Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-08-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS

captured near Garden valley and is
again behind the bars.
One notary public located at
Occur d'Alene during the registration
rush is reported to have made $2,S04
in fees in twenty days.
The two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Doughty of Council, one an
infant, the other 2 years old. per-
ished in a fire that destroyed their
home.
The date for the opening of Carey
act lands under the Goose creek or
Twin Falls-Oakley project has been
changed from September to Sep
TENDER 20.
Two thousand names were drawn
on August IL for the Flathead Indian,
reservation, and Joseph Furay of War
saw, Ind, was the winner of the lucky
number one.
A Chicago woman has written Sena
tor Borah, asking him to find her a,
husband. He must be a farmer and
wear overalls, and she prefers an
Idaho farmer
A very unusual marriage in Boise
was performed last week when Lee
See, a Chinese maiden, became the
bride of Wong Gonw, also Il native of
the flowery kingdom.
Lewiston sent 300 people to Seattle
to celebrate Lewiston day, the trip
marking the opening of the short
route from Lewiston to Puget Sound,
inaugurating a 13-hour service.
The new railway siding between
~ I. g
ficially designated by the Oregon
Short Line as Brady siding, in honor
of the chief executive of the state.
1t is proposed to hold, during the
Idaho Intermountain fair at Boise
series of band contests to be partici-
rated in by the principal bands Of
southern Idaho and eastern Oregon.
Bingham and Fremont counties will
have bumper crops this year This is
especially true of the dry farm lands
in some sections which have recently
received an unusual amount of rain
fall
The total number of state banks is
now 1877, the latest being the State
: bank of Aberdeen, with a capital OF
100000. Nebraska, American Falls
. and Aberdeen capitalists being inter
= ested
a The people of Idaho Falls are con-
= sidering a Potato day" as fall eel.
ebration which will appeal to all peo-
!, pie and one that is indicative of the
u resources of that particular section
: of Idaho.
. A. w. Hartman, the 17-year-old son
! of E. II. Hartman, the railroad king,
is spending his summer vacation in a
= novel manner, being engaged with a
C surveying crew in Idaho, carrying a
= chain for a surveying party.
! Miss May Wallace Of Rexburg, who
n was visiting in Boise, was thrown from
horse while attempting to mount on
e Main street and was quite badly
d bruised The horse became fright
1t ened and stepped on Miss Wallace.
? Washington county is the second
!. banner county in the state in in
:, creased valuation of property as
shown by the abstract just completed.
Exclusive of railroads, telegraph and
telephone Ines, The total appraised
valuation reported is 1886, 469.
n Boise valley farmers who were for
tunate enough to have a good crop of
&c hay this year will receive top notch
. prices for it in the next couple of
!. months and before spring, if they
: continue to hold it. Hay is 50 per
- ton higher now than at this time last
u year.
: With all reports from counties on
~ hand, excepting Kootenai, the total as
~ sessed valuation of the state, exclud.
Il ing railway, telephone and telegraph
o.
II aggregate appraisement of this class OF
IS property of S99000,0e0, as against sos,
lie 5S9,270 last year.
3 The destruction of the old LemI
brewery by fire marked the passing
of one of the oldest landmarks OF
Boise. 1t was built in 1864 by John
IN Lemp. and being the first brewery ii
the city 1t was considered to be ono
- OF the Oldest business institutions Of
= its kind in the state.
i The Oregon Short Line has let the
!. contract for the building of the
70 branch line on the north side of the
"a Snake river from Rupert ON the Min
- idolla & Southwestern branch to Bliss
- on the main line, 1876 miles west O.
- - Pocatello. The branch OF be built il
- seventy three miles long.
r.. Secretary Ballinger of the interio
department has directed that his rul
ing of June Is, 1868 be set aside ant
orders the recall Of the circular di
es recting the re listers and receivers o
nd the United States land office to holt
nj that entries under a reclamation pre-
70 iect could not be assigned@in the even
-. the requirements of the law as to res
- fdence had been fully complied witt
= unless all the water charges had bee
o. paid.
as The official returns from seventies
ea of the twenty-three counties to tn
ed state board of equalization show a
th increase in the total assessed val1e