Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

ana Owyhee counties declares that a
bumper fruit crop is assured for those
counties.
An Emmett man last week sold a
carload of range horses for $40 a
head, the horses being shipped to
Oklahoma
The Socialists of Nez Perez county
met in convention at Orofino on June
2, about forty Socialists attending
the convention.
Veterans of the First Idaho volun-
teers who served in the Philippines
are each entitled to bronze medal
for their services.
G. c. Fife of Boise is enjeavoring
to purchase from the state the PEN
insula in Payette lake for the build
Ing OF q summer resort.
It is announced that Senator Bo-
rah has been invited to second Sec
rotary Taft's nomination at the Re-
publican national convention in Chi
cago.
A proof of the growth of Nampa is
the fact that in the reimbursement of
salaries for Idaho postmasters the
office at Nampa is raised from $4,000
to $4,000.
The recent report of the Jerome
State bank shows that institution to
have had very gratifying increase
OF business since its last report, six
months ago.
A terrific windstorm at Midvale
wrecked several buildings and blew
three box cars over the switch onto
the main line of the P. & I. N, near
ly causing wreck of the southbound
train.
A petition asking that "the LIQUOR
traffic be prohibited within the city
limits" and signed by 384 qualified
electors of Malad, was presented to
the city council at its regular meeting
last week.
Idaho wool growers have decided to
ship their wool east, to be stored in
warehouses, not on consignment, but
to be held there by the Idaho Wool
Growers association and later sold to
the manufacturers.
Eastern parties are planning to
start pickle factory at Payette, and
they hope to have the plant ready to
take care of this years crop. That
locality is very favorable for the
growing of pickles.
A report from Lewiston says that
the floods in north Idaho have done
great damage to property, particularly
In the Clearwater country. Many
bridges have been washed out and
large areas of crops have been de-
stroyed.
Washington county boasts Of the
oldest voter in the state He Is Rus
sell Newman of Midvale and was a
delegate to the Democratic county
convention in weiser. He cast his
first vote in 1874 for James X. Polk
for president.
Some miscreant put poison in
spring near Post Falls, at which the
stock of the neighborhood were wa
tered, and the result has been the
death of SO many horses and cattle
that spring work on the ranches has
been seriously retarded
By an order of the district court,
w. s. Bruce. receiver of the defunct
Capital State bank of Boise, has been
ordered to declare a dividend to the
depositors on July 1, when the depos-
itors will receive at least 10 per cent
of their deposits, and perhaps more.
At meeting of the Boise CONNER
cial club, resolutions were passed ask
ing the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone company to restore its former
telephone rates in that city. Recent
ly the company decided on raise in
rates of so per cent.
Horace E. Neal, former cashier of
the Capital State bank, was arrested
again at Boise last week on the
charge of forgery in the sum OF ST.
900, making the third complaint Sled
against him by the county attorney
since the bank closed it's doors Janu-
airy 81.
Glover is being grown extensively
for pasture around Parma. 1t is
drilled in with wheat or oats at the
same time they are planted, and, af-
ter harvest, it grows higher than the
stubble. Stock are turned in the
fields and allowed to feed ON it till
blowing time.
The beet crop in the vicinity of
Nampa is now in good shape. Al
though the growth is a little small,
the stand is good and as soon as the
weather warns up little the growth
will be very rapid. Farmers also de-
clare that alfalfa and small grain
are doing fine.
Lewiston's four banks have issued
their annual report The statements
show that the banks have $685.
922.72, which they hold on deposit.
To divide it up pro rata among the
citizens of Lewiston 1t would mean
$349.15 for every man, woman and
child In town.
Chicago capitalists are negotiating
with the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone company for the purchase of
their lines in the Twin Falls country.
The scheme is to take over all lines