Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-02-21
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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al the Canyon county fair this year,
according 20 the plans Of the associa-
ton officials.
Taxes to the amount OF s352.s 1871
were collected In Canyon county dur
ing the recent taxpaytng period, &C
cording to q statement made BY Coun-
ty Assessor Christopher. -
Quite sensation was caused in
Gooding last week when Delbert Pat
terson. a well known young man OF
Gooding. was bound over to the dis.
trict court on cattle stealing charge.
A fire, the origin of which Is I'm.
known, totally destroyed the mercan'
tile establishment of Perry Buckley
at Myrtle. The loss Is $4,000 on
building and stock, which Is partly
covered by insurance.
The hearing of Jose Rodriguez,
Mexican, arrested under the name OF
Jose Cadenas at Focatello and re-
turned to Nampa charged with burg
larry, resulted in his being held 10 the
district court for trial.
Fire destroyed the printing Office
of the Shoshone Journal, causing the
loss of several thousand dollars. The
fire was discovered at o'clock in the
morning. Enough insurance was car
ried to cover the loss.
Citizens and business men of Ere
mont county are decidedly in favor
of the movable schools which have
sy~ fhat ri nf tn0
state by the university agricultural
extension department.
For having made false statements
as to the financial condition of the
State Bank Of Commerce at Wallace,
OF which he was president, B. F. O'Neh
has been sentenced to serve from two
to ten years in the penitentiary.
B. r. O'Neil, former president If
the Bank of Commerce of Wallace,
charged with having made false state
ments as to the financial condition of
the bank, was found guilty by jury
in the district court at Occur d'Alene.
Definite action toward the immediate
organization of mutual cooperative
telephone company was taken last
week by the representative citizens Of
Middleton and vicinity at largely at
tended meeting of the Middleton Boos-
ter club.
David Walker, ST., who has been
sick for over two years, succumbed
to heart failure and general debility
at Oakley last week. Mr. Walker
was rs years of age and was native
Of South Carolina. He leaves wife
and ten children.
Fifty head of thoroughbred Duroc
| Jersey sows are en- route from Ohio
to Nampa They will constitute the
foundation of q herd to be estab-
lished in view of making Canyon
county the center for breeders of this
famous type of hog.
Edward Payne, former president OF
the defunct Boise State bank, who
was convicted Of making falst report
to the state hank examiner, has been
sentenced to serve an indeterminate
| term of from six months to three
years in the Idaho penitentiary.
! DR. C. A. Smith was arrested at
King Hill on charge of manslaugh.
ter as the result of the death of Mrs.
Clara Foy, who died Sunday night of
starvation. II Is said Mrs. Foy re-
Trained from taking any food since
December 20 on the advice OF the
physician.
Following closely the advice said
to have been given her by a physi-
clan, not to take any nourishmeHt.
Mrs. Clara Foy of King Hin died
February II. of starvation. Mrs. Foy
had not taken any food since Decem-
Der 20. An autopsy showed that the
organs we're normal
The plans of Cupid were disturbed
by the law and two youthful lovers
with matrimonial intentions rudely
separated when the Nampa officers
took into custody w. n. Halcomb of
! Ogden and Mary Kiser OF Weiser. the
former 10 years of age and the latter
II years old, who had eloped.
Senator Borah, in an interview with
the president, entered a vigorous pro-
test against the action OF the secretary
OF the interior IN declining to issue
| patents to homestsaders on lands In
the Boise irrigation project as soon
as they comply with the requirements
OF the three-year homestead law.
Farmers in southeastern Idaho are
up in arms over . railing by Attorney
General Peterson 10 she effect that all
persons must have game licenses be-
fore they can hunt jackraObits.
Mrs. Il spierling. formerly OF
Boise, who. with her husband, was
injured in an automobile accident
near Whittier. California, January %.
died last week of her injuries.
The secretary Of the Interior haa
directed the patenting to the state of
Idaho OF the lands embraced In Carey
act lists 9 and Ii. embracing lands
under the original Twin Falls segre-
CATION. The patent to the state will
issue In few days.
The reports OF officers presented
to the city council of Nampa for the
month of January show . total coilec.
ton OF s11,73759 by City Clerk
knowlton from the various depart.
ments. This Is considerably larger
than any month during the year pre-
vious.