The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-08-01
Short News Notes
From All Ports of
IDAHO


engaged as the superintendent Of
, the Neversweat mine at Silver. His
family will make their home at
Nampa.
Lewiston,-All but one clip of 20
900 pounds of wool, out of 100000
pounds held on ranches because Of
low water and 100000 brought to
town this season, has been disposed
If. The prices were lower than last
year but higher than those of a few
years ago.
Mccall, Ten thousand young
fish were turned loose in Payette
lake recently according to Deputy
Warden Holden, in charge. Half
were trout and half land locked sal
mon. All came from Hayspur
hatchery. They were freed at the
inlet Id miles from Mccall.
Mountain Home, E. Rohlfing,
charged with first degree murder in
connection with the death OF Fara-
dy Mills on the Boise Mountain
Home highway on June 81, waived
preliminary hearing before w. H.
Manion, probate judge, and was
bound over for trial during the Octo-
Der term of court. Rohlfing is held
in the Elmore county Jail without
bail.
An off-peak power rate in Idaho
would be noncompensatory, confis-
catory, discriminatory and preferen-
tial, the Idaho Power company in |
formed the public utilities commits
sion in answering a commission or
der of May in which the commission
asked the company to show cause
Why such a rate should not be es-
tablished.
Idaho Falls,--The city council has
requested the city treasurer to make
a demand on the county treasurer for
$1,000, which is claimed by the city
Tor taxes due the municipality.
Should the request be denied other
action is possible.
Boise, - Rates on coal from the
Teton mines in eastern Idaho under
ease by II. F. Samuels and others
IRE unreasonable and excessive and
will be Investigated by the public
Utilities commission, according to an ,
order issued by that body. The
rates were filed July ID by the Ore !
ron Short Line Railroad company in 2
requiring the company to repair the 7
racks leading to the mine so coal
.ould be moved and further to file a v
schedule of rates from the mines to +
Idaho points. r
Idaho Falls,-What is believed to
,e one of the very few specimens of 8
and mosaic in the world, a picture =
made by the intricate arrangement :,
# grains of colored sand, has just -
'een completed here by w. S. o. =
3rien, local manager for a telegraph "
ompany. The work which is a -
icture of Abraham Lincoln and a -
aging of his which has since be- -
ONE famous, is contained in a large
'ide mouthed bottle, which, filled
nth sand, presents the picture on L,
ne inside surface of the glass. o.
pa,-Although the fact-find- III
rs bill, under which Boise project nc
sttlers will receive relief, is practic- nj
ly certain to become law, a few III
ecember, Senator w. E. Borah has lr
ever changed his original opinion M
mrs after CONGRESS- raconvs,es ~ cis
lat the forty-year extension and SCI
ve-year moratorium is a superior en-
easure he told large gathering III
a public address here. tn'
Rupert,-Kenneth Adams and Ru- the
'lph Zcholke caught three trout, jur
falling seventeen pounds, at Mini ste
ka dam. Zcholke found on one
the fish fly and spinner and sec
N of line that he had lost while ~
wing to land it at the same place VII
veral evenings before. eeo'
cities of the Boise sta
ley are congratulating Nampa on cen
, successful completion of its cam for
ign to bring the big car repair
mt of the Pacific Fruit Express T
npany to this city.
construction of the II
ion Pacific station on the bench con
start August /, according to L. cal
Althoff, construction engineer in
rye. o. p. Cherdron of the Cher D
N Construction company of Salt M
re, which has the contract, was in ter
ltation with Mr.. Althoff during thr,
week and this date was agreed inc
N.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES whereby the
lidoka project will receive 10000 u
eject OF storage water from COM
kson lake, in addition to the pro- was