Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-11-23
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

Sproat, president OF the association
to represent the woolmen on a COM
mittee Of two to gather data at Ogden
relative to the proposed adjusted plan
Of grazing rates on national forests.
Idaho Falls, - Nearly 100000 was
distributed among sugar beet growers
Of this section by the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company as the initial payment
for the 1923 crop. OF this amount
$125,000 was paid out by the local
factory at Lincoln, the same amount
was distributed by the Blackfoot and
Sugar City factories, and the Shelley
factory paid out $4,000, making In
all total of $445,0OO.
ise,-Approximately 1870 acres
Of timber and 2120 acres of cut-oyer
land will be sold by the state this
month, scattering in northern coun-
ties. I. H. Nash, commissioner of the
state land department has gone to at
tend the sales.
Boise,-L. w. w. prisoners in the
Idaho state penitentiary will complete
their full sentence, despite efforts to
obtain their release, it was declared
at the office of Governor @. c. Moore
Emmett,-The pool of the Emmett
branch of the Southwestern Idaho
Turkey Growers association has con-
tracted for sale Of the product at %
cents a pound, live weight, equivalent
to "a cents a pound dressed. 1t is
estimated there will be 5000 birds In
the pool.
Orchard,-First rails of the Short
Lines main line to Boise were laid at
Orchard few days ago and were
spiked to the ties, L. w. Althof,
Union Pacific engineer in charge OF
was on a switch.
Twin Falls,-A libel suit for S42,-
900 was brought here against I. H.
Masters, publisher of the Twin Falls
Daily Times, by e. f. Walton, for
merly of Boise. Mr.. Masters is a
former Provo, Utah newspaper owner
and member of the Utah state legis-
lature.
Rupert.-The county commissioners
are considering the advisability of es-
tablishing a poor farm" for the
county dependents.
Idaho Falls..-Lee Stocker and YER
non Avis, who pleaded guilty to hav-
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belonging to 3. F. Duffin on the
night of November 5, have been given
ninety days in jail by Judge Peck.
Rupert.-Some beet yields have
been reported as high as twenty-ono
to twenty-four tons per acre. The
average will be between uwelve and
thirteen tons.
Hailey.-In commemoration of Ar
mictice day the Blaine county post
Of the American Legion held exer- J
cises in the Haley opera house. Tho
hall was filled.
Rupert.-A Chess and Checker club
has been organized and arrangements
are being made for games with other
clubs in the state. Clarence Bush has J
been elected president and F. S. Val
entine is secretary.
Occur d'Alene.-Rahle Harris, 49, |
year old boy, an employee at the Win
ton mill, had his hand so badly crush
ed in the mill last week that it had |
RI ho or,r,1,tatoI
Twin Faf1s.-Joseph Basterredrea,
who has been held under arrest since
September 80, for the shooting of
Modesto Arriaca, was released from
felony charge last week.
Caldwell.-The total shipments Of
potatoes from Idaho this season up
to November 5, were as follows:
Caldwell 2,051 cars; Burley-
Bull 100 cars Idaho Falls 1907 cars.
Nsmpa.-Joe Rivett had a stranger
helping dig potatoes, and paid him
with & check for three dollars. The
stranger raised the check to $50.
Jerome,-Jerome senior high school
was dismissed for an entire week to
meet the demand for workers in the
beet and potato fields.
Boise. A. Allen and Roy Clemens
Of POcatellO were declared guilty OF
OF Intoxicating liquor in a
supreme court decision delivered by
Justice Robert n. Dunn.
Nampa,-An issue OF bonds aggre-
rating $4,000 has been retired
through issuance % warrants BY
Joseph DePartee, clerk OF ihe Aampa
school district,
Nampa q car shortage
or apples continues, there are from
" 10 30 cars going Qua daily from uls
district Some " the cars are nov
arrying charcoal heaters,
idaho Falls Local ki8auians have
plans for the establishment
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