Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-07-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Of fruit will be shipped from the Pay
cite valley this season.
| The new hotel of the Swastika Min
ing company at Lakeview will be COM
pleted and ready for use by July A.
The new passenger depot at Rex
burg is nearing completion. The roof
is being painted green, which makes
a neat contrast with the native light
colored rock.
The two banks at Priest River have
consolidated and will be known as the
Citizens State bank The new bank
has a capitalization of 100000 and de-
posits of $4,000.
The Short Line goes the interstate
commerce commission one better in
voluntarily reducing the freight rate
on coal to points on the Mackey and
the st. Anthony branches.
Kootenai is to be made passenger
as well as a freight division for the
Northern Pacific This means the ad-
dition of about 600 families to the pop
ulation of Standpoint and Kootenai.
The Northern Pacific has made ar
rangements to have Lewiston cherries
distributed free Of charge to all pas
sengers on Pullman, observation and
dining cars during the cherry season.
The finance committee for the
Fourth of July celebration at Wallace
has collected approximately $4,000 and
Wallace expects to have one of the
biggest and best celebrations in the
state.
District Judge Edgar G. Steele has
handed down sweeping decision at
Moscow, which, if upheld by the SUI
preme court, will prohibit the sale of
near beer in Idaho without a IL
cense.
Indications are that the town of
Paris is to have a railroad. Prelimi-
naries for the building of branch of
the Oregon Short Line from Montpel-
Ter to Paris have been completed. The
distance is eleven miles.
The Idaho Bankers association con-
vened in Boise on June 20 with
large attendance. Not only prominent
men from this and neighboring states
were present, but quite number from
both eastern and coast cities.
Embraced within what is commonly
known as Camas prairie is to be
| found in the neighborhood of 100000
acres of fine fruit and agricultural
lands. OF this amount not over 10000
acres is at the present time under cul-
tivation.
The interior department advertises
a sale of townsites in Occur d'Alene
reservation as follows: Plummer, July
IS; Desmet, July 25 Worley, July %;
at Occur d'Alene and st. Maries, Au-
gust l. Bid by person or agent, but
not by mail.
The Rexburg Commercial club at a
recent meeting passed a resolution
which Endorsed the movement for the
erection Of magnificent tabernacle
for the Fremont stake. 1t will be built
in Rexburg. The Commercial club has
pledged its financial support to the
undertaking.
The battleship Idaho Is to enjoy for
a year the coveted honor of being
the best hitter in the American navy.
A comparison of shooting perform
ances of the battIeships this year was
made public June l. The Idaho made
a score Of 1921. The Carolina gets
second place.
Insurance rates have been reduced
in Standpoint. The basis rate has been
reduced from rs to 60 cents, and for
other exposures like cut has been
made. This reduction has been made
because of improvements in the fire
department, and will save the citizens
thousands of dollars.
Active work looking to the extern
sion Of the Pacific & Idaho Northern
north from its present extension is
under way. A large surveying party
is at work on the route from Ever
green to Meadows setting grade
stakes and cross-sectioning for the
graders that will be put to work soon.
Senator Borah has been assured
that the public building BILL which is
soon to be passed, will carry his
amendment appropriating $4,000 for
the purpose of purchasing a build
ing site at Twin Falls.
In the wool sale at Payette on the
| 10th, the bids ranged from IA cents
to 171a cents per pound but the sell
lers would consider no bids of less
than 16 cents. About 100000 pounds
Of wool were offered for SALE
The opening of the Appleton town.
site and the land drawing in accord.
ance with the plans of the govern.
ment, took place on June IA. The
sum realized from the drawing is
$4,000. A large crowd was present.
With a capital stock of $1,000, 900,
the American Falls, Rockland e
Southern Railway company, Ltd, has
been organized. The company Is or
gained for the purpose of building
electric, motor or steam railroads in
the state of Idaho.
The report of the Boise fire depart.
ment for the year ending April 30
shows that the department answered
81 alarms, eight of them being false.