The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-09-16
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

Ho"4hs ralnStor1n Friday night
the hrst snow Of the season fell IN Tho
nigh mountains south of Albion early
saturday morning. The fall was very
light.
AS one of the means by which Idaho
Is TO be advertised through the east
curing the near future, a series of mov-
Ing pictures of the Sawtooth range ara
Deing taken by experts in the work.
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The University of Idaho officially
opens its next years work on Saturday
September II. it was announced Pa.
Gently. Students will register Monday
and Tuesday. September 10 and 20 and
class work will start Wednesday.
Within the next few days construc-
ton work will be started on a $40
oOo dredging boat which will be COM
pleted and put in operation by the LIST
OF May, 1922, on rich placer ground
situated along the Boise and Feather
rivers, in Elmore County.
Completion and acceptance by the
state, federal government and conn
ties of federal aid projects 40 and y
in Washington and Payette counties
were announced Saturday by ii. w.
Gregory, office engineer of the bu-
reau of highways, state department of
public works.
On the ranch OF H. S. Green. two
miles east of Jerome, on a measured
piece OF ground containing 2.I7 acres.
DicklOw wheat was threshed THURSDAY
which totaled 219 bushels and RI
pounds. This is believed to be the
record yield in southern Idaho, if not
in the United States.
The Marsh Basin Oil and Gas COM
pany has resumed drilling operations
at Albion again. They were delayed
somewhat on account of shipment
OF large casing which Cid not arrive
when expected. All indications are
very favorable for the DEVELOPMENT of
Oil In the near future.
Z. 5. and E. L. Maxwell. operating
the w s. Stewart farm north 81 Kim
Derly, have completed threshing and
report yield of 1890 bushels of wheat
from 21-acre patch. BY bushels the
result from the patch is 66 4-21 bushels
per acre. The farm operators have
sold about so per cent of the yield, the
remaining half being stored in bins.
Fred l.. Williams of Boise, former
county agent leader OF the University
OF Idaho extension service, has been
appointed county agricultural agent
for Gem county, according to an
nouncement Saturday by l.. W. Flu
harty, director. Mr.. Williams sue
ceeds A. L. Berry, who resigned to go
into the sheep feeding business at Man
haitian, Kan.
Joel Jenifer, superintendent of the
Lewiston city schools, and Miss Eliza
beth Shotwell, teacher and supervisor
of the Twin Falls city schools, were
named recently on the board of teach
ers retirement fund at meeting of
Governor Davis, 10Y l.. Black, state
attorney general. ana Miss Ethel f.
Redfield. state superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
A barn and forty tons of alfalfa hay
belonging to August Hofer, two miles
east of Blackfoot, were destroyed by
ire last week, involving a loss of
$1,000, without insurance. 1t Is as
sumed that threshers blew straw over
SmOldering embers, resulting in the
blaze. The dwelling and various other
outbuildings were saved by bucket
brigade formed by neighbors.
With the four big packing houses OF
Emmett all filled to capacity with
packers, the Emmett prune crop Is be-
ing handled at lively rate these days.
The prune crop this year is the largest
ever gathered in this section, and the
trulL Is OF pNfeiiPnI quulitN. bToWSTS
will receive on an average of $40 per
ton for the crop. Ii is estimated that
from 140 to POO cars win be shipped.
The Aia county commissioners are
preparing to sell the old county farm,
comprising about $50 acres, north Of
Collister. 1t is their belief that the
taxes on 1t will bring in greater rev.
enue than money they would obtain
bv leasing 1t. A survey of the land
will be made at once, with the view of
taking definite action on the sale of
the property. 1t will be advertised for
sale in compFance with the compned
sta-ufes of Tianmo.
Jascientha Medeiros of Honolulu,
~ 20 has been In Idaho Falls
district looking over the lands which
=. neing -.andled by a colonization
company. has started on his return
trip. Mr.. Medeiros has for many years
been superintendent on one of the
Targe sugar plantations in the Hawaii
an islands. and has decided 10 cast his