Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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county will average forty bushels to
the acre of fall wheat.
September "a has been selected as
rally day for the Men and Religion
Forward movement in Boise.
Over a thousand bunny scalps to
their credit, is the result of a rabbit
drive eight miles from Weiser.
Thursday. August "a, was Nebraska
day" in Canyon county, on which date
former Nebraskans met at Lake
Lowell and enjoyed an old-fashioned
basket picnic.
Hart. former police magistrate of
Nampa, and well known there, has
been found guilty of keeping a place
where opium was smoked.
About $4,000 worth of land in the
North Side Twin Falls tract changed
hands last week. according to Major
Fred r. Reed, the general agent of
the Twin Falls Investment company.
Questions said to vitality affect the
welfare of the settlers on the Boise
Payette project will be laid before
Secretary of the Interior Fisher when
that official visits Boise September 2.
In what was apparently a deliberate
attempt at wholesale murder, dyna-
miters wrecked the home of j. H.
Van Keuren, a Cataldo merchant. All
of the six occupants of the Van
Keuren home escaped injury.
A.. L.. k.,- o .,u..aI zkk1~ z4wklA~o
of the state, Long valley is this year
enjoying one of the most prosperous
and successful seasons in her history
as far as the cultivation and harvest
Of agricultural crops are concerned.
o. H. Lovett, who resided a few
81, after a short illness. MI. Lovett
was probably the Oldest man in the
county at the time of his death, hav-
ing passed the ninety-ifth mile post
last June.
Not a myth, but a well organized
concern, ready to commence the con
struction of its lines, Is the Butte,
Boise & San Francisco Railroad COM
pany. according to a statement pub
lished recently in the Anaconda
Standard.
Mike Wastes, a Greek section hand
employed on the Oregon Short Line
railroad near Eaton. was struck by a
train near Eaton and killed. He
failed to hear the warning Of his fore
nan or the warning whistle of the To-
connective.
September 5 is the date fixed for
the trial of f.. w. Kettenbach in the
United States district court at Boise
proper banking methods at the time
he was president of the Lewiston Ma
tional bank.
Mrs. G. ]. Portner. living west of
Nampa, was seriously hurt in a run
away. 1t seems that as the horse
was being unhitched from the buggy
the bride was first taken of, when
the horse started to run, throwing
Mrs. Portner from the buggy.
The next state gathering which will
bring officials from all parts of Idaho
to Boise will be the fifth annual con-
vention of the Idaho State Associa-
ton of County Auditors, which will
in Boise for a three-day ses-
sion on Tuesday, September s.
J.. Dennison Watts. attorney and
real estate dealer. OF Boise.
failed to answer when his wife called
him to get up Tuesday morning, and
investigation disclosed the fact
that. he had responded to the last long
call. His death was due to natural
causes.
The local option movement in Lem.
hi county is in full swing. More than
signatures a been Sc
cured to the petitions to the county
commissioners to call an election to
vote upon this question again. The
county board will act Upon the petit
ton In October.
A lynching was narrowly averted at
Pocatello following the shooting at an
officer by Captain George Winter.
superintendent of the Pocatello Water
company, when the officers went to
him. The shooting was the
outcome OF a three weeks water
in the Gate City.
Grabbed from behind by three
men, gagged, blindfolded. thrown into
a carriage and carried two and a half
down the road. only to be
loose unframed, was what hap
pened to Chris Christopherson, night
at Boise. The reason for
the act remains a mystery.
Idaho shippers will receive the new
rate over the Oregon Short Line in
sufficient time for this seasons ship
This has been made possible
by the waving of the customary
.hirty days notice by the commission
n making the tariff effective and the
of the Oregon Short Line.
C. P. Hartley, who owns a large
nursery neal Emmett, Is buying up
he surplus stock of watermelons and
s shipping them. He has already
one carload to Boise, one to
Twin Falls. The total is expected to
each twelve carloads this season.
Joseph d. Felthousen. bail jumper
alleged fire bug, Is not a suicide
It the bottom of the Boise river as
le would have had the public be