Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
IDAHO STATE NEWS

pleted within a year.
sherman E. Mussell has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Homedale, Oky-
hee county, vice J. Mussell, resigned.
The census bureau has announced
that the population OF Weiser City,
Washington county, is 1900. Ten
years ago 1t was 1850.
Pocatello will be the meeting place
of the second annual convention of
the Intermountain Good Roads asso-
citation, June %. % and "a.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Woman's Missionary society of the
Boise Presbytery was held in Nampa
Tuesday and Wednesday, April IS
and 10.
Charles Ware Haworth, four-year-
old son of Thomas H. Hawortn, was
kicked by a horse al his fathers
ranch near Franklin and fatally in
jured, death resulting shortly after
the accident.
A mountain wind blew two box
cars off the track at Pocatello one
| day last week, wrecked semaphore
block signal and caused a two-hour
tie-up of traffic over the main line
of the Oregon Short Line.
The municipal water works bonds
of Mountain Home will be taken over
| by William E. Sweet & Co. of Den
yer, whose bid at premium of 1855
has been accepted. The money is ex-
pected to be available by May /.
In Washington county potatoes
yield 400 to 500 bushels per acre. Su-
gar beets yield 300 to 500 bushels per
acre All other vegetables in proper
ton. Two crops of vegetables year
are often taken from the same field
Carrying his infant daughter about
in his arms to ease IL possible her IN
tense suffering, L. d. Blackwell
Of Boise stumbled and fell over a
piece of wood In his way, and when
he arose found to his horror that the
baby was dead.
A wind storm which prevailed at
Boise on the 10th caused postpone
ment of the first days program OF
the aviation meet in which Walter
Brookins of the Wright team and
Charles F. Willard of the Curtiss team
were to participate.
A man giving his name as Tom
| Davis was taken off westbound
freight train at Mountain Home one
day last week He got on at Glenns
Ferry and argued the question OF his
election with six shooter, firing four
times at the head brakeman.
On motion of counsel of the gov
eminent the case of Frank w. Ket-
tenbach, former president of the Lew
iston National bank of Lewiston, Ida
no. on trial at Boise on the charge
OF abstracting funds amounting to
s137 900, was dismissed by the district
court.
William Sweeney. one of the old res
idents of Idaho Falls, is dead, after
lying in the hospital for forty-six days
with a broken back. On March D.,
while working on a large building he
was constructing, the falling OF a
scaffold precipitated him into the
basement.
Northern Idaho is up in arms
against the cash value" plan OF as
sessing property ordered by Governor
James II. Hawley The opposition In
that part of the state Is accentuated
by the fact that all mines are taxed
to their net output and not on the
value of the property.
Bound for the principal Idaho
points on its lines north of Pocatello,
in the first get acquainted" trip of a
series. by which 1t is planned to visit
, /, every important town ON the entire
. system, thirteen Oregon Short Line
operating officials left Salt Lake In
special train on April Ii.
> Bert Lowrey. a well known rancher
of Jordan valley has been sent to
, the asylum. LoWrey had gone to
Boise for medical treatment anu got
in trouble when he persisted in
throwing rocks at street cars.
August 26 has been decided on as
i the date of the opening of the thirty
: day meet of the Occur d'Alene Fair
5 and Racing association. number oil
3 dates have been announced for the
3 opening but 1t has been decided to
: hold the FIRST sprint on the above
Q date.
i carload of Iowa farmers who will
!. come for the purpose OF looking over
!. tue state with an eye to settlement
q are expected in Boise the latter part
i OF the week. They propose to remain
in this state for several days, and
Q may then go on to Oregon and Wash
ington.
q In the case of the city of Lewiston
: : against s. G. Isaman, brought for the
purpose of recovering $4,000 for
: damages recovered from s.ie city by
! Miriam w Mclean and her husband
a the supreme court has reverseu the
!, order of the lower court which was to
: effect that Isaman should be liable.
The clerks In the office of the state
game warden are extremely busy
these days handing out lincenses fol
+ fishermen and hunters in the state
There are many from outside the
u state who are fshing in Idaho
u streams this year.
a Half hundred farmers, led by D
q Mullen state matter of oranges