Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-12-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS!

q gunshot wound caused by friend.
Brady completely exonerated his
friend in a statement just before he
died.
The new Teton branch Of the oreA
gon Short Line is one of the busieGI
branches of the system. Every day
there are heavy shipments from that
section.
A justice of the peace at Ucon has
fined two men for watching man
drinking liquor on the streets without
attempting to stop him. The case has
been appealed.
Those who shipped their prune crop
through the fruit association from EN-
NETT have been getting returns during
the past few days. They realized about
$3.50 per ton.
The handsome new ranch home Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Often, residing west OF
Nampa, was totally destroyed by fire
last week. The origin OF the fire is
unknown. 1t started in the attic.
F. H. Torneton, aged SIS, one OF
the most prominent and wealthy
farmers Of Idaho Falls, was thrown
from his wagon when the team ran
away and probably fatally injured.
The migratory bird law takes effect
December 15 After that 1t will be a
violation of the fe teral statute to kill
migratory birds, regardless Of what
the state law may say ON the subject.
Pocatello and hancock county Will
come into possession Of the hospital
now owned by the Pocatello General
Hospital association on the first Of the
year. The deal was closed last week,
by the city council.
In the $4,000 damage suit brought
by Mrs. E. v. Stanford against Henry
Richards Of Nampa, as the result of
horse being frightened by an automo-
bile, the jury returned verdict in ia
vor of defendants.
The president has nominated James
l.. McClear of Occur d'Alene to be
district attorney for Idaho, as rec
commended by NATIONAL Committee
man Elder. This is the first Idaho
nomination made this season.
w. L. Cooper, a rancher living at
New Sweden, a farming district near
Idaho Falls ON the west. was bound to
the district court on a larceny charge
preferred by J. H. and Ralph Fullen-
wider for the theft of nine hogs.
P. L. McLain, proprietor of the City
Drug Store at Idaho Falls, was SER
iously injured by an explosion Of
chemicals while in his place of bust
ness. 1t was thought at first that his
eyes had been destroyed, though he
may recover.
By the work of an improvised bur
lar alarm, Mrs. Thomas Hall, wife of
a prominent hardware man of Poca-
tello, lies in the hospital with but one
! hand. The alarm, loaded shotgun,
was set off by Mrs. Hail. and one of
her hands blown off.
DR.. Edward o. Sisson, commission
er of education for Idaho, was at his
week after an absence of almost a
month during which time he visited
several of the leading educational au-
thorities of the nation.
Charles Ostler, the man who, In
1869, isolated in the heart of Idaho
mountains, imprisoned by walls of
snow, using only such primitive tools
as a jackknife and Ratchet, carved
the equestrian statute of George
Washington that adorns the capitol
grounds, is dead, after lingering
illness
Dwight Smith of Tendoy has ar
rived at Salmon with a carload of
pure-bred shorthorn cattle bought
from a noted breeder In Guernsey
county, Ohio They are considered
to be the best yet brought to this
neighborhood. Since arriving two
of the eight months old calves have
been sold for $3.50 apiece.
Blackfoot has the distinction OF
having as one Of its residents Joe
Lopez, brother of Rafael Lopez, who
is a prisoner in the Apex mine at
Bingham Joe Lopez until recently
has been herding sheep in the Little
Lost River district Those who know
him speak of him as thoroughly hon.
orable and dependable.
Those in charge say the interest In,
the Idaho state poultry show, to be!
held in Boise January 26 to 81. is be-
coming nation wide, and that before
its doors are open to the public there
will be one of the largest collections
of trophies ever offered at any show
outside of Madison Square garden In
New York.
State Auditor Huston has just COM
pleted the distribution among the
counties of the state Of the valuation
added by the state tax commission 20
the corporations owning property in.
the state. The total additions for the
entire state were $3,761 ,421; the total
deducations were $975.833, leaving a
net increase of R2.785,58S.
Professor H. w. Hochbaum, con-
sulting agriculturist for Ada county,
believes that a cow-testing association,
II formed among the men of the coun-
ty who keep number of cows, would
prove Of great value by enabling the
dairyamn to eliminate the cows from
his herd which are not giving enough
in butter fats or milk to pay to keep
them.
Mayor Arthur Hodges OF Boise, pros
pectiVe candidate for governor. has
been made defendant in a second GUST
er case to remove him from office.