Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
IDAHO STATE NEWS

In spite OF 40 new cells Wnlcn nave
Just been installed, the state peniten
tiary is again crowded with prisoners
John Dillon was sentenced by the
Wallace court to life Imprisonment
at Boise for the murder Of Frank X.
Fox on July "a.
The long contemplated bridge
across Snake river at Loveridges fer.
KY, promises soon to be reality. Bids
have been advertised for.
Frank Thomas and Beecher Higgins
convicted at Caldwell of forgery, have
each been sentenced to fourteen
years in the penitentiary.
Charles A,lby. q teamster, suffered
a fracture of the leg when he was
thrown from a wagon in Boise. the re
suit of his team having become fright
ened.
Frank Gardner of the Black Creek
country last week brought TWEEN
ty-one coyote skins into Boise. Every
one of the animals had been caught in
a trap and killed by a prospector's
pick in Gardeners hands.
This year there has been shipped
from Mountain Home 1923 car loads OF
sheep, horses and cattle, and rs cars
of wool Approximately two and a
half million pounds of wool was
shipped from this point alone.
The Lewiston sugar factory is hayt
ing an exceptional run this season. 1t
doubtless will handle this year the
greatest tonnage of beets of its his
tory. Already they have their big
sheds filled and are building Immense
piles out in the open.
About 400 members Of the State
Retail Hardware e. Implement Deal
ers association will meet in Boise
January IL, IL and 10, in their an
nual convention, which is planned on
a larger scale this year than that of
any previous meeting.
That 100000 tons of hay-enough
for the winters feed for all of the
sheep now in the state OF Idaho-is
going to waste on the South Side Twin
Falls tract alone simply because there
3 no market for it, is the news that
comes from that section.
1t is predicted that the little town
of Malta will soon be wiped off of the
map and swallowed up by its neigh
Dor, Lovett, simply because of better
railroad connections caused by the
work of the Oregon Short Line now
building through that section of the
state.
d. r. Jones and N. S. Sage, two OF
the most prominent bankers of south
h.
nected with the Blackfoot State bank,
which closed its doors May 8, have
been placed under arrest, charged with
embezzlement of $4,000 of the banks
funds.
A well-written and wellillustrated
pamphlet descriptive of Downey and
Marsh valley, Idaho, intended pri.
| marily for the information of eastern
people who may still be unaware OF
the splendid opportunities offering in
the west, has just been issued from
/ Downey.
Thomas Johnston, a two-year-old
boy whose home is on Reynolds Creek,
in Owyhee county, is suffering from
severe scalp wound, caused by the
kick of a horse. The boy was kicked
in the head and the scalp laid open
four inches, but fortunately the skull
was not fractured.
Crops of all descriptions have been
abundant in Elmore county this sea
son, though the acreage is not overly
large. The yield has been remark
able, this not only applying to the
grain and hay crops, but all kinds oil
fruit as we'll. Potatoes, especially on
dry farm land, Yielded splendid crops
Tripping on the start down 20
foot chute from the running track
to the floor of the gymnasium at the
Y. M. G. A. in Boise, two women, Miss
Jacobs and Mrs. Gregory, each had
their left legs broken between the an
kle and the knee. the accidents oc
curing while they were making tour
of inspection of the gymnasium.
Efforts are being made by the Com
mercial club to get the Burley insti
tute train to visit Salmon. This train
will start from Salt Lake in Decem.
Der over the Oregon Short Line.
through northern Utah and southern
Idaho.
The first car of honey ever shipped
from Nampa was made last week by
Mccarthy & Randall, who have about
1000 hives of bees distributed about
the valley. The car contains $4,000
pounds of comb honey and Is billed
to Cincinnati, o.
A shooting scrape occurred at Glib.
louisville in which Joe Glenning and
his son, Patsy Cleaning, are said to
have engaged in a lively duel. As
the result of the family row, Joe Glen.
n.ng was slightly wounded The boy
: is about 20 years of age and the
: father is nearly 70.
e. H. Moffitt Of Wallace has been
elected president of the board of re.
} gents of the University of Idaho, sue
ceeding NJ. e. Lewis resigned from
: the board, and E. D. Barker of Sand
point, the newly appointed regent,
> has been chosen secretary
While sitting in a tree trimming
the limbs, William T. Stethem of Sal.
mon, was stricken with paralysis, af
fiicting his entire right side Astr;de