Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-28
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The apple crop in Idaho this year is
about the same as last year, when a
big crop was raised.
Many men are tlocking to Caldwell
attracted by the prospects for work on
the extension of the railroad.
The Lewiston Evening Teller, one OF
the oldest papers in the northwest,
having been published thirty-fve years,
has suspended and will in future be
published weekly.
The bee-keepers of Idaho and Oregon
held an old-fashioned field day and
picnic on July q at Caldwell. Prices
and crop conditions were discussed
and a general good time had.
The following rural outes have been
ordered established September 1 In
Idaho: Bull, Twin Falls county; Bur
ley, Cassia county, three routes; Rath-
drum, Kootenai county; Vollmer. Lew
is county.
Idaho women and their handiwork
will play a prominent part in the In
~termountain fair to be held in Boise
October 9 to IA, and many fine prem
iums IN the feminine line have been
offered for exhibitors.
An artesian well on the C. w. Whit
fin ranch, six miles east of Caldwell,
has just been completed. The flow
is about Al gallons a minute or 1900
barrels a day. This layer of water
was found at a depth of 80 feet.
The journey of a runaway couple
from Pocatello was stopped abruptly
at Burley last week when Deputy Sher-
if Francis of Bannock county took
Mrs. Clell Zirkel and baby in charge
and escorted them back to P~ocatello.
That Idaho fruit growers should
not be influenced by any outside re-
ports, but should keep cool and hold
out for good prices, is the advice or
Judge Fremont Wood, n of the most
prominent orchardists in the north
west.
Idaho will soon be in position to
cope with all contagious and infectious
diseases in the most modern and eff
Gent manner, and the newly estab-
lished state psychological laboratory
win DC III OpCTdIlOH u DtpIeIlDeT l.
at Boise.
A cleanup campaign has been in
a%ugurated at Caldwell. All streets,
alleys, bitches, yards, ETC., are being
examined and wherever found in an
unsanitary condition. immediate steps
will be taken to have them put in the
best OF condition.
H. A. Larson, a prominent contractor
of Boise, fell off the water wagon in
that city, when he attempted to get up
on the seat beside the driver, and was
painfully injured, his left leg being
caught and jammed under the wheels,
he being dragged for some distance.
A Local Option League has been
organized at Emmett, and an active
campaign will be carried on to secure
as large a vote as possible against the
opening of saloons in Canyon county.
The date set by the county commits
sioners for the vote is September 6.
Superintendent Pinkham of the
Boise United States assay office says
that gold has been coming in at a
heavy rate during the month of July,
many %cleanups having been made re-
Gently. Most of the gold has come
from the basin, Baker, Butte and the
Atlanta country.
A Horseshoe Bend correspondent,
written to the Boise Statesman, says:
There Is no question but what there
will be a town at the foot of Brownlee,
connected by bridges to the wonderful
fruit land of Jerusalem. The advant
ages of this part or the country are
sure to come to light.
A convention of 100 delegates met
at Idaho Falls last week, Representing
Bannock. Bingham. bonneville and
Fremont counties, called by State I'm.
migration Commissioner Rich for the
purpose of securing county aid,
through the commissioners, TO assist
in a state publicity campaign inaug-
urated by the immigration department.
Further assurance that the Nampa
Caldwell electric line will be built and
in operation by fall has been given In
an announcement made by the com.
mittee of Nampa, Caldwell and Boule
ward citizens looking after the right
of-Way.
Officials of the Oregon Short Line
general offices have been invited to
attend the celebration to be given by
the people of Paris, on July oath
to mark the opening of the Paris
branch that is fast being completed
from Montpelier.
w. w. Chapman, 81 years of age, Of
Montpelier reputed to be the Oldest
engineer on the o. S. L.. died at a Salt
Lake hospital, July 16, following an
operation for bladder trouble. He was
taken to the hospital in Salt Lake one
week before his death.
The city health department OF Boise
has carried its city-wide weed-cutting
campaign to a success. Practically all
of the inside property has been clear
ed of weeds. and the officers are now
going hot after the owners of property
in the outside districts.
The citizens of Bull are planning
for a big fair to be held the latter
part of September. A monster agri-
cultural eyhibit will ba hold far u,hsoh