The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

mas been appointed instructor IN Eng
lish at the University of Idaho.
Howard Robinson of Twin Falls won
! the tennis laurels of the southern Ida
no Tournament Saturday.
Samuel ID. Flitton, 80 years of age
was killed by lightning at l :45 o'clOol
Tuesday morning on the Milo dry farm
which is about twenty miles north
east of Idaho Falls.
At the mass meeting held at the
high school auditorium in Rupert. Ida
ho s. ]. Hawkins was elected presi'
dent OF the newly formed Min.dokn
County Traffic association.
Lee Gray and Alvin Wallen of Grace
Idaho, have been chosen to go tc
Camp Perry Ohio. to complete in the
TITLE contest. Both men are members
Of O company, First cavalry.
| County Agent Burnett reports one
hundred thousand rabbits disposed of
In Minidoka county by means of poi
son and drives inaugurated last winter
and continued till the summer months.
Z. f. Fisher has been elected COM
missioner of Rupert highway district
to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
| signation of W. w. Quilian. Other
commissioners are E. f. Ellsworth and
A c. Mackenzie.
Roy Pernell, idaho Falls, held in the
county Jail for the alleged shooting OF
+. X. Dory, has waived his preliminary
hearing and has been bound over to
the district court by Probate Judge
Peck without bond.
r. ID. Leeper of Lewiston was elected
department state commander of the
American Legion at the closing session
of the Idaho state convention at Kelloe
Saturday Nampa was awarded next
years meeting. Il. w. Sinclair of Sho'
shone was elected member of the ma
tOnal committee
The construction of dam highe'
than Arrowrock from Stanley, Idaho
through the Reddish lakes and an ~
mile tunnel through the Sawtooth
range for irrigation of five hundred
thousands acres in Mountain Home
Sunnyside tract are features of plan
reclamation department.
c. s. Mills of Animas, Colo, sus
tanned a possibly fractured skull, and
his son, Leo Mill. is suffering from in
ternal injuries as the result of col
lision between their automobile and
another machine on curve near kel'
logg Wednesday. The Mills car left
the road and rolled down 100foo
embankment
Announcement has been made thai |
LewistOn's first annual water fete viii
be held August 26 and 81. 1t is pro
posed to include every branch of wa
ter sports. and they will be open tC
amateurs only. Arrangements are be
ing made to bring swimmers from
Spokane and Occur d Alene for exhi.
bitiOn features.
Joseph L. Burchfield, Soda Spring;
farmer, was killed in runaway Satur
day night. Mr.. and Mrs. Burchfield
were coming from town at about 9 &c
o'clock on their way to the ranch, when
coming to a dugout in the road, Mr.
Burchfeld was thrown out of the RIG
onto the horses. This so scared the
animals that they ran away. dragging
Mr.. Burchfield for more than half
mile.
Representatives of shippers and con
sumers of four counties effected
permanent organization Of the South
ern Idaho Traffic association at meet
ing h cid at Twins Falls, Saturday. The
object of the association Is 20 secure
lower freight rates. c. A. Robinson
of Twin Falls was elected president
and l., II. Walden of Kimberly treas
urer. The following directors consti-
tute the executive board: w H. era
ven, HOLSTER; J. H. BlOmquist, Wen
dell; Il. c. Gleason, Jerome; w. l.
burton, Burley. and S. ]. Hawkins
Rupert rate clerk is to be named
secretary.
While operating a pillow along th'
highway near Curry, G. ]. Rydalch OF
225 Elizabeth boulevard. Twin Falls
sustained injuries that will keep hin
confined to n hospital ward for some
time. He has compound fracture oil
the right ankle. Rydalch, who is A.
years of age, was working the pillow
along the edge of the road The nose
Of the implement struck some hare
substance. causing the heavy machine
% rebound against his leg. Superficial
proved break In til