Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-08-31
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

MerlOlan.-iWO -V-Sallon SIMS, 40
gallons of mash and Is gallons OF
moonshine were seized. as Wen as
charcoal, bottles and other articles OF
the trade, near here, in a raid.
Laclede.-Fire. starting from an ov-
erhead machine in the planning mill.
practically destroyed the 100000
plant and lumber stock of the A. c.
White Lumber company.
Caldwell.-Fifty or more Caldwell
bushes men will probably make a
visit soon to the Boise project, to OH
serve the condition Of land in the pro-
iect waterlogged or becoming water
logged.
Melba-Potato growers are begin
ming the annual harry esting Of their
crop in this valley handicapped by the
uncertainty of procuring refrigerator
cars. About - cars are moving out
Of the valley day, although the ac-
tivities of diggers are held up by lack
of carriers.
Boise-Y outh was an advantage TO
Alice Crozier and Margaret Brant, of
Lewiston, when they We're arrested re-
Gently by deputy game warden
charged with fishing without a Ii
cense, Reports filed with the state
game warden stated the two were
fined the minimum costs because they
were young girls" 'rhe alleged dis
regard for the law cost each $29.65.
Idaho Falls.-The first car of new
oats has been shipped out of this sec
! ton, tile grower receiving A cents
per hundred more than was paid for
the first new oats last year. The
grain came from the l.. A. Hartert
ranch, and brought the owner S1.20
per hundred, as compared with 20
cents paid a year ago.
Nampa charges for
/ 1922 were fixed at a meeting of the
board of directors of the Nampa and
/ Meridian irrigation district This sea
son more than $4,000 had to he ex-
4 pended to repair breaks in the canals,
but even with this unlooked-for eN-
/ pense, the leyies for this year will he
4 less than for 1921.
Roise.-Claiming that lands in
4 Franklin county are over-assessed,
William NJ Daynes, representing the
county commissioners of that county,
asked the state board of equalization
to make reduction OF 20 to - per cent
on irrigated lands and 20 per cent on
( dry lands. Mr.. Daynes is himself one
Of the commissioners.
Pocatello.-The contract for the new
( fish hatchery building at Hay Spur,
in Blaine county, has been let by the
state department. of public works and
the fish and game bureau, according
TO an announcement by otto NJ. Jones,
state game warden The new building
will be - feet wide by l35 feet long,
will he Of wood and concrete construc-
ton and to cost $3.50.
Driggs.-A satisfactory rock foun-
dation for the proposed dam at the
OUtltl Vi lltHif III
county, has been found following ex-
detrimental drilling, according to ".
G. Swendsen, state reclamation en-.
gineer. The damsite at the lake is
excellent, said Mr. Swendsen, and the
contractor has already started pour
ing concrete for the dam. When com
pleted the surface of the lake will he
raised about fifteen feet and an addi-
tional 10000 acre-feet of irrigation
water will he stored. The new dam
will provide a supplemental water
supply for the canals of the North
Fork Reservoir company.
Twin Falls.-Disclaimin desire or
purpose of aiding those favoring the
organization of the irrigation district
TO finance building of the American
Falls reservoir, to cOerce any land
owner to remain in said proposed dis
trict, directors of Twin Falls Canal
company and Twin Falls North Side
Canal company, in joint session adopt
ed the following resolution by unani-
nous vote: THAT upon the request
of any land owner that his land he
excluded from said district, the boards
of directors of the Twin Falls North
Side Canal company and Twin Falls
South Side Canal company will recon-
ment the county commissioners ex
clude said land from said district"
Twin Falls.-Alleging that fraudu
lent Inducements were made, former
New York residents who made up the
modern caravan led by William d
Scott, to take up farms on the Rose
worth project southwest of Bull, Wal
ter G. Mcpherson and Herbert S
Roth, two of the % caravaners, insti
tuted suits in district court here foi
recovery of S5S10.0S and S6S2S.s5, re
spectively, against e. T. Meredith, for
mer secretary of agriculture; P. C
Meredith. his nephew, and the Idaht