Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Fred Brown of Boise was appointed
last week national bank examiner lor-
Idaho and eastern Oregon on RECON-
mendation of Senator Borah.
The state dairy convention will bel
held at Twin Falls January 8, 4 andT
5. In connection Herewith will be
held the annual convention of the
State Swine Breeders association.
Talk of connecting the Paris and
the Cache valley branches of the Ore
gon Short Line by building thirty-fivef
miles of track through southeastern
Idaho again has been revived
]. Pineo, a Greek, was stabbed to
death at Arrow Rock by an unknown.
man who made his escape. Pineo wasf
man. He was cut and slashed In a
horrible manner.
Complying further with the recon.
mendation of Senator Boarh, the pres.
ident has restored to entry 2.4S3.469
acres of land in the Snake River val
ley that had been withdrawn on the
presumption that it contained coal
The total valuations or all propertye
located within the limits of Boise Isl
given as $17,118,515.34, as against al,
valuation Of $S.SS4,37O95 in the year
preceding. This is an increase in then
total valuation of the city of 1884, III
14439 /
The first coal theft of the winter
was reported in Boise last week.
when James DAILY, said to be only anls
unfortunate tramp, was convicted ofll
stealing So worth of coal. He waal
sentenced to spend four days In the
county Jail.
The State Bankers association of
the district comprising southwestern
Idaho, will hold a meeting at Weisers
upon the completion of the new mol
tel Washington, on December IL. AL
large delegation OF bankers will at
tend the meeting.
The Old Liberty mine near Sweet
Is to be reopened and put into active /,
operation. 1t is stated that the COM
pletion of the railroad into Long Val
ley will provide transportation that '
will cut down the cost of working the /
mine SO that 1t will be made to pay.
The contract for furnishing the
electrical wiring of the new state cap
itol building has been awarded to the
Idaho Electric Supply company of
Boise, on bid of $14,103. Work on
this part of the construction will be- 2
gin Immediately by the lucky bidder. /
Lemhi county voted wet by an
overwhelming majority In Salmon
City three precincts gave 1876 major !.
ity for saloons; Junction, 1877 wet to :
IS dry; Gilmore, lit wet to ~ dry;
Baker 81 wet to '29 dry; Leesburg, 3
wet to dry; Nicholia, 10 wet to 8 e
dry.
THE school system of the state q
was never in a more fiourishing con-
ditlon than at the present time." II
says Miss Grace M. Shepherd, super II
intendent of public instruction. who 1
has just returned from an extensive ].
trip through the school districts of I
the northern counties. =
The Idaho Wool Growers associa- !
ton has adopted resolutions calling
on President Taft and the Idaho delel
cation in congress to favor levying
the tariff on wool on a secured"
basis, on the ground that the grow Q
ers are not getting the full benefit of /,
the law as 1t now stands.
At the meeting of the Retail Gro
cerymen's association in Boise last .
week, the blame for the high price
Of eggs, for much of the trouble r
hn h,.tt 70 II
Der of other things from which the D
ultimate consumer suffers, were laia &
at the door of the farmer.
Idaho items included In the annual
estimates of the secretary of the :,
treasury are the Boise assay office, =
5000; surveyor general, $20,500; an
increase of $4,000 for the Fort Hall "
Indians to 100000; for the irrigation y
of Fort Hall lands, $4,000; for the Y
support of the Bannocks. $4,000; for IL
the support of the Occur d'Alenes.
SO 900.
Judicious feeding will produce a i
mint of money from livestock, while /,
inexperienced and unwise feeding "
will produce badly nourished and =
understood animals that will lose u
money to the farmer, according to Il. e
J. Iddings of the animal husbandry
department of the University of Ida T
no, in statement just given out to
all animal breeders and farmers In
the state.
Last week the state veterinarian
ordered killed a flock of 225 chick
ems, guinea hens and turkeys at the :
home of T. J. McCorkle near Meri-
dian, every one of the fowls having
been declared by the officers as
thoroughly infected with tuberculo- >
sis In Its most advanced form. I
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Eolkman of Thatcher was burned to y
death when their home was destroyed /
by fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Folkman and II
three older children escaped In the
clothes In which they had been sleep
ing. !
His right cheek aud jawbone blown e.
away by the contents of shotgun
in the hands of his pals" when they ),
quarreled over the division of the
booty secured from the postoffice of 0
Picabo. Harry Barton OF Boise is ly. o