White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-12
Idaho New /!

BOlSE.-With the entry of the Ford
Motor Co., recent purchasers of the
Red Bird mine, the silver lead fields
In Central Idaho are fast returning to
their old time activity, according to
Robert N. Bell, former state mine in
spector, said before the eleventh an.
nual convention of the Idaho mining
| convention
POCATELLO.-Two Pocatello high
school students, Leigh Gittins and
Yodwiga Prochowaska, won prizes in
the national essay contest recently
conducted under the auspices of the
American Chemical Society of New
York city. A $40 check was received
as first prize to be awarded Leigh Git
tins. Miss Prochowaska was present
ed with book, Chemistry in Indus
try" Gittins' essay has been forward.
ed for the national competition, the
winner of which will be given four
year scholarship at Yale University
at $500 year.
POCATELLO.-If the residents of
Raft river community vote 100000 for
the purpose of opening the Snowville
route to tourist travel from Ogden to
Twin Falls to Boise they will have to
go ahead with their plan with state
aid. This was learned last week by q. j.
fJelsted, secretary of the chamber Of
commerce from the state commits
sioner Of public works.
BOISE.-W. G. Swendsen, state
commissioner of reclamation, an
nounces that Secretary of Interior
Work will be at American Falls July
Ii instead of July IA for the dedica-
ton exercises of the American Falls
dam. He will be in Pocateno July IA
and leave that afternoon for Chicago.
.McCALL.-The Idaho State Editor
ial association will this year hold it's
annual meeting at Mccall on July 10
and IL according to an announcement
received from Frank w. Brown, pres
ident, and Guy Flenner, secretary. 1t
is proposed to have caravans from
north and south Idaho meet at Mccall
for the annual meeting and then tour
south Idaho, winding up at American
Falls for the dam celebration.
BOISE.-Four bureaus make up the
state department of agriculture, as
reorganized under w. B. Kjosness,
new commissioner. These four bu
reaus are: Plant industry, animal hus-
bandry, dairying and weights and
measures.
In addition Mr.. Kjosness has Great
ed new position; that of administra-
tive assistant. The commissioner has
also readjusted salaries in the de-
partment as evidenced by new certifi-
Yates of appointment filed in the
office of the state auditor.
The. commissioners salary is $3.50
a month, his administrative assistant
is to receive 1854 month and each
of the three bureau chiefs in animal
industry, plant industry and dairying
receive $240 a month. The weights
and measures director is paid 5000.
The department auditor receives 5000
a month and the chief horticultural
inspector $215. Then there is a fed
eral inspector who is on the state pay
roll four or five months Of each year
at a salary Of $780,
All these people are in the Boise
office together with a chief clerk,
deputies and stenographers.
BOISE.-It is not unlikely that
Judge Gilbert, on the circuit bench at
San Francisco, soon may retire, and
if he does, Senator Borah will urge
that Judge r. S. DIETRICH of the fed.
eral bench in Idaho, be named to sue
coed him. The senator was at the
White House urging Judge Dietrich
for the vacancy caused by the retire
ment Of Judge Ross, but found the
president had already decided to
name Wallace McCamant, Portland,
Ore.
The president, however, regards
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