Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-09-02
In THE GEM STATE


Weiser this season.
The plant of the st. Anthony News
was destroyed by fire on August 2S'
the fire occurring while Editor Gibson
was in Boise attending the State Press
association.
Seven counties in the state of Idaho
show decrease of assessed valuation
this year. These are Bear Lake, Bling
ham, Gilmore, Fremont, Owyhee, Latah
and Shoshone.
A man of many aliases, supposed
to be William Schmulbach, wanted at
Joplin, Mo-, for the murder OF a po-
liceman in that city has been caught
by the Boise police.
The largest bee-keeper in the Pay
cite valley is Henry Weider, who has
over 700 colonies of Italian bees. He
shipped over a carload of honey last
year to the Spokane market.
There are 500 acres of sugar beets
growing in Salubria valley this year,
most of the land being under lease to
the Utah Sugar company, the price
paid being from So to $11 per acre.
On Monday, August %, at 10
o'clock, the opening Of the new town
of Letha took place. The new town
of Letha is located nine miles from
Emmett, and has a 10000 acre tract
of fruit land accessible to 1t.
II the reports of the county audi
tors are to be credited. there is not a
single automobile in Bannock, Boise,
Bonner, Custer, Gilmore. Kootenai,
Latah, Lemhi, Nez Perez, Oneida,
Twin Falls or Washington counties.
That settler holding a homestead
entry within the territory embraced
in Carey act segregation is fully
protected by preference right grant
ed by the state land board, is the opin-
ion of the attorney generals office.
The Payette Commercial club has
started movement to finance the
building of two ferries across the
Snake river north and west of Pay
ette This will connect the city with
the Dead Ok Flat irrigation project.
In the upper Snake river valley a
single acre has been known to yield
10000 bushels of onions worth $3.50
and another acre to produce enough
strawberries in a season to keep
family year on the return from the
crop.
There has been a reorganization of
the Idaho Falls Power & Transporta-
ton company. ]. W. Springer Of
Denver has taken entire charge of the
work. Seven cars of new machinery
have arrived, which will soon be in
stalled.
Gus WEIGH, who owns a 55-acre
farm in the Standpoint country, adver-
tised for one dozen cats to be used
for catching the mice on his place. As
a result he had about 106 mousers Of
fered to him, of which number he
took twenty-siX.
Luella DANES, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. H. DANES of Preston, put her
hand in the pulley OF a hay derrick
which her father was using, with the
result that her hands was badly LAGER
ated and required several stitches to
close the wound.
Fire broke out among the dry grass
and timber on Dry creek, three miles
from HALEY, on the 22nd, and it
looked quite serious for some time A
party was hastily organized and
| fought the fire all the afternoon, and
| got 1t under control
Wilbert H. Tyer has been asked to
deliver the speech at the Labor day
celebration which is to be held at
Kimberly. The surrounding vicinity
will join with Kimberly in the exer.
cises, which are to consist of a pro-
gram, barbecue and picnic.
A team of spirited horses attached
TO binder became frightened and
when A. ]. Gibbons of Blackfoot, to
whom they belonged, tried to stop
them he was knocked down and run
ever by the team. His leg was broken
and he received other injuries.
The dread spectre of epidemic in
fantile spinal paralysis continues It's
murderous march over Idaho, and
town after town is added to the line
of progress made by this terrible dis
ease. The total has steadily increas
ed within the last week, and up to
Saturday there. were 81 cars in all in
the state.
herd of 1000 pure bred Hamp.
shire sheep recently imported by DR..
L. P. McCalla of Boise and Professor
H. T. French of Caldwell, owners of
the Canada stock farm, are made
the subject of a lengthy article in the
last issue of the Shepherds Journal,
a periodical published in Chicago and
devoted to the advancement of sheep
culture.
Thomas Daley and F. c. Mcdonald.
Great Falls census enumerators, plead
ed guilty to padding census returns in
the federal court at Boise, and were
sentenced to twenty-five hours in Jail
ard fine of $1,000 each.
That Governor Brady will assume
full responsibility in the matter OF see
ing that the Mackay dam is construct
ed in safe manner or not at all, was
| given ont nv the pnvarnnr unon hie