Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

OF the government u 10 leave the pest
Ia charge Of a mounted caretakar. q
"a said
=. A. watsins Of Middleton lost 9
valuable team and had a narrow &c
cape frem drowning when he drove
OF the bank OF the Boise river into .
deep hole with qulcksand bottom.
The taxes paid in Idaho BY tho ore
Enn short Line Ia the past Ave years
are given NJ follows 1908. stoas
teso6; 1902, t5t9,2Ss 81. 1910. S4ss.
a9lN t9ll tSs9.ToSt7: 1919. $685.
96S ~
ORGANIZATION OF committees has been
completed Tor the Lemhl county falr.
which will hs held October I. and .,
spccial efforts ara being made TO SO
cure the bcst exhibits In tho mining.
agricultural and horticultural classes
Earnest x Morris aga ~ yeara
committed suicide Al his ranch on
Agency creek. near rendoY. By shoot.
ing himself with a rife The body
was found by his brother. Edison A.
Morris. on hts return from a ashlnR
trip.
II has been reported in some sec.
tons OF tho state that eropa In Hear
Lake country have been practically
ruined by frost. This report Ia ab.
sclulcly erroneous. and cropa nSyet
looked better than at the present
time
An expedition IL planned by prot
Waiter Il sidcru, superintendent OF
thv r6catello public schools. to locate
the exact site OF the original For
HAN, where seventy nine years agn
tho nrsl American fiaK was raised Ia
this region
Another nerious accident from "a
OUTLAW horse occurred at Caldwell
last week. Earl Llchlishter. YOUNG
ranehor. was plnloued under q Wild
horse that reared and fell backward
upon him. Tho young man waa Sert
ously Injured.
Preliminary to tho commencement
OF conjunction Of a mammoth brick
and steel building. which will double
the capacity OF the short Lins ma
chine shops In Pocatollo and doabla
the city'a pay roll. work Of clearing
ground has commenced
Elsie Fillmore Woods. aged 4. Was
run down by q street car Ia nolme and
instantly killed The littiu one was
running across tbs atFeot and ran al,
rcctly In front Of the ear. the motor
man having no chance TO stop tbs cat
IN time 20 prevent the tragedy
A lively shooting aerape occurred ~
Horseshoe tiehd. over card game
From reports Il appears that BILLIE
Itoya WAS hunrlahlug his revolver aBa
Charlie Sells attempted 10 diaarm the
bad man BY shooting the weapon lrom
bis hand With an automatic nhutEua
y. n HoHeubofoash. 30 yeafa Of
age. an empleYe of the Utah Light 8
Power company Of Idaho Falla. was
struck and killed BY lightning phlls
seated Ia wagon near the Fall river
bridge on the railroad line betwser
Ashton and DFiEas, Ia tho Teton be-
sin country
Idaho county IL the hFut 10 snbmli
an abstract oF lee taH assessments u
State Auditor Huston II shows The
value Of the agricultural land ID me
county to be- a5.s7s.gsa At sa1aa aa
acre. mining lands. gz.g2T.a8T. seat
denee lots. t5ea.Sos. improvements o.
lots. s7ae.020
July Of 1918 goes down IN History a.
the wsttest July In the laaf third of
= century The total precipitation f0f
tho m0tnh was 2.0l inehss. gf which
80 Of aa inch fell In z4 hours on the
2sd and gath. The highest before ~
corded for the month sas tgi inches
which fell 10 1913.
Mrs y II Hartman ana children
accompanied bY = party Of tFlanda
have arrived II her summer home lu
Island Park, this state. nsar thu ven
ern edge OF Yelolastons PARK she
Travelled Ia q special train. The Har
rimaa ranch Ia Island PARK coaawts
Of b.o0O acres Of unsuFYsysd IAna In
ldnho
Suits affecting tltls 70 thirty lots la
the business hsaKt ef MeCammon
have been iled By the Oregon short
Lane railroad In tbs district court Of
Hammock county Il lie alleged IL lhs
complaint that the ground Ia question
vas contained within = federal Flght
Of way grant 10 the old utah a North,
srn railway. Ia 1852.
The lemontASela daughter Of Mr.
and Mru y H. 0oodson. living tive
miles Weat of Mosua. wAa playing
nsar an irrigation ditch which runs
through tbs Goodson ranch. 9hs avt
IDENTIFY vsntured too close 70 the
ditch. lost haF footing and fell IN.
The body waa recovered about tue
hours after death.
John r butcher. an employs Of the
idaho State Industrial seheei a. 81.
Anth0ny. II under arrest and hAa baen
taken back 70 UtAn 10 ansseF ; ser,
ious charge preferred by a young NO
nan. "a inmate % The state Industrial
school At Ogden.
Peter asia. farmer living usas
Efnmstt, vas rasurnlnE from Bola@
shsn = storm overlook aim. lie toOk
refuEe in the hox Springs Sehoolhoaae.
He had scarcely set foot on the perch.
whsn the building was struck b.
lightning. settia8 it on Gre. Laekiiy
Mr Refs escaped unhArmed