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Show I News Notes I 0 It's a Privilege to Live in 1 IDAHO I DUBOIS Some excellent results are being obtained with Columbia sheep, a Rambouillet-Lincoln crossbred cross-bred strain developed to the point where it maintains an individual type, at the United States sheep experiment station at Dubois, Idaho. This station is operated by the bureau of animal industry and forest service divisions of the department of agriculture tc study range sheep production and undertake un-dertake breeding experiments. Results Re-sults of this breeding work to date were reported at the annual field day. AMERICAN FALLS An ambitious plan to restore the Raft River country to the importance it formerly enjoyed has just been announced, by representatives represen-tatives of the Layne-Bowler company, Chicago well digging concern, which has been operating in this section of Idaho for more than a year. They would sink deep wells, install pumping units and bring 90.000 acres of Raft River valley land under cultivation. BOISE H. H. Alberts, Omaha, car service agent of the American Railway association, is conferring with Raymond Ray-mond L. Spangler. director of markets, mar-kets, department of agriculture, on the survey of southern Idaho to determine the capacities of warehouses and storage stor-age cellars for the storage of farm products. The survey, now being conducted con-ducted in cooperation with the state department will be available to Idahc shippers. TWIN FALLS The Southern Idaho Bean Growers' association here has mailed out checks representing payments pay-ments up to 4 cents a pound for beans pooled by the members. A few more beans remain to be 6old. The association associ-ation handled about 10.000,000 pounds from the Twin Falls tract this year. The No. 1 grade Great Northern beans averaged 4U cents. It is reported. MOSCOW Spring seems to be far off in this section of the state. Snow was reported from the Nez Perce and Camas prairies last week-end from two to five inches deep, with more snow falling. The Waha region south of Lev.'iston reports new snow six Inches deep, while the section around the Soiiiiers Meadow dam has five lnchee j of new snow. DOWNEY With a decided rise in temperature, spring seems to be trying try-ing to return to Marsh valley after a week of intermittent showers, varied with blinding snow-storms and cold weather, which played havoc with some of the early garden stuffs. IDAHO FALLS Only one day during dur-ing the somewhat chilly month of May was below freezing and this only one degree below the standard, 32, on May 4, it is revealed In the monthly summary sum-mary and comparison of records made by Miss Anna Bridges, local weather observer. Temperatures soared for one day of the month to 83 degrees. This was on May 16. Last year the maximum temperature in May was 3 and the minimum was 35. AMERICAN FALLS Farmers ir Power county will handle tho new wheat crop with a maximum of efficiency, effici-ency, if machinery sales may be taken as any criterion. Even this early in the season It Is kr.own that more labor-saving labor-saving agricultural equipment will go outo the farms of the county than was placed last year, and present. Indications Indica-tions are that the total sales will break all records for u single season. IDAtlO FALLS Idaho Falls awoke Saturday morning of last week with a light covering of snow on tho ground. Temperatures dropped to .12 decrees during the night and little moderation was noted In the morning. Llevon-hundredths Llevon-hundredths of an Inch of moisture fell during tho night and an additional .17 of an inch was recorded from Thursday Thurs-day night to Friday. It was windy and cloudy and cold during the day. ! POCATELLO W. F. Atkcnson. head :f the dairy department, University of Idaho; C.eoir-u Tucker, stale dairy coninilfisioner; D. L. Fort, stain dairy specialist of tho extension division; and It. E. Kvorlny, field representative of the Hohiteln-I-'reison association of America, who have been atleiulln;; dairy meetltiKH nnd "black and white" day celebrations In the southeastern section of tho unction, left I'ocatello Friday for Boise. HOIS10 Idaho ban purchased GO, 000 grayling eggn from Montana and will plant thorn In selected streams In the r.av.tooth mountain country of central Idaho, William M. Kell, slate lb.li commissioner, com-missioner, unnuoneed. The grayling Is hii'bly esteemed as a game li.di. BOISE AlrplanoB pi ay much tho mttne role in tho warfare nf:iilii'il forest for-est fires that they do In military tactics. tac-tics. They enable forest ofll'-ials to a rapid blrd'H-oye, view of the largo direiil fires and to direct the titlark nc cordlnrly; and extremely Important tbinr. especially In nioniilalnnuii conn iiy. whe.i i oeoualm'.iiiee of large (inn is arduous and nlov wli"ii dmiu on foU. |