The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-07-29
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

Frank L. Sephan, prosecuting at
torney for Twin Falls county, announc
es that no further action will be taker
against Lydia Meyer Southland before
fall. He asserts that the case will not
be permitted to go to trial until the
state is fully prepared to present Its
evidence.
]. M. Raeder, recently appointed to
the position Of assistant plant pathol-
ogist in the state agricultural expert
men station, will In company with
State Pathologist G. w. Hungerford,
comprehensive study Of potato diseas-
es.
The Rev. L. A. Davis, pastor of the
| First Methodist church at Gilbert, o
small town on the upper south fork
Ramey mill pond there recently Will,
teaching a group of Boy Scouts the art
Of swimming, according to word recely-
| ed in Pocateilo.
Reports have been received In Idaho
Falls that the Williams syndicate, OPP
Grating In the Cat Greek, Mont, oil
fields, has struck oil. The well is
said to produce three hundred barrels
day. Several prominent men of that
city hold practically all the stock in
this company.
Combine harvesting in the Lewiston
valley is now In full swing, and yields
of 80 to 40 bushels TO the acre are the
common thing. Grain from this sea
sons harvest has already begun to be
received by Lewiston warehouses,
Yields in the hail belt are reported to
be running from 10 to 10 bushels to
the acre.
]. T. Fisher, state manager Of the
Idaho wheat growers association an
nounced Sunday at American Falls
that every bushel of wheat raised in |
the intermountain region will be pro |
duced at loss to the grower, despite |
bumper crops, unless marked de- |
crease is noted In freight rates within |
the next thirty days.
Caribou county commissioners at their |
session this week took up ways and |
means for raising the $4,000 which
the county must furnish for the com
pfetion OF the highway east to the Bear
Lake county line. IL appears, accord
ing TO discussions at the meeting, That
this motley was apportioned last year.
but was used In the construction cf
the Tin Cup road leaving no available
funds for the completion of the high
way.
Mrs. Kate Richards OHara, widely
kown Socialist lecturer and writer. who
was Kidnapped from the home of her
sponsor in Twin Falls, Ida. July ] after
A lecture by her had been announced
for that evening, has employed Jake
A. Sheppard of Fort Scott as her at
torney. Her daughter Kathleen OHara
announced that Mrs. O'Hara will pros
acule the case against the eleven men
who are said to have abducted her.
Carl De Long and Doctor Shook of
Twin Fails are two of the nine men
arrested by Sheriff Robinson OF Mon.
clio, New.
The brick plant on the west side of
l. e 1nl.
bout a mile has resumed operations
Ifter having been shut down for con
derable period. Twenty men are
low being employed. The owners OF
he plant state that there is little call
or brick at the present time, but that
hey expect some building operations
,1h soon be resumed and that then The I
market will be opened. II is the pur-
ose OF the plant to make a sufficient
upply of common brick so that 1t win
OF be necessary to ship any of that
rade here. o
The unusal spectacle was witnessed h
I Salmon, Sunday evening of a deer +.
mining through the streets of the h
,wn, closely pursued by number of n
uniting dogs. The animal was first h
zen by some boys as ii came swim
ing down the Salmon river near the
ige of town. When Il reached shall
w water it scrambled out on the bank
nd ran down the boardwalk on side :,
rect. When re dogs took up the ~
lase this deer was soon able to leave re
em far behind, and disappeare3 "
,wn the river bank below town. The W
.er was Of the black-ta,ed variety, st
ID was four-pronged buck. with the L.
rms still in the velvet stage. w
Crews will be started at work at tnct
the King Hill territory on the sur
Y of the Boise-MOuntain HomeSun- Nj
side irrigation project. according to Fl
announcement given out Thursday co
a meeting of the reclamation com. XII
ttee of the Boise Chamber of Com ch
,rce and members of the United he
ates reclamation service. II was de- cil
9. +. I