Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-21
IDAHO STATE NEWS

WOOD river, trapped bob cat that |
weighed 20 pounds.
The Wendell State bank Is planning
the organization of a branch institu-
ton in the new town of Bliss.
A determined effort is being made
by many residents of South Boise to
have that town annexed to the city of
Boise.
The ice men at Salmon are gather
ing quite a crop of ice which is from
IL to IA inches thick and clear as
crystal.
trainload of sheep have been
shipped from American Falls to a
range in Nevada, where they will run
the rest of the winter.
The Boise Commercial club is max
ing great preparations for it's first an
nual banquet, which will be held on
the evening of January 81.
The Wild Brick block and the Mars
Mercantile company's large stock of
goods, a drug store and a meat mar
ket were consumed by fire In Mos
cow. The total loss will exceed $780,
600.
The Blaine county -four mills have
already shipped 10000 pounds Of
-four, breakfast food and mill : pro-
duties to Atlanta, and an additional
shipment of 5000 pounds has been
made to Pine.
A traction line from Boise to Horse
shoe Bend is proposed by Hiram
Henry, by means of which he expects
to be able to deliver 80 to 40 tons of
coal in the city every day, or approx
mately one carload
A telegram to the Boise Statesman
from Standpoint says Barney F. O'Neil.
chairman of the Republican state cen
trail committee and a banker of Wal
lace, has announced that he will be
a candidate for governor
One of the largest orchards in all
| of Idaho is being set out near Noun
tain Home. C. F. Wheeler and asso-
ciates of Wenatchee, Wash, have pur-
chased 1 900 acres of land, all of which
will be devoted to winter apples.
Henry J. Brandt, former resident
of Twin Falls, died suddenly in a
pool room in Miner. The deceased
had been ill for some few days, but his
condition was not regarded as serious.
His death was due to heart trouble.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho, who Wis
tied the Isthmus of Panama during
the Christmas holidays, in company
with a party of western senators, is
very enthusiastic over the manner in
which work is progressing on the
canal.
The Idaho Dairy association meet
Ing at Caldwell was one of the most
successful meetings ever held in the
IL years existence of the association
The selection of time and place for
the next meeting is left to the execu-
tive committee.
John Fleming will be hanged by
, the neck until dead as penalty for the
, murder of Frank Langford near Rn
pert, Lincoln county, July s, 1908, &C
cording to an opinion of the Supreme
. court denying his last appeal handed
I down on January II.
, The water pipes on the upper flool
I of the Taylor building in Weiser burs
' some time during the night, complete
Q ly flooding The Famous dry goods anC
! clothing store and stock in the Fulle
4 building beneath, causing a loss o
= several hundred dollars.
! A bill has been introduced in thu
house of representatives by Congress
man Hamer, enlarging homestead en-
tries to 800 acres on non-irrigabl
e lands in Idaho This measure will
O place dry farming in the state upol
y an advanced and profitable basis.
d Chief Justice |. N. Sullivan of tn
e Supreme court of the state in an ad
5 dress before the Ada county bar as
e sociation recently declared that tn
e laws delays" are not the fault of tn
q courts, but dilatory tactics resorted t
e by attorneys representing litigants.
a. mineral claimant in procuring
is mineral patent cannot amend his IL
cation, after survey, according to
decision handed down In the case c
d. A. p. Toney VS.. Jay A. Czizek, invol1
L. ing the Hornet Lode Mining CLAIM
Of and the Lucky Ben group in the Wa
Of rem mining district
ID According to dispatch from Wasl
d. ington, Secretary Wilson has prom
Id ised not to oppose Representativ
he Hamer's bill permitting states to 81
e- lect lands from forest reserves in sa
s. isfaction of their school land grant
Id when unable to obtain suitable land
ny in ample quantities from the unr
n served public domain.
ie- o. M. Van Duyn, county attorne
N, for Canyon county, is to resign h
he position to accept an appointment 6
assistant attorney general of II
state, according to an announcemel
made by Attorney General McDougs
~ There are 10000 acres of young a
~ pie orchards in Payette valley and tt
~ estimated yield when they are in fu
- bearing is 100000 annually.
to Contracts for surveys aggregatir
"a more than $4,000 and covering a
- | nrnnria tinns for snch unrsr I'M mi