Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

nation of George L. Morgan as post
master at Mackay and S. S. Bonham
as postmaster at Wardner.
Ada county has la,inched a cam
paign for the voting of a $1,000,O00
good roads bond issue, the largest
ever attempted by any county in this
state.
The trial of william S. Clark,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree for the alleged killing of Joe
Morris in a Boise saloon several
weeks ago, was begun Monday.
George w. Kautz, who is wanted in
Blaine county on charge of obtain
Ing money under false pretenses, has
been arrested at San Diego. Cal, and
will be returned to Idaho for trial.
Charged with embezzlement, H. C.
Cocker. former secretary of the Poca-
tello Commercial club, was arrested
at Boise. Coker declares the charge
against him is the result of spite
work
The program committee of the
Idaho Chautauqua has engaged an
array of talent for the meeting at
Boise this coming season that will
surpass all others and that will ap-
peal to every taste.
Tuesday, January 80, has been
fixed as the date when Jack Downey
of Salt Lake and Slick Merrill of
Boise will meet in a ten-round box
Ing contest at Boise. Both men are
to weigh in at 1853 pounds.
Mrs. Florence Massey and her five
children were driven from their home
In Boise in their night clothes when
the building was burned one night
last week The fire is thought to
have started from defective fiue.
The Idaho State Grange at its an
nual convention in New Plymouth.
decided that it was about time for
the grange movement to take hand
In the work of legislation during the
extra session of the eleventh session.
twenty-five families living between
Pioneerville and Garden Valley are
greatly worked up over the sugges-
ton to change the present Star Route
In such way that they would be in
cluded in Uncle Sans delivery SER
vice.
Milton Nicholson, a farmer living
near Caldwell, arose apparently as
well as ever and went to the wood
shed to procure kindling. Not re-
turning, the family went in search of
him and found him dead. His death
Is ascribed to heart failure
The pea industry of Idaho is now
fully assired and every indication
points to its being one of the most
profitable as we'll as largest crops.
Fremont county has taken the lead
in the matter, but next year several
other counties of the state will raise
large quantities.
The senate public lands committee
has reported favoraby the Borah bill
which proposes to grant patent to
a homestead entryman upon the COM
pletion Of three years residence upon
his entry instead of at the termina-
ton of five years, as required by the
present homestead law.
II is said that the snowfall in the
vicinity of Mackay has not been as
heavy as usual, and that unless the
fall increases before the end of the
season, about 10000 acres of cult.
waited lands In that section may sui.
fer greatly next summer. But the
settlers are not worrying.
Preventive measures of the strict.
est kind are necessary in order to
keep out hog cholera from the inter.
country and especially from
Idaho, according to DIR. e. T. Baker,
veterinarian at the experiment sta.
ton at Moscow, in a recent bulletin
to the farmers of the state.
More than 5000 fruit trees are to
be planted at Gooding in what is de.
signed to become one Of the model
of the state, according to C.
]. Sinsel. the fruit judge. The or,
chard belongs to L. l.. Ormsby. but
will be under Mr.. Sinsels supervision
until the fruit begins to appear.
An attractive little booklet entitled
Outstanding Points in the Years
Work" has been issued by the Y. M,
G. A. of Idaho and Oregon, and gives
a splendid resume of the work &C.
complished during the past year and
OF money raised and expended. Two
new buildings are reported for Idaho.
The revenue measure introduced in
the house as substitute for the rev.
enue law proposed by Governor Haw.
leys special commission was passed
by the house Wednesday. The bill
provides for the assessment of prop
erty at Its full cash valuation, the
tax levy being fixed on a basis OF 40
per cent of the assessed valuation.
The village authorities of South
Boise have clamped down the lid as
far as public dances are concerned.
Such affairs have been ordered sus-
pended until the board can make an
as to the nature of the
dances.
To boost the proposition of great
university for Boise,
party of the country's reading educa
tors in the Methodist church will ar
rive in that city within the next tive
weeks, to assist the local workers IL
the first stages of the pro