The Idaho recorder., 1921-05-06
idaho STATE NEWS

he' efuailZed valuation of Val |
icy county for 1920 was S525o sss
net increase of one and ona.halt 80
cent over 1919.
Charles {. Bowermap. lp,nhar,,,,
"oatelio' mas been chosen as presi.
deht OF the Rotary club by The new
board of directors.
Mrs. }. NJ. Stark had her coll,rhono
broken and Miss Edith Miller her li,,
cut in an auto accident near Nons
when The steering mechanism OF their
car broke
Charles Conners. aged a and n |
Logan, aged 81. were arrested naar
Caldwell, it being charged they were
making "moonshine" i'll their camp in
the sagebrush.
Owyhee county has S2O0OOO worth
of outstanding bonds, according Ia the
1870 report of the county auditor filed
with the bureau of public accounts of
the department of finance.
The Rupert school board has gone
on record as being unfavorable to ex-
treme dress on the part of Its pretty
school teachers" and has permitted
this information to leak out
Funeral services, military in char.
acter. were held at Maad SUNDAY for
Walter Monson, who was killed in
Belgium in November, 1918. while
serving with the American forces.
new organization, called the
Blackfoot Grazing association, made
up of over 20 men, has been organized
10 lease $4,000 acres of lands on the
Snake river plains for grazing pur-
poses.
In potato yield Idaho takes the lead
in the west. with more than 6,300,OOO
bushels produced from 43,196 acres in
1919. The value of the crop is nearly
$l35OO,0OO, according to the census
figures.
The Beetgrowers' Sugar company of
Rigby has already signed contracts
covering 55O2 acres of beets for the
coming season. The field men of the
company estimate that 1000 acres will
be contracted for
Three hundred fifty million feet of
timber on the south fork OF the Pay
cite river may be purchased from the
government by large eastern lum-
ber company and huge sawmill con-
structed at Horseshoe bend.
A new high school building is to
be erected at Lewisville in the near
future. The approximate cost of the
building will be $4,000. and will be a
complete high school unit with special
departments for extension work.
Matthew c. Mitchell, since 1914 a
member of the faculty and principal
of the Twin Falls high school, has been
chosen by the board of trustees To be
superintendent of Twin Falls schools
succeeding Hal G. Blue. resigned.
The prospects for a very large at
tendance at the summer school al Al
bon are bright Even at this early
date there are more than 200 reser
yations made at the dormitories, be
sides many reservations made down
town.
While a great deal of spring worl
and seeding has already been done II
the Albion locality, the weather ha
been so cool that crops are growing
very slowly. The prospects for
heavy yield of all crops, however ar
favorable.
Mystery wells the tragic death o
Night Watchman Patrick Of the Ram
Horn nine at Bay Horse. Patric
punched the time clock. which is use
at the mine, at o'clock in the morn
inf and was discovered shortly after
ward with bullet wound in In
J. head
An application has been filed for
nermit Ia build dam around Mu
lake. in the western part OF Jeffel
son county. The water Ia he III
rounded behind the dam viii irrlga'
nearly 100000 acres Of land, ana u
cost of the construction VIII he al
proximately $5,5Oopn
The Beetgrowers' Sugar company
RIyhy Won its suit against the oman
National bank of Omaha Neh.. ana r
covered sos. 900 in bonds which u
hank held as security on the grour
that the company had failed TO pc
form certain contracts. regarding u
sale of sugar for which the bonds we
deposited.
A movement is on foot to secure ne
fair grounds at Rupert. the prese
quarters being too small. sever
sites are being considered. Il i su
gested that the present fair groun
he sold 10 the city school h"ard |
school purposes Plans for the NJ
grounds call fer auto tourist PARK al
picnic grounds
Mayor Eugene Il. sherman OF h"l
gaye the chief address at the k"ta
club meeting at Pocatello last Ne
and especially emphasized the Fol
that all Idaho cities should seh2
representative Ia Boise May Tor
meeting which shall decide on ste
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