The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-05
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IDAHO

TO ]. B. Bond, manager of the Boise
, Payette project. The reservoir sup
ply is being husbanded as CAREFUL,
as possible to protect fruit, but prob
, ably cannot last beyond that time
the manager added. Increase Wed
nesday in the flow of the Boise river
was falling off but still the flow was
greater than before Tuesdays rain
This, however, if of no benefit to pro-
ject farmers, since the entire flow al
present is appropriated under old
water rights.
Filer.-A stroke of lightning caus-
ed several thousand dollars worth of
damage to the substation of the Ida
no Power company just east of town
last Tuesday evening and shut off all
electric lights and power in this vi
cinity for "a hours. Towns of Bur-
ger, HOLSTER and Clover district
were also affected.
Boise.-Idaho sheep are free from
scabies, and have been since last
A9CplCiiDCly dICOiuilB W LII. ~.
Dade, Idaho Inspector, in a statement
before the meeting of the sheep com
missioners Saturday. Oregon sheep
are now free from this disease, and
trailing of sheep across the state
lines has been adjusted between the
officials of both states.
PAfca TdokA1o- cfo 20 hoard of aArf.
cation will meet at Moscow Septem-
Der IL for the first meeting of the
scholastic year, it was announced
Saturday by Miss Ethel E. Redfield
executive secretary of the board.
Boise.-Work will start on tn
$450,000 hydroelectric power plant t
be built at the Black Canyon dam
within the next few weeks, accord
ing to ]. P. Bond, director of til
reclamation service for this section
The power generated will be utilized
by the farmers in the Gem irrigation
district for pumping water for that
tract.
Boise.-Idaho Socialists will hold
heir first state convention since re-
of the party Tuesday at
noon in the Knights of Phythias hall
party leaders announced Sunday. I'm
Ter state laws, each county is entitled
% one delegate, but it is not certain
whether there will be full attend
lnce, since some counties are not yet
while some regularly chos-
n delegates are not certain of their
bility to attend
Ashton, - Registration records just
made public by the Yellowstone ma.
lonal park service for the present
eason show that the west entrance 9
the most populated one. This ,
sason 29,479 had passed through
lis entrance. OF this number H., @
"a came by railroad and 1887 by 4
In addition were fifty t
X miscellaneous" visitors, those f
no liked rode horseback or in n
agons. Il
Boise, = Four state highway con-
acts were let in the past week, ac- z
riding to Director of Highways H d
=. Gregory. They amounted to a W
tai of $1,000. Hank Nipple was p
e successful bidder for surfacing B
mile of the main highway in Carl a
u county for the sum of $3776. tn
hen this is finished it will make m
continuous improved highway II
I'm Soda Springs to Montpelier, W
minating some very bad road. In
Boise, - The ruling prohibiting ri
nping on the Boise national forest, at
ich went into effect July 81, has la
en- rescinded and campers will be II
owed to use the forest as hereto ar
e, If permits are obtained, it was pr
bounced at the office of the forest. hi
service here. Smoking, however, co
l not be allowed, except at i'm MS
we'd camps and places of habitation tn
d Robert Strong, deputy super We
or rec
ye'
dalad.-Oneida county shows a re- lar
tion in state taxes for 1928 of DIRE
per cent, as compared with 1920, lar
ording to comparative statement
issued by the Idaho state audi
Shoshone county, with a reduc-
/ of 1873 per cent, shows the larg-
reduction in the state. Jerome 20
nty, with reduction of 6.2 per eitl
:, shows the smallest proportion re"
reduction. 'ne
wit
laho Falls.-P. J. Donohue, we'll the
*n Camas Creek rancher, was in fem
fly killed in Dubois when he at dea
pied to stop his runaway team. alor
ohue was knocked down by the may
htened horses and a heavily load OF
wagon passed over his body, one they
he wheels hitting him at the base fene
the skull and crushing out his grot
almost instantly. at
endell.-Prediction that actual II
truction of the American Falls H.
rvoir project would begin before emf