The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

he Berger district dismissed April IL
Tor alleged unbecoming conduct, was
: awarded $500 damages by a jury last
week, in her suit for $500 damages
against the district.
Emmett - Many cells may be seen
Turing the early morning hours seal
ing the 90 foot cement walls of Black
, Canyon dam, then climbing over the
drum gates and dropping into the
lake. AS many as 80 have been
counted at one time. Their progress
Is slow but sure. Occasionally one
slips and falls back, but such cases
are rare.
Boise,-Suit for $4,000 damages
was started in district court against
the Boise-Payette Lumber company
ON behalf of Nola NJ. Scrivner, widow
of Herman H. Scrivner, and Myrtle
Finch, guardian of the child. The
action is based on the death of Scriv-
ner October "a, 1923, after he had
been shot by Patrick Downs, night
Waterman for the lumber company.
Caldwell,-Demand has been made
by the board of county commissioners
on Oscar Mason, sheriff, for the I'M
mediate payment to the county treas
urer of S264.75, which, it is claimed,
was not turned into the county from
money paid for the board of federal
prisoners committed to the Canyon
county Jail.
Boise,-Amending its order of Feb
ruary 20, 1924, in which it put an
entirely new schedule of electrical
rates into effect, the public utilities
commission recently ordered the
Idaho Power company to grant III
per cent discount to certain CONNER
cial customers for a period OF III
months from March !, or until FUR
Their order of the commission.
Boise,-All Idaho horticultural in
spectors have been instructed by Nj.
L. Dean, director of plant industry,
to watch carefully the development,
of the codling month and make up |
their schedules of spray dates in the
different parts OF the state
Malad.-Idaho's early lamb crop is
larger by from 5 to 10 per cent In
spite of the fact that range condi-
tions prevented lambs from making
as much progress as last year, ac-
cording to a statement just issued
by julius H. Jacobsen, U. S. Crop
statistician for Idaho. 1t is expected
that the number of lambs for early
shipment will be reduced on account
of range conditions.
American Falls-Power county this
year won its first pennant in the
history of the health crusade work
in the United States. 1t helped put
Idaho in fifth place among the states
of the nation. The Arbon school,
taught by Miss Susie Cox, won the
Power county peanant.
Emmett.-The sawmill plant of the
-Payette Lumber company at
Emmett has been awarded contract
from the Buick automobile factory
If Michigan and is now shipping flf-
cen carloads of four-inch and SIX
nch fir lumber for use as running
boards on Buick cars. This order
more than 100000 feet of
ir, which is the toughest wood for
Use as lumber that grows in Idaho.
Boise.-Total automobile and truck {
egistration in the state of Idaho at {
his time shows $1,000 machines, it {
5 announced by the secretary of [
tate. Of this number there are
O 900 touring cars and $3.50 trucks.
'otal revenues collected up to April
from licenses amounting to y
3O,5S3.95 The average revenue d
objected per car is $40 so. L
Blackfoot.-Mr. w. K1osness, state :
ounty agent leader, has announced (
ne calling of a conference of county y
gents at Blackfoot on May goth ano =
7th to discuss the production and 2
marketing of Idaho alfalfa and clover rC
ED and proper cultural methods to hi
mploy to make the best use of the -
-ater which is available this year. -,
O this conference are invited grow 1.
IS. bankers directors of seed grow Ca
IS associations, dealers, directors of n,
,e state seed show, irrigation pro- Sc
ct managers and railroad officials ~
, Join in the deliberations and to
isist in carrying into effect the pro- pT
-am which the conference will out w
ne.
Boise.-The action of President ~
ooIidge who by executive order set "
ide in this state as a national mon
nent the "Craters of the moon," -
eserves for all time one of the IL
sections in the entire north cir
est and realizes the ambition of
lmber of Idahoans, who have been mr.
terested in the national designation pI
this particular section of Idaho. 'nO
Be
Boise.-Robert R. Kelley Of Valley -
unity contends that when a judge v
iues an order for thirty good and
wful men for which a jury is to be
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