Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-09-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

NavPS OF boISe valley.
TFhe George P. Hall orchard, near
Emmett, will produce 10000 crates
"of prunes from 20 acres. He is pack
ing 100 crates per day.
1t is reported that Hugh Whitney,
the notorious Idaho bandit ana Al
bert P. ses,er. his companion, are
serving sentences in the state peniten-
tlary under assumed names.
One bear a day for three days in
succession is the hunting record re-
ported bysIrying W. Stoddard, mem
Der of a government surveying party
working in Clark's fork in Bonner
county.
Edgar Wilson, former congressman
from Idaho has been taken to the
Idaho state asylum at Orofino, to
which he was committed by the state
district court for a period of two
years for inebriety.
The Oregon Short Line bridge over
Willow creek, near Middleton, was
saved from total destruction from
fire only by the active work of citi-
zens of Middleton. The bridge caught
fire from sparks or cinders from the
train.
]. R. Hunter has finished putting up
the third crop of hay on Frozen Dog
ranch, near Emmett, and will have
another cutting before frost comes,
making four crops from the same land
in one season. Great is the Emmett
country.
Ed Miller and Bussey Boyer of
Hagerman, in the past two weeks
have caught ten sturgeon. The larg-
est one caught weighed just $50
pounds, which they hauled over to
Twin Falls and disposed of it at 15
cents pound.
In one of the most spectacular tea
mis- matches seen within the state of
idaho, Ben @. Pettingill of Boise, run
ner up in mems singles in the Idaho
state tennis tournament, won from A.
B. Eaton of Mountain Home, holder
of the trophy cup in mems singles.
Salmon is experiencing an ice fam
inc. The high water in the Salmon
river undermined the ice house of w.
j. Brown, in which about 200 tons of
ice were stored. The ice machine at
the Lemhi market rated at three tons
daily capacity, is unable to supply
A movement has been started to
place Salmon on the Park to Park"
route by building a road from the
Bighole basin, across the summit of
the Bitter Root mountains at the
head Of Norfolk creek, connecting at
Gibbonsville with the existing stage
road
That the Gilmore & Pittsburg rail
road forms part of the Hill system Is
believed to have been definitely set
tied by the recent filing Of the annual
statement of the Northern Pacifc,
which shows that railroad to hold
most of the securities Of the Gilmor
& Pittsburg.
John U. Mcpherson rendered his
resignation as state horticulture in
spector at a meeting of the state
board of horticulture last week. The
resignation was accepted, and at the
same meeting G. K. Macy of Coun.
Gil Valley, Adams county, was elect
ed to the position.
Mayor Hodges of Boise is working
out new plan for handling the traf-
fic between the city and the fair
grounds during the coming state fair.
His plan is to segregate the wagon
and automobile traffic, and he be
lieves the situation will be consider
ably relieved thereby.
The Iowa society, made up of for
mer citizens of the Hawkeye state, at
its annual meeting in Boise a short
time ago, took steps to include the en-
tire state in its organization. A wide
awake Hawkeye in every community
in the state Is to be set at work to in
crease the membership.
Warden Shook of the state peniten-
tiary is not inclined to consider seri-
ously the application of Harry Or
chard, murderer of former Governor
Steunenberg, for a pardon. you can
tell the public for me- said the war
den, that there is little danger of
Orchards being pardoned."
Some of the depositors of the de-
funct Idaho State bank Of Haley have
commenced proceedings aginst the
American Surety company Of New
York to recover $50 900, the amount
of the company's bond as surety for
Bank Examiner William Cruise, who Is
charged with failing to do his duty,
whereby the depositors lost their
money.
Investigations made by the state tax
commission since the adjournment OF
the state board of equalization reveal
the fact that the Utah Power G Light
company, successor to the old Tellu-
ride, is assessed this year on all the
property it owns in the state at $780,
ITS. Last year 1t was assessed In
Bannock county alone at S650,000.
Thirty-five carloads Of new potatoes
were shipped from Caldwell during
the month of August. They were con-
signed at prices ranging from so cents
to 81 per hundred, subject to market
changes at their destinations.
IA man giving his name as Angus
icPhee was arrested and placed in
Jail at Shoshone, charged with having
forged several checks which were
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