Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-11-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

ready for travel.
A large public warehouse, 200 feet
in length by so in width, is to be erect
ed in Standpoint
Contracts have been let for the
paving of the business section of
Nampa, at cost of $12S,996
A two-story building is being erect
ed at Smiths ferry for the accommo-
dation Of the travelling public.
There is a fruit growers associa-
ton in operation in Weiser which has
accomplished much good for its mem
bers.
The Presbyterians are building
neat concrete block church on their
lots in Gooding, which were donated
them by the townsite company.
The Grangeville Commercial club
has received booster" buttons which
it is selling at 81 each to raise pub
licity fund to exploit the resources of
the country.
The residence of George Patterson,
near Alpha, with all its contents, was
destroyed by FIRE last week being a
total loss to the owner, as he carried
no insurance.
A Boise Booster club movement has
been inaugurated by the Commercial
club directors, the object of which is
to assist in Increasing Bosses popula-
ton to $4,000 by 1910. sS ~
Mike Harmon and daughter Hazel
were quite seriously hurt in a run
away accident at Nampa. Mr.. Har-
mon sustained two broken ribs and
Miss Hazel was bruised considerably.
Considerable building is being done
in Nampa From twelve to fifteen
new buildings and improvements are
under construction all the time,
among them being a number of fine
residences.
According to the weiser Signal
there have been shipped from Weiser
during September alone 139 cars of
sheep or approximately $4,000 head
that average on the markets $3.50,
making total value of $107.725.
Andrew Carnegie short time ago
paid the $4,000 which he agreed to
give to the Idaho Industrial Institute
at Weiser, provided the institute
raised $500 in addition for a boys.
workshop and an irrigating reservoir
Through instructions from the sec
rotary of the interior, the contract of
Page G Brinton for work to be per,
formed on the Payette-Boise project
has been annulled, and the job will
be undertaken and completed by the
| government.
Silas w. Moody, pioneer, attorney.
politician, and one of the best known
| citizens of the state, died at Boise on
the 9th. In territorial days and dur.
| ing the times of early statehood, Mr..
Moody was one of the leading citizens
of Idaho.
Judgment for the plaintiff was rem
dered by United States District Judge
Van Fleet at San Francisco last
week, in the suit of H. L. Lanfer
against s. w. Smith to recover $4,000
as commission for the sale of the Bus
| ter mine in Idaho.
Last spring F. H. Davis OF Arcadia,
| Neb., moved to Nampa and bought
! ten acres of land in bearing orchard
apples and prunes-for which he paid
$1,000. The crop this year was sold
through a Chicago commission house
and sold for $4,000 gross.
| BY the end of another week the beet
harvest in the Boise valley will be
done and 1t is gratifying to note at
the end of the season that the crop
generally has been good. The result
is that much new life is being in
| fused in the beet industry.
John ]. Woffenden, night engineer
and an old and trusted employee of
the Idaho Sugar company at Idaho
Falls, was killed by the blowing out
of a cylinder head on one of the en-
| gines. This Is the first serious acct
dent at the factory for period of two
years.
Harye Sacks of Boise, an employe
of the Atlanta Supply company of At
lanta, while out hunting with a 90
calibre pistol, accidentally shot him
self through the left foot. Being
alone he was compelled to walk into
town where he received medical at
tendance.
The Commercial clubs of Idaho are
concerning their efforts to secure an
appropriation from the next legisla
ture of $4,000 with which to cover
the expense of gathering and publish
ing statistics throughout the country
telling of the wonderful resources OF
the Gem state.
NJ D. Wright of Occur d'Alene has
received the contract from the North
ern Pacific railroad to cut and de
liver 100000 ties by June l. 1909 This
means the employment during the
winter of about 400 men in order tC
get out the ties by the time desig
mated in the contract.
Andrew P Hawkinson. bricklayer
was accidentally killed at the univer
sity building under construction al
Moscow. Hawkinson jumped from
the scaffold he was working on to the
next one below a distance of about
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