Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-05-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS


well was destroyed by fire last week
The new broom grass exploited by
Prof Farrell has been experimental
with at Caldwell by j. d. Bromwell,
who says 1t is admirably adapted to
high attitudes, where there is plenty
of water.
On April Both there was on deposit
at Couer d'Alene postal savings bank
total of 1881, representing seventy.
six individual accounts averaging
$72.65 each. This is away above the
general average.
A sheepherder by the name of Mel.
win King was shot and killed by Henry
Waite, another herder. in the hills
about twenty-five miles north of Noun.
tain Home A dispute over grazing
rights was the cause OF the tragedy
Attempting to make way for two
young women on narrow railroad
trestle at Wallace shortly after dark,
John Herlyman. a laborer, tripped
and fell headlong fifteen feet into the
rushing waters of Canyon creek, being
drowned.
Mrs. Ragnhild Olsen. SO years OF
age, filed homestead entry last week
at the Boise land office. on a tract of
land short distance east of Nampa.
She is reported to be the Oldest per-
son ever filing a homestead entry in
this state.
Great crops are prophesied all over
H. aII T.
iston district since May /, according
to statistics compiled by Observer
Thomas of the Boise weather station,
has been practically double the nor
NAL amount
The secretary OF the interior has
mers company of Milwaukee, Wis, for
furnishing hydraulic turbines for use
in connection with the Boise irriga-
ton project in Idaho. The contract
price is $17.310.
Captain C. H. Duval Of the state
militia is at home again and back at
bis desk in the postoffice as postmas-
ter of Nampa. having returned from
his trip to the Mexican border, where
he participated in the maneuvers Of
the American army.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved a contract with the South
Fork Milling company Of Boise, to
deliver $4,000 railroad ties to the re-
clamation service for use on the
branch road to the Arrow Rock dam
site, Boise irrigation project.
The Cottage hotel at Rockland and
residence adjoining we're entirely
destroyed by fire. When the fire was
discovered 1t had made such Roadway
that 1t was impossible to save any
thing 1t is generally believed that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
That thousands OF orchard trees are
being set out In every fruit growing
district OF the state. 10 the informa-
ton obtained by Don Fl. Bark. head
of the United States department of
irrigation investigation, who has just
returned from an extensive trip about
Idaho.
Determined to present his side of
the full cash valuation taxation plan
recently inaugurated in this state by
him properly before the people. Gov
ernor James H. Hawley is making
tour of the southeastern counties de-
1ivering a series OF lectures of expla-
nation.
Declaring messenger offices employ
ing young boys to be schools OF
crime, offering postgraduate courses
in burglary, petty thievery. illegal
traffic in liquor and illegitimate use
of cocaine and opium, Chief of Police
John Ellis has ordered all such places
in Pocatello closed.
Committees from Elk lodges In Po-
catello, Boise, Twin Falls and Idaho
Falls met at Pocatello last week and
formed the B. P. o. 3. Protective as
sociation. the object of the association
being to devise ways and means of
preventing the fearful mortality of
elk in the Jackson Hole country.
A coroner's jury has exonerated
Mrs. Edward French of Wallace for
the killing of her husband, who met
his death when his revolver was dis
charged during a scuffe with his wife,
whom he had threatened to kill.
French was shot twice. once through
the neck and once through the head.
At the annual convention OF the
Pharmaceutical association at Poca-
tello, it was decided that the Idaho
druggists should heartily cooperate
with the state board of health
in enforcing the new drug inspection
law.
Percy Anderson of Gibbonsville
brought three bear hides to Salmon
City last week. One was a magnificent
specimen of brown grizzly. with an
arm reach of nine feet four inches
The length was eight feet two inches,
and the distance between the ears
seven inches.
With the organization of the South
ern Idaho Baseball league, which has
now been perfected. the towns OF
Bull, Twin Falls, Kimberley, Miner,
Burley and Hepburn will be provided
with good article OF baseball this
year