Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-10-07
In THE GEM STATE

Henry p. Moore has been appointed
postmaster at Roseberry. Boise coun-
ty, Idaho. vice /. Blankenship, resigned.
That the restaurant men of Boise
must clean up their places of business
and keep them clean, is the ,dictum of
the city health department.
The school census for Caldwell
has just been completed and shows
1,46S children of school age, being
gain of BAL over last year.
Despite the enormous production,
the Boise valley farmers have received
$50 per ton for their prunes, which
is much better price than was paid
anywhere in the state.
Robert w. Spangler. editor of the
Gooding Herald, was selected by Gov
ernor Brady as chairman of the
Idaho delegation to the National Good
Roads convention at ST. Louis.
Most of the crops on the South Side
Minidoka project are harvested and
the general average yield per acre is
again on this land. says the Boise
Statesman.
The twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the w. C. T. U. of southern
Idaho convened at Weiser on Septem-
Der %, all of the state officers and
a large number of delegates being
present at the opening session.
Frank p. Gwin. whose farm lies
north of Shoshone about seven miles,
has just finished threshing his crop
of oats. He had an average yield of
~ bushels an acre. the grain weighing
81 pounds to the measured bushel.
State Food and Sanitary Commits.
sioner Wallis is investigating the COM
plants Of the people of Dover and
Gerlich. with regard to the emptyfng
of the sewage by the city of Sand
point into the Pend d'Orville river
An inspection of the burned-over
areas in southern Shoshone county
shows that there will be considerable
work in the woods for the next two
years. II the timber is logged of in
that time the most of it can be mar
keted.
Mrs. Edith P. Slater has received
verdict of $1,000 against the Oregon
Short Line railroad because, with two
small children, she was put of train
on the desert four miles north of Day
ton, after she had paid for ticket
to Dayton.
The season for prune packing,
which is now practically finished, has
been the busiest ever recorded in the
history of the industry in Boise val
ley. More prunes have been packed
and shipped from that section than
ever before.
A landseekers' excursion, composed
of log prospective buyers, will arrive
In Boise October 5 from Lincoln, Neb,
and Omaha. The excursionists wifi
come in six special tourists cars, and
the excursion will be personally con-
Quoted by Boise real estate men.
Weiser citizens are greatly interest
ed and excited over the discovery of
float rock. almost literally covered
with gold. brought into the city by
owners of a mining property five miles
from the city. where they had been
doing the annual assessment work.
The Milwaukee Lumber company is
proceeding with the construction of
their road up Big creek from the St.
Joe river. The forest service is sell
ling millions of feet of timber to lum.
Der concerns, something like $780,.
100000 being included in the deals
made.
Appeal has been filed In the SUI
preme court by State Senator Fred
w. Jordan of Gooding from judg
ment of the district. court of the Fourth
district in Lincoln county, that he
serve a sentence of three months in
the county jail and pay fine of $500.
upon conviction of selling liquor
The Milwaukee has rebuilt all its
burned bridges along the st. Joe divi-
sion, but as fires are still burning In
that region Waterman is stationed
at each bridge with apparatus to put
out any fire which might start.
Idaho will be represented at the
eighth international congress of ap-
piled chemistry, which is to be held
at Washington in 1912, the governor
having appointed State Chemist Ma.
son as the delegate from this state
The second year of the Lapwai rural
high school began September 10. A
course In domestic science and manu-
al training has been added and a spe.
cial teacher for music, both vocal and
instrumental. has been engaged.
The Black Canyon Irrigation district
is now organized under the laws of
Idaho. The entire district embraces
100000 acres of choice agricultural
land, especially adapted to the grow.
ing of fruit. The elevation is about
$500 feet
That the Oregon Short Line rail-
road company has completed the pur-
chase of 1Oh acres of ground, where
Riverside park is now situated, to be
used as the location for railroad yards
and car shops. is the announcement
that comes from Boise.
A bond issue of $4,000 has Just
been passed by the voters of that dis
trict for the purpose of erecting at
Hammett a new public school build.
ing.