Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

receiver q the American National
Bank Of Caldwell. which has eloset
It's doors
A sturgeon. weighing 2t5 pounds
was captured near the bridge at sal
mon last weck II measured fee,
s inches Ia length and IS the iarKea,
Ash ever caught in that district.
Tho bonanza copper mines, locat
ed near Montpelier have closed down
for the winter. A great deal Of nCces
aary machinery has bcea installed and
Manager Eckhotg expects TO ship rcg
Glarly next spring
A jury at Pocatello brought In a
verdict OF guilty against waiter Grant
charged with arson and conspiracy
Tho penalty is from ave years TO life
Grant is regarded az the loader % a
ring at Pocatello,
Oliver Mink. perhaps the oldest In
dian IA southern Idaho II not In the
northwest, died peacefully and alone
at his cabin south OF rocatello. last
week Mink was very old. probably
we'll past the century mark
The Idaho Railway. Light 4 Power
company Of Boise, holding company
for the Idaho Oregon Light n Power
company. has boon placed in the
hands Of q receiver by Judge Frank
4 Dietrich OF tho federal district
court
Tho Idaho state highway commits.
sim mot at Pocatello last week aud
awarded contract for construction
nt the first stretch OF tho state high
way This will he two aud ono half
miles between PocAtoilo and Pom
Neuf.
r. G. 0'Malley who has been ap
! pointed postmaster OF rAecatetlo, BY
| President Wilson. IL a prominent ~
/ turncy of that city and was formerly
city attorney. lie has lived In ldaht
four years. most OF that time beinI
spent In Pocatcllo.
The suit for $4,000 damaged
brought at Salmon City against th'
Lemhi Power company by Mrs, Ma
Smith for the death OF her HUSBAND
who was alleged to Aave been kllles
by a live wire last April. has bees
settled out OF court
The man killed and badly mutilat
ed by a train In tho Glonna Fcrrl
yards has been ldentincd ~ Earl 4
Sawyer OF syracuse. Neb. HlA rola
tivea were communicated with AM
gave instructions 70 bury the bod
ct Glcnns Forty.
That aho will lead a better life wa
;he condition on which Matte kine
eolored woman, was released fror
the city Jail at Boise. Tho woma
was convicted some time ago q run
, ning diHOrdeTly house and sellln
liquor Illegally.
( A dispatch from Washington state
that the buildings and grounds Of Oh
Z Fort Lemhi Indian agency will ahor
T ~ bo aold at public auction. By a
act OF congress passed last July, th
state OF idaho was given a profe
sneo right TO buy this property.
I with a cash reserve Of 20 per con
I and with securities Of sufficient yalu
I 10 pay It's depositprs In full. tho o
lloers aud directors Of tho America
National bank III Caldwell voluntaril
turned the institution over to Ere
Brown, national bank examiner. Il
liquidation.
During tho past month the orcgo
Short Line brought 7I5 actual %
tiers into Idaho. Many are farmei
; who are tired of the drouEhtH Of n
middle vest and have been drawn
q land where drought, hailat0FuA, c
!, clones and billiards are known on
? from hearBhy.
3 To the fact that the beard Of PC
. dons Of the state followed euatn
r established nor years. Arthur
Cults, former cashier ri the Idal
state bank. Of HALEY. owes Il
Christmas present he received Thur
0 day In the form OF full and nbnolu
j. pardon from thu state penitentiary,
r Tho Southern Idaho Producers I
!. ISOLATION has decided to pool all mi
n mentB Of potatoes sold after Becc
Q Der !, 1913. aud the producers hH
!, been notified to that effect II
claim IL made Tint II the potato
had been pooled In monthly nh
mentH the price In October wou
4 lave averaged III cents and In !
u Rembcr rs cents.
3 Tho city Of Idaho Falls scored
> legal victory last week by obtaini
II ! dismissal ii the district court
y the claim FOR $4,000 damages al
by Julia A. Rush. for tho death
her husband, an empioyc II TIM ~
uho was killed by = cayefn VIII
II digging 4 sewer trench.
~ Assessor Grlmmstt has Issued
* statement 10 tbs effect that the Tar
10 Of Bingham county for the year y
" amount to 1885 300. Of which si54.'
goes 10 the state and the balance
county. city and school expens
Hlackfoot city receives $4,000 q
". its schools get 81, 900.
~ The bridge across the Paystts ri
" between Fruitland and Payetls Is u
s. open for traffic This bridge bril-
10 the famous FruitiAnd bench Ab,
two miles nearer Paystie b. Ssi
--t-soad.
Within the past few days The Il
y Light & Power company has raj
nv its dam "a mile beluW idaho Va