Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-10-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

more county resulted in victory for
the "wets" by a majority of b.
Charles Brag, who shot Sheriff Pad
gett at Bliss while resisting arrest
has been captured at COW camp near
Corral.
One of the sights of the Canyon
county fair was four pumpkins grown
On one vine, the combined weight Of
which is $40 pounds.
Placer gold mines were discovered
In Boise basin iii the summer OF 1852
aud quartz and placer mines In 1869
at Owyhee and Rocky Bar.
Since the first settlement of the
Snake river valley in the vicinity OF
Rigby about &c years ago, complete
crop failure has never been known.
At Jerome there has recently been
instituted an aerie of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, the membership OF
which includes practically the entire
male population Of the Lincoln county
town.
Some of the saloon men of Boise
who have been denied renewal d
their license by the city council VIII
take the matter to the courts In an en-
deavor to force the council to issue
licenses.
Fremont county's new 100000 court
house is now we'll under way and bar
ing unforeseen obstacles should be com
pleted within the next year. This VIII
be handsome structure of brick with
stone trimmings
Unusual excitement prevails In
the Rankin Mining creek district, ow
ing to recent discoveries of gold
luartz in that section. This district
Is located ten miles west of Council,
and is a new camp.
With S6S registrations and sales OF
town lots aggregating $4,000 another
Immensely successful land opening
went on record when the formal open
ing of the townsite of HOLSTER, In
Twin Falls county, took place
Idaho is represented at the big stock
show in Seattle by two exhibitors, the
Butterfield Livestock company of Wei.
ser and j. A. Knolin Of Soda Springs
This is the first time that Idaho has
entered stock at one Of the large
shows.
A full adjustment of the school land
problem which has confronted Idaho
for so long seems now assured
through the efforts of Congressman
: Thomas r. Hamer. 1t is expected the
matter will be settled before the end
of the month.
! rwenty-eight years Of continuous
stage driving, with the exception OF
two years spent as sheriff of Boise
county, is the record of "Scotty" Nun
70, who recently retired from the &C
tive field of a stage drivers life. says
the Boise Statesman.
State certificates for teaching In
! idaho were granted Griffith Jones o.
) Vollmer, Juanita Stewart of Caldwell
and a. Fay Fowler of Nampa by the
Judges in the recent semt-annual ex
animation conducted by the county
= superintendent of the state.
:, Report comes from Indian creek
. about II miles from Payette, OF tht
! discovery OF an extensive ledge Of hart
g coal. The discovery was made by r
. a. Raver of Gooding, who has beei
!, prospecting in that neighborhood witt
a three other men all sumner.
s The right-of-way for new interur
# ban road has been secured from Idah
o Falls north to Poplar and south t
4 Shelley, total distance of thirty-fiv
miles. This road is proposed to cove
the thickly-settled portions of the va
ley east of tie Short Lines track.
q Long valley lands have during tn
E. summer been enhanced greatly i
e value as indicated by the sale of 1874
/ ncres of state lands recently. The aN
II erage price paid for this agriculture
d land was $27 an acre. although the al
u praisements ranged from but 81
IN 10 $12.
r. The present has been a proftabl
'e year for the ranchman of the vicinit
rs Of Idaho Falls. There has been
IS bumper" crop of hay. grain and pot
le toes. Last season there were 1,2C
:, cars of the tubers shipped from til
Nv Idaho Falls station, and this seaso
1900 cars will be exported.
A transcript has been filed in tn
III supreme court in the appeal of Il
ae Of tie State VS.. John Flemmin
ne convicted September 10, 1905, of mu
ne der, in the first degree. F1emmir
III was tried in the Lincoln county di
IS trict court and the jury returned
d. verdict of guilty after short deliber
re. ton.
pt- Ed NJ. Merrell, a veteran of Il
~. Spanish-American war, has been re
IN commended for postmaster at So'
- Springs by Congressman Thomas
Hamer. Merrell and Hamer serv,
IN the same regiment in the Phil
zines. and The former received seve
IN wounds while in action from which
nd has never fully recovered.
ra. At a recent meeting of the Cd
of council action was taken relative
de- improving the fire service Of Emme