Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-01-12
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW


organized at HALEY and applications
for loans totaling 100000 have been
received.
The Pocatello schools show an in
crease Of more than 300 pupils during
the first term over the enrolment for
he same period in 1920.
stratum of what is thought to be
excellent coal has been struck south
Of GrangeviIle according to report
reaching Pocatello.
S. G. Gamble, one Of the earliest
cowboys of the Snake river plains,
died several day ago at the age of 10
years. Mr. Gamble came to the Raft
river country more than thirty years
ago from Texas with a band af cat
tie.
With 80 per cent reduction in the
price Of field seed, 20 per cent in ma
chinery and the going wage at $40
farming costs in Montana will be much
lower this year than they were in 1921
and will be nearer normal.
President Frazier of the Idaho Tech
nical Institute will be one Of the chief
speakers at series of six agricultural
and home economic extension institutes
being conducted throughout the south
eastern Idaho counties by the state ex-
tension department
The American Falls cavalry troop
formerly designated as troop A, will
according to announcement received
by Squadron Adjutant A. r. Rounds
Of Pocatelo. The horses of troop A
will be sent to Goodng for the organ
ization Of troop at that place.
Business men, farmers and the pub
tic as a whole, predict prosperity ii
1922. They all say that Canyon coun
ty is intrinslcally sound because it il
a wonderful producing section. If thu
farmers will take up diversified farm
ing. they add, money will flow In, thu
adding funds to the various towns anC
enabling them to make further develop
ment.
Five pieces of Indian land, totalinI
440 acres, were sold at the Indlal
agency at Lapwai recently, S25, AL be
/. ing realized from the sale Most 0
the bids We're for the appraised valu
Of the land, or but slightly above tina
amount. This was one of the MONTH
sales of the Indian lands, the first o
which in this series was held Novembe
30, when nearly 100000 was realize
from the lands by the government.
+, According to Hugh SprOat, presiden
Of the Idaho Woolgrowers association
/ Idaho will be well represented at tn
4 convention of the national woolgroweI
4 at Salt Lake. Sheep men from tn
southwestern section and the Sod
Springs section of this part OF tn
state, as well as the Gooding sectlo
e and the Soda Springs section Of TIL
f part of the state, will attend the Sa
r. Lake meeting in large numbers.
|, During the past year Idaho ha
q smashed all previous records in agr
: cultural production. In horticulture
: lines Idaho ranks third of all states
. the union for the amount OF apple
q shipped TO market. Idaho markete
: 300 carloads OF apples during the pal
+ year, and only Washington and Ne
I. York exceeded this mark. For tn
crop alone the growers of Idaho hay
received approximately s4,OOOOOo.
f A University Of Idaho chapter {
d Sigma II, national scientific frate
nifty, viii be organized at Moscow
f the near future. A charter to the pet
e tionIng group was voted at the nation
! al convention OF Sigma XII at Toront
J where it is being held in conjunctio
with the American Association for ii
Advancement OF Science. Fiftee
y scientists on the university facult
S members of Sigma XII, in the fall ,
S 1920 organized a local Sigma Xi clu
0 and peiitloned for charter from II
national organization.
! The Idaho State Seed show was hel
I at Idaho Falls Jan. 10 to IS incluslv
s There were speakers from the Unive
y silly of Idaho, Canada, and numb'
a OF Idaho's nelghboring states. Tue
! day was Seed Day and all phases
' potato and seed production was di
cussed. Mr.. G. III. Cutler, Professor
! Field Husbandry, University OF Abe
I ia, Canada, was the speaker of Il
4 evening. Wednesday was devoted
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