The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-08-11
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

near future, according to a statement
made by Judge ID. w. Standrod. Judge
Standrod and associates were granted
national bank some time ago for
BurIey, but other matters have inter
fered with it's immediate establish.
ment.
Burley.-Philip, 2-year-old son Of
Pres. w. Pond, who lives near the high
line canal. west of town, was drowned
Friday. The body was recovered after
it had gone through long syphon and
down the canal about half mile.
Boise-Arrested in company with a
pretty 15-year-old girl, giving the name
of Julia Bedel, and posing as husband
and wife, Royal Calvin Vincent, 10.
was arrested ON a charge of stealing
a Fresno. Cal, automobile and is be-
ing held for the Fresno county sheriff.
Both Vincent, who travels under sew
eral aliases, and the girl claim Tulare
as their home.
Pocatello-To avoid striking another
automobile II. S. Glover of Kilgore.
was driving out of the road in Birds
Eye Pass, near Shoshone, Wyo.,
plunged over an embankment and was
pinned beneath the car. Glover suf-
fered a crushed chest, fractures of
the ribs and one leg was badly man.
gled.
Boise.-Returnes on samples of
milk analysed from SO diaries in
Boise show 81 within the city require
ments and the remaining seven with
in the state requirements on bacteria
content
Boise.-Delegates and other attend.
ing the national American Legion con-
yention at New Orleans in October will
receive rates of a round trip ticket
for the price of one-way ticket.
Caldwell.-July was ideal for crops
with the exception of wheat. Rapid
growth Of potatoes and corn was es-
pecially noticeable, due to the warm
weather.
Boise.-Idaho Poultry and Rabbit as
ISOLATION officials have put up $3.50 in
cash for the poultry show at the state
fair this year.
Wallace.-Suit against the c., M. |
& ST. p. railway has been filed in the |
district court at Mineral, Mont, by |
Mrs. Grace Busse, asking damages in |
the sum of $4,000 for the death of
her son, Fred Munger, killed in a slide
near st. Regis, Mont, last April.
Boise.-Members of the executive
committee of the Progressive party
in Idaho Tuesday met In Boise and
selected Nampa as the site for the
state convention of the party, to be
held on August %.
Boise.-Notice of the opening OF re-
stored lands for entry from power
site previously withdrawn, nave oeen
announced by Bartlett Sinclair, regis
ter of the U. s. land office. These
lands are not far from the Arrow
rock dam, in Elmors county.
Payette-Farmers Of a certain por.
ton of Long valley have petitioned
the state department OF reclamation
TO form an irrigation district, using
Little Payette lake as the storage
reservoir. The petition was received
In the office of the state department
Tuesday and was signed by Edward
Poro.
Bolse.-With September IL set as
the date for opening Boise city schools
for the 1929 academic year, the
school board has decided on a tax
levy of 15h mills (one-half mill low =
er than the levy of the past two
vears) for revenue for the new bud
get of expenses, set at $4,000 for
the coming year.
Boise.-Partial payment of the gov
ernment's share in the construction
IF three federal aid projects in Utah
vas received recently by the state
treasurer. A check for $50, 963. so was
'eceived as the governments share
n the construction of federal aid pro-
ect No. "a IN Carbon county. Other
hecks weT~ for S3S6O7. 40, federal aid
'roject No. IL, in Iron county; 49,
fJf-of AtutAdi anu PAVJoNl &'O. IVA
PocateIlo. Artesian wells being
unk near Hamer will no doubt solve |
he water problem of that section and
ill bring under cultivation hundreds
acres of land there. 1t was at
rst thought that irrigation could be /
ffected from small lake near by,
ut this was soon exhausted. A [
ell sunk to seventy feet brought ar r
sian water and the flow Is contin-
ing strong. Five wells have been
rilIed and the water will be pumped |
} the highest point of land for use.
hese have a combined flow of 1000 |
allons per minute and other wells |
re being bored. |
Albion.--The Oakley-Vipont stage
as held up by masked men when the
tage was on the road to the VipOnt
line from Oakley. The holdups Sc