The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-24

Bennett says is probably the besL po-
tato cellar in the state. bIr. Bennett
was at the Newcomb ranch south of
Melba, and inspected the cellar to-
gether with its As car Loads OF choice
potatoes.
Boise Huntington Taylor Of Occur
d Alene is a new member of the state
board of education, taking the place
Of Evan Evans of GrangeYille, whose
resignation, contemplated since his ac-
cession TO the position of thermal rev.
enue collector for Idaho, has been
placed in Governor Davis hands.
Fruitland-W. ii. Cole, who lives
about one and one-half miles south
of Fruitland, was arrested by federal
and state officers for Illegal possession
of narcotics, 1t was announced by w.
81. Hiatt, chief of the Idaho constabul-
airy. Fourteen tubes of narcotic
which was not named were taken when
Cole was arrested.
Buhl-Gustav Kunse Is urging the
raising of broomcorn in the Bull
country as a promising industry for
this tract. He offers to put up the
factory with experienced men In charge
if the farmers will agree to raise suf-
ficient broomcorn to keep the factory
running all the year. He estimates 1t
will take about 400 tons to run the
factory successfully.
Wallace.-Eugene r. Day of Wallace,
Idaho millionaire mining operator of
the Occur d. Alene district of north
ern Idaho, died after several months
illness. With his two brothers, Harry
L. Day of Oakland, Cal, and Jerome
j. Day of Moscow, Idaho, Eugene r.
Day owned a controlling interest in the
Hercules silver-lead mine at Burke,
Idaho, declared to have paid more
than $17,000,O00 in dividends during
Its operation.
Twin Falls-Assuranee that the sur
yey of the proposed Idaho Central
railway from Rogerson, Ida, to Wells,
New, would be completed just as soon
as the weather would permit were re-
cived few days ago from George L.
Davis of San Francisco. Roughly es-
timated, completion of the road win
place Twin Falls and southern Idaho
territory more than 500 miles nearer
TO San Francisco.
Moscow.-The playground apparatus
presented to the-Afoscow public schools
by the Idaho state athletic commission
through Thomas Kelley, director OF
the University of Idaho department Of
athletics, has reached Moscow from In
diana. The following pieces are in
cluded: A six-board steel swing, an
ocean wave, giant stride, four
board teeter, 24-foot steel slide and
a set of outdoor basketball goals.
Jerome-W. L. Snyder of this place
produced what he believes is a record
yield of potatoes. on a measured
acre of ground there were harvested
S91 sacks of potatos. These sacks
were of the regulation size usually fig.
ured at 115 pounds to the sack, but 10
be conservative and on the safe side,
Mr.. Snyder figured them at 105 pounds
per sack. This would make yield
on the acre of ground of 701 bushels.
Moscow-Mrs. NJ. L. Sargent, profess
sor of romance languages at the Uni
yersity of Idaho, has received notifi-
cation of her appointment as repre-
sentative of the Mexican government
for all western universities and coll
leges. Mrs. Sargent will be the only
American to hold such a position, as
all other such representatives of the
Mexican government are natives or
that country. Mrs. Sargent plans to
make trip to the various western
Institutions to tell them of the induce
ments which the Mexican government
offers to students desiring to take
summer work there.
Jerome.-Four cars of emigrants
with "a cars of stock and farm equip
ment are on their way from stations
in the Bighorn basin country of Wyonl-
ing to Jerome, Idaho, according TO
telegram received Mt the office OF
Miles Cannon, state commissioner of
agriculture. THE coming of new peo-
pie to state to help share its bur
dens is the only real sign of prosper
ity," said Mr.. Cannon in commenting on
the arrival of the newcomers.
Fruitland- The school bond election
held recently to decide the question
of floating $4,000 bond issue for The
purpose of erecting high school build
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