Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-07-24
IDAHO STATE NE WIS

A new chemical engine has been
added to the fire fighting equipment of
Emmett
A brick plant has been established
at Burnley which has capacity of 30,-
900 a day.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
city water works at Gooding, and the
tower and tank will be completed by
the first of next month
A meeting of the medical society of
the south Idaho district was held at
Caldwell last week and attended by
2S members Of the society
A new bank, with Governor Good
ing as the president, was organized
last week at Gooding, and one is to
be established soon at Wendell.
Shoshone now has five blocks or
new, wide cement sidewalks, which
were completed last week. At least
two miles of walks will be laid this
year.
The Sage Brush Tonic company
opened its factory at Shoshone last
week. The company was formed two
years ago, to manufacture hair tonic
from the wild sage.
A son of Nathan Clark of Boise
died last week as the result of being
given chloroform in the course of
slight operation. The doctor was not
blamed for the occurrence
Miss Mary Hastings, nurse in the
county hospital at Kendall, is one of
the beneficiaries of the late Grover
Cleveland. She is the daughter of
Anna Hastings, sister of Mr. Cleve-
land.
If an oil gusher is struck, as is con-
fdently expected, it will make Pay
cite city of 10000 people within the
next two years and would be of great
financial advantage to all southern
Idaho.
Edward Taylor colored, of Blaine
county, has been sentenced to five
years in the state penitentiary, by
Judge Walters, in chambers. Tayfors
pleaded guilty to burglarizing house
in HALEY.
| The preliminary trial of Earl Mar
tin, a sheep herder arrested for malic'
ious shooting at the son of ]. B. Cox,
the defendant bound over to the dis.
| trict court.
Marcus Calleria, a Spaniard in the
employ of the Barber Lumber com.
pany, met death on the north fork
of the Boise river, while skidding
logs, being caught underneath log
and crushed to death.
A heavy hail storm swept over the
country six miles north of Grange
vile and did considerable damage to
growing grain, hail ranging in size
from hens eggs to mans fist falling
to depth of three inches.
OF late years there are usually
shipped from the three towns Of
Ketchum, HALEY and Bellevue over
1000 carloads of sheep, and there is
no reason apparent why this year
should not equal the record.
In the special election on local OPP
ton at American Falls, total of 1872
by "a majority, which means the
closing of the saloons at the expira-
ton of their village licenses in DC
tcber.
Henry Mcdowell who owns q
ranch near Emmett, met with an acct
dent at his home which will disable
him for some time. While moving a
derrick he was thrown to the ground
fracturing two ribs and received other
injuries.
Mrs. F. Hall, living in the west part
of Emmett, was severely shocked by
lightning during storm. Mrs. Hal
was using the telephone and it is sup
posed the lightning struck the wire
She was rendered unconscious for sew
eral minutes.
John Brown, O 19-year-old boy o.
Pocatello, has confessed to burglariz
ing the warehouse of saloon in Pc
catello, and carrying away four sack.
OF cigars, whisky, champagne and bot
tied goods. Most of the property hai
been recovered.
Edward Hubbard, an engineer OF
the Oregon Short Line, was found no
guilty of manslaughter at Weiser. Tit
charge was preferred against him OF
account of the accidental killing of ;
4-year-old child by a train on which
Hubbard was engineer.
, Rev. G. G. Haley of Payette hal
been conducting some very satisfac
| tory experiments with wireless teleg
raphy between a station he has erect
ed and Council Crest station at Port
land, Ore. Rev Haley is the invento
of this particular instrument.
The three-year-old son of Ben Can
/. non of Boise fell into an irrigatini
!, ditch and was swept under foot
r bridge, the little fellows life beini
] saved by young man who seized al
4 ak and cut a hole in the bridge, TIL
{ child in the meantime holding on t
: the Orders.
. While the inmates were away from
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