Montpelier examiner., 1909-12-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Nampa, have been appointed railway
mail clerks.
E. M Heigho, vice-president, gen
eral manager and treasurer OF the
Pacific & Idaho Northern railway for
six years, has resigned.
William Vanderbilt, a farmer who
resided near Weiser, one of the most
prominent men in that section, is dead
from an attack of typhoid fever.
| Work on the Idaho Southern rail-
way from Miner to oakley is pro-
crossing rapidly, and they expect to
have trains dunning by Christmas.
The people of Meridian think the
cause of so much typhoid is due to
the water used by the town and will
petition the board to call an election
to issue bonds to put in a waterworks
system.
During fight between Jim Hantz
and Tom Brashears at Boise. Hantz
seized a carving knife and nearly sew
cred his adversaries hand. AS it was,
the man come near dying from loss
of blood.
Work has again started on the big
irrigation canal in Round valley on
the east side OF Salmon river, and
by the 18th of May they expect to be
able to furnish water to the landown-
ers direct from Salmon river.
AS a result of an inquest held over
the remains of the unknown Finlander
shot to death by a number of depu-
ties at the house of Thomas Garrett,
near Nampa, the coroner's jury rem
dered a verdict of justifiable homi-
eide.
A California man proposes to in
stall wooden mill at American Falls.
Thirty thousand dollars out Of a
necessary $4,000 has been raised as
stock in this plant, under the au-
spices of the hustling Commercial
club.
AS a result of 8 careless workman
leaving a gasoline torch on stove
in the Independent Telephone building
in Caldwell, an explosion occurred
which shattered all of the glass in
, the building, and caused no end of
excitment for few moments.
} Senator Borah has submitted
! to Secretary Ballinger an outline of
Y the bill he has prepared authorizing
D the issuance of bonds which will make
it possible to complete the great ir-
. rigation projects of the west, which
2 are now in an unfinished condition.
The nephew and heir Of the late
Prince Ito, while on his way 70 Japan,
after travelling all through the United
States, slipped and fell from the Mis-
p soula train and was brought to hos
pital in Wallace. He was bodily bruised,
but is again on his way to the east.
The supreme court OF the state has
affirmed the action OF Judge e. A.
Walters OF Elmore county In the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Great
s Western Sugar Beet company oi
= Mountainhome, and property OF the
Elmore County Irrigated Farms as
" sociation.
Senators Hepburn and Borah have
a united In recommending the appoint
ment of Presley F. Horne to succeed
Is Alvin l. Mcmahon as register of the
Il HALEY land office. Mcmahon tender
ed his resignation because his wife's
Is health will not permit her to remain
il at Haley.
q. A. s. Clarke, an insane shepherd
er, has been taken to the insane
asylum at Blackfoot. Clarke was
found wandering through the hills II
o. the vicinity of Midvale, and brought
20 to Weiser, where he was examined
II with the result that he was ordered
- taken to the asylum.
Il The county attorney of Ada count!
ef has given an opinion upon the statute
le regulating the issuance of marriage
u license, holding that licenses can b
issued to persons under the age 0
q, 18 years, provided the consent of par
u. ent is given and placed upon file il
ts the Office of the county clerk
IN Weiser's building boom continues
70 unabated. Houses are going up II
y every direction, and contracts 70
others are being let daily. Nor
houses have been erected In Weise
at the present year than in the past fiv
ha years, and the prospects are tina
more will be erected next year.
ra Washington county apples at tn
an national apple show at Council Bluffs
Ia, received awards as follows: Fiv
cups, one gold medal, first premium
on home orchard and better fruit,
special cup, first premium on bes
single box, first premium on thre
an boxes banana apples, three prizes O
nd groups and twenty premiums on spt
- cial plates.
ia According to a recent decisio
4" where an entryman's claim goes {
ho patent and 1t is afterward discovere
a the description of the land given wa
ev not that on which he had made actus
residence, he is entitled to have hi
patent amended, regardless of the far
that subsequent filing may hav
his been made involving a part OF his ii
tended entry.
ats The Idaho State Poultry associatio
will hold its annual show at Bois
during the first week of next Febrl
ary