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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
5
Francis Pickett nine and Leon Pickett twelve were injured when a gun discharged during a bird hunting attempt. Leon saved his brother by stepping forward. Francis died at county hospital. The incident occurred Sunday near Murtaugh, Idaho.
The Fher School board hosted a dinner for Perrine Hotel guests of the eighth grade domestic science class. Mrs George Patton praised the group as one of the strongest in five years. The class has run a self supporting lunch program at the school serving 9800 meals in eight and a half months at ten cents each.
About 600 people toured the Idaho Game Breeding association farm Sunday afternoon. The 400 acre site runs nearly two miles along the Snake river canyon near Wendell. Visitors from southern Idaho observed grounds under active development with more than 100 pens being built and ongoing animal additions planned for a zoo camping and club facilities area.
A vintage ad warns that meat consumption overloads kidneys with uric acid. It promotes Jad Salts as a lemon grape acid lithia blend to flush and stimulate weakened kidneys, claiming it prevents irritation and urinary issues. The friendlier, fizzy remedy is touted as inexpensive and safe when taken daily.
Francois Michel Louis Fonety a renowned sculptor died in New York on May 3. Born in Paris on April 7, 1863 he came to America in 1899. He contributed to the Chicago World’s Fair fountain the Brooklyn Bridge arch the New York customs house and the New York Public Library and worked with Saint Gaudens on the Congressional Library project in Washington.
City council maturely approved Arcadian pole lighting design with Idaho Power present outlining installation cost 62.75 per pole and total 150 after wiring and bulbs. Patton and Dietrich named for garbage and ash collection contracts. Library budget approved to stay open summer. Automobiles show requests flags for week May 10. Street sprinkling garage sought. bids to be sought. 1400 feet pipe ordered for ditches. water meter readings noted and to be corrected. W A Hoag named city milk inspector. Regional boundary report discussed. conference leaders debate referral. General conference allows executive session on episcopacy. possible action on negro bishops. Delegates to select permanent church boards Tuesday.
Twin Falls American Legion will convene at the Elks hall with large expected attendance. Topics include congress adjustments to compensation and home and farm aid for service men. Entertainment will be provided.
In Des Moines on May 3 the Methodist Episcopal general conference hosted fraternal delegates from the British Wesleyan and Canadian Methodist churches. Dr I Luke Wiseman praised Anglo American friendship and urged ratification of Versailles provisions for world peace. Dr T Albert Moore spoke for Canada’s church, hoping for eventual unification of major Methodist bodies under a satisfactory plan.
Twin Falls' tourist park at the end of Sixth avenue east in Locust Grove will be ready for use for the Chronicle Auto Show. The council approved toilet facilities after Newell S. Wight urged their addition due to expected large visitor crowds for the auto show and Salt Lake train arrivals. Plumbing Inspector Murray was authorized to complete the required work.
Thomas W. Lamont of an American financier group, negotiating for a China loan with French interests, prepared to depart for Tokyo. He said China's repudiation of Hukuan railway bond coupons is a serious obstacle to further loans and warned the Chinese government that Western markets may doubt its credit unless the decision is changed.
The Associated Press reports that a 46‑woman suffrage emergency corps arrived in Hartford to press Governor Hotcomb to call a special session to urge ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Idaho’s Mrs. M. J. Sweeley is identified as the Idaho representative of the squadron.
New York May 3 Thomas Simpkin itinerant printer who shot and killed James Wright Markoe in St George's church here a fortnight ago was today committed to the asylum for the criminally insane A lunacy commission reported he was insane
William Thompson Price, 75, renowned playwright and author, died today in New York of heart disease. Born in Kentucky, Price began his career as a newspaper man and trained under Colonel Henry Watterson.
Cheboygan Michigan May 3 Republicans in the eleventh congressional district selected two uninstructed national delegates at a party convention.
A. J. Schubert of Gooding motored to Twin Falls yesterday afternoon on a brief business trip.
Sugar sold in three pound bags at one dollar with limits. Stores report depletion as the factory has not set monthly prices, delaying allotments. About 1,500 bags monthly used in Twin Falls, 18,000/year for the area. last year 112,358 bags refined, 2,000 on hand now. Kinney wholesale cites normal demand. last month higher than usual due to price rises. Cane sugar shipments expected once allotments firm.
Salt Lake City Utah May 3 Immediate investigation into the price of beet sugar charged by Intermountain region companies will be conducted by the local bureau of the Department of Justice Floyd T Jackson special agent in charge says there is no justification for the price of 22 75 per hundred pounds being charged Companies must justify this price or face possible prosecutions for profiteering Saturday the Utah Idaho Sugar Company the region’s largest producer raised beet sugar from 013 cents to 224 cents per pound without explanation other than aligning with cane sugar prices in San Francisco
The May census figures list Billings Montana at 15100 with a 5069 rise or 60.5 percent, Aberdeen Washington at 15337 up 1677 or 12.3 percent, Washington Pennsylvania 21480 up 2702 or 14.4 percent, Frankfort Indiana 11585 up 2951 or 34.2 percent, Long Beach California 55593 up 37784 or 212.2 percent, Pomona California 13505 up 8298 or 32.3 percent, and Durham North Carolina 21719 up 3478 or 19.1 percent, alongside a note on highest cash price paid per unit at Independent Market Twin Falls.
The Twin Falls County Chapter of the American Red Cross presents its year ending balance sheet for 1919. Audited figures list allotments totaling 30,087.56 and 11,060.33 with adjustments of 5,577.00 resulting in a net position of 16,639.83, auditors J N Wolfenden signing off on accuracy.
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