Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

The contract for the new school |
building at Mountain Home was let
for $14,034.
Tokay grape culture has been dem
onstrated by an Emmett farmer to be
possible and lucrative.
The effort to restore the mail serv-
ice between Wood River and Camah
Prairie has succeeded.
At Gooding there are in course Of
construction now buildings having an
aggregate value of $4,000.
The new match factory at Sand
point commenced operations last
week with an output of carload a
day.
The town of Wallace is soon to
have powder mill of sufficient ca
pacity, 1t is said, to supply the Occur
d'Alenes.
The Lane Lumber company, whose
mill and lumber were burned in re-
cent fire at Lane, will rebuild the
mill at once.
Wheat has been grown with mark
cd success without irrigation in
Oneida county, yielding 80 to so bush
els to the acre.
A joint teachers institute of the
counties of Ada, Boise, Canyon,
Washington and Owyhee, opened in
Boise last week.
The trustees of the Methodist
church of Shoshone have perfected
their plans for the construction of
new $4,000 parsonage.
]. |. Hit, living near Emmett, has
field of probably the finest melons
in the state. In weight they range
from 20 to 60 pounds.
| The f1fty-first annual convocation of
the Idaho grand lodge of Masons was
| held in Boise last week, with large
| attendance of delegates.
A plan is on foot to develop $4,000
horse power on the Teton river at
! the mouth of Badger creek, 20 miles
due east from st. Anthony.
| A dam is to be thrown across the
Port Neuf river at Morse island as
part Of an irrigation system that
will irrigate 1000 acres of land.
Rural route No. 2 has been ordered
at Hepburn, Lincoln county, ana will
be established December /. This
will serve 700 persons and 1856 fam
lilies.
The fair for Bonner county at Sand
point next month is now an assured
thing, and the exhibits will be sent
intact to the big exhibition at Spo
kane.
Joe Corum, living mile and hal
from Troy, reports a most extraordi
nary record in the production Of
goose eggs, three geese laying this
season TIA eggs.
Plans are being formulated for tn
erection of a modern three-stor1
brick hotel building. to cost $4,000
on the corner now occupied by thu
International hotel at Bellevue.
While at work in the Sunbeam
mine, near Challis, two men, namet
Wallen and Barrett; were badly in
jured as the result of drilling into 1
missed hole Wallen lost one eye
while Barrett may become total!
blind.
The potato crop of Bingham count
will be very large this season. On
farmer near Blackfoot has $50 acre
planted in potatoes, and it is sal
that the average yield will be $40
an acre. and will net fully one-thir
more than sugar beets.
The Hazard lake trail of district
} of the Idaho national forest was RI
J ported completed August 2S. Thi
trail opens a way into Little and Bi
French creeks, country which ha
: for a long time been inaccessible o
} account Of down timber.
1t is the current report in Bots
that Harry Orchard, who pleade
guilty of the murder of ex-Governc
. Steunenberg and who had his SCI
. tence committed to life imprisonmeI
, after having been sentenced to ham
has been made a trusty at the pen
Tertiary.
mill near Grangeville is no
4 urning out lumber for a new ferT
!. boat which will soon be ready fl
the transportation of passengers an
, freight across the Salmon river, nef
!, the Bear creek mines. The ferI
: will be a great convenience to II
\ mine owners.
. Star has had its first labor tro
/ bles. One day last week common
v borers working on the new Odd Ft
n low building made demand on S
|, perintendent Button for the eigh
e hour scale, but their demands we
, turned down and new crew of me
d put to work.
Labor day was generally observe
at Boise, notwithstanding the weat
err was Indictment. The exercis
. planned to be held at Pierce pal
/ were carried out as well as cou
y have been expected under the circul
d stances. Most of the business hous
q of the city closed.
d The town of Soldier has doubled
8 population in the past two years a.
thousands of acres of vacant la