Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-11-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Washington county is to have 3
| poultry association. Fanciers OF fine
birds have called a meeting for the
purpose OF effecting a permanent or
ganization.
An Idaho farmer raised 10 bushels
of alsyke clover seed. which he sold
for IA cents a pound, receiving $S4,
The cost of production was $50, a
net profit of $64.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
of Idaho Falls, organized six years
ago by Montana capitalists, has been
sold to the First National bank OF
Ogden, the Eccles and Pingree inter
ests of Utah.
In the older settled communities
near Nampa, where grain has been
raised before, the yields this year
run to as high as so bushels of wheat
to the acre, 80 bushels OF oats and
SO bushels of barley.
Men. women and children from
Weiser and the surrounding country
joined one day last week In big rab
bit drive on Dead OK Flat, across the
hundreds of the pestiferous jacks.
Montpelier has just received itsJ
third shipment Of Kentucky bred
young Jersey heifers. A good many
of these young heifers are Kentucky
registered stock. and the farmers
around Montpelier are buying them al
prices ranging from $50 to 500.
t~2 t.
ments for drilling .14-inch well at
the Nampa station, which Is to be
used In connection with the two six
inch wells now in operation. Since
this place has been made a freight
terminal more water is needed for
the engines,
One Idaho rancher reports $111.60
and figures his expenses at 1880 per
acre, or net gain Of 1880 per acre.
Another rancher gives his figures as
follogs: 56 bushels sold for $100.S0:
gross cost, $3.50, making a net pro
fit of $500.
Investigation into the unjust quar-.
antine that California has placed on
Idaho alfalfa has brought out the
fact that this state, owing to weak
laws regarding agriculture. has no
way to protect the farmer from pests
that are brought into the state by
different carriers.
Representatives of directory com.
pany have completed the compilation
of new directory to be issued dur
ing the next forty-five days and which
includes Weiser and all the tributary
country of Washington and Adams
counties, as well as portion of NAL
heur county, Oregon.
On Friday, November 1, Burnley
celebrated her first annual beet and
potato day. In order to assure the
complete success of the occasion,
special train was run from Oakley
and the people from that section
We're brought to Burnley and returned
home free of charge.
. Election day in Boise was one OF
the quietest that has ever character
lied a national election. There was
no excitement about the polling
places and after the rain started
about l O'Clock in the afternoon the
few workers who were out In the
morning took to shelter.
During the past few weeks the
Nampa Fruit Growers association
has shipped IL carloads of apples
from the local packing plant. There
are three more carloads ready for
shipment, two packed in the orch.
ards, and enough more apples to
make up total of 25 cars.
Successful irrigation of thousands
OF acres of land on Dead Ok fiat, In
eastern Oregon, directly opposite
Weiser and across the Snake river
has stimulated plans for bringing
water to another immense area, locat.
ed on higher bench and for years
regarded as practically barren waste.
Master Buena Roberts, II years old.
living two miles north of Jerome. last
week received a personal letter from
President Taft complimenting him on
his success in potato culture. Master
Buena this summer entered the potato.
growing contest with other school
children and won three prizes.
John Dotsel, q miner OF Twin
Springs, is charged with attempting
w Nil has WnS. ne is SAID to nave
poured coal oil on her hair and at.
tempted to set fire to it, he nut n
chain around her neck and tried to
hang her to beam, but she escaped
In her night gown, and sought help.
Jerome has been selected as the
site for the new horticultural station
In southern Idaho, which has been es.
tablished by the federal government
for the sole purpose OF ascertaining
the best potatoes to raise on irrigated
lands and also to conduct experiments
on sugar beet culture.
Idaho is regarded by eastern seed.
men as the future seed state of the
country on account of the altitude.
the absence of summer rains the
total absence of weevil and the soil
In general" says Don H. Bark of
the government experiment station
Travelling men will be guests AZ a
Thanksgiving dinner at Weiser ON
Thanksgiving day. Besides the meet.
Ing OF the travelling men, the Idaho
society of Engineers, the Idaho bank.
ers and the grand lodge of Odd Eel.
lows will be in session at Weiser ON
that date.
By-products of the orchard are In
fnd marIaf n xuas~o- 80.