Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-04-29
IDAHO STATE NEWS


national apple show at Spokane next
fall and also at Chicago.
T. j. Allison, a trapper rs years.
old, was found dead in his camp.
wagon about II miles north of Bull
The Alberts hotel at Priest River
was destroyed by fire, entailing loss
of about $4,000, with but little insur-
ance.
The Farmers & Merchants bank
of Twin Falls opened its doors to the
| public last week. 1t has a capital of
100000.
The people of Bull are preparing to-
enjoy the music of band this sum-
mer, an organization numbering IA
having been formed.
Mrs. d. J. Rudesill was quite badly
burned about the face and hands in
fire that totally destroyed her mil
linery store at Standpoint.
The name of the town of Market
Lake has been changed to Roberts.
City officials have been elected and a
commercial club organized,
The fruitgrowers of Lewiston val
ley have placed an order for $4,000
gallons of petroleum distillate for use,
If needed, in the orchard heaters.
/ The Northern Pacific has decided to-
erect hotel at Kootenai for the &C
commodation of it's employees and has
| selected the site for the building.
The city of Idaho Falls is advertis-
ing the bonds of the city In the
amount of $4,000 for sale, as war
ranted by the recent bond election
held
Judge Steel of Moscow has upheld
the validity of the Nez Perez county
local option election, recently attacked
by the "wets," because of the number
ing of the ballots
The ranchers and farmers on the
west side In the New Sweden neigh
borhood have entered protest against
sheep over-running the range and
making 1t unfit for their cattle
Three Weiser saloons closed their
doors last week on account of ex.
pired licenses. One saloon is still
doing business, but must close on
April 80, when Weiser will be dry
town
At work in new sewer trench at
Blackfoot, Robert Ashford, % years
old, of Beaver, Utah, was instantly
killed. He was caught in a cave-in
after he had been working only six
hours.
The Toulouse River Coal & Develop
ment company has let contract to
run a 1O0-foot tunnel on the com
pany's land, adjoining the Bishop
ranch, where the coal discovery was
made last spring.
The contract for the 1,1O0-foot
bridge over the Snake river five miles
southwest of Rupert has been let to
Perham & Harris for S14,500. State
Engineer Martin and others will have
charge of the construction.
The farmers of Buhrl are much in
terested in the contemplated estab.
lishment of an alfalfa mill at that
place, and several enthusiastic mem.
bers have already pledged themselves
to subscribe substantial sums.
The Twin Falls North Side Invest
ment company has let the contract
Tor the construction of 100000 hotel
at Wendell, the North Pacific Con
struction company getting the con.
tract. The hotel will be three stories.
Freight handled in and out of Twin.
Fails during last March, via the Mini
doka & Southwestern railway, aggre-.
gated 100000 pounds and the val
ume of this traffic exceeded that of
the same month in 1909 by 100 per
cent.
The first regular pack train to GO
over the new South Fork trail to the.
Ten Mile district from Grangeyille
ieft last week with 1000 pounds of
supplies for Johnson and Deerig. This
new trail puts the whole district one
day nearer the railroad.
A large acreage of sugar beets will
De planted this year between Emmett
and Falks Store as the result of the
extension of the Payette Valley rail-
road. Most of the area will be
planted and cultivated by the Nampa
Sugar Beet company.
Acting on the authorization of Cen.
eral Manager William Bancroft. Sie-
nal Engineer E. w. Newcomb of the
oregon Short Line has undertaken
the installation of block signals over
the 2O8 miles between Pocatello and
Tfceska. Seven gangs of 200 men in
all are employed
The Idaho Butchering & Packing
company of Bull has Rled articles of
incorporation to engage in the whole
sale and retail butchering business
A cold storage plant is under CON
struetion and among the improve.
ments to be made is a modern ice
manufacturing plant.
James Nolan, aged SO, foreman for
the Donald Construction company. was
struck by an Oregon Short Line train
saturday right and instantly killed.
me accident occurred five miles from
Goodtng, where Nolan had been work
ing