Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-10
IDAHO STATE NEWS

state.
The wool shipments from Idaho In
1912 amounted to 100000 pounds;
in 1911. 100000 pounds.
The sheep industry of Idaho puts
into circulation annually among farm.
ers, laborers and merchants, over
81, 900, 600.
1t is announced that one of the first
official acts of Governor-elect John NJ,
Haines will be the starting of the cam.
paign to reduce the taxes in Idaho.
The gross metal contents of all the
minerals shipped and of bullion pro,
duced in Idaho during the past year.
aggregate a grand total value of SIS.
100000.
After beating his wife over the head
with a monkey-wrench in an alleged
attempt on Ten Mile, fled from his
rancher on Ten Mile, fed from his
ranch and is now fugitive from JUS
tice.
Frank Barkenhagen, a Caldwell mall
carrier, has devised push cart with
carrying capacity Of $50 pounds and
will use 1t for the delivery of mail, now
that the parcels post system is in
operation.
The Idaho northern railroad, at pres
ent in operation between Nampa and
Murphy and Emmett, an extension to
which is being built to the Payette
lakes has been purchased by the Ore
gon Short Line.
Bentley Crisler, aged Is, was acct
dentally killed near Boise while rab-
bit shooting. Young Chrisler was
struck by a bullet fired from a 90 cal
iber rife by George Pearson, his chum
and companion. who shot at rabbit.
There are represented in Boise at
the present time forty-eight lodges. or
this number thirteen are different
branches of the Masonic order and
twelve of the Odd Fellows. Almost
every known lodge in the west is rep
resented in the city.
Without haing left his sickbed more
than a few days since his marriage.
November last, Maurice j. Alton,
manager of the Hotel Washington, at
Weiser, and one OF the best known ho-
tel men in the northwest, died Decem-
Der 80, from enlargement of the heart.
The secretary of agriculture will
send an agent of the department to
Boise, to remain during the session OF
the legislature, cooperating with Com
missioner Wallis and committees OF
the legislature in framing pure food,
meat inspection and similar state laws.
Idaho has constructed and has now
In course of construction canal sys-
TENS designed to irrigate approximate
ly 100000 acres of agricultural lands.
of which about 100000 acres are at
tributed to individual and communitivs
effort.
Jesse Dillman, who killed Miss Ag-
mes Liner at the Mizpah mine, twenty
miles east of Harvard, December IL,
| died at Moscow last week as the re-
! suit of wounds inflicted by himself in
an attempt to commit suicide after he
had shot the girl
| Net earnings of the mines of the
north Idaho and Spokane country for
1912, great part of which have been
| distributed among the stockholders in
dividends, and the remainder diverted
to surplus funds of the different COM
panies, aggregate $5,3S9,612, as com.
pared with $3,209.47 in 1911.
Using the federal census of 1910 as
basis. which gave Idaho total pop
ulation of 325,594, and taking the re-
cent school census, which Is rather
accurate check upon the growth 81
state, shows Idaho TO have today a
gain OF 81 ,939 during 1911 and 1912, on
q total population OF 357,533.
James H. Wallis, state pure food In
spector, presided at the head of the
table Christmas day with seventeen
members of his fawily, including his
wife, children and grandchildren
gathered around the board. All oil
his family were not there. II all had
been present there would have been
twenty-three
o. H. Barber, editor of the Amerb
can Falls Press, has been appointed
state fish and game warden. Mr..
Barber is an expert along those lines
and can be relied upon TO give the
state business administration oil
chat department.
An increased force of men is TAX.
Ing advantage of the excellent weather
and Is rushing as rapidly as possible
the structural steel work on the man.
moth new 100000 freight depot be-
ing constructed at Pocatello for the
Oregon Short Line.
Cattle of all classes in the state
have total valuation of $5,967 ,281.30
and number 225 OBS. Fine bred horses
are also being imported into the
state, many coming In last year. The
total number in the state is 134,09S
with a value of s10,777,44S.
| Idaho is rapidly coming into her
own as a fruitbearing state, the year
| just closed having witnessed a dou'
bling of acreage planted to apples,
prunes, pears, peaches and mixed
| fruits and shown a decided increase
in the amount of fruit shipped.
The Idaho Irrigation company has
begun a suit against Blaine county
and Assessor Schad to recover
$53250 taxes upon the $4,000 valua
ton of the Magic dam reservoir, can
ais and all improvements of the
company. that were paid under pro
test
Pearl T. Hoskins died at Wesl
Portage from the effects of pin,
III. II q