The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-21
Pihy News Notes
From All Parts Of
IDAHO

10 the county library law, law that |
would put free libraries In each coun-
ty of the state. This will be discussed
by Mas Marion Orr of Idaho Falls.
Miss Rely, Boise high school librari.
an, will describe the relationship of
the library to the schools, and Mrs.
M. ]. Sweeley of Twin Falls will talk
on Strength in Union" American
Falls, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Nampa,
Wsiser, Caldwell, PocatelIo, Lewiston
Normal, are among the libraries that
will be represented at the meeting.
Boise!--R the growers Of the Boise
valley and Idaho hold together and
market their product under system
attic organization, they will receive an
excellent price for their fruit this
year. This is the announcement Of
Fremont Wood, president Of the Boise
Valley Prune Growers association. He
predicts mammoth fruit crop for
Idaho this year. Mr.. Wood states that
under the marketing conditions that
prevailed last year, the growers re-
ceived all the way from $40 to $75 a
ton for their prunes, the average for
the entire crop not much exceeding
$35 to $3.50 ton. If the entire crop
had been pooled and marketed under
single directing head, the average
would have been $50 ton. The green
prunes would have yielded the grower
more than $650,OO0 In excess of the
actual returns received"
Idaho Falls-After q thorough in
vestigation of the water supply Of
Idaho Falls, e. A. Smith, an engineer,
has recommended to the council In q
lengthy report the filtration system
for clarifying the city water supply.
The plan calls for the installation OF
filtration plant, the extending or the
water mains and the building Of
6,000,000-gallon settling basin at an ap-
proximate cost of $250,000.
Pocatello.-The Reclamation associa-
ton Of Idaho will plant a tree at
sOme spot designated by the people
in Pocatello dedicated to the memory
Of the late Major Fred r. Reed, pi-
sneer Of reclamation in the state.
st. Maries. = william Beresford,
aged IT, of bEllicent, Alberta, IS dead
here, as the result of Injuries he sus-
tanned when he fell underneath tho
wheels of a moving freight train.
| Caldwell.-Thv city council has
passed an ordinance creating lateral
sewer district No. 10. There were no
protests to the proposal. The district
will comprise IS blocks on the north
side.
Nampa.-Water will probably be
rurned into the main canals and lat
erals of the Nampa-Meridian system
this week says G.. A. Remington, sec
rotary of the district. The cleaning
VT the 153 miles Of bitches In the sys-
TEN is practically finished, Mr.. REM
ington said. The district has had 100
teams and about $50 men at work in
the cleaning and repair crews. Some
| concrete work has been done on the
canals south of Boise this year, and
new concrete structures and weirs
have been constructed at the head of
the North slough laterals and at the
head of the South slough lateral. Last
/ o. he fok, Iof a. ~
It's system, and the balance was taken
care of this spring.
Boise.-Although state and county
taxes show decrease, taxes for
schools, highways, cities and villages
are tending to force the total revenue
of the state for 1921 above the "a
million dollar mark established for
1920.
Twin Falls.-Women of the TWEEN
tieth Century club gained permission
of the city council to install wadIns
pool for Twin Falls little folks in a
corner of the city park. The pool is
to be thirty feet in diameter and will
range in depth from three to SIX
inches. The estimated cost is $500.
Boise.-"It is whole lot cheaper
to pay s. for game license now thar
b run the chance Of paying SIS
fine and then having to buy license
too" This is the argument being adj
yanced by Otto NJ. Jones, state game
warden, in view Of the number Of ar
rests being reported to his office foi
hunting and fishing without licenses
The date of the validity OF the 1927
license expired March 81.
Boise-0ver $4,000 car loads Of
fruits, hay and vegetables have beer
inspected by the state inspecting dc
partment in the last 10 months.
Malad. Members of the American