The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-09-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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The second annual Bannock county
fair and livestock show will be held
in Grace Friday and Saturday, Sep
temher 16 and II, according to a de
cision reached at a conference between.
farm bureau officials and the fair
board from Grace.
John V. Messervy, pioneer of Idaho,
died in an Idaho Falls hospital Tues
day, following injuries suffered when
he fell down the basement stairs In a
grocery Monday evening. It is be-
lieved that he was stricken with pa
ralysis, which caused his fall.
David, the t~wo-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Blakeley of Parma
who drank kerosene and who was
thought to be doing nicely, took a sud
den turn for the worse, the case de-
veloping into peritonitis and the
spirit took it's flight Thursday.
Completion of negotiations by which
the Elks lodge of Twin Falls will OBJ.
tain a loan of approximately $4,000
from a Missouri life insurance com
pany to complete it's two-story struc-
ture started last year, was Thursday
announced by members of the order.
Donald Hockstrasser, 10 Of Tetonia,
was drowned Sunday in Pavksaddle
reservoir. He was swimming, he dove
and must have struck something at
the bottom Of the reservoir which is
covered with trees and rocks. His
body was recovered under eight feet
Of water.
Last Saturday a hail storm passed
across the country about six miles
EAST of Ashton, doing considerable
damage to grain in its path. 1t first
struck in the vicinity Of Granville
thence taking a northeasterly course,
passed over the Green Timber section
a little west of the school house.
The states bathing resort at Lava
Hot Springs Is enjoying a record
breaking season, according to J. w
Ash, custodian of the states proper
ties, who was in Pocatello recently
on business. Mr.. Ash said hat since
the new open-air pool was opened on
September l, 1920, 55,gO4 persons
checked In and out.
While the government announced
some time ago that, due to the short
age of funds, work OF the Black can
yon project in the southwestern part
of the state would be delayed, it Is
now announced that the drills will be
put in operation to prepare the foun-
dation for the dam that Is to be erect
| ed to form a reservoir On which water
from the Payette river will be stored
for distribution to the project.
At the headquarters of the Idaho
Reclamation association at .PocatellO
it is announced that, following an in
vestigation of the subject by that or
ganiZation, an effort is being made
through the press to interest citizens
of southern Idaho in a proposition to
establish somewhere in this territory
railroad terminal facilities sufficient
to store enough cars, when necessary
to relieve any future car shortage
49,
The assessed valuation of real prop
erty in Power County Is only S1so,4Sl
below the valuation OF 1920, according
to Assessor Crowley who recently
made his returns to the state boart
Of equalization. The valuation for las
year was $6,35O,942. This years valu
alton is sc GIGS, 456. These items ex
clude personal property and public
utilities which bring the total valu
ations in the county above the tel
million dollar mark.
Leasing Of nine International Farm
er's Equity elevators by the Glob'
Milling Company Of Ogden. which will
in turn warehouse grain for the Idaho
Wheatgrowers Association, is an
| nounced this week by j.. T.. Fisher