The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-03-03


service, II. E. Ballard. rural delivery
expert, announced.
Idaho Falls.-Merchants of Idaho
Falls have arranged a COW, pig and
hen campaign to be held from Feb
ruary IS to March Is. At that time
livestock consisting Of high-grade Hol-
stein cows, purebred pigs, hens and
chickens to the value of $1,000 Will
lie given away to farmers.
Boise-While no bids have been ac-
cepted, the board of county commits
sioners announced that an examination
Of the opened bids on a years con-
tract for maintenance of the Ada coun-
ty portion of the Idaho City road
showed 20 bids ranging from S74 to
S15e per month.
Nampa--Prospect for good peach,
apricot, and sweet cherry crop are
good this year, says Z. f. Stephens.
well known Nampa orchardist, who has
OF a large number of orchards. "Espec-
tally in districts IKE Central Cove and
Sunny Slope. where the air drainage
is good, the buds are in fine shape
Boise-A movement has been'started
to raise a fund for the purpose OF
erecting a memorial at the grave of the
late Major Fred II. Reed, of whom II
has been written: "He gave his life
for Idaho" 1t is not intended that the
memorial shall be unduly elaborate but
merely of character to perpetuate In
enduring granite the memory of man
who did so much for his state.
Lake View-The water In Lake Low
ell southwest of here is frozen over
solid to depth of twelve or fourteen
Inches. A number of teams have been
driven across where the equalizer
bridge spanned the canal during the
fall months. Several tons of Ice have
beer stored by farmers for use, II warm
weather ever arrives.
Nampa.-Disabled during service In
the world war, Ronald E. Everly OF
Nampa. Idaho. has been awarded $40
a month government compensation.
beginning immediately and FOR an
indefinite period, by the United sta
ties Veterans Bureau in Seattle. The
Rating Board also awarded the claim
ant $134.S4 back compensation.
Notwithstanding to the forest
nv service officials, water storage In
the jackson lake reservoir is above
the record set last year. At this time
there are $4,000 acre-feet stored,
while at the same time last year
there we're 2S3, $50. At the same time
the precipitation since the first OF
September has been only 1890 inches,
compared with HOP of the same per-
Tod last year.
Nampa.- Nampa is soon to have
q National Guard unit, the headquar-
tiers detachment of cavalry squad
ron. Lieutenant A. II. Clifford, was
designated by the acknowledgement OF
Idaho to commence at once the organ
lzation of such a detachment, which
will be comprised of two officers and
81 enlisted men. The detachment will
include radio section, which viii
be equipped with the latest type of
radio sending and receiving appara-
tins.
Hailey.-There are nearly three
times as many acre feet Of water in
the Magic reservoir as at the same
date year ago. There was a de-
creased inflow the past week on ac-
count of the extreme cold weather
of the Bellevue bypass, which turned
the water into the old river bed. AS |
soon as the weather turns warmer
this jam will go out and it has been
thought inadvisable to go t. the ex-
pense of removing the jam.
Boise An important conference
between chiefs of the Forest Service |
and the Department of Public Works
relative to road development in Ida
hos forest areas was held at the Cap
itol In Boise recently This confer
ence is the result of the Determination
of the Forest Service to send repre-
sentatives In person to highway de-
partments In each state concerned
in the expenditure of federal forest
aid rather than to hold a Joint con-
ference with all state representatives
at common meeting place. Such
o procedure will enable Forest Ser
Vice officials to obtain first-hand
knowledge OF conditions within the
federal forest boundaries in each
state.
Boise-DeWitt P. Olson of Boise.
a major In the Second Idaho
infantry ON border service. and later
officer of the 10th