The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-08-04

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state convention Of the party, TO
held on August %.
Bolse--Notice of the opening of re
stored lands for entry nom . powe
site previously withdrawn. nave peel
announced by Bartlett Sinclair, regis
ter OF the U. s. land office. Thes'
lands are not far from the Arrow
rock dam, In Gilmore county.
Payette-Farmers of q certain DOT
ton of Long valley have petitionet
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.
Boise.-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 151a mills (one-hak mill low
er than the levy of the past two
years. for revenue for the new bud
get Of expenses, set at $4,000 for
the coming year.
Boise.-Partial payment of the gDv-
ernments share in the construction
Of three federal aid projects In Utah
was received recently by the state
treasurer. A check for S52, SO was
received as the governments share
n the construction OF federal aid pro-
ect No. "A in Carbon county. Other
.hecks were for S3S,e07. 40, federal aid
project No. IL, in Iron county 49,
1923, federal aid project No. 10A.
Pocatello. - ArtsEian wells being
unk near Hamer will no doubt solve
he water problem oS that section and
vill bring under cultivation hundreds |
f acres of land there. 1t was at |
lrst thought that irrigation could be |
ffected from q small lake near by, |
ut this was soon exhausted. A
ell sunk to seventy feet brought ar
ssian water and the flow is contin-
ing strong. Five wells have been
rilled and the water will be pumped |
} the highest point of land for use.
hese have a combined flow of 1000
illons per minute and other wells
e being bored.
New Observation-Disclosures of feet OF
anding understandable timber in Ida
D Is threatened with destruction by
new pest just recently discovered,
,cording to l. H. Nash, state IGnd
who has just returned
ON the Payette lakes region where.
. says, the evidences are most pro-
'unced. 1t is also prevalent around
sw Meadows and Long Valley. This
west of pests in the pine forests
the west first appears in the form
a harmless looking white butter
:. The Butterfly lays eggs In the
I and these hatch In the spring in
3 form of worms which attack the
,e needles and gradually KILL the
'e.
Twin Falls, Ida.-With guns leveled
gunnysacks over their heads to ,
We as masks, two men held up the |
kley-yihont automobile stage thirty s
E miles southeast Of Twin Falls late
nday. They lined up the only two a
sengers and the driver and after a h
ried examination of the contents
the vehicle disappeared after cut
: the wires on the machine. u
fountain Home.-The 13-year-old c
Of Mrs. Sarah Lyons of Noun Il
! Home was rendered unconscious 4
three days following a fall into 4
'cky dugway last week on the farm e'
Harry Stott, near Duchesne. An Il
ly was taken Of the lads skull, d
1t has not yet been determined II,
Their an operation will be neces-
:. Young Lyons vas working in
nay iitiQ 0AiCh u AOad vi nay lQf -.
and hurled him into the side of ~
dugway. NJ
)ise.-Boise's municipal buget just on
pleted after two months of work 81
mayor and city council and totaling Il,
,094.46 represents $33.O66.70 less N,
the total operating expense for .r,
last fiscal year. according to fig lei
complied in the office of the city VI,
Thursday. In addition. Mayor
me b Sherman pointed out, the nj
authorities got within the Is wa
levy or one mill less than last
and have total of $685., 300 to
by direct taxation on a valua- re
of s1S,953, 753.323 for 1923. This OF
int is S20.S54.S6 Yess than the Z
Tue raised by direct taxes at 16 vi
on a valuation last year of &c., IN
~. ten
the
Marie's. - Between 300 and
men are fighting a fire covering
ip fifteen miles wide and thirty /
miles long on Russell creek, fif- the
miles northeast OF Clarkia, ac-