The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-25
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

. " car lOduS OF the ldiuOuS iudHs
|, baker, potatoes, at premium, t
: buyers for the commissory depart
( ment of the Union Pacific system.
Caldwell, = Eleanor Plowhead OF
: Caldwell las been awarded the Idaho
: first prize of SIS and a gold medal
: in the national highway safety essay
writing contest, 1t was announced by
Miss Elizabeth Russum, state super
intendent of public intruction, who
had charge of the contest in Idaho.
Meridian,-Charles Henry, a farm
err living northwest of Meridian, was
rescued from an Infatuated Jersey
bull, after the animal had knocked
the man down. Mr.. Henry's left leg
was broken below the knee and sew
eral ribs were fractured by the bulls
trampling on him.
e.-Governor c. c. Moore, has
accepted the resignation Of Colonel
Harry T. Lewis as adjutant general
of the state of Idaho and appointed
Colonel Harry A. Padgham of Good
ing, commanding officer of the 11Gtn
cavalry, Idaho national guard to
succeed him.
Boise,--J. E. Mcdonnell. an auditor
and accountant practicing in Boise
for the last fifteen months, formerly
assistant manager of the Delamar
Mining company in Owyhee county
was announced Tuesday as auditor OF
the public utilities commission, to
ear !, fnr
the last two months.
Boise,-John NJ. Flynn, judge of the
Eighth judicial district, comprising
four north Idaho counties, died at his
home at Sand Point 1t was believed
at the governors office where this
word was received that the death |
was sudden and unexpected. Judge |
Flynn was first appointed by Govern
or Hawley in 1911, and had been |
elected three times since.
BlackfOot,-Henry Wilson Spencer,
50 years of age, was instantly killed
here by a mixed train on the Aber-
deem branch of the Oregon Short
Line railway at its South Meridian
streets crossing, when he urged his
horse to cross the track ahead of the
approaching train. His horse also
was killed and the wagon demolished.
st. Anthony,-The municipal water
works bond election held here carried
by a vote of 237 to 80. The bonds
are for the purpose of purchasing the
water plant from the Utah Power and
Light company.
Jerome, - Plans are practically
completed for the Thirteenth Annual
State Seed Show which will be held
at Jerome January 10 to 18th. MANY
new features will be on hand and the
show is expected to be the biggest ,
and best ever held :
Rupert, - S. r. Johnson, George
Flynn and w. A. Jenkins shipped !
twenty-five cars of lambs, containing I
5000 head to the Crane Sheep COM
pany at Ogden. The lambs have been :
on feed and pasture near town. q
Idaho City, - Deer in the Lowman q
section have left the highlands and
come into the outskirts of Lowman,
to a telephone message re-
,eived by the office of the Boise ma
ional forest from Warren Taylor, .
anger who is acting as game warden
or the state for the winter.
Rupert,-E. A. Moves, who has been :
Irilling a well on the Dewey bench, :,
truck at a depth of 435 feet a flow ;,
# warm water with a steady flow of y
twenty-five inches. equal to about
ne and one-half acre-feet. When a
educer was put on the water shot d
orty-five feet into the air fe
Rupert, - V. p. Biehl reports re- v,
eipts amounting to $4,000 from fifty q,
ores seeded TO beets and potatoes. Fl
the bonus on the beets equals that tr
last year. he expects to receive an at
dditional $1,000. Six acres Oh rhe
fly was in Melted Gem potatoes. The -,
Gets averaged twenty tons, in some !"
arts running as high as twenty-six -
ms to the acre. &c
pa
Blackfoot.-Everett Green, a prom on
ent farmer living in the GrOveland tn
strict, three miles north of this city, So
'mmitted suicide by hanging in his W,
rm barn while in dependency fol- ce
wing serious illness. BT
Idaho Falls,-A number of people
Idaho Falls and communities IN
nth of here, are interested in citys Du
coming owner of the Warm Springs
'wer companys plant on tile north fes
rk of the Snake river at Ashton. II ito
claimed that this plant holds a ter
rategic position in power develop the
INT of the upper valley and that 1t run
uld be bought for less money than by
3 enlarging Of the present munich of
plant. ces
of a special iegls-
i've session to stiffen Idaho alien VII
n law has bee, frowned mon nv cit.
vernon c. c. Moore. "a