Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

fAll DG IGldlu Will ~
in place of the light ones nat are
now in use.
emmett will have a precinct fair
this year, the last two days In sep
TENDER, and from the present outlook
II will surpass anything of this nature
ever before attempted.
Delegates from Idaho to the sixth
International dry farming congress.
which meets at Colorado Springs,
Colo. from october IS to 20, have
been appointed by the governor.
New property to the amount OF
| S4Ol, 179 was added to the roll by the
state board of equalization this ear
by reason of the law enacted at the
last session taxing private car com.
panies.
At the close of business on the
onening day of the Boise postal saw
lngs bank there had peen a total OF
seventeen accounts started, the sum
of 1918 having been deposited with
Uncle Sam.
Edward Whinyate, a car inspector
was instantly killed in the yards al
Pocatello Wednesday night by being
run over. The accident happened
while Whinyate was walking on the
tracks near the subway.
The Caldwell Commercial club is
sending a large and interesting eX-
hibit of Canyon county products to
the state fair at Lincoln, Neb. This
fair takes place next week, after
which the Lincoln fair exhibit will be
taken to Omaha.
The state board OF equalization on
August 20 completed It's labors with
the assessment of property owned by
telegraph. telephone and other cor
porations and the scene OF activity
has been transferred to the state aud
itor's department.
Arthur Allen, a ~17-year-old lad from
Hagerman, was thrown by a runaway
team near Bliss, and his hip badly
fractured. In this condition the boy
lay for three hours in the sun and
dust until some one happened by and
helped him to town.
Crops over the whole Emmett sec
ton are of the best this year. Fruits.
r grains and grasses are all bumper
crops. The canning factory will
soon reopen for a run on fruit This
9 will take care of the surplus and In
sure a good home market.
Stranger l.. Chamberlain, the Idaho
!, county alleged wife deserter, has beer
= brought back from Wisconsin to
Grangeville for trial. Chamberlain
= it is said, left his bride two days
> after the wedding, taking along some
! $500 of his wife's money.
. While there has not been as much
building in the town of Emmett this
year as there was last, a great dea
more improvement has been made II
the country, especially on the bench
{ and slope neal town, where many fin'
homes have been erected this summer
After a battle in which he cam
near meeting death himself, Sport,
medium-sized coach dog, the propert!
of w. M. Butterbaugh, a rancher 1iv
8. ing in Lemp's gulch, killed a bob ca
At several days ago that measured 81
feet, 1t is said, from nos to tip o
is tail.
Ut BY a vote of 81 to 16 the member
a of the Federation of Shop Employe
10 of the Hartman system working /
lg the Pocatello railroad shops have vo
70 ed in favor of a strike to enforc
q. recognition of the federation. Til
u vote was secret, but returns leake
VI out.
VI The heaviest sample OF w. s. G. h.
% brid No. 143 aver reported was deli
- cred last week at Lewiston by Joh
Ingram. a farmer living five mile
hundred acres of the wheat, whic
l averaged so bushels to the acre ar
tested 65 pounds.
Within a week the new Gregg
Short Line bridge across the Snail
river at American Falls will be col
pleted, after eight months Of stead
work. Eight spans, totalling 625 fe
in length and weighing oyer 10000
pounds, have been put in place wit
out a fatal accident.
The Idaho State Association
County Auditors will hold its fifth 6
\ nual convention in Boise Septemh
5, 6 and 4. Auditors from every CO,
ty in the state. together with coun
commissioners, will be in attendan
and elaborate plans are being ma
for the entertainment OF the guests
The report of the state board
equalization shows that there q
within the boundaries of this sta
2,4S8.95 miles of steam and elect
q railway, an increase of 140.16 mil
during the year.. The total val
placed upon these railroads Is 81
the 446. FOG, which is regarded as bel
mp about 20 per cent Of the actual ca
value.
mp Senator Borah was welcomed
ign 5000 others at the Warner-Kello
'ne industrial picnic on August 26. 7
sN- senator delivered an address on I
APPS moving topics of the day to as ma
vi persons as could get into the hi
~ auditorium.
For the first time in more tn
seven years the judge of the distr
-. court at Wallace has issued a c