Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-01-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

| n CTubdue dBdiuSt the ulbBusLlnA
practice of splitting on the sidewalks
has begun in Boise.
The contest brought by State Sena
tor NJ. ]. Sweeley against Senator-elect
W. H. Hornibrook of Twin Falls coun
ty, has been dismissed.
The grain crop in the trade terri
tory tributary to Ashton was much
better than was anticipated 1t would
be during the summer.
Henry Griffith met with painful
accident when coming down the stairs
in Caldwell His foot slipped in such
a manner that he fell and broke his
ankle.
Mrs. Birdie LuelIa Mcmillan Of,
Boise suicided on Christmas day, TAXI
ing carbolic acid. Dependency over
i'll health is thought to have been the
cause for the rash act.
The new receiving home Of the
Children's Home Finding society al
Boise was formally dedicated and
the building thrown open to the pub
lie for inspection on Wednesday.
Charles Johnson, employed al
Hoyt's camp, on the New York canal
is in a Boise hospital with a bullet
hole through his thigh. the result Of
the accidental discharge OF rife By
friend.
The Commercial club of Ashton
will, within the next few weeks, begin
an active advertising campaign, set
ting forth the many advantages offer
ed by the upper Snake river valley
country.
| 1t would be almost impossible tc
get an absolutely accurate count or
the new residences that have been
erected in Rupert the past season
and they vary from L small shack to
the costly home.
Ehile Joseph Marshall and his
father were hauling manure, the
horses were frightened and they threw
Joseph, who was standing on the load
of, and he fell ON his head and died
soon after.
In quarrel between Frank Schaf.
fer, a half-breed Indian, and Juan
Gustealo. a Mexican, in a Boise sa.
loon, Schaffer was stabbed in the
breast. Schaffers wounds are regard,
ed as serious, but not fatal.
The attorneys representing tine SET
tiers on the Twin Falls South Side
tract and the irrigation company
have reached an agreement whereby
the controversy as to the sale of ad,
ditional water rights is settled outside
of the state land board.
Captain ]. H. Shawhan, owner oi
Hopehurst orchard on the bench
sotuh of Payette, figures that his ap
pies have netted him. above all ex.
penses, s359.42 an acre, and his
pears, which produced only about
half crop, netted him $84.71 per
acre.
In an attempt to save the life of his
dog, which was crushed to death be.
meath a street car in Boise, H. c.
Haley came dangerously near death
and was only rescued through the ex-
cellent working of the fender on the
car He escaped with a sprained arm
and few bruises.
Idaho's two big government irriga.
| ton projects are assured completion
by the appropriation of funds made
on the 26th. Idaho will receive q
total of $7,113,435, of which all but
1928 600 goes to the Payette- Boise
project. The half million gues TO com.
plete the Minidoka project.
Francis Deschamps, a young far
mer, met a tragic death at Malad
when he was delivering grain to the
elevator. Deschamps fell from the
wagon underneath the horses feet,
causing the frightened animals to
run away, two wheels of the heavily
loaded wagon passing over his body.
A movement has been set on foot
by sportsmen of Idaho to persuade
the legislature at the coming session
to change the state game law in con-
nection with that provision which
governs the open season for elk, ex.
termination of that animal being
feared
! With the yield of wheat on his dry
farm in southern Idaho nearly twice
the amount which he gained from his
dry farm in Colorado and three times
that which he obtained on his Cali.
fornia property, G. @. Hoskins Of Hal.
ley Is more than pleased with his
property in this state, says the Boise
Statesman.
The two committees from the
south and north part of Bingham
county have come to an agreement
regarding the lines upon which the
county should be divided, IL a divis-
lon is made. The line agreed upon
Is three miles north of the meridian
OF base line. and leaves the village
OF Shelley in the south county.
While a blind man with whom he
lived in a cabin on the shore OF Hay.
den lake stood helpless, listening to
ms cries for help, Andrew Moran
was carried into the water with the
shifting cargo of wood barge he was
unloading and drowned.
The Burnley special" IS the name OF
an agricultural educational : train
which will leave Logan, Utah, January
., on tour of Utah and Idaho. The
train will carry a number of profes.
gOrS from tho Idaho o,,d Tr%aL = r..F