Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Washington county has gained over
a half million dollars in property
valuation in the past year.
Mayor Fitzpatrick, of Bonners Fer
nv. is not opposed to the showing of
the Johnson-J effries moving pictures
in that town.
An interurban electric road is pro-
iected which will connect st. An
thony Parker, Salem, Rexburg. Sugar
Teton and Ureford.
The Craig Mountain railroad has
it's tracks ballasted and is running
passenger trains that meet both trains
on the Camas Prairie line.
The numbering town of Welty, o.
few miles southwest of Standpoint
and the home of the Dover Lumber
company, has had its name changed
to Dover.
]. M. Vaughan. one of the best
known pioneers of Bonner county.
met his death by drowning In the
Clarkfork river. He was nearly 81
years of age.
The Idaho supreme court has held
invalid the recently-enacted law that
sought to permit communities and
counties to bond themselves In aid of
railroad construction
Ray Edwards, of Salmon City, was.
attacked by an enraged bull, the AMI
NAL hooking him in the muscles OF
the arm, throwing him in the air, and
In the fall he dislocated his hip.
The water in the Boise river is at
the lowest stage 1t has reached In
the last Is years. 1t is feared that
some of the farmers on irrigated
lands will suffer from want of water.
j. H. Wallis, state pure food and
sanitary inspector, has announced
that his department has decided to.
prohibit the sale of near-beer contain.
ing more than one-half of one per cent
of alcohol.
The first arrest ever made In Idaho
county under the migratory tax law
took place recently, when John Gut
bert, a Salmon river sheepman. was
charged with trying to evade payment
of taxes on 500 sheep.
Under a decision rendered by the
comptroller of the treasury, the sec
rotary of the interior is at liberty to
expend at will all moneys appropriat.
ed by congress for the construction
of the Fort Hall irrigation system.
| While in the act of robbing the
Golden Rule store at Rigby, one rob-
Der was shot in the knee and two
others were captured. Three other
members of the gang escaped, but 1t
is thought they will be arrested soon
Unless it rains on the Idaho range
within the next few weeks, sheepmen
will sustain an enormous loss Every
expense entering into the industry
has more than doubled in the last few
years. Hay has gone up In price, as
well as wages of hefders and other
expenses.
"A conservative estimate of the
grain yield of the Lewiston country
places it at 5,o81 900 bushels divided
as follows: Wheat, 1884 900 bushels:
barley, 100000 bushels oats 547,
900 bushels. Approximately 1900
tons of timothy hay and seed, valued
at $4,000, will be raised.
D. Vendetta, young Italian study
ing sociological conditions throughout
the northwest, was drowned while on
a fishing trip up the st. Joe river. In
the neighborhod of Pocono, he at
tempted to cross the river by walk
ing across on log, but lost his bal
ance and fell into the water
Cattle raising in the famous Brunch
country will soon be matter of past
history says the Bull Herald Such
men as Turner & Halves, w. r. Nc
MILAN and E. L. Brockett have an
nounced their intention of selling off
their cattle herds and engaging In the
more profitable sheep business.
The big dam for the Idaho Irriga-
ton company for the Magic reservoir
on Wood river will be completed Dc
tober /. The dam when completed
will be 100 feet high, and will store
1870 600 acre feet when full There Is
already Al feet of water held In stor-
age, which will be drawn off this sum
mer.
Jack Kenny, prospeetor who lived
near Saltese. while working on a
chimney on his cabin, lost his bal.
ance, fell to the ground and rolled
down the mountain, a distance of so
feet. He injured his spine. paralyz-
Ing him. and he lay there for As hours
before he was discovered and assist.
anee given.
Manager stoneman, of the Weiser
Fruit & Produce Growers association
states that he has ordered $4,000 an.
pie boxes, as against 10000 ordered
two years ago for orchardists of thu
section. He says the thinning of the
apples insures larger per cent of
big fine looking apples of the prize
winning variety.
An Italian name unknown, war
, drowned near Roberts. He had un.
dressed and was standing on a rock
preparatory to going in swimming.
! when he slipped into twenty feet of
) water. His body has not been recov.
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