The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-19
Pithy News Notes
From All Ports Of
IDAHO

ing their properties, although on a
greatly curtailed scale. Sales of cleo
tric power for Industrial purposes in
March continued ON the same level
as In February. primarily reflecting
the activity in numbering and mining
Hailey-Resolutions asking that the
public utilities commission render its
decision in the Idaho Power company
valuation case prior to the next gen
eral election, and that the mayor and |
city council look into the proposition |
of establishing a municipal electric |
light and power plant, were passed by |
the North Boise grange. |
| Wallace-The contract for paving
between Occur d Alene and Washing
ton state line has been let.
| Montpelier-South Idaho woolgrow
ers, - or30 in number. have sold their
wool holdings of approximately 1.2J0,
600 pounds at price of 33 1-3 cents
IA pound. f. o. b. Idaho points. less the
usual reduction of l per cent for tags
and four pounds for bags.
Weiser-The new veterans hospital,
to house service men suffering from
active tuberculosis, under construction
at Walla Walla. Wash, will be ready
to receive patients June l and move
ment Of all tubercular veterans OF
Washington. Oregon and Idaho to the
, new institution will begin Immediately.
, according to Charles s. Crumbling,
manager of the Boise office of the
United States veterans bureau. Mr..
. Crumbling stated that the first unit Of
, go beds of the hospital will probably
: be filled within the first 90 days after
: its opening
3 Lewiston-Kip Kip Kipelican, aged
r rs, said to be the true heredity chief
+ of the NeZ Perce Indians, died at Pend
e Teton, Ore, where he had gone to at
8 tend convention of the Presbyterian n
church.
Pocatello-According to the report
:, made for the month of April by Chief
:. of Police NJ. Bendixsen, there were
+, 126 arrests made, fines collected t.
;, the amount of $91O,1S7 dogs killed and
eight lost children returned to thei'
parents.
l. Pocatello-Newton Croft, 1-year-olt
n son of Mr.. and Mrs Albert Croft o
e North Harrison avenue, died at hos
lie pital as the result of injuries receIv et
x when he was struck by a taxicab.
Is Twin Falls-Twin falls lodge of Elk
IS will be represented at the first annua
N state cOnclave at Boise June IL an,
= Is, by band of twenty-five pieces, le
- by Jack Thorp. leader OF the 146t
field artillery regiment in France an
II. Germany and also leader OF the Twi
r. Falls City band. Statement to this et
e. fort was made by committee in cor
ed nection with an announcement Of plan
~ OF the lodge to stage an elaborat
lit musical minstrel show here one wee
he before the conclave in Boise.
OF
We Twin Falls-Anticipatin heavy d,
m msnd for motor truck hauling {
er. freight with the beginning OF constru
vi ion of the proposed Idaho Centr,
eu railroad between Rogerson, Idaho. an
"e Wells, New, members of the Int
mountain Truck and Automobile Ca
or. riers association, at a meeting discu
a sed at length proposed schedule
Iry rates for hauling between Twin Fal
FAIis 1.
he Automobile passenger carriers alreat
of have established fare Of S15 for u
he trip from Twin Falls TO Wells. appro,
for mately 40 miles.
The
ted Pocatello.--George Isaacs. state n.
commissioner. arrived in Pocatel
with fine specimen of rainbow tro
"is taken from the Lost river above Arc
This trout WAS planted seven yea
ago by the fish department and vi
"u seined for eggs, 5000 being taken fro
'eu IT, The trout 10 twenty eight and
Is. half inches long. twenty inches in G
y" conference and weighs fourte'
pounds.
nen -
fOlSt.-A fuctSF IL 10 bc
,uir ected at Idaho Falls in a short tin
EN-.
Grand View.-Lanele Hopkins.
md. year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. FIR
ac- Hopkins. was drowned in the Sna
the river when he fell from an old fer
Itch boat. ON which he and his 5-yearS
axe brother were playing.
fes-
,su- Homedale-The interstate co
ust, merce commission has issued auth
tied ity To the Oregon Short Line TO bu
rial the Homedale branch into the Gem
I. rigaiion district.
mer Burley-William y. Rydalch. 81
ted ial contact official OF the L. s '
hu, erans' Bureau, will visit approx Ens
ly 100 towns south of PocRtello hs
', ing clalms"of war veterans for c,
pensation and other grievances agai
'io"' the government, according to