The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-12
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IDAHO

/, fected by the tragic death at SaI
Francisco of TIE company's president
George l.. Davis, according to q tele
tram received by N. S. Wright, sec
rotary of the Twin Falls Chamber OF
Commerce, from Joseph L. Stewart
secretary of the railroad company.
: Mackay.-Guilty of murder in the
t first degree, with recommendation
: for life imprisonment, was the verdict
, Thursday Of the jury in the case of
: David Breyer, confessed slayer of Os-
car Taylor. The jury was out three
I hours and forty-five minutes, follow
| ing week spent on the case. Judge
Adair of the Sixth judicial district
pronounced sentence.
Pocatello.-Captain Legion Worth
ley, the regular army officer detailed
to Idaho as instructor, after an in
spection of the units at Pocatello has
gone 20 American Falls. Captain
Worthley will take over the property
If the American Falls company Of In
fantry which has been disbanded by
orders from the adjutant generals Of
flee and the property will be shipped
20 the Pocatello and Gooding units OF
the national guard.
Albion.-L. e. Jewell, professor Of
science; Stanley Werner and Sharon
Albertson, students in the Albion Nor
NAL, were badly burned in the chemis-
try laboratory when a test tube ex-
ploded containing sulphuric acid, po-
tassium permanganate and iron fill
Ings.
Idaho Falls Prospects for a big
wheat crop in the upper Snake river
valley of Idaho are the best in years
is the statement made by ]. w. Hays,
large operator of wheat ranches, who
has over 5000 acres IN wheat this
year.
Nampa.-- approximately 1000 acres
of lands within the corporate limits
Of the city will be permitted to with
draw therefrom under the decision of
Judge e. l.. Bryan Of the district court
who sat here recently. The hear
ing was on a petition under .detach-
ment proceedings instituted by sever
al scores of individual owners.
Bose.-As the result of a threa- |
tened protest to the issuance of per-
mission by the interstate commerce
commission for the construction of the |
7.5-mile Homedale branch into the |
Gem Irrigation district, the Oregon
Short Line Railroad company has
called off it's engineers, who were stalk
in gthe proposed line over the right
Of way. This announcement was made
Wednesday by George e. Erb, presi-
dent of the public utilities commits
sion.
Boise. G. Fralick, Idaho commits
sioner of finance, has permanently re-
voked the permit of the Security
Home Builders association, Texas
which has been doing
business in Idaho as a loan company
for the past few weeks The commits
sioner asked that the permit issued by
him be surrendered together with all
agents licenses issued to representa-
tives. Commissioner Fralick's action l
was the result of an investigation in
stituted some weeks ago by the Boise !
AID club. T
Boise.-Two new park sites have
been presented the city and accepted
by the council which agreed to contin-
Ious maintenance. The first Is Is r
lcres located in what is known as '
Iulls gulch. The presentation was
,ffered by the Boise Artesian Water =,
which has been improving !.
he site for years. The second is
portion of what is known as the
triangle" in Boise barracks, which n
he war department has consented to y
ermit the city to use. a
st. Anthony-It is reported that
aptain Henry Guleke had reached
.ewiston, Idaho, in a 300-mile trip by J
oat through the cascades and rapids Is
( the treacherous Salmon river In v
is first journey this season from SAL !;
IAN City. This picturesque yet dam f
erous trip is made through the fam o
US canyon of the Salmon river and -
trough the center of the stage, a :
sgion uninhabited except by the trap :
er and the prospector. Captain Gul. Il
ke reports that on Monday, within
few hours he saw 362 deer and sew o.
raj mountain sheep and goats. Big b
anne was seen all along the Salmon
yer, and one deer seen had evident L
escaped from activity as a pet, for
0 had a bell on his neck h,
IDAHO Falls-Guy Carl Nelson ana bis
-otker Clyde L. Nelson were found W
Iilty of first degree murder by th
Try for the killing of S. A. Brohn-
{, local grocer. Nov. %, 1921, while
,lding up the store. The jury made -,
, recommendation for leniency. =
Pccatello.-J. A. Fogt or the Idaho III
schnical institute has returned from oP
gby, where be was called by Mrs. on
retta Erickson, commerce superyis- n