Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-07-24
In THE GEM STATE

ment of ZIG, not counting special stu.
dents.
The assessment rolls show very
material increase in Lemhi county
livestock. particularly cattle and
sheep.
The statement that one orchardist
at Bull will have 10000 boxes OF
peaches seems almost Incredible, yet
it is no doubt true, says the Bull
Herald
Reports from Little Lost valley are
to the effect that that section in en-
ioying unusual prosperity this year.
The hay and grain crops are the best
in years.
A number of people who attended
a picnic at the Tyhee school house
were poisoned by impure ice cream,
several being near death before a ply
stefan arrived.
J. G. Coughlan of Idaho Falls was
badly scalded about the face when
the engine of his auto became hot and
he took off the radiator cap to cool
1t, the steam striking him in the face,
A "boot-legger" has been arrested at
Pocatello who is charged with having
sold cold tea at $3.50 a bottle, the
purchasers believing it was whiskey
they were buying.
Work of laying steel on the Upper
Snake valley loop of the Oregon Short
Line began on Saturday and will be-
rushed to completion as fast as the
grade can be prepared for.
The Pocatello city council has de-
cided to call a special election on
August rs to vote on 100000 bond
issue for the purchase and improve
ment OF the Pocatello Water COM
pany's holdings.
The 8-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Cantwell, ranchers residing
a short distance below the Swan Falls
power plant on the Snake river, south
of Nampa, was bitten by rattlesnake,
and as a result is in q critical con
dition
The Short Line is rapidly completing
feeders lines in the western part of
this state. After four years of con-
struction work it has just completed
the Idaho Northern road from Emmett
to the Payette lakes, a distance Of
102 miles.
Plans are being considered for the
installation OF a new power plant on
the Salmon river. The Gilmore mines
will use a great deal of the power
which will also furnish power to the
large gold dredge to be built on Geert4
son creek.
The new registration law, 1t Is esti-
mated by county officials, will work
the saving OF close to $4,000 for the
taxpayers of Canyon county, in the
registration of voters for the coming
election, as compared to the expense
of registration two years ago.
William Mahan has a good chance
to recover from the effects Of a
crushed skull, which resulted from a
blow with q shovel In the hands of
G. S. Ward, at Pocatello The two
men got into quarrel because Ward,
who is laborer, spilled mortar on
| troWel.
Many sportsmen are unwittingly
breaking the law, according to men
who have been out shooting since the
opening of the chicken season. They
declare that many we'll meaning
hunters are not distinguishing be-
tween grouse and sage chickens and
are shooting both.
John w. Owens, medical superin-
tendent of the Northern Idaho sani-
tarium at Orofino, reports to Gov
ernor Haines that the total salary and
maintenance outlay of his institution
for the second quarter of 1912 was
| $5,979.92 and for the second quarter
of the present year $7,577,40.
A homesteader named Hogle saved
a passenger train from running into
an open switch on the Elk river
branch Of the Milwaukee road, says
the Rathdrum Tribune. Hogle found
chain caught in the open switch ana
being unable to remove it, waited and
tagged the train at Perdue.
M. j. Harris, division engineer of
the Oregon Short Line, with staff of
seven engineers and clerks, have ar
rived in Pocatello and have been To-
Gated In the telegraph Office and the
depot building pending the building OF
the new depot. A car of office equip
ment also arrived and is being In
stalled.
After legal battle OF a years
standing, the jury at Pocatello re-
turned verdict last week in favor of
Jesse s. Richards of Virginia, Ban
mock county, in his suit against the
Portneuf-Marsh Valley Irrigation com
pany for failure to supply water &C.
cording to contract on Richards
Downey tract.
New counties created in Idaho. in
whole or in part, out of one or several
counties, irrespective of whether the
territory of the new county is all
dry or all wet" OF part @dry" and
part wet" are as though they were
wet" territory and subject to the
saloon license system, according to a
decision of the supreme court.
Mrs. Ina NJ Trask will receive from
the Boise King Placers company
$1,000 and her minor son, w. e. Trask,
will receive $4,000 as a result of the
Judgment of the supreme court In
the suit instituted TO recover damages