Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS

shipped TO Chicago from Caldwell last
| week.
A thief entered the home OF Mrs.
Mary Ripley, at Malad, and took her
sewing machine, leaving her purse ~
ing untouched on the table.
1t is announced that P. G. O'Maliey
has been appointed postmaster az
PocateIlo, succeeding Francis Bal, VINO
has been postmaster for the past four
teen years.
The Canyon abstract shows the as
sessed valuation of the county to pc
$19,S64,0 04, as compared to valuation
Of S27, 698, GAS submitted to the state
board in 1912.
Caleb NJ Newton, a painter OF Boise.
had narrow escape from death last
week when he was overcome by
fumes from turpentine, being uncon-
scious for some time.
| Pocatello has been selected by the
Dupont Powder company as the CEN
| trail distributing agency for the inter
mountain region and two large pow
der magazines will be built at that
! place.
The public land laws and their adj
ministration by tine Washington de-
| partment are scathingly attacked by
| Senator Borah of Idaho In letter to
| Governor Haines made public last
week.
The first Nez Perez prairie ranch to
| sell for 800 per acre was bought last
week by Jacob Fink from Frank John
son. The land in question is the fine
quarter section that adjoins the north
east corner of Nez Perez.
The second infantry, Idaho national
guard constituting $50 enlisted men
and fifty officers, went into annual
regimental eneampment in Boise OH
Sunday, August IL, and will remain
there until August ~.
A desert land entryman is not en-
titled in making annual proof to
credit for improvements placed upon
the land by former entryman. Such
is the gist of decision by the general
land office just received In Boise.
Suit has been filed at Boise by q. NJ.
Woods, against the Idaho Traction
company and Roy Layshure, asking
| $4,000 damages for the death of his
4-year-old daughter, who was run
down and killed by a street car.
Mr.. Sewell, the original promoter
of the proposed Idaho Falls Interur
ban electric railroad, who has been
in Denver the past year working on
the matter, announces that corps Of
engineers will begin work at once.
Idaho will show a material increase
In its total assessed valuation on which
to base a rate to raise revenue for
state, county, city and school expenses.
The total will be close to 50,00O,000,
as compared to $418, 7S0, 394.28 last
year.
Small banks throughout the country
are protesting to Secretary McAdoo
that unless the government distributes
Its s50,o00,0OO or more for crop NOV
ing to them directly, the big banks.
will send the money to Wall street for
speculation.
The twentyeight counties that have
reported in their abstracts show
total personal property valuation,
based on assessment of $27G,231 ,576. 1t
Is believed the report of the balance
OF the counties will bring the total to
333,000Q00.
Herbert Iimbert, lad about II
years old, displayed great grit and
nerve by walking from the timber
line on Dry creek to Boise, distance
of or 10 miles, with a bullet wound
in his side, having been accidentally
shot by a boy companion.
The state board of equalization is In
session at Boise. It is believed by
those members of the board who have
reviewed the abstracts reported In
from the various counties that the
rate that will ultimately be decided on
will be but half of that of a year ago.
The creation of the state tax COM
mission by the last legislature gave
the state the machinery with which to
place on the assessment roll the prop
erty of many public utility corpora.
tons, and it is now estimated that the
commission will add at least $50,O00,-
900 this year over last year of assess
able property.
Only two arrests were made In
Nampa during the month of July, ac-
eordlng to the police report Both
arrests We're for drunkenness and the
total fines assessed amounted to SO.
A total of s46948 was on deposit
in the Boise postal savings bank at
the close of business in July, accord
ing to the report sent to the director
OF the postal savings system at Wash.
ington.
D. W. Matthews of Ferry Lawn lies
in a Boise hospital with a serious
wound in his leg inflicted by his own
gun. The accident occurred north of
Orchard when an automatic revolver
was accidentally discharged.
Twenty-Five Boy Scouts. members
of the Y. M. G. A., left Pocatello last
week, on hike through Yellowstone
park. They will walk the entire dis.
lance from Yellowstone at the west.
ern gateway to the Grand canyon and
return.
Approximately $4,000 worth of live
stock, confined chiefly to range horses
and mules and about evenly divided