Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-07-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Active work on the Teton branch OIL
the Oregon Short Line Will begin
within few days.
A new Masonic building is being
erected lin Mackay. The structure VIII
be 50x1O0 feet, two stories and base
ment.
st. Anthony will have 100000 ho-
tel A petition is now being circulated
and more than $11 1000 worth of stock
pledged
Governor Brady and Ezra Meekeri
the distinguished trail blazer, were
sneakers at the independence day cele-
bration at Pocatello.
The people of the Teton basin are
iubilant over the prospects for rail
road and the probability of a ready
market for their vast resources
The remains Of the late George Gea-
neau, who was killed in mine acct
dent in the Greyhound mining dis
trict, have been brought to Boise for
interment.
A Washington dispatch announces
that Ella M. Olson has been appointed
carrier on rural free delivery route
No. 1, at Hepburn, Idaho, succeeding
John S. Webb.
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.
The old White Knob mine, that did
more to bring Mackay to the front as
a mining center in the early days Of
the camp than any other property, is
now being worked by lessees, about 60
men being employed.
lamp Osborn, who last year
pitched for the Pocatello baseball
team, is in Jail at Chehals, Wash,
charged with having stabbed the man
ager of the team with which he was
| playing, during a row.
| Work on the Little Lost River pro-
| ject will be resumed at once. 1t is
understood this project has changed
hands and is now under the manage
ment of Wood G. Co., of Kansas City,
who are financing the project.
Elmer Rankin and Arthur Malcolm
were killed by lightning at Salmon re-
Gently They were sitting on bench
in Island park under tree. There
were no marks on the bodies except
that their hair was slightly singed.
Arco has enjoyed healthy and
substantial growth during the last IL
months. During this time the popula
| oh Ell. ;uht
new business structures have been
erected and number of residences
Oil deposits on the John Bane
ranch, IL miles below Emmett, are at
tracing the attention Of oil experts
Two wells were sunk at the time o.
discovery about a year ago and both
gas and oil in small quantities found.
A State Merchants association has
been organized, the object of the as
ISOLATION being to cooperate with the
pure-food officials and the elimination
of unfair competition with outside
firms or houses handling inferior
goods.
Mrs. Dollie Baker of Occur d'Alene,
is proving her rights to fortune es-
timated at 100000 to $6,000,000 be-
queathed her by, Arthur B Travis,
rich Australian who died two years
ago and who was one Of the sweet
hearts of her youth.
The soil of the Big Lost valley is
very similar in all respects to that
Of the Snake River valley. 1t is de-
composed lava, with volcanic ash, en-
riched by the annual deposits of silt
washed down from the high lands
and mountains above
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the dam of the Big Lost River pro
ject located about four miles above
Mackay. The reservoir formed by the
building of this dam will have stor-
age capacity of 100000 acre feet of wa.
ter This reservoir will always be
filed
On the Salmon River Land & Irriga-
ton companys project, water Is now
available for about 1000 acres. For
the remaining 600 acres that comes
under the high line lanai water will
be available this fall. This is a pri.
vate proiec., all the land being under
private ownership.
The independence day parade at
Boise, witnessed by one of the great
est crowds ever in the city, was a
series of pictures, depicting the life.
energy and progress of a state, that.
while only 20 years of age, is getting
closer to Position OF rank as the
foremost state IL the union.
The new Teton branch of the o. s.
l.. will open vast acreage of agricul-
tural and mineral lands, and will start
active work in the tapping of exten-
sive coal deposits of the Teton noun
Lains. There are now 5000 settlers in
the valley, and the grain yield this
year will be the largest in history.
The most elaborate Independence
day celebration in the history of the
city was held at Pocatello. An elab-
crate parade, races, baseball game,
oratory and feasting, with a prize fight