White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-13
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CALDWELL Merging of the Boise
Cooperative Creamery interests in
this city with the Caldwell Creamery
Company has been announced by Of
ficers Of the Caldwell Creamery Com
pany. With the combination of the
two creameries the volume output OF
the Caldwell Creamery will be greatly
increased. There is an assured mar
ket for all butter manufactured at the
Caldwell plant, due to the steady de-
mand for Idaho butter manufactured
here. w. H. Blunt will become man
ager of the plant.
WINONA.-Karl Killmar of this
place sent one carload of finely fin
ished hogs to the Spokane market re-
Gently, the hogs bringing in $2,736,
and after deducting total marketing
expense of $121, the net proceeds
from the carlot of swine marketed by
Mr.. Killmar amounted to $2,615.
Completion of the 5000, ZOO
endowment fund of the College OF
Idaho was announced recently. All
requirements for insuring the $4,000
pledged by the Rockefeller founda
tion had been met, the extension de-
partment announced, and the money
would be paid. Under the terms OF
the Rockefeller gift the college had
to raise $4,000 additional endowment
and pay $500 of outstanding expenses
The next step in the campaign will be
the raising of $4,000 for current ex.
penses to June i; and additional
money for new buildings.
WEISER-Mr.s and Mrs. Gilbert
Tracy, prominent pioneer residents OF
Weiser, and the oldest living married
couple in Washington County, cele.
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary recently at K. of P. castle with
about 175 guests in attendance, con.
sisting mostly of pioneer residents
and immediate friends.
BOISE-Independen District No. J.
the Boise district, receives the largest
apportionment of county and state
funds in Ada County. To this district
goes $9,454.11 of state funds and $48,
267.66 of county funds, or more than
half the total available in each fund.
The money is pro rated on the basis
of the school celsus in each district.
BOISE.-Reed of Clearwater is au.
thor of three bills affecting highway
districts. One of these provides that
commissioners. of the district must
serve without pay except when one OF
the commissioners acts as secretary
the amount Of compensation. Another
gives county commissioners power to
levy special property highway tax
of not more than 20 cents on the $100
assessed valuation and the third re-
lates to the manner in which the tax
shall be authorized.
The lower house of the Eighteenth
Idaho Legislature unanimously passed
house bill No. 81 recently authorizing
an amendment to the special charter
of the city of Lewiston SO that the mil
nicipality can extend its bonding
limit, issue bonds and construct 4
dam across the Clearwater River foul
miles above the city. Hoffman Of Nez
Perez spoke for the bill. Ii the bill
is enacted into law, and it is predicted
by legislators that it will meet no op
position, the city proposes to con
struct the dam, generate electric
power for Lewiston and provide 8
log storage which it was pointed out
on the floor, will open up the vast
timber resources of the tributaries OIL
the Clearwater River.
A bill creating state fish and game
commission, the second Of its kind
to come before the Eighteenth Legis
lature, was introduced in the senate
by Newcombe of Bannock County
The measure provides for a board Of
five members to be appointed by thu
governor regardless of political be
liefs. They are to serve four-yea
terms without compensation.
BOISE.-Abolition of the office o
commissioner of education is pro
posed in house bill No ZIG, intro
duced by Egbert of Fremont an.
Jones of Benewah. The bill proposes
to place the management of all stat
educational institutions in the hand
of the state superintendent of publi
instruction as agent of the state boar,
of education and would also make tn,
state superintendent the executive Of
ficer of the University Of Idaho. 4
companion measure by the same al
thors would increase the salary o
the state superintendent to;'$4,5O0 ar
nually. Probably no measure befor
the legislature W II raise q bigger Is
sue than these two bills, legislator
think. The fight will be between tn
state board of education, the univel
sitv and group of Southern Idah