Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-08-16
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The prohibitionlsts in state conven.
ton at Caldwell placed a state ticket
in the field, headed by Il. ID. Nichols,
of Boise, for governor.
City prisoners are to be made to
work on the streets in Boise in flu
+ure, and 1t is expected Migrants will
give the capital city the cold shoulder.
Laura Anderson, the five-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William An
derson of Mulan, was burned to death
when matches with which she was
playing set fire to her clothing.
Albert Gordy shot his wife twice
AZ Orofino. He also shot five times
at Clarence Pool, who was in company
with Mrs. Gordy Gordy was arrested
on charge of insanity recently, but
discharged.
Carl Deane of Ten Davis, about 10
miles below Notus. is suffering from
a gunshot wound in his leg, caused
by accidental discharge of his gun
while out hunting The wound is not
serious one.
Many Ada county sportsmen de-
clare that by the time the grouse sea
son opens there will be almost none
left to shoot in the county, and they
will ask for change of the game
laws before next year.
f. II. Peters, commissioner OF i'm
migration for Calgary, has been spend
ing several days in Idaho, coming
here for the express purpose or con-
ferring with Don II. Bark with re-
gard to irrigation problems.
Tuesday, August 20, is the date sey
for the townsite opening for Mantour
on the Idaho Northern extension, IA
miles from Emmett. Excursions will
be run from Nampa and Payette in
order to accommodate those who may
desire to attend.
Alfred Anderson, aged 60 years, OF
Boise, and Mrs. Mary f. Robinson.
aged so, of Cache county, were mar
ried last week at st. Anthony by Gov
ernor Hawley, who stated that 1t was
the first time he had had the pleasure
of performing a marriage.
To Investigate claims of that section
for railroad from Twin Falls to
Wells, Nevada, to connect with the
Western Pacific, committee of rail-
road men from San Francisco and a
number of business men from Wells,
New, visited Twin Falls last week.
Because he is alleged to have used
force in ejecting boy from his prem
ises, Elmer Mcconnell, rancher from
Dry Greek section, has been arrested
faf, If
who charges him with battery on the
person of his son, Walter Eidelbock.
Sensational testimony to the effect
that boys were stripped of their cloth
ing and dashed with heavy straps wa3
given at the opening of the reform
school investigation at st. Anthony.
Four straps were introduced and it
was testified that they were used for
child beating.
The report of the commandant of
the Soldiers Home for July shows
that there were 202 at the institu-
tion; that four were admitted and two
were readmitted during the month.
The total number in the home dur
Ing the month was 20S. 1t cost $2,768
to maintain the institution.
Boise is soon to become the center
of one of the greatest building stone
industries of the United States. Mil
lions of feet of stone that is fully the
equal of the famous Bedford lime
stone will be quarried from Table
| rock. and the Boise quarries expect
to compete against the Bedford stone.
A report by State Inspector Nc
Pherson on orchard development dur
ing the past three years shows that
the acreage in orchards in 1910 was
56,341 acres. in 1911 96,599 acres, and
in 1912 142,775 acres The increase
In the total acreage in 1911 over 1910
was 1929 acres. and in the two years
of 1911 and 1912 the increase over
1910 was 86,432 acres.
The assessor reports that the cash
value of Lemhi county property this
year amounts to 1862; land totals.
S1,335,556; improvements on land,
$26s.i63; improvements ON mineral
land, $204,640; livestock, $616.709. The
total taxable value, under the 40 per
cent rate, is $1,652, 1854
The Boise Statesman announces
that w. e. Pierce has sold the
Boise Railroad company to the
Interurban company, officially the
Idaho Railroad Light & Power com
pany, thereby creating a merger OF
all the Boise interurban and city lines
The sale includes the Natatorium
An extraordinary landslide occurred
on the ranch of Mrs. Verna Kellogg
near Boyle Creek. Those on the rancl
were awakened by the roar of water
breaking of trees and grinding oil
rock and gravel. Two or three acres
of hillside slid down and covered fiji
teen acres of valuable land seven fee
deep with debris.
Final arrangements have been com
J pleted for the eastern Idaho Eistedd
fod to be held at Rexburg, Septembe
IL to 20. Special rates to Rexburi
have been announced and large dele
CATION is expected from Salt Lake an
other outside points.
Mrs. Charlotte Collyer, who wit
her husband and child was on tn
.. Titanic en- route to Payette, and who's
husband was lost on the Inflated yes