Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-02-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS

last week
Two residents of Gooding, convicted
of stealing coal from the Oregon Short
Line, We're heavily fined.
Henry A. Robb, one of the leading
merchants of Nampa, died suddenly OF
heart failure at Weiser, while on
visit to relatives.
The. first days attendance at the
farmers movable school, which was
held at Rexburg last week. was re.
markable. over 1900 people were In
attendance
Irrigation engineers from Idaho,
Washington and Oregon held three.
day session in Boise last week, dis.
cussing question of interest to irri
gationists.
Practically every state office holder
In Idaho has signed letter to Presi
dent-elect Woodrow Wilson TO appoint
Ex-Governor James H. Hawley as sec
rotary of the interior.
After suffering for days with the
smallpox. Mrs. B. p. Teater, of Boise
became violently insane and was car.
ried to the detention hospital and
At the annual banquet last week OF
the Boise Commercial club, the treas.
urer announced that the club was out
of debt and had q balance Of over
800 to its credit at the present time.
After battling for two weeks through
drifted snow as high as twenty-five
feet on the Teton branch OF the Ore
gon Short Line between Ashton and
briggs, the line was reopened for traf-
fic.
Reorganization of the Twin Falls,
Oakland G San Francisco railway,
with board of directors constituting
Is members, was effected at a meet.
ing of the stockholders in Twin Falls
last week.
The National Guard armory at
Occur d Alene collapsed, causing a
los of perhaps most of the $4,000
worth of government property besides
the building itself, which is said to
be worth $500.
1t is said that Governor Haines will
not call meeting of the assessors OF
the various counties in the state un.
til after the legislature has adjourned
and will not then If the new revenue
bills do not pass.
Thomas P. Woodcock, commissioner
of public safety, will tender his resig.
nation to the Boise city council as q
city commissioner on February /.
This will leave the city with but three
commissioners, excluding the mayor.
John H Shields, charged with grand
larceny. the specific charge being the
stealing of two horses from J. J. Stok
ing Of FREEDOM, Wyo., nearly two years
ago. was bound over to the district
court in the preliminary examination
at Pocatello.
Jas the result of the supreme court
decision forcing the Pocatello Water
company to appoint two commission
ers to meet with two appointed by the
city to fix the water rates in the city,
an amicable adjustment of the contro-
yersy is expected.
In an effort to secure better prices
for the products of the farms and
ranches of Idaho go representative
men of the southern part of the state
met In Boise and formed tentative
plans to organize the South Idaho Pro
ducers association.
In a meeting at Caldwell the Can.
yon County Taxpayers league went
on record as being opposed to the
creation of the Eleventh judicial dis.
trict and appointed committee to
lodge the protest with the Canyon
county legislative delegation.
y Senator-elect James H. Brady was
tendered a reception at Pocatello, on
his arrival home from Boise and
Mountain Home. He was met at the
depot by goodly number of citizens,
accompanied by the band, after which
a public reception was held at the
Commercial. club.
The Pocatello Commercial club at
its last meeting voted unanimously to
petition President-elect Wilson to ap-
point Ex-Governor Hawley of Idaho as
secretary of the interior. Party lines
have been forgotten in the general in
dorsement of the former governor for
cabinet position.
A monster celebration developed at
American Falls on the 30th when the
people of the town received the news
that the county of Power was created
by the state legislature and the bill
had been signed by the governor
American Falls will be the county seat |
of the new county.
While attending a minstrel show at
Caldwell. Charles Pons, aged 16. |
seated in one of the open windows
VI the opera house, fell backward |
while laughing at one of the jokes, |
and landed on the ground outside, 20
feet below, sustaining a broken leg
and probably other injuries.
u. C. Howard. who has been con- |
Quoting a music store at Idaho Falls, |
has been arrested on an embezzlement /
charge, it being charged that he sold |
and collected for pianos which did not |
belong to him, and failed to reimburse |
the original owners.
A packing plant will be established
at Salmon City with capacity to sup
ply the meats and all meat products
for Lemhi county. The new plant
viii be modern throughout, including |
rendering room. ice plant, smoke
house, refrigerating room and every