Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-25
IDAHO STATE NEWS

motor car on he tracks in the main
Bunker Hill tunnel at Kellogg o. L.
Plemmons' right leg wss broken.
The governor last week appointed
delegates from Idaho to the Interna.
tional Dry Farming congress which
convenes at Colorado Springs, Colo,
for a six-day session, on October Is.
A movement Is on foot to organize
a militia company in Boise at as early
a date as possible. The war depart.
ment is ready to furnish complete new
equipment for two more companies in
Idaho.
Two Boise boys were turned over
to the sheriff by al irate farmer who
had caught the young fellows in his
melon patch and fired upon the tres
passers with a shotgun, n of the
young men being slightly wounded
AS a result of the recent get &C.
quainted trip" of the Oregon Short
Line officials to Idaho the depot at
Haley has received a number of i'm
provements, by order of e. c. Man
BULL BCuGI III ouDCI llLCiuChl vi LHo
road.
The government has at this time
5 5000 acre-feet Of water stored in
Lake Wolcott, neal the Minidoka pro
ject. 1t has 235,OOO additional acre
feet stored in its great reservoir in
the Jackson Hole country in north.
western Wyoming.
Twin Falls am to the scratch last
week with the abstract from County
Auditor e. ]. Finch with a total as
sessed valuation of S20,76S, 055 90,
compared with a valuation fixed by
the state board of equalization last
year of $751; O,OO5.5
Fire starting on a dry farm near
Rexburg caused the loss of about 800
acres of Turkey Red wheat, or about
25, 1000 bushels. The fire started from
a threshing outfit, and 300 citizens
fought the fire for two hours and a
half before it was subdued.
Peter Groner, a young rancher and
stockman of Crane creek, was kicked
by a horse and severely injured, He
had a rope around the young horses
neck and was attempting to punish it
when the animal suddenly wheeled
and kicked him squarely with both
feet.
A splendid yield of grain is report
ed by most of the Rockland farmers.
Grain that was seeded on stubble is
yielding from twelve to twenty-five
bushels per acre, while grain that has
been planted according to most ap-
proved methods is going from thirty
to sixty bushels per acre.
Present indications are that a big
flow of petroleum is likely to be found
near Kelly springs, a few miles up
the valley from Boise, and a crew Of
drillers working near the springs is
putting the steel rapidly down to a
point where it will soon be known
whether or not the oil is there.
The Oregon Short Line advertising
department will soon issue a new
book on Idaho. d. E. Burley, general
passenger agent of the road, will first
send an engineer to cover Idaho and
find out all the available land still
open to settlement. This information
will be incorporated in the book.
The settlers on the Minidoka pro-
ject will be provided with an abund-
ance of water for future irrigation
seasons, for Daniel G. Martin, former
state engineer, has been appointed
special deputy to distribute the stor-
ed waters of the United States gov
eminent to the settlers on the tract.
The Montpelier-Paris branch of the
Oregon Short Line was formally turn
ed over to the operating department
by the engineering department o
August Is. A celebration Of the com
pletion of this line was held in Paris
Pioneer day, although there were still
some finishing touches to be made.
The Oregon Short Line railroad
values its main line in Idaho at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 per mile.
while the Great Northern estimates
It's value per mile at $30,446, accord.
ing to arguments and statements
made before the state board Of equali-
baton by representatives of the roads.
Mrs. Herman Hill of Salt Lake, who,
with her husband, has been stopping
at Soda Springs, stepped accidentally
into a deep and dangerous ditch a few
days ago. She fell on her side and
was severely injured.
Nampa's first hospital, a co-opera-
tive proposition between the Utah
Construction company and local busi-
ness men, is open and in operation.
The e institution will accommodate
twenty-five patients.
Boise joins Blaine in levying an
assessment On the wines and liquors
held In the county, differing in this
respect from most other counties.
The value of the wines and LIQUORS
owned in Boise county is $4,150.
The body OF Howard Stahl. drown.
ed while bathing in Snake river near
Glenns Ferry on the afternoon of July
80. has been ecovere Stahl be-
came exhausted while attempting to
swim across the river and before helm
could reach him he drowned.
Mrs. T. w. Terwilliger had a mar.