Montpelier examiner., 1911-03-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS

sent 10 tOEI t1uhCHuCds AliHohei On
the Mexican border.
According to the local agent of the
Oregon Short Line, alfalfa is now
being shipped out of Buhl at the rate
OF twenty cars a week.
The leaders in Nampa politics, rep
resenting the two parties of that city,
failed to effect fusion ticket for the
city campaign after nearly week of
negotiations.
The young man by the name of
and lodged in Jail at Caldwell, admits
having issued forged checks in Boise,
Weiser and Notus.
harmony" luncheon was given
one day last week by the recently or
ganized Merchants and Manufactur'
which fifty-five business men were
present.
While carrying her five-year-old
brother Johnny across the Thornton
bridge on the Idaho Falls branch OF
the Oregon Short Line, Myrtle Han
oChs d6Cd ~ 9Cdlos No0 obl uNh ~
passenger train and killed, while the
boy was badly injured.
The Old Corporal mine on Marshall
lake, one of the most promising pros
poets in the Mount Marshal region,
! discovered several years ago by Fox
and Briggs, who have a number of val.
liable claims In the district, has been
bonded by them to an eastern syndi'
cate for 100000.
The skeleton of man has been
found in the lava beds north of More
land. A careful examination of the
clothing disclosed a mark used to
designate the ward in the Blackfoot
asylum, and this led to the conclusion
that he was one of the patients and
had escaped and got lost in the lavas.
Fire on Wednesday night destroyed
the home of ]. W. Casey three miles
south of Caldwell. Mr.. and Mrs. Casey
and one son escaped, but the eldest
boy, lad of six, perished in the
flames. The fire occurred about il:3C
p. m. and is supposed to have been
caused by the explosion of lamI
which had been left burning.
The Boise Commercial club gave q
luncheon on Tuesday of last week in
honor of Ex-Governor Brady. Mr.
Brady is to leave Boise to make his
home in Pocatello, and the club de
sired to take advantage of what will
be its last opportunity for some time
of showing it's esteem for Idaho's las
governor.
Relatives dependent on those who
lost their lives in the forest fires
which swept Idaho last summer will
receive the benefit of the $4,000 ap
preparation made by the last congress
for their relief as soon as the Officers
of the department of agriculture ant
forest service can formulate plans TO
it's distribution.
A protective association for tht
business houses of the Twin Fall
country is now a reality. The new as
sociation starts out with membership
of thirty-seven merchants.
Senator Hepburn made futile al
) tempt in the senate to reduce tn
annual expenditures for the mainter
, ance of national forest reserves fron
, more than $5.000,000 to $1,0O0,0O0.
: The senate on Saturday confirme
, the following Idaho postmasters
' Burt Venable. Payette; C. D. McEet
. eron, Lewiston; ]. L. Hermon, Mour
9 tainhome; Charles H. Andrews, Wer
dell.
e 1t has been decided after an inves
i tigation that heart failure was tn
cause OF the death of Walter Scot
!. a prominent rancher, VINO lived nea
,. Idaho Falls. His body was foun
In his cabin.
$ At the last meeting of tht Payett
council it was voted to call specii
election for April IL, to vote bonds
/. the sum of $4,000 to cover the city
Y portion of expense in laying a sewe
+ on the west side.
e Fully organized, the committee {
l. 100 that is to have charge of the Me
d and Religion Forward Movement
e Boise, is now prepared to initiate th
ID campaign that is planned in come
n ton with this great work.
n Ben F. Fweedy has resigned &
mayor of the city of Lewiston, and h
resignation has been accepted by tt
city council Differences of opinic
. over the enforcement of the local o
y ton law resulted in this move.
q Never before has the Nez Pert
le prairie country witnessed such nois
Ia celebration as that starting at N,
ia Perce when the news came of the b
,e creating Lewis county out of pc
ton of Nez Perce having passed Il
state senate.
The Boise club in the Union Bas
% ball association is to be known at IL
y 'Irrigators." as the result OF conte
Vi held last week to decide the mic
name of the club. A season pa
~ was offered as the prize for the nan
accepted by the committee.
The sheepmen in southern Idal
al are all working in harmony at tn
rd time toward keeping the range
to free as possible from noxious weed
as but thus far there has been small 81
sr- cess attending this crusade becau