Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-12-04
IDAHO STATE NEWS

most artistic ever seen in the city
John Hammond and J. Jones OF May
were seriously injured when giant
powder which had been thawing In a
stove exploded and wrecked the cabin.
While A. w. Stoker and family were
absent from their home at Pocatello.
a thief entered the house and stole
ieweIry. furs and money to the value
Of several hundred dollars.
Twin Falls claims the distinction OF
originating and putting into operation
an innovation in the way Of a free ly
ceum course for the various commu
mites of the Twin Falls tract.
In a recent interview, l. o. Leo
nard, who is promoting the Butte.
Boise and San Francisco railroad,
spoke enthusiastically of the prospects
of securing the necessary funds for
the project.
While walking through d dark hall.
| way in her home at Nampa, Mrs.
Louis Larson fell down a stairway,
| fracturing her left arm near the shout
der and sustaining several other pain.
ful injuries.
The excitement created by the dis
covery of gold near Hagerman has ex.
tended to the Bliss section. All Of the
country adjoining Bliss bordering on
Snake river is being staked out in
mining claims.
Homer Henry, aged 20, proved
hero when he saved his two young sis.
tiers and girl friend from death when
the Henry home at Nampa was de-
stroyed by fire, young Henry being
seriously burned.
Apple growers in Idaho are gener.
ally feeling confident that they viii be
able to dispose of their crop at good
prices, after all the scare they have
had because of the loss Of European
markets through the war.
The Juliaetta opera house was de
; stroyed by Ire last week and the
building with its contents Is a total
, loss. The origin OF the fire is a mys-
, terry, however, it is believed to have
started from a defective flue.
Mrs. Albina Williams, who it was
claimed was the only woman survivor
of Brigham Young's company, which
came west in 1847, died at Pocatell0
of a complication of troubles. Mrs.
, Williams was SO years of age.
, The residence of Frank Eiding at
! Rockland burned to the ground with
|, it's contents. The loss is $1,000, part.
ly covered by insurance. The new
g waterworks has not been completed
) and the business district was threat.
ened.
At the first meeting of the board OF
. directors of the American Falls and
> Rockland Valley railroad since the FL
ing of articles of incorporation, held
: last week, only matters pertaining I'd
promotion OF the road were dig
cussed.
Business men of Pocatello stats
"a that the Thanksgiving trade brought
I. into circulation a great many bogus
a. dollars and half dollars. A number o.
$. these coins, made chiefly of lead ant
70 very poor In detail, have been turnet
m over to the federal inspector.
j The new nixon school building wal
of dedicated last week. The building Il
m 34xS0 feet, of pressed red brick ant
d. sandstone, and was erected at cos
O. of about $4,000. The building Il
r. modern in every respect and Il
equipped with heating plant and a.
electric lighting system.
Leland Bennett, a 15-year-old DO,
IS of Twin Falls, suffered the fracture 0
he two ribs and slight perforation 0
n one lung in a runaway accident whel
to his horse dragged the buggy in whicl
1e he and two other boys were ridin
Of over the guy wire OF a telephone pole
u All the boys were thrown out.
to The two and a half-year-old son c
as Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Lamoreaux G
Twin Falls had a narrow escape froT
death by hanging. While playing in
swing and twisting the rope abou
e, himself, the child in some manner &C
n 1t tangled about his neck in such
Is way as to strange him, being rescue
an just in time.
OF The supreme court has held that th
OF writ of mandate applied for by Judg
ne Alfred Bulge of Pocatello to be direc
ed against Secretary of State Giffor,
to compel that official to issue to hi
. four-year commission as justice
en- the supreme court under the appoin
ng ment by Governor Haines, should |
10. granted.
ed By far the largest bond ever r
ad quired in Boise was fixed by the DR.
Ast bate court for Mrs. Robert Nobl
pm widow of the late Robert Noble, whe
her husbands win was admitted
probate. The bond Is one million A
lars.
no The new school at Lava I
POI Springs was dedicated Thanksg
at day. Appropriate exercises ~
Did held, the exercises closing WHY
lar swim in the new bath house and
grand bail In the evening.
The report comes from Kamiah tn
-. a lady living north of the river OPT
- site Kamiah last summer received
consignment of wild turkey eggs fro
friends in the Ozark country, and nc
- the lady boasts OF having the IN
bunch of genuine wild turkeys we
@eee OF the Rocky mountains.
The building Of railroad into I
RockIand valley. with a Temporal
ux. terminus at Rockland, hut to be
avs tended later to or beyond Roy.
inc again claiming public attention, a