Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-06-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Boise baseball team in the Tri-State
league, died at Boise Thursday morn
ing of tubercular meningitis.
The Rev. II. w. Jones, who has
been pastor of the First Presbyterian
seven years. has resigned his charge
and moved to Spokane.
The report comes from the Yellow
stone basin that the mining camps In
that section of the state have been
compelled to close down on account
of shortage of supplies and powder.
A bloody duel with firearms was
fought between Hayes Walden and
Pedro Aschola a Spanish sheepherder.
on Glover creek, near Bliss. in Gilmore
county, the Spaniard, who had started
the fight, being killed.
J. C.. HOWE, prominent attorney
of Spokane who mysteriously disap-
peared form his home in that city,
has been found in Boise. Howic had
apparently been drugged, but is un
able to explain by whom.
At the recent election Bonner coun-
ty went wet by a decisive majority OF
between coo and 700 votes. Sand
point relied UP majority OF 655 votes
for the vets as against wet majority
OF ~ at the election two years ago,
Homesteaders day on June 6 bids
fair to be the biggest day ever wit
messed in Caldwell Nothing like 1t
was ever before attempted by tho
business men and citizens of that city.
Among the events will be big barbe-
cue.
At an election held at Burnley, 1t
was voted to issue municipal bonds
in the amount of $4,000, for the pur-
pose of installing a water and sewer
age system in the town and extending
the electric lighting and heating sys-
tenn.
In the case at Idaho Falls Of w. d.
Huffaker county commissioner charg-
ed with collecting unlawful fees, Judge
Gwinn found MI Huffaker not guilty.
He was accused of having sold some
books to the county and other irregu-
larities.
Deep mystery and circumstances
murder was committed surround the
death of an unidentified man within
the Boise barracks reserve Mt Boise.
The body was discovered by chance in
a deep ravine.
Charles s. Davis of Boston, presi-
dent of the Portneuf Marsh Valley IT.
rigation company, the Downey Water
If1n
ment company, has been making
tour of inspection of the properties OF
tie various companies.
Governor Hawley has been asked to
lend his cooperation to plan to call
meeting of representative mining
men OF the northwest states In Boise
during the first week of Ausust when
the association OF western governors
Is to be In session there
Jack Downey of Salt Lake and Vic
Hansen Of San Francisco fought ten
round draw al Boise, Wednesday
night, before large crowd OF fans.
On points Downey was entitled to
nair-line decision He outboxed Ham
sen in six of the ten rounds,
After a day of comparative freedom,
during which he visited number OF
his old haunts and saw numerous
old-time acquaintances, y. F. o'Nelll,
former presidents OF the defunct State
Bank of Commerce, was forced to ac-
eept n cell in the county Jail at Wal.
Lace.
The first meeting Of the new mayor
and city council Of Boise under the
Black law resulted In many official
heads falling into the basket and the
adoption of several resolutions re-
quired by the new form OF govern
ment under which the city is now
working.
At the last meeting of the city coun-
Gil of Idaho Falls, resolution was
passed creating an extensive paving
district, covering Capitol, Shoup and
Cottage avenues, and A, d, c and q
streets the estimated cost of which 10
$4,000 1t is proposed to use the bit
ulithic process.
With the announcement that
Charles f. Ruddy of Wallace has been
granted title to a homestead situated
in the center of valuable residence
district OF Wallace, one of the long
est drawn out and the most bitterly
contested suits in the history OF the
northwest has been brought to an end.
The secretary OF the interior has
authorized the reclamation service to
proceed with the construction OF the
pumping plant distribution system
and transmission line for the west ex-
tension of the Minidoka irrigation
project which will cover 1900 acres
of high land lying six miles nortn-
west of Burnley
The validity of Nampa's $4,000
municipal bonds was upheld last
week, when the supreme court hand
ed down a decision affirming the 1udg.
ment of the lower court in the case
of John s. Hickey and others against
the city of Nampa.
The supreme court has affirmed the
finding of the Idaho supreme court in
the case of Alexander y Stalker and
Emaline Stalker against the Oerson
Short Line, involving title to twenty
acres of land used for station and
siding at Meridian on the line from
Boise to Nampa
Plans are practically completed for
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