Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-01-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The state has at this time more
han 100000 tied up In school
ponds.
William Balderston has been re-
dominated register of the Boise land
office by President Taft.
The eighth annual convention Of
the Idaho Retail Hardware & I'm
plement Dealers was held in Boise
asst week.
During the year ending December
81, 1911. the state purchased $275,44S
worth Of school bonds, and loaned
s646,795 on farm lands.
Idaho has the reputation of being
he only northwestern state where con-
sumers are given full weight In butter,
netting considerable saving to them
each year.
Idaho's balance was on the right
side Of the ledger at the close of the
Did year. The statement prepared by
he treasurer shows total cash bal
ance of .$1,699.2S3.9s.
The dead body of Elva Tanner, the
ffteen-year-old daughter of A. A.
Tanner of Oakley. was found in the
orchard near her home. 1t Is believed
the girl, during a At of dependency,
took poison.
The governor has appointed Joseph
Perault. Earl Venable and Addison T.
Smith as Idaho delegates to the con-
vention of the American Automobile
association at Washington, ID. c., on
January 16 and II.
The heaviest fall of snow In TWEEN
ty-five years was experienced in the
Payette valley on the 9Th. Pioneers
declare 1t has not been equaled since
1884. The total precipitation was
about eighteen inches.
The tamale and "wienie" vendors
Of Boise have adapted themselves to
present conditions and have placed
heir little carts on runners, thereby
lessening the labor of running them
over the icy pavements.
Margaret Worth, woman of the
underworld, shot and probably fatally
wounded Harry Howard. known as
Curly Williams, gambler. at Burley.
Williams had Just arrived from Twin
Falls, and the woman claims he struck
her.
Representative French has intro
duced in the house bills previously
introduced in the senate by Senator
Borah, providing for three-year
homestead; and authorizing an addi-
tional 100000 loan to the reclama-
ton fund.
The elght-day campaign Of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement In
Boise will be held from February 40
to February IS. During that time, some
Of the greatest men In their respec-
tive lines will be heard daily in the
capital city.
The bids for the LincolnlTwin Falls
bridge to be built at Bliss were open.
ed by State Engineer Robinson last
week and the contract was let to the
Charles G. Shelley company Of Dem
YER, Colo. Their bid of 1895 was
the lowest.
There now remain but thirty-two
cases of smallpox in quarantine In
Boise, and no new cases have been
reported this month When the
month began there were thirty-five
cases, and three have since been re.
leased from quarantine.
Caldwell's postmaster has. it ia
said, instructed the city carriers not
to deliver mail to houses where the
walks were not cleared of snow. He
takes the position that where patrons
are too negligent to clear the walks
that they are not entitled to get mall.
Ed. Hurt, the Oldest Pullman por.
ter on the Union Pacific system,
dropped dead on q train west OF
Hammett. Hurt was on duty at the
time, and he pitched over into the
lap Of a woman he was waiting on.
Apoplexy 10 thought to have been the
cause.
The long-planned trip to Florida or
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Brownlee, an aged
couple from Bonner's Ferry, was
brought to a sad end by the sudden
death of the wife, Mrs. Louisa L.
Brownlee. II years old. in the waiting
room of the Illionois Central railroad
at Chicago on Thursday.
An active organization Is being
formed by committee of business
men to oppose the adoption of the
Black law as the form of government
for Boise. The fight Is to be conduct
ed on the principle Of home rule for
the city as opposed to Its organization
under the general laws of the state.
Representative French has intro
duced bill for $4,000 for improving
the st. Mary and st. Joseph rivers in
idaho and 100000 for the Kootenai
river from Bonners Ferry to the Ca
madam line.
What Is said to have been an effort
on the part of Stephen Bulanoyis, an
Austrian, to kill John Butoros. a fel.
low countryman, landed Bulanovis
behind the bars of the city jail at
Boise last week.
In the opinion of the officials max
ing the annual inspection of the lines
of the Oregon Short Line. the Nampa
district Of the Idaho division, under
the supervision OF P. A. Pheney, road
master. is the best appearing one on