Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-24

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no hard to estimate, a number Of 9th,
al farmers have lost cattle and hogs r
al Gently. Rabid dogs rowing the vale
90 Is the source Of their infection.
Post Falls.-After waiting for h
change for q years, Charles Wa,
ne ner, Spokane dairyman has receive
3 check for $500 from the federal go
q. ernment- In 1895 Wagner filed On
. homestead near Post Falls, Ida. TIL
!, land office was in doubt as to the film
~ fee and requested that Wagner pa
= q sum considerable In excess Of usus
:, requirements. He was told that tn.
government would reimburse him
should 1t be found that he had paid
i, too much. Recently he was notified
to file his claim for $500, and nc
now has the check.
Boise.-Idaho has 42,106 farms, with
1924 head of breeding hogs, accord
Ing TO the United States census OF
1920, which means that 1t only has
IL hogs per farm. According TO the
census there were 1O6,5O0 pigs and
S7,4O6 feeding hogs, which brings the
average up to 81 heads per farm for
all kinds of hogs for the entire state:
only 1893 head Of the total are pure
bred animals, all breeds included.
The state fair board Of Idaho have
been endeavoring to correct this stu
alton by inducing exhibitions of swine
at the state fair, each year which stim-
alate interest in the American mort
gage litter.
Nampa. continue to come
In of Isolated cases of cattle scab in a
rev herds near Nampa. Farmers should
be on the lookout for It's appearance
in their own herds, as 1t is easily |
spread from one animal to another or
from one herd to another by contact
With affected animals, or infected cor
rails. When mango becomes wide !
spread, it is a serious disease and |
causes considerable financial loss, due
to the loss OF weight by NANCY cattle. |
Hoise.-A number of Idaho sheep
men have received from 81 to Sc a
head for their sheep, and one man
with 1000 sheep netted So a head, In |
the last few days. "This Is more than
they used to get all told for the sheep"
prominent commission man says,
land ought to make the sheep men
feel pretty good"
Nampa.-One hundred tnirty-seven
various sized bottles containing seeds
are on display in the Nampa Chamber
of Commerce rooms. They are ar
ranged on a step table. Included in
The lot are five different varieties of
wheat and three of barley
Boise. - Sixty-nne signers, repre-
senting 99713 acres of land, filed
petition in district court for the Or
ganiza ton of Ada county drainage dis
trict No. 3. proposed to include approx
mately 1000 acres acres located in 10
sections of land described as Glow, wet,
lat and Doggy, highly cultivated land,
With an excess of alkali." The petit
ion was accompanied by a bond of
500.
Idaho Falls.-The cold pack" sys-
.em of canning fruits and vegetables,
which has become q prominent part
If the educational system of Idaho, ,
through the means of the agricultural
tpnSfnr xvnrIr Of 70 Inr *
lnder serious discussion, since num-
,er of recent deaths, caused by eating :
If vegetables home canned by the cold
sack system. The "cold pack" method .
# preserving fruits and vegetables is
nsafe and none should be consumed
Without boiling at least 40 minutes,
ccording to Geo. w. Hooper, head of
he medical research department of the :,
of California. =
Nampa.-A Swiss Toggenberg mich V
oat is the latest addition to the Lloyd a
imons family at their residence on II
Sth avenue, Nanny beng an important n
actor in the daily menu of Master Max u
Iayfield Simons. a
Boise.-Boises polo tournament and In
orse show for the spring is an assured In
act. This was determined at a din cl
er meeting of the Boise Polo club IL
ED recently. whep 20 members were m
resent. The date set is May %. 81
Pocatello-A special train passed
trough Pocatello from Sugar City, car
ling 400 Mexican9 325 of them being
iults. They are being deported to
exlco. All OF them had been in the IN
npIoy of sugar company, arrange 81
ents have been perfected to that end, CO
me time since. Immigration officials. AT