Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-09-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS


grapes that are equal to those shipped
from California.
There are between 200 and 900
acres of canteloupes in the neighbour
hood of Emmett.
A farmer living near Nampa has
been experimenting with peanuts this
year, and has a crop that promises
splendid returns.
Oakley hay is now being held at So
per ton. Construction work on the
Goose Greek project is given as rea-
son for the jump in price.
Farmers around Varney have had
such phenomenal success with pota-
toes this year that it is expected the
acreage will be doubled next season.
According to reports from Hager-
man valley more farmers are rails
ing alfalfa seed this season than ever
before, having learned from past ex-
perience that it is profitable in
1ustry.
Work has again, been resumed on
The White Knob mine at Mackay. This
means much for the town, as large
payroll will put more money in circu-
lation in the town and surrounding
country.
Idaho county, the largest county in
the United States, voted dry" under
local option law. Canyon county also
voted out saloons by majority OF
1850. These were the first local OPP
ion elections in the state.
A packing house for the conven-
fence of the South Slope and Bran
well farmers is being built at the
railroad siding near the foothills, and
most of the melons grown in that
vicinity will be packed there.
In southern, southeastern and eastern
Idaho there has already been segre-
gated under the Carey act for reclama-
ton 100000 acres. OF this amount
here is approximately 1.S50000
acres covered by large irrigation
canals.
Among the ranchers of the upper
Lost River valley winter wheat is fast
coming into favor. This years crop,
is now ripening and in many places
has been harvested. The yield was
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The best.
A big stand of grain on the Hollis
brothers ranch in North Lewiston has
been destroyed by fire. The flames
originated in separator destroying
The machine. The grain was covered
by insurance but the machine was
total loss.
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and Mrs. Carl Lewis of Emmett was
accidentally shot in the left shoulder
by her 6-year-old brother. The little
girl was holding up a pair of overalls
for her brother to shoot at, but his
aim was not good and the disaster en-
sued.
The average yield of wheat on the
farms surrounding the town of ArcO
i has been from. rs to rs bushels to the
acre. Alfalfa yields from three TO
four tons with two cuttings anu red
clover and timothy produce from two
to three tons per acre with the two
crops.
Fred Kress, one of the successful
farmers near Caldwell, has finished
threshing his oat crop. He got 2,166
bushels from thirty acres. One bushel
weighed thirty-nine pounds. The en-
tire crop is of excellent quality. He
has been offered $125 per hundred
or his crop.
The Ellis hotel at Placerville, in
the Boise basin, was totally de-
stroyed by fire early in the morning
OF August 81. Forty guests were
asleep in the hotel and they barely
lad time to escape in their night
clothes. The entire contents OF the
building was burned.
Counsel for the government in the
case of the United States VS.. Sumner
G. Moon and James s. Barber under
Indictment for conspiracy to defraud
the government out of timber lands
are proceeding on the theory that 1t
is possible this trial will not be called
before the November term.
Sitting on the bumpers between two
freight cars on his way to Mullan.
Andrew Johnson rolled a cigarette,
pulled a box of matches from b.
pocket and attempted to light the
cigarette. He lost his balance, fell
beneath the wheels and was ground
.nto an undergraduate mass.
1t is believed that more sheep will
be shipped out of Idaho this fall than
for many years past. One of the con
siderations of the large shipments to
be made is the good prices that are
being offered by sheep buyers for the
mutton.
TO Mackay's industries is the locating
there of the Junkunc Safe & Lock
company, a new corporation formed
principally of local people. The out.
put OF the factory will embrace every
thing in the lock line from the small
est grip lock to the largest safe locks
Joseph Eak.n, a pioneer market
gardener OF Idaho and former sheriff