The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-09-11
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From All Parts of
IDAHO

by the Min.doka and Burley irriga
ton districts on 10000 acre feet Of
water in Jackson Lake reservoir on
the grounds that holding the water
in the reservoir TO determine owner
ship would do more damage to up
river waterusers than the releasing
of it could do good to the waterusers
below.
Boise.-The total internal revenue
taxes collected in Idaho during the
fiscal year ende June Both, amounted
to $1,976,084, as compared with ST.
1900 the preceding year. decline
of seven per cent. OF total collected
last year in Idaho, sl,271,D18 was in
come taxes.
Rupert.-Pomona grange members
have gone on record for a minimum
price of $l2 per ton for alfalfa hay.
They are urging all hay growers In
the county to hold out for that price.
They also passed a resolution calling
for less stringent quarantine rules
for the shipment Of lambs from Ore
gon to Idaho. Grange members claim
that the quarantine rules had the eff
feet Of lowering the price paid for
hay in Idaho.
Twin Falls.-With 200 persons in
attendance, the sixth annual meeting
of the Seventy Miners" an organiza-
ton composed of persons who were
residents of Idaho prior to 1880,
was held at Albion. State normal
school buildings were thrown open
to the pioneers, and the women of
Albion served a banquet in the even
ing. A dance in the normal school
gymnasium brought the affair to a
close.
Malad.-The state Of Idaho has |
broken many records. A recent re
port is that Idaho people live longer.
Reports from the federal census bu-
reau are to the effect that the per-
centage of deaths per 1000 is less
than in any other state in the Union.
Boise.-Twenty- prisoners were
paroled from the state penitentiary
when the parole board met in quar-
terly session. Sixteen applications
we're denied. The board met in the
office of Governor C. C. Moore, chair
nan, in the morning, and adjourned
20 the penitentiary in the afternoon.
7. A. Jeter, secretary of state and
4. II. Connor, attorney general, are
he other two members of the board.
Grace.-Norma, 8, daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. Andrew Gray of Bench. met
Instant death under the wheel of a
moving machine when she was
brown from the seat after the hor- ,
es became frightened and bolted.
he wheel passed over her head. !
rushing it.
Boise.-As a result Of two weeks
areful work by the state board CT
qualization, holding hearings and
igesting reports, the board was able
, again reduce the state tax levy
rom .0047736 to .0044759. The
bard, composed of Governor C. c.
Ioore, Auditor Ed Gallett, Treasurer :
an Banks, Attorney General A. H.
onnor and Secretary of State F. A. 4.
tier, last year cut the rate for the ;,
rst time to below .005 and effected
decrease Of an average of 12.4 per h
mt in the state taxes of all the v
unties. Utilities in general were
Used in valuation and farm values Il
duced by the board. II
n~.,. Esn~-.. uyk;to Ioo- .
ek and doe, have been seen near
re recently, according to reports
pm several sources. George La "a
'untain, a rancher, said the doe was 10
tirely white, while the buck had sa
o brown spots, each about six in Il
es in diameter, on his back. fr
Occur d'Alene.-The sum Of ST. ~.
), s7s, probably the largest damage m
i ever filed in Idaho, is sought in nj,
federal court case started by ]. F.
K, a resident of the state of Wash -
ton. against the Milwaukee Lum-
: company of north Idaho. The
nplaint charges breach of contract.
in the Boise river
/ gone down to 374 second feet
.ural flow Tuesday, a drop of 81
ond feet since Thursday. after the l.
A year ago, for the cor
ponding date, the flow was 1854
ond feet The Deer Flat reservoir A,
ding the only storage supply on ter
project. was decreasing approx tai
tely 100 acre feet daily. The mea- qui
ement Tuesday was $3.50 acre go,
!. as compared with 66.ss6 a year wa
|. col
freight rate reduc- w
IS have extended the range of
-kets for Idaho's agricultural pro =
Is, in recognition of which fact -
ers at distance are now making =
liry with a view to purchasing u
10 grain. hay and other products. -