The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-09
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO


= California because of foot and mout
disease by Tightening the "bordt
patrols" Commissions and badge
have been sent to county agricultur
al agents of forty-one counties VIII
are now acting as deputies of tn
department of law enforcement.
= BOISE. H. Better, cashier of tn
! Potlatch state bank, has been arrest
: ed on the charge of embezzling $135,
308, it was announced recently b,
e. W. Porter, state finance commits
! sioner, following an inspection of tn
bank by State Bank Examiners v
E. Warner and C. j. Garfield. Tn,
money, it is said, was lost in oil
speculation. The bank is chiefly own
ed by the Potlatch Lumber company
which, it is said, has made the short
age good.
Boise.-Additiona frost last week
only slightly affected the early fruit
crops in the Boise valley. The cold
nights since the freeze of the week
previous have held back fruit buds
and have protected the crop of peach
es, cherries and prunes. Apricos
have been severely injured here by
these frosts.
Pocatello.-Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Harrington and two sons, en- route
from Portland, Ore, to Salt Lake
City, narrowly escaped fatal injuries
when their touring car skidded in the
soft gravel on the American Falls
road and turned over west of the
city.
American Fails-Thirty- hous-
es were sold last week for approx
imately S21, 1900. Fifteen to twenty
were left, according to reclamation
officials, and these are expected to
be sold within the next few days.
Pocatello.-The Pocatello Realty
board has completed plans for the
annual junket to towns in the Snake
River valley on June 26 and 81.
Pocatello.-George N. lift of Poca- |
tello, formerly United States consul |
at Bergen, Norway, but recently
transferred to Nancy, France has ar
rived in Pocatello and will visit here
for several weeks before proceeding
to his new post. Mr.. lift has been in
the consular service for the. past Is
years and has held positions in Cana
da, Germany, Russia, Switzerland
and Norway. Formerly he was a
man and for many years
was one of the publishers of the Po-
catello Tribune
Boise.-Raymond Moore, vice pres
dent of the First National bank, is
to quit the state. lie
las just finished serving thirty days
n Jail for violation of a state law
Igainst possession of liquor at his
Iome. Moore appealed to the state
upreme court and thence to the
United States supreme court, without
vail.
Pocatello.-In the act of plotting
is car which was being towed to
'owney, after lying idle during the
inter, Stanley Brown, of Ogden,
tab, met his death when his ma
nine broke loose from the lead car,
,ppled over an embankment and
,lled down the 90 per cent grade.
Idaho Falls.-The seventh and q
ghth districts, made up of the
merican Legion posts of, the Upper Il
lake River valley, were merged into
e district by unanimous vote TAX IS
at the district convention held at
sxburg. The district will now be
own as the seventh district of the =
aho state department.
The Natatorium company of Boise
S filed suit in district court against I16
2 city of Boise for money a;.eged
be due as charges for furnishing
) city hall with natural hot water
ce October 1, 1920. The balance L.
lined is $1,000 with interest at the
al rate.
3oise.-Basil C. Perkins, Boise en-
eer who has been connected with =
United States assistant supervi-
of surveys office for the past IA
rs has gone to Lynchburg, Va,
ere he has accepted position with
United States forest service, dis
t No. and will be engaged in To-
ing boundaries of private land
nts purchased by the forest SER
in the Appalachian range
'ocatello,-The first shipment OIL
cheese, consisting of two car
Is has arrived in Pocatello from
Lebbs factory at Paul and has
/ stored in the new Kraft COM \
y distributing plant west of the
The storage capacity of the
It plant is approximately thirty 4
carloads.
yin Falls.-Through federal in -
ediary credit banks, members Of III
Idaho Woolgrowers association ~
obtain loans at 51s per cent in l