Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS

duced bill appropriating 100000
for public building at Payette.
The new revenue law provides thaj
cash value and 40 per cent valuation
shall be entered on all tax lists In
parallel columns, and Laxes levied on
| 40 per cent
Robert Proudfit is wanted in Boise
for the ENLIGHTENMENT % $4,000 from
the lntermountain Auto company of
that city in the past two years. 1t Is
believed Proudfit has gone to Canada.
L. +. Rork was convicted in the
| probate court at Gooding of shooting
the eyes cut of a colt belonging to ].
w Matthews. The two men are
neighbors, living within few miles
of Gooding.
The Pacific & Idaho Northern rail-
road has filed in the federal land of
fee its set of maps. plats and appli-
cation for right of way thirty-five
miles from Meadows to a point near
higgins, Idaho county.
Jack Downey of Salt Lake was
awarded a decision over Slick Merrill.
l,oise's BLACK Panther" in ten
round 20 at Boise Downey had the
better OF it all the way, although he
| fought mostly on the defensive
| Work is still being prosecuted ON
the Nampa Caldwell line. The recent
cold weather hindered the contract
ors. but did not cause them to stop.
The company now expects to be run
ming cars over the line by May /.
| Hiram Caswell tells a thrilling tale
OF escape from a snowslide which
struck him as he was going out to
| his camp in the mountains near Sal
mon, Caswell was buried for fourteen
hours. but finally managed to dig HIM
self out
To stimulate an interest in interna-
tional peace, the American School
Peace league has announced a prize
contest In high schools and normal
schools throughout the country, which
it Is hoped Idaho pupils will be inter-
ested in.
Iva Child, years old, daughter Of
Herbert Child Of Shelley, was killed
instantly by a freight engine as she
was returning from school. She was
standing on one track and watching
train go by on another when the en-
CINE struck her.
Presumably because his 17-year-old
daughter Della confessed that she had
been sustaining improper relations
with him, her father. ]. M. Foster.
shot himself through the head several
days ago. the body being found in his
home near Moscow.
Thirteen prisoners awaiting trial for
felonies or serving sentences for minor
| offenses, escaped from the Bannock
county jail at Pocatello on the 30th.
The Jail break was discovered half an
hour after 1t occurred and seven of
the prisoners recaptured
Smallpox. which has apparently
taken firm hold of Kellogg, has now
jumped to Burke. But one case has
been reported In this latter town, but
the health authorities anticipate more
trouble, as this first case was we'll ad-
vanced before II was discovered.
The liquor license question Is still
the disturbing factor in Lemhi coun-
~. At recent meeting Of the city
council an ordinance was passed fix
ing the cost of city saloon licenses at
$1S7.50 per quarter, and making reg.
ulations for the operation of saloons.
A special from Washington an
nounees that Notwithstanding Secre-
tary Stimson's recommendation that
Boise barracks be abandoned such
action is not at all probable. for prae-
tically every member Of the senate is
opposed 10 Simson's proposed sweep
Ing economy. -
If there is timber trust In the
United States the federal government
is its most mighty factor, according
to Senator Borah who, in his speech
in the senate, vigorously denounced
The present policy of the government
in the matter OF disposng of timber
in forest reserves.
Senator Hepburn Of Idaho on Thurs
day effectually blocked the effort of
Senator Lodge and the other men,
bers of the committee on foreign re-
tations to have the senate grant unan-
tnous consent to the fixing OF a day
for the vote on the arbitration trea-
les with Great Britain and France.
Representative French has intro
duced bill providing that the law
requiring labor and improvements to
be done annually upon mining claims
be so amended as to provide that i'm
provements made upon roads or high
ways leading to the mining claims
shall be accepted as labor expended
upon the claim itself.
Oil burners which can be installer
in any kind of kitchen stove, and
which will reduce the fuel cost more
than one.half, Is an invention which
will soon be put on the market. and
for which Boise will be the manufac-
turing point.
Sportsmen throughout the state
have been notified by the state game
and fish department that the open
season for duck and goose shooting
which formerly extended until March
1. closes one month earlier, on Febru-
airy l, this year.
William 8. Clark, who are charged
with murder In the first degree for
the alleged killing OF Joe Morris at
Boise last November, was declared
not guilty by a jury. Morris struck
Clark In the fact and was stabbed in