Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-01-13
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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While coasting at Moscow, Holt
Cushing was thrown against q tres
and painfully injured about the head.
The Caldwell Daily News has sus-
pended publication, and in the future
the News will be issued twice a week.
Governor Hawley, in his message
to the legislature, recommends that
constitutional convention be called to
revise the state constitution.
The executive committee of the
Idaho State Dairy association has de-
cided to hold the next state dairy con
vention at Twin Falls, on January 20
and "a.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the organization of a news
paper and job printing plant at Orc
tino, local citizens being interested in
the incorporation.
Nearly 300 students are enrolled at
the academy of Idaho at Pocatello, in
the different courses. being an in
crease in attendance over that of two
years ago of over AZ per cent
There is a strong sentiment in IA
vor of paving Weiser streets during
the coming season, and 1t now ap
pears likely that this matter will be
pushed to a successful issue.
A Boise man is the inventor of q
device which 1t is claimed will solve
the aeroplane problem, being design.
ed to automatically control airships
and balance the machine. while they
are in the air.
In Governor Hawley's message to
the legislature, San Francisco is sug
gested as the proper place in which
to hold the great international expo.
sition in 1913 at the close of the con.
struction of the Panama canal.
Among some of the senators there
is talk of a thirty-day session. 1t iG
urged by them that If there is con.
certed action the work can be com.
pleted within thirty days, resulting in
considerable saving to the state.
Miss Vera Hart. the 17-year-old
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Johr
W. Hart of Menan, small settlement
south of ST. Anthony, was killed in a
runaway accident, while on her way
to Rigby to attend a skating party.
State Horticulturist J. r.. Field will
recommend to the legislature that
$4,000 be set aside for the next bien
NAL term to supply various needs
such as the appointment of added
deputies to the present force of the
department.
Members of the senate and house
from Nez Perez and Idaho counties
are united in favor of state tax com.
mission, and will begin activities
early in the session to bring about the
passage of measure to provide for
commission.
The senate on Wednesday refused
to confirm the list of appointeei
made by the governor, laying the en-
tire list on the table fer investiga
ton. 1t is understood the governor
will stand pat with his etire list OF
nominations.
Governor Hawley, in his message
favors the election of United Slater
senators by a direct vote of the PEG
pie. He calls attention to the State
Bankers association and its recon.
mendation of the change of the state
banking laws of Idaho.
The annual convention of the Idaho
State Horticultural association will
be held in Boise on January "a, 2s
and 26. 1t Is expected that the CON
vention will be lively one, and thai
the attendance will be good. Special
railroad rates have been secured.
In reference to forest fires, which
have partially destroyed a great deal
of timber in northern Idaho, Governor
Hawley recommends the closest in.
vestigation of north Idaho streams
to the timber, with a view
of damming said streams
A dispatch from GrangeviIle says:
During the last few days the Idaho
county assessor has taken in thou
sands of dollars In taxes, the largest
Individual being the Camas Prairie
which paid s17,500 on the
branch and the Clear
water line.
The school house at Rexburg which
was damaged by fire recently, wheI
the 800 children filed out withou,
fright or panic, has been repaired
About $1,000 is the cost of repairs
which consisted chiefly of repIaster
ng where the water had run through
rom the roof.
In his first message to the legisia-
Lure, Governor James Fl. Hawley rec
that in order to put an end
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dence required be extended from six
months to one year. The divorce col.
ony has been thrown into consterna.
ion as a result.
Idagon bids fair to be a new town
IN the map before the close of the
rear, says the Boise Statesman. The
Vord-Idagon-is made up of the first
hree letters of Idaho and the last
hree of Oregon. 1t is situated on the
daho-Oregon hne twelve miles from
Caldwell and forty miles from Boise.
Not less than twenty handsome res
dences. ranging in cost from $1,000
o $500, have been erected within
he city limits of Weiser during the
'ast year, and numerous substantial
ZONES have been built in Riverside
nd other suburbs adjacent to town.
M. Grandquist, prominent farmer
1 the Lenore section on the Clear
gater river, has preferred charges