The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-07-04
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IDAHO

night witnessed an unusual sigh
about half way between McCammoI
and nixon, when a meteor fell OF
mountain and rolled down its side
breaking into several distinct direc
tions. The meteor left quite q
pathway down the mountainside and
was the largest ever seen in this
locality.
Boise, - A possibility that ]. A
Empie, alleged head of the largest
auto theft ring ever uncovered IN
Idaho, may be tried in the Portland
federal court, instead Of the federal
court here was seen after Joe Keller.
investigator of the Pacific Coast
Automobile Underwriters conference
had conferred with federal and coun
ty officers in Boise.
Gooding,-The trustees of Goodin9
college have just received word that
the state board of education has t.
ed upon the recommendation of Dean
j. G. Eldridge of the University OF
Idaho and will continue certificate
privileges to students and graduates
of Gooding college for further
period of two years.
Haley, James McKibben OF
Buffalo, Wyo., is visiting his brother
Alex McKibben of Haley. 1t has
been forty-nine years since the
brothers bade each other goodby in
their old home town in Michigan and
they had not met since until this
visit.
Pocatello,-As a foundation for
fund to be used as a memorial build
ing or some permanent capital addi-
ton to the campus, the graduating
class of the Idaho Tech, numbering
about 80, recently took out insurance
policies of 500 each. These poll
cies, which are 20-year endowment
are payable to the Tech.
Blaclfoot,-About 1900 pounds OF
cheese are now being made daily by
the Blacfoot cheese factory and
shipped to Pocatello by trucks. The
price of cheese having advanced
slightly, enables the factory to pay |
The farmer little more for his milk
and it is hoped that the factory will
soon reach its capacity of 1000
pounds.
Pocatello, Daniel Felsted, 3D.
years of age, pioneer and well-known
resident of Pocatello, died at a local
hospital following a several weeks
Illness. Mr.. Felsted was depotmaster
It the Short Line depot and had been
n the railroad service for a number
# years.
Kuna.-One "hobo" was slightly
INJURED when a broken journal piled
6 cars of Union Pacific extra 25o9
yer a 20-foot embankment about one
nile east of here. Wooden box cars
nd steel coal cars were splintered
nd twisted and some of them stack
d like jacksaws in a pile three deep.
he injured man, with two other
transient men, were in a car that
ras turned bottom side up and buried
eneath two others.
Nampa.-Orders have been receiv-
4 here to arrange switches and ma
srial tracks for the commencement
excavation for the new station of
lie Oregon Short Line. Crews under
irection of the engineering depart
tent here are stalking out the site
nd arranging to switch over the var
us tracks to provide for the receipt +,
steel, stone, brick and other mater
i to be used in the station.
Boise.-Water in the Boise river |
lower than it has been in many
ears, according to the daily report |
the United States reclamation SER |
ce here. A year ago the peak of
ood water was reached with total |
1924 second feet as against 1913
cond feet measured last Thursday.
MS amount of water is far below
nat was in the river at the opening
the irrigation season on April Is.
Boise.-The petition for rehearing
the test case to establish the vail
ty of the proposed two million sew |
hundred thousand dollar bond is
e of the American Falls reservoir
strict, has been granted by the SUI :
eme court and the argument will /
presented Friday, June 81.
Buhl,-The sugar beet situation in
3 Bull territory has changed very
lterially within the past week. On
count OF the infestation of the
lite fly in the beet fields, the re-
esentatives of the sugar company
We advised many of the growers to
wv up their fields and plant other
Ups. This seems to apply to all
Ids In the west end and as far east
Filler.
Grangeville,-Th old mining amp
Florence, which in days past mas
,lded s80,000,000 in gold, is to be
ened AGAIN and deveJoped. This |