The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

district, Idaho county.
Fifty families In Nampa % former
service men and % civilians were
| helped In November by the Nampa
chapter American Red Cross, Miss
Grace N. Coffman, secretary reports.
The meeting OF the Idaho Falls
school board disclosed the fact that the
district Is In better condition financial
| ly by $4,000 than at this time year
ago.
Salary slashes and curtailment of up
Grating forces in various county depart
ments, designed to save the county be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 have been
ordered by the board Of commissioners
at Twin Falls.
The new road to Wendell was COM
/ Eleted by the local highway district
] For the first time In the history Of
| the county really excellent highway
NV connects Wendell with the county
4 sc 1T.
Directors Of the Twin Falls Chamber
OF Commerce Endorsed proposals for
establishment of an Interstate highway
to shorten the route between Boise and
Utah points. The proposed route passes
4 thrp T,tfp aIl Dee.
1 Strevelle on the way TO Ogden and
\ Salt Lake and materially lessons the
! distance of travel as compared with
the route passing through Pocatello.
divorce suit at HALEY was filed
In TIE clerks office at $50 O'Clock one
afternoon, and the plaintiff was
i granted a decree at 4 o'clock, only
half an hour intervening between the
hiin.s of the papers and the granting
of the divorce, being about the record
for expediency in this district.
While Captain and Mrs. J. F. Pur-
dy of the Salvation Army were conduc-
ting divine services on the streets In
Twin Falls, mimscreants entered theas
| residence and logged off nearly all
OF the canned goods and other comesti-
bles donated by the public for charity
i purposes at Christmas time. There
were several hundred cans of preserves
and canned fruits stored In the cellar.
i |
idaho Apples" packed In fancy
baskets, bid fair to become we'll
4 known commodity on the fruit market
as the result of trial given this year
by Idaho apple growers. Growers
round this year that they could get 80
cents more by packing in baskets and
hence plan to put this type of contain
er into more general use next year.
i Between eighty and ninety claims of
corner service men were handled by
the veterans welfare commission in
Pocatello. 10 date the commission has
considered about $50 claims and has
paid $4,000. The last legislature es-
tablished fund of 100000 for this
| purpose.
John Robertson and Raymond earn.
~, graduates OF the Idaho Falls high
H'ho3i ana HOW second year students
III The agricultural department of the
Idaho Tech at Pocatello. are doing r..
search work In the department of
iairSing. This is the first work of the
KIND ever done in southern Idaho. Re
SUITS Of The tests will be put into prac.
IDEAL use throughout this part of the
safe by the dairy interests.
There we've 81 fires in the Boise la
tlonal forest during the past season
Out Of the 81, the supervisor stutas
that nine were man-made and in ali
probability caused by smokers.
I Sweepstake honors in the certified
seed section OF the Pacific northwest
potato show at Spokane, Wash. were
awarded to X. j. Stutz of Dudley, Ida.
no. Mr. stutz entered twenty nette,.
gem potatoes. scoring $50 POINTS on,
y possible 1000. Elsie Mcpherson of
sagie, Idaho, winner of the Idaho rural
lot, was close secoud with OTIS
points.
The Nez Perce county commissioners
nave gone ON record as ready to coon.
crate with the state ami federal gov.
4nmcnt in furnishing funds to build
proposed bridge across the Clea,
Wafer river at SpauIding. The esti.
mated cost of the Spauldlng bridge Is
$4,000 The county will furnish s26.
667, which is now available; the state
S13 1888, and the federal povarr,,o,,.