Montpelier examiner., 1909-12-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Twelve carloads or wheat from |
Moscow were shipped recently to
cereal food factories at Leavenworth,
Kansas City and Chicago.
A vein of coal seven feet in thick
ness has been located on the Hollis
ter coal mines at the head of Little
Smoky creek near HALEY.
The Nampa saloons did not close
their doors when their licenses ex-
pired, but are engaged in selling near
beer and other soft drinks.
Pocatello claims to be the second
city in the state in point of enroll
ment of school children. The total
enrolment to date Is 1,204.
The total valuation of Canyon coun-
ty as shown by the assessment roll Is
$8,48S, ,05932. The amount Of taxes
that will be raised Is e40.0S6.65.
Senator Hepburn has introduced
bill in the senate which will provide
for the holding of q term of the fed
eral court at Occur dAlene City.
Tue Idaho Falls Register says:
"Give the Idaho man place to plant
an apple tree and nature will do the
rest" No poetry; just plain truth.
Work is going ahead at . rapid
rate on the big irrigation canal in
Round valley, owned by the Salmon
River Land & Irrigation company.
In competition with forty-flve states
and Mexico, Idaho won eight silver
cups as first prizes at the horticul-
turaI exhibit at Council Bluffs, la.
Walter Greenup, employed as a
driver, was fined $40 by Boise court
for cruelty to his horses, while the
man who owned the animals dis
charged him from his! employ.
The voters of Cassia and Lemhi
counties have decided that the sa-
looms must go. This makes fourteen
counties in which elections have been
held, all but two deciding against the
saloon.
A snowslide near Salmon City
struck a pack train coming into the
camp of the Dark Horse works and
and swept the whole outfit down the
hill Not a pack was disturbed nor
any bones broken.
Pocatello capitalists have just or
ganized a new bank the Farmers and
Traders banlk with a capital stock OF
800, 900. This will make five banks
for the Gate City with a combined
capital of $350,000.
w. j. Mcconnell, former governor
of Idaho and now connected wlsh the
bureau of corporations of the United
States department of commerce anc
labor, is in Denver hospital, suffer
ing from pneumonia.
A Wallace dealer in second hant
goods last week picked up a rare ole
J violin for $40, which Is worth $l5o
being of the Hopf make. But this Il
3 no excuse for investing in a violiI
. unless you can play one.
j A large crowd attended the regula
/ monthly stock sale at Caldwell ol
8 December 6, and the bidding wa
lively especially when a good milcl
COW was offered. Horses were no
sold as readily, although good price
g were obtained.
v A man supposed to be John II, BIZ
q ings was murdered by footpads a
h Coeur d'Alene, his body being foun
u by children. A letter from Mrs
e Emma Wyer of Kingman, Kas., VIII
q ia believed to be his daughter, wa
Is found in his pocket.
"a Interest continues to grow in tn
le coming State Teachers association
ID which is to convene at Boise durin
holiday week, and nearly ever
teacher In southern Idaho has sign
- fed his or her intention to be pre-
X ent. The north will also send lars
p delegation.
q The loss of timber land In Idaf
ef during the last year by fire was lei
X than in any other state in the mort
as west, as shown by statistics presen
is ed to the Re-Forestration & Conse
ne walton society at It's meeting held
Is' Spokane, due to the effective fire
10 troll and adequate fire laws.
OF Caught between the timber tru'
40 and the mine timbers, Oscar Gundt
as son, aged IS years, a well known p
neer of the Occur d'Alenes, W
OF crushed to death in the Bunker Hill
Sullivan mine at Kellogg.
OF OdluW0ll @AAD
la fers cash premium of $50 for t
ar. best collection of pure seed in hi
Id bushel lots, the seeds to be shown
.ta the pure seed show to be held in Ca
wo well January 13 and IA, 1910.
Lte The Council Mesa orchards "
sh comprise 1000 acres, which will
he set in five and ten acre tracts, ca
RS. tract having electric lights and otf
a attractive features. This company /
ct already ordered $4,000 trees for M
springs planting.
Tim Sullivan, a railroad grad
charged with the murder of Lucy n
be ler a woman of the underworld
mr.. Pocatello, waived examination q
he was bound over to the district co
ia without BAIL The chain of circt
ng. stantial evidence is strong against
or prisoner.
of Richfield now has volunteer