The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-03-10
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

hard to estimate, Il number of 0theh
farmers have lost cattle and hogs re-
Gently. Ilabid dogs rowing the valley
is the source Of their infection.
Post Falls.-After waiting for his
change for 81 years, Charles Wag-
ner, a Spokane dairyman, has received
q check for $500 from the federal gov
eminent. In 1895 Wagner flied ca a
homestead near Post Falls. Ida. The
land office was in doubt as to the filing
fee and requested that Wagner pay
a sum considerable in excess of usual
requirements He was told that the
government would reimburse him,
should it be found that he had paid
too much Recently he was notified
to file his claim for $500, and ne
now has the check.
Boise.-Idahor has AZ, JOG farms, with
a6,124 head of breeding hogs. accord
ing to the United States census OF
1920, which means that it only has
IL hogs per farm. According TO the
census there were 106.5OO pigs and
67,4O6 feeding hogs, which brings the
average up to 81 heads per farm for
all kinds of hogs for the entire state
only 7299 head of the total are pure
bred animals, all breeds Included.
The state fair board of Idaho have
been e~ndeavoring to correct this situ-
alton by inducing exhibitions of swine
at the state fair, each year which slim
ulate interest in the American mort
gage litter.
Nampa.-RepOrts continue to come
In OF isolated cases of cattle scab In a
few herds near Nampa. Farmerssshould
be on the lookout for its appearance
In their WI 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 Oh weight by NANCY. cattle.
Toise.-A number of Idaho sheep
men have received from 81 ITO Sc q
head for their sheep, mt sone 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"
"a prominent commission man says,
"and ought to make the sheep men
feel pretty good"
Nampa.=One hundred tnirty-seven
various sized bottles containing sseeds
ire 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-nine signers, repre-
senting 997.13 acres of land. filed n
petition in district court for the or
ganization of Ada county drainage dis
trict No. 3. proposed to include approx
mately 1000 acres acres located in 33
sections of land described as-'7ow, wet
fiat and DOGGY. highly cultivated land,
with an excess of alkali." Thu petit
ton was accompanied by a bond Of
$500.
Idaho ,Falls1The "cold pack sys
ten Of canning fruits and vegetables
which has become a prominent par
of the educational system of idaho
through the means of the agricultural
extension work of the farm bureau, IL
under serious discussion, slnce a rnm
Der of recent deaths, caused by eating
of vegetables home canned by fhe cold
pack system. The "cold pack" method
of preserving fruits n vegetables is
and none should be consumed
without batling at Seast 40 minutes,
according to Geo. w. Hooper, head OF
the medical research department ef the
University of California.
Nampa.-A Swiss Toggenberg milch
goat is the latest addition to the lloyd
Simons family at their residence O
18th avenue. Nanny beng an important
factor la the daily menu OF Master Max
sIayfield SimOns.
Boise.-Boise,s polo tournament and
horse show for the spring is an assured
fact. This was determined az q din
ner meeting OF the Boise Polo club
held recently. when 20 members were
The date set is May %.
PocateiIo-A special train passed
through PocatelIo from Sugar City, car.
rying 400 Mexicans 325 of them being
They are being deported to
All OF them had been in the
employ of a sugar company, arrange.
nents have been perfected to hat end,
time since Immigration officials,
however, have termed the understand
ug a violation or federal rulings and
he natives must return TO Mexico.
Acknowledging through q heavy
,nowstorm, which late in the afternoon
urned to a blizzard. while the mer
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