The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-02-25
IDAHO STATE NEWS


sociation will hold its annual meetjnp
ana election AT McCammon. March ).
The \. Nj. {. A administration
building at Boise will be finished early
In the spring, the contractors having
been granted all extension of time until
April /.
AT recent meeting of the Shoshone
carpenters. voluntary reduction of
wages was agreed upon. The old
scale was So IA day and the new scale
vii! be Sc per day
While attempting 10 board a freight
train, Henry Hammack. of Rupert. fell
under the cars, his right arm being
severed and he sustained in mries TO
his head aud lungs, which caused his
death.
The Elmore Copper company. OF
Boise, has made application for per
mission To build dam 5Oxg0 feet an
the Boise river and for the erection of
power plant To develop 300 horse
power.
lhe Arlmo ward Of the NJ l. A. has
been awarded first prize in the Port
heuf stake song contest ana the song.
"The Song of the Winds" has been ac-
copied for the stake song of the young
people.
Word of the sudden death of John
Schooner al his home in san Diego.
Cal, has been received by relatives in
Bull. Mr.. Schooler was IA pioneer of
RfIIl hu Ninv Of Il,
settlers.
The Rotary Club of Pocatello has in
dorsed the work of the local Red Cross
chapter and promised the hearty cp
operation of the organization in sup
porting the social welfare program of
the chapter
The feasibility of building coop
erative flour mill is being considered
|by some of the farmers living in the
Buhl country This mill would take
the place of the old one which recent
ly was burned
he Baptist congregation AT Sho-
= shone has 50 outgrown its present
Hhuilding that members are planning to
build Il $4,000 addition Work on the
addition will begin rs soon as weather
conditions will permit:
The city of Boise has made applica-
ton TO the federal government for per-
mission To build Il Ij-foot dam on the
north fork of the Payette river for the
purpose of developing 1900 horse
power for municipal use
A total of SOC 13.37 has been APP
portioned by Miss Ethel +. Redfield,
state superintendent Of public in
struction, to the various counties in
The state. This money is from the
public school interest fund
According to John Hanson. who re-
; ing marooned at the Fish Lake for
estry station of the Idaho Montana
line for several weeks. there is fiji
teen feet of snow on the divide
Bids Will be received by the commits
souer of public works, ut Boise. until
February -, for the construction of
one l2SXlS foot steel bridge across
Potlatch creek. and one 4Jx1S foot
bridge across Catholic creek in Nez
Perez county
The news comes from American
Falls that the new townsite has been
bought by the government and two
= bonded appra serS are now AT work
: appraising the property of citizens
whose holdings will be submerged
when the big dam is built.
Real estate men of the state are
planning the establishment Of a re-
+, search and information bureau in con
Nhection with the Interstate Realty as
ISOLATION aud will keep the members
in touch with legislation affecting real
estate in national and state legislative
bodies
An organization of business men in
l'ocatelto under the name of the Poca-
tello Business Mems alliance will be
formed in the near future. The or
ganzation will be affiliated with the
chamber of commerce. and will give
more strength 10 the work outlined by
the chamber of commerce.
Members of the present legislature
are considering the proposal that the
state be required IN sell part of its
Liberty Bonds and loan the money in
vested in them To farmers who find
themselves hard pressed 10 meet their
obligations Idaho has about SIonuH
In these government securities.
\ S6o.ooo canning factory will he
built ut Paul this spring. Rupert
business men and farmers have sub
scribed one third of the required capt
tai The plant will have capacity
If 65o00 cases of peas. II Is estimated
that 800 acres in the nelghborhood of
Paul will be planted To peas.
The value If all oil crops for Idaho
I'm 1919 was sl26.459.7G6 The total
value of cereals WIS S43, lsi2S: Of
dry edible beans aud peas. S2.3s1. Sfa /:
If cloyeEz<And alfalfa seed, 12l.-4 ::
al hay and forage. SJn.SlT AZ of po-