The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-14
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

The heaviest wind since the storr
that played havoc in the harbor a yea
ago swept through Standpoint and tn
Lake Pend dOreiIle last week, carry
ing much Palcus sand. But little dam
age has been reported aside from
few uprooted fruit trees.
jackson Lake reservoir Is now stor
Ing water for next seasons use. Or
September 9th, the flow Of stored wa
ter from the lake was stopped, ths
gates being closed sufficiently to per
init only the natural flow of the river
to escape.
II. L. Fox of Salt Lake City has the
contract for installing a central heat
ing plant at the State school at Good
Ing. Workmen representing the firm
arrived In Gooding last week and i'm
mediately began the work, which will
take until the LIST of December to com
plete. II. Hatfield of Idaho Falls is
foreman of the work.
Custer proceedings based on alleged
technical violations of the law by
members of the city council of Rupert,
said to have sold goods and work to
the city, were sustained by District
Judge T. Bailey Lee when he overruled
the demurrer filed by Mayor 1. w.
Greasy and Councilmen Bohon, Willis
and Dewitt.
Arrangements are being made to fin
ish the "sign up" work in southwestern
Idaho for the Pacific Poultry Produ-
GERS with which 1t is planned to form
a southwestern Idaho branch to In
clude six Idaho counties and Malheur
county in Oregon.
A premature explosion of dynamite
1t the highway districts rock crush.
ng plant south of Filler Monday after. |
loon resulted in injuries to three men,
floyd Massie, Al DePriest and Mr.. |
dills. Although none of the men were
ericusly injured. their wounds were
'ainful. A defective fuse was given
s the cause of the accident.
Falling from his wagon while hauling
'heat to Emmett from his ranch,
bout II miles north of Emmett, John
!. Decker was instantly killed when
ne wheels passed over his head. There
ere no witnesses to the accident, and
is thought he either fell asleep or
iinted. The accident happened on
an Dusen hill at about 10 o'clock
morning.
Canyon county was awarded first
lace in the county exhibits at the
ate fair at Boise. Judges completed
leir work late Thursday night Can {
ms first position was won after !
iff competition with Twin Falls
unity, and the award was made after !
e totals showed Canyon had nosed /
1t only 3 points. Kootenai county e
On third prize and Bonneville fourth. f
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John Bird of Paris has been awarded
400 by the state Industrial accident
ard through a decision written by r
Jorge A. Fisher, chairman of the [
mmission. Mrs. Birds daughter,
villa, while in the employ of David t,
nson at Paris was insured under d
2 workmen's compensation act Miss fl
I'd hurt her finger in the store and a
anus set in resulting in cerebrospin- o,
from which she died Feb fl
lry 8, four days after the accident. fl
$50 81
shipment of lava gravel from War
| Siding below Melba has been re-
we'd by the Nampa highway district la
the first step In a comprehensive m
)rovement program, which will be gr
he'd to completion during the next er
r weeks. The gravel will be used tie
surface the Franklin, Madison ave- sc
!, and North Side boulevard high WI
VS., the main arteries of travel fiji
ling north from the city, and the ia
lie Star highway to the south. sit
80 joi
roodiDg over the fact that he was
ed to attend schools, Joseph Meth
of Bull, the eighteen year old son me
Mr.. and Mrs. John Methven, took pr
IN grains of strychnine Wednesday ne
ming before breakfast and at two ms
ty that afternoon died from Its int
ct. Though everything was done err
relieve him, the poison was too an
'oughly absorbed in his system to foI
, his life. Two physicians were on Ut
j most of the morning in an effort op'
tay the effect OF the poison. gre
anted by the police of Boise, Ida. J
/ charge under the Mann act and La
embezzlement, II. c. Eastabrook, dia
J j. C. Miller, was arrested by Gre
AIRY city police officers on Thurs wa
evening. Mrs. Winifred Mullins, son
to be the wife of a prominent In
pa. Ida, attorney, who was living Jua
Eastabrook as his wife in local bee
tment house, was also apprehend- exa
Both the man and the woman to
turned over to United States con
roI Offfcer McCurtlv and tho trio | CON