The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-02-18
In THE GEM STATE

Five hundred dollars in cold cash
was acquired by a lone bandit who
held up the Skaggs grocery store at
Bull
Chick" Fraser, veteran baseball
player and trainer and resident Of
Jerome, has been offered the training
of the Pittsburg ball team.
The state senate has killed tile Pad
dock bin which provided for the estab-'
lishment of county hospitals, where
the INDECENT, sick and the poor could
be cared for.
More than 400 breeders of purebred
poultry are listed in the Idaho pure
bred poultry directory, which has been
issued by the University of Idaho ex-
tension Division.
The Presbyterian church building at
Jerome has been moved a short dis
lance to make room for the exeava-
ton of the basement of the new build
ing which is TO be started soon.
Nearly 5000 has been raised by the
members of the Mormon churches in
Pocatello toward the Near East relief
fund. This is the largest fund con-
triputed by any one organization.
Canyon county schools have been
accomplishing much in the thrift pro-
gram that is being carried on this year,
$1,145.95 having been raised by twenty
country schools of the county by en-
tertainments.
The northern part of the state or
Idaho was seconded in it's biennial de-
mand for a new state of its own, I'M
der the name of "Lincoln,'' by the Po-
catello chamber of commerce at its
meeting last week.
Eugene A. Farmer of Boise, choir
master of st. Michael's cathedral and
for many years prominent in musical
circles in that city, has been elected
president of the Idaho State Music
Teachers association.
The Bull department store was en-
tered Sunday night by n thief and
robbed of some of the mems furnish
ings. The thief broke large pane
of plate glass in one of the front
rooms with rock and entered by
that way.
The Boise Builders Exchange, which
was organized about month ago with
membership of 40, including con-
tractors of Boise, Nampa and Caldwell,
has decided on a new wage scale,
which the officers say will go into eff
feet on or after March 1.
Protesting against the sIevying Of
additional drainage and construction
charges against settlers of the Boise
project, the Ada county Pomona
Grange passed resolutions which are TO
be forwarded to the secretary of the
interior and representatives In con-
gress.
Idaho wootgrowers, members of the
state association, have decided to
adopt the plan of the Montana grow
ers for the development of a market
for their wool by having goods manu-
featured of the virgin wool for sale to
both the growers and the general
public.
The Idaho Technical institute at
Pocatello began it's second semester
work last week and there was large
influx of new students. The courses
in engineering, mechanics, pre-medi-
cal, commerce and home economics at
tracted a large number of the new
registrants.
A peculiar case of the recovery of
stolen property is reported by ]. E.
McDermond of Pocatello, who has Just
received from Oakland, Cal, valu-
able shotgun stolen from his car on
the street in November. A boy stole
the gun, and his mother compelled him
to return it.
1t is claimed that the result of the
fruit pest control campaign in idaho,
particularly against the codIing moth
and San Jose scale, has been salts
factory and demonstrates accomplish
ments possible by organized efforts of
the inspection force of the state de-
partment of agriculture.
Thomas Ollie, formerly of Ameri-
can Falls, was awarded the highest
honors in the art department at the
Idaho Technical institute last week for
the best production during the past
semester. His charcoal drawing of 4
cast of Abraham Lincoln was given
first place by the judges.
The average temperature in Boise
during the year 1920 was 80 degrees.
This is the announcement made by
Clinton E. Nordquist, weather OBJ.
server. During that year residents of
the city basked in 2S13 hours of sun
shine, but this was only GO per cent
of what it is possible for Boise to
have.
Prem Moore, poultry specialist of the
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