Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-30
IDAHO STATE NEWS

It is intended by the board Of Sho,
shone trustees to install the new nit.
rogen lights for street illumination.
doing away with the present arc
lights.
The poles are being delivered for
the extension of the electric pow Z
up the Salmon river to the new sig
for the big dam which win be built by
the Salmon Power company
Harold Kimball. aged s, who was
run over by a trail wagon at Poca
tello, died from his injuries. 1t seems
the driver was not to blame, as he
did not know the boy was on the
wagon.
the United States army, who was
captured at Pocatello, was taken to
Salt Lake, where he was turned over
to the commanding officer at Fort
Douglas.
If the plans of the city fathers ba
carried out by the signing Of con.
tract with the Short Line Railroad
company the town of Shoshone is te
embark upon the enterprise of fur
nishing water for railroad purposes al
that station.
The first car load of clover seed
raised on the North Side tract was
shipped from Jerome last week. The
car was made up Of Alsac and red
clover, for which the shipping com.
pany paid to the farmers in the vi
entity of Jerome $1,000.
At the present time there are 200
threshing outfits at work in the grain
fields between Idaho Falls and briggs
in the Teton basin. The valley be-
tween Blackfoot and Idaho Falls pre-.
sents an equally busy scene, gather
ing In the products OF the field
John W. Eagleson of Boise, second
highest in the primaries September
for the Republican nomination for
state treasurer, has been selected by
the executive committee of the Re
publican state central committee az
Republican candidate for state treas
urer.
Farmers In all the southern and
southeastern Idaho country, particu.
larly in the dry farming localities,
are arranging to put in a record acre.
age In grain, being stimulated to ex.
, traordinary efforts by the fall rains,
which have been unprecedented in
extent.
The Civic club of Pocatello is en-.
tering heartily into the plan to send
Yuletide ship to the European PEG.
pie as a gift of good cheer from the
American people, and arrangements
have already been perfected to gather
parcels from all who wish to donate
for this worthy cause.
In a runaway accident at Rock
land, a fine horse owned by o. r,
Really was killed and two others bad,
ly injured. The horses were fright
ened by motorcycle and ran, catch.
: ing part OF the harness on post
throwing one horse down and drag,
ging it underneath the wagon
The immense warehouse of Amerk
can Falls is being enlarged and more
scales are being installed for next
years work. There are eight grain.
buying firms at that place, drawing
principally from Rockland valley
Last year 100000 bushels Of wheat
was shipped from that place.
No accurate estimates are available
to date as to the amount of the po
tato crop in Idaho and northern Utah,
as the harvest is not completed Tha
Idaho Falls district, however, reports
Z the harvesting of 5000 carloads, and
other districts win show a CORE.
: spondingly large yield.
, Considerable difficulty is being ex,
4 perienced by the Oregon Short Line
in moving the Idaho potato crop to
}. market centers owing to shortage Of
, refrigerator cars. The crop this year
|. is at least so per cent greater than
in 1918 In spite of loss sustained in
I the southern section of the state from
potato disease.
That his 1S-months-oId baby might
live and grow up free from scars.
James Jones, night marshal OF Weiser.
s lay on the operating table for more
r than an hour while surgeons removed
r more than forty square inches Of skin
l. from his limbs and grated In upon
n the chest and upper portion of the
g baby. which had been burned.
l. AS a result of the strong protesta
Q filed with the Idaho public utilities
l. commission against the proposed
. cudu6CS Ia passenger tram SCQo0uleE
|, by the Oregon Short Line, which Il
, permitted to become effective would
mean the elimination of five trains
the passenger department OF the road
has decided to continue in service tha
8 morning train to Boise from the west
y The rural school at Baker won
y twenty-three out OF the forty-giH
Z prizes given for the work Of school
children at the recent Lemhi ceunt1
d fair. j
! A crew of men from the Lomhi
: Power company are running . time
from the shoup bridge to the Hca
- Springs to supply that resort win
electric current :
Idaho Fails was selected by tho
n grand lodge l. o. o. =. OF Tdaho ~
h the place for the 1915 convention,
d. when that order closed its coaven,
IT ton at Boise. 1t was decided 70 al
e. vide the state into twenty-five ala
tricts for the convenience Of tbs or
der.
Frank N. Mickey. charged with
70 manslaughter upon the complainf a,