Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Parma last week attracted a salts
factory attendance.
Representative French has intro
duced a bill authorizing an appropria-
ton of 100000 for improving the
Occur d'Alene river In Idaho.
The movable school held In Emmett
under the supervision OF the agricul-
tural department of the University OF
Idaho, was a success in every way.
After seven and half rounds OF
the fastest fighting ever seen I'm
Boise. the Battling Dane was given
the decision on q foul over Maurice
Thompson.
The supreme. court has denied an
application for q writ of habeas COR
pus by ]. s. Settlers, now confined In
the state prison on the charge of hav-
ing passed a fictitious draft.
The business men Of Nampa have
interested themselves in the high
school band to the extent that they
have established a fund with which to-
purchase uniforms for the boys.
The Bank of Juliaetta has annexed
the Citizens State Bank of Juiiaetta,.
and the two are now one institution.
The field seemed too small for two
banks, but large enough for one well
conducted Institution.
Senator Borahs amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill appropri-
nting $13,S40 to- continue the Boise as
say office throughout the coming fiscal
year, was adopted by the senate APP
preparations committee
Another new county fight is on in
earnest and the people of Falk, New
Plymouth, Fruitland and Payette are
forming as unit to keep the Payette
valley together as one county and the
Boise valley as another.
Action is to- be taken by the city
council of Boise which will start an
investigation of the detective depart
ment relative to the charges which
are being made In connection with the
gambling scandal in the city.
The neglect and cruel treatment OF
dumb animals will no longer be coun-
tenanced within the city of Nampa, a
city humane officer having been ap-
pointed, with jurisdiction over all the
dump animals within the corporate
limits.
For three, days Silver City. Della.
mar and the surrounding mining
camps were without electric power or
lights and the supply OF coal oil and
candles was nearly exhausted. The
trouble was caused by a break in tho
power wire.
A special train will leave Boise Feb.
ruary s., carrying the Boise Polo club
10 the polo tournament at Los An.
geles, Cal, in which the men from the
Idaho capital will compete The tour
nament will last from February is to
March 8.
The Dewey line is now completed to
the big eddy below Smiths Ferry, and
graded to the Payette lakes. The
work of putting steel on the uncom-
pleted section, traversing Long valley,
will be begun. it is announced, as soon
as spring opens.
A bill making the promotion of box
Ing matches in Idaho a felony, pun
ishable by Imprisonment for not less
than. one year in the state peniten-
tiary, has been introduced in the
house of representatives by Repre-
sentative Storey.
The Boise Commercial club has de-
cided to send man into the Twin
Falls section to aid the Commercial
club of that place in securing the
building of the Twin Falls, Oakland q
San Francisco railroad from Wells,
New, to Twin Falls.
Persons divorced in this state may
go to another state and get married
before six months have expired and
still be legally married after they re-
turn to Idaho, under the existing law,
according to a decision in the district
court at Boise last week.
A head-on collision between two
freight trains was narrowly averted
on the Oregon Short Line near Spen-
Ger, through prompt work on the part
Of a brakeman, with the aid of a de-
rafl switch. AS 1t was, a runaway
train loaded with ice was switched
into the sagebrush.
]. Wisely and w. ]. Wittenberg on
Carmen creek last week shipped the
first carload of hogs ever sent by rail
from Salmon City. The sbipmens
consisted of SO head. averaging 2,O01
pounds each, and It is estimated that
they will bring $8.25 per hundred
pounds In Portland.
A few men are to be put to work in
q day or two sinking holes in places
on the Magic dam for the purpose of
locating leaks with a view OF stop-
ping them with cement. These holes
through which the water finds It's wav
through the dam are believed to be
crevices in the solid rock
Adopting as their motto "Compul-
sorry Honesty" the Idaho State
Hardware and Implement Dealers, as.
ISOLATION, in session at Boise, de-
clared against catalogue and mail or
der houses, through the adoption of a
strong resolution.
Jesse Ball, Short Line brakeman
whose home is In Pocatello. came near
death when he missed his footing in
attempting to board a moving train.
He was dragged a considerable dis
lance before the train was stopped.
He was taken at once to a hospital
and will recover.