Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-04-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS


than any other spots of its size IN
the country.
In future all the stores OF Wallace
will close at p. M, except Saturday
nights. Early closing has been in
vogue for over a year.
Provision is being made for the ir
rigation of the lands of the new state
institution, the home for feebe-mind
ed, etc, north of Nampa.
Practice marches through the hills
1S miles above Boise will be made
by every troop in the squadron sta
toned at Boise barracks.
The village trustees of Rathdrum
have appropriated 500 upon petition
of the women of the Twentieth Cen.
fury club, for improving the city park.
Since the opening of the postal
savings repositories in Idaho approx
imately 1900 accounts were opened
with more than 1890 deposits and
about 1900 Withdrawals.
Last week pet eve belonging to
Mrs. c. e. Carver of Twin Falls gave
birth to three healthy lambs, all OF
which are living. Last year the same
eve gave birth to twins.
Richard Balbaugh of New Meadows
has contributed $40 to the Golfers OF
the state through the payment Of a
fine assessed when he was arrested
on charge of fishing without H.
cense.
Attx Nf I LOFT will
approximately 100000 this summer
on street improvements including paw
ing and parking. sewer extension.
sidewalk construction and street
grading
A. Rosen. hide dealer, was held
up in his wagon, where he was asleep.
in South Boise, and robbed of $780,
The thief beat Rosen over the head
with club and he was sent to the
hospital.
Camp Colonel Shoup of the Sons of
Veterans was organized in Salmon re-
Gently with w. II. Shoup, commander
There are about 100 young men In the
vicinity who are eligible for member.
ship in the order.
January 81, 1912, there were fifty
three postal savings repositories in
operation in Idaho, with deposits
amounting to more than $4,000.
This amount was received from
about 300 depositors.
AS Idaho is the forty-seventh state
in population, standing twenty-ninth
and twenty-second in relation TO
postal savings puts 1t in consider
able higher class than the states
with larger populations.
Rumors of the letting of the con
tract for the construction of the ex-
tension of the Idaho Northern from
Smiths Ferry to the payette lakes
lave been confirmed The road Is to
be completed November 30.
While rushing down the heavy can
on which Miss Leah Richey and Miss
Alvia Richey, two young school teach
ers, were riding, was wrecked. and the
two women seriously injured.
Water companies must bear the ex-
pense of tapping their pipes to furnish
connection with all city residences, IL
they are to serve the public Impair
TALLY, according to decision by the
United States supreme court In
case from Occur d'Afene.
Prompt and efficient action of the
Boise fire department saved the bust
ness district from what might easily
have been one of the worst confia-
AZ al known
when the store of the Globe Wall Pa
per & Paint company was Quilted by
fire,
r. C. Hattabaugh. state insurance
commissioner, Is suffering from the
effeCes of severe strain he sustained
at Idaho City. He was walking upon
the snow, which was several feet deep
In places, when he broke through the
heavy crust and wrenched his leg and
back.
Rev. HarGd L. Pickett. formerly
pastor of the Unitarian church OF
Boise, has been offered the MANAGE
ment OF the country estate Of Mrs
William Foster of Boston, and will &C.
cept the offer and preach Sundays in
various Unitarian pulpits In the yicin.
ity of Boston.
George w Kingsbury. who recently
answered the last summons at hia
home in Salmon, had been In business
for ten years in Salmon. and was
county commissioner at the time OF
his death. He was born in Ohio in
1856; In 1882 he engaged In business
in the Black hills.
Six hundred and seventy officers
and enlisted men of the Idaho militia,
will represent the Gem state in the
biennial maneuvers of the organized
militia OF Idaho, Washington and Ore.
gon and the regular troops stationed
at Boise and Vancouver, to be held
early this fall at Grays Harbor, Wash.
Only two arrests were made by the
police department of Nampa during
the month of March, according to the
report of Chief Of Police Maloney. The
chiefs report also showed that SO
men were given a nights lodging In
the Jail during the month.
Ranehmen business and profession
al men united last week in the con-
struction of a road from Hansen to
Bull. 20 miles of bad roads being
transformed into smooth, well-round
ed road. Enthusiastic women along
the route served dinner to the work.
ers.