Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
IDAHO STATE NE WIS

year, owing to the backward spring.
The city council of Boise has fixed
the tax levy at IA mills, reduction
of one mill from the levy of last
year.
Plans have been submitted for the
new high school building to be erect
ed at Mountain Home at a cost of
$4,000.
Some rich ore recently encountered
in the Stanley basin district has oc-
casioned new interest in mining mat
tiers in that section.
A young son of ]. R. Rhodes of Meri-
dian, was kicked on the leg by a
horse, causing a bad fracture be-
tween the hip and knee.
A number of cows and chickens
have died at Pearl lately, supposedly
from poison that escaped from the
Black Pearl cyanide mill.
The new brick plant which is to
make the brick for a $4,000 hotel
building in Burnley, started last week
with force of twenty-one men.
A Boise man convicted of maintain
ing nuisance in the form of a
chicken yard, of which his neighbors
complained, was fined $50 and costs.
Never, in twenty years of apple
growing without single total failure.
have Council valley apple trees been
more heavily burdened with growing
fruit than this season.
The crop outlook of the Payette val
ley was never better and the people
are prospecting. Early apples, april
cots and early peaches are now being
marketed at fair prices.
While working at the sawmill at
Nampa last week, George Woods was
quite badly hurt by being struck in
the groin with slab of wood which
will lay him up for several days.
A gasoline stove used to heat water
in a barber shop in Meridian, came
near causing serious fire last week.
A leak in the tank caused the oil to
run down the pipe, causing an explo-
sion.
Allen L. Ingman, rs years of age.
who had lived in Boise about fifteen
years, was found dead in his bed on
was born in Ohio and was black
smith.
The regents of the state university
have appointed Miss Permeal French
of Bellevue preceptress of Ridenbaugh
hall at the university in the place of
Mrs. Levi P. Young, who recently re-
signed.
That DIR. ]. A. Aulguire, we'll
known physician of Pocatello, whe
was terribly burned at his office and
residence and died from his injuries,
was the victim of bomb thrower is
the theory now advanced.
The 22-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. P Pimlin of Boise is dead, as
result of having drank quantity OF
kerosene oil from dish placed upon
a table. Just how much the child
swallowed could not be determined.
Jim DAILY, who about four months
ago was received at the state peniten.
tiary from Canyon county under a
sentence of fourteen years for horse
stealing, has been adjudged insane
and will be confined in the asylum al
Blackfoot
Following the recent publication OF
the fact that the interior department
had authorized the return of $4,000
unused mineral deposits for surveys
to Idaho miners, many applications
have been received at the office of the
surveyor general
Sites was placed on the dry list
last week when officers raided two
soft drink joints, destroyed 1900 bot
ties of gold foam, near beer, made by
brewers for consumption in dry com
munities, and arrested the men who
were in charge of the Joints.
The bond election held in Caldwell
resulted in vote of 70 against and
146 for, thus defeating the bonds by q
vote of four, as it is necessary tc
carry by two-thirds vote. The city
schools cannot begin until funds are
raised for repairing the buildings.
Charles Moss of Wichita, Kan, ar
rested at Idaho Falls on a charge OF
rape on Merle Schof1eld, a 14-year-old
girl, had his preliminary hearing last
week, and was bound over for trial
In default of $1,000 bonds he was
taken to Blackfoot and lodged in jail
to await trial
Plans are being made for a join
county institute for teachers of Can
yon, Boise, Owyhee. Washington anG
Ada counties, to be held in Boise, Sep
| TENDER to II, inclusive. This will
be the first meeting of the kind eve
held in Boise, and it promises to b.
largely attended.
Attorneys for Frank Martin, whc
was twice indicted for conspiracy tt
defraud the government in the Boise
Basin timber cases, have given no
tice to the United States attorney tina
they will request an immediate tria
OF their client at the term of cour
converting September IA.
| The Idaho National Guard, nov
holding an encampment at the Boise
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