers licenses,
IS; chauffeur's licenses, 20.
Investigation of the Peter Wykoff
estate, involving lands on Long Island,
n. Y. valued at $1,5OO,OOO, which may
bring fortune to several Boise and
Caldwell people, is to be had at a
meeting of 100 heirs of the estate
which is to be held soon at Glenwoud,
Iowa.
Nothing has been heard of Peter
p. Grant, formerly of Wallace, who
apparently disappeared from the face
of the earth during a visit to Port
land. He was last seen during the
latter part of October. He was at
one time a prisoner for two weeks
in the Hunter mine at Mullan.
On the resumption of school at Filler
the new $4,000 grade school building
was occupied by the primary grade.
The need of the new school has been
so great that for some time past the
basement of the old grade school had
been pressed into service for class
rooms. The basement will shorty
again be turned into a cafeteria.
Representative Smith has been hold.
ing conferences with Director Mather
If the national park service, Super:n.
Iendent Albright of Yellowstone park
md other officials on the proposal to
permit the building of a storage reser.
foir go Fails river. in the southwest
corner of Yellowstone park, for the