The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-11-21
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

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her home here, another Of the vet
Grams of Civil war days and the old
est Rebekah In the United States has
dronped out of the rapidly diminish
inc circle. Mrs. Wood died at the
age of "a years, having been born
April ID, 1880, at Mount Vernon, Ill.
Her husband, Captain BENJAMIN l.
Wood. was an officer with the First
Illinois volunteers.
Idaho Falls, = Bonneville county's
wool production of $4,000 fleeces or
$4,000 pounds has been sold by the
Wool Growers Pool association OF
this county for As cents per pound,
according to lessee Nielsen, secretary
of the association, in a statement
Just given out. The price is SAID
to be the highest received since the
war. The production is declared to
he a normal one with little increase
shown over that of last year.
Caldwell,-Canyon county through
] the board Of county commissioners
has accepted the bid of the Childs
Band and Mortgage company OF BOISE
for an issue of $4,000 refunding
bonds at par and accrued interest
The issue, which will be dated Jan
uarv /. 1925, will refund an equal
amount of bridge bonds issued IN
1912.
Idaho Falls The Lincoln factory
of the Utah Idaho Sugar company
made a new record recently when L
turned out 5000 bags of sugar in one
day. which is the largest single days
production in the history of the plant.
Shoshone,- of what is
regarded as the first link in the pro
posed short cut road from Fairfield
20 Alturas lake, has been completed
by F. E. Saylor, whose contract was
with the United States forest ser
vice and included Ia miles OF road,
embracing both slopes of what is
known as the Couch summit at the
head of Soldier creek.
Mountain Home, A number OF
local people witnessed a beautiful
display when a meteor lighted up the
entire heavens as it made it way to-
ward the earth. 1t is rumored that
it fell a very short distance from
Mountain Home. A blush light light
ed up the country for miles.
Pocatello,-According to the quar-
terly report of Chief of Police L. A.
Lehrbas, a total of 251 arrests were
made by the local department during
the quarter ending October 81. In
the classification of arrests it is not
I'd that in toxication heads the list
with a total of thirty eight offenders.
Pocatello,- Bids for the proposed
sanitarium at Lava Hot
Springs were opened recently by the
village board and the three lowest
were taken under consideration by
the board. 1t is expected that con-
struction of the new building will be
under way in the very near future.
ise,-Announcement is made by
the bureau of license of the appoint
ment of the following as members of
the veterinary examining committee;
DR. Wendall R. Smith of Boise, head
Of the bureau Of animal industry; E.
Fl. lizard of Gooding and S. M. Tur-
her of Rexburg. Two applications
are. before the board and a meeting
will be held November II.
Wallace,-The application for the
of receiver for the
Richmond Consolidated Mining COM
,any, made by II. Thomas and
thers in a suit against the mining
ompsny was denied in district court
ere by Judge Featherstone
Malad, - John w. Clark. graduate
f the u of l. at Moscow, who is now
racticing law at Malad. was recently
Omitted to practice before the Unit
d States district court. He took his
al degree at Pocatello Idaho.
Twin Falls,-Suit Instituted recent
? by Thomas Costello against the
merican Falls reservoir district and
s directors to prevent delivery to
le purchasers OF 81 ,49S.000 worth of
re districts bonds was dismissed by
Judge w. A. Babcock in the distric'
)urt here upon motion OF attorneys
IT Costello. A temporary writ of pro-
ibition heretofore issued in the case
as rescinded.
Twin Falls,-Three thousand girls
nd boys. all in costume and many
them carrying jack-olanterns, rs
,mbled in and about Twin Falls city
irk with their parents and friends
participate in Twin Falls first
immunity Halloween carnival. the
ost elaborate and comprehensive
of its kind in Twin Falls
mails.
Emmett Irving F. Powers, Idaho
,rey king, has a state record fol
e production July "a, in one day,
e colory produced II pounds. The