Montpelier examiner., 1912-10-04

tary of state
p, w. Hess. who lives one mile
south of Kimberly. sold from six
acres. alsike clover seed to the amount
of s514.
Three iconvicts. each OF whom
would have been released in less than
ninety days. escaped from the convict
camp near Nampa.
s. A. Goodman. who left Nampa
about three weeks ago to make his
home in California, fell from n street
car in San Francisco and was killed.
Saturday. November 90. has been
designated as Idaho day at the North
western Products exposition to be
held at St Paul, Mimi. during that
week,
John Crawford, who attacked Chief
of Police EIodson of Caldwell with a
hammer, has been sentenced to serve
six months to two years in the peui-
tentiary.
The Flint mines in 0wyhee county,
owned by the Eli Meyers Mining com
pany of London, Eng. will soon have
electricity for power and lighting pur-
poses at their property.
J. U. Mcpherson, state horticultural
inspector has been appointed as a
member of the board of governors or
the Fifth National Apple show to be
held in Spokane on November IL
to II.
The council of Pocatello has fixed
the city tax levy at $3S5, which brings
the total for state, county and city for
the property owners of Pocatello to
sS.05 on the 800. by far the highest
tax ever known locally.
Fourteen boys have been arrested
at Twin Falls, charged with petty
thievery. 1t is charged the lads had
banded together and committed nu-
merous depredations, stealing from
stores, garages and wagons
Leaving note to her husband
with whom she had quarreled, Mrs.
Moon, aged about 81 years. of Boise,
tried to kill herself by taking chic
ride of mercury. Antfdotes promptly
administered saved her life.
S. w. Gundaker. 40 years old,
owner of the Big Mohawk and the Pa
pago Chief gold and copper claims at
Tucson, Ariz., and extensively inter.
ested in the Coeur dAlene district of
Idaho, died suddenly last week
Potatoes are being shipped from the
Kimberly tract as fast as cars can
be secured and the crop is fine one,
yielding over 200 saclsS to the acre.
With potatoes selling at only so cents
per hundred, the crop will bring $500
per acre.
The question of the change of the
site for the new public school build
ing at Dietrich, which was to cost
,$25,000. was submitted to a vote last
week. when Ito votes were cast; IA,
bare two-thirds majority, was given
for the change.
The total tax levy for the citizens
of Emmett this year will be $3.50,
which is divided as follows: State
and county, $40; city, $3.50; school,
So. This levy last year is as follows:
Total tax, $4.30; county and state,
$1.4O; school, $1.30; city, 81.
Idaho schools are to make a deter
mined effort to land the $400 in
prizes offered by the province of
Manitoba for the best display of ex-
hibits In home economic work submit
ted by a school or college at the an
nual fall fair and carnival at Winni-
peg.
Two hundred Indians, cowboys and
soldiers participate In the war bonnet
roundup and Bonneville county fair
at Idaho, Falls. Cowgirl and cowboy
races, bucking and roping contests,
bulldogging exhibitions and the sports
of the prairie were included In the
program.
The Jury acquitted Ray Weaver, OIL
trial at Shoshone for the murder OF
Lena Speers, to whom he mailed a
drug that caused the girls death
Weaver produced evidence that Miss
Speers had written to him for the
medicine, hoping to relieve an EN-
barrassing condition.
A number of colored folk of Boise
have formed an association, the pur-
pose of which is to encourage thrift
and industry among the coiored people
of Idaho.
Neppie Sloper. lad of 10 years, Is
a federal prisoner In the Ada county
jail charged with burglary with In.
tent to rob United States post OF
flee. Sloper broke into the Louis
Diehl store, in which the post office
is located at Eagle.
A man named Templeton was In
stantly killed in duel with Willis
Stevenson. The shooting occurred on
Willow creek, near Bliss. Temple
ton had been living with Stevenson s
wife, and jealousy over her affections
led to the shooting.
A dispute over the affections OF a
lady in South Boise resulted in John
Noonan, veteran of the civil war
who lives at the Soldiers Home, being
arrested, charged with having threat.
ened to take the life of Charles F
Runyan, a comrade.
The Twin Falls tract is facing car
shortage that assumes serious proper
tions and much alarm is felt through
out the tract. especially among ship
pers who have large orders standing
for ears. Many are resorting to the
use of box cars in lieu of refrigerator
cars.