Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-12-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS

John Obstartczyk. q well-known
rancher residing five miles west Of
Nampa, is dead, as a result Of injur-
les received in a runaway accident.
On account of the heavy snowfall
in Idaho, it is probable that train serv-
ice will be suspended soon on the
Idaho Northern railroad until spring.
Approximately thirty thousand dol
lars worth of red clover seed was
shipped from Nampa in ten days time
through the agency of the Farmers
soeiey of Equity in Canyon county.
Western Pacific railroad officials
together with Chicago capitalists will
probably reach Boise December 10 or
II, coming over the route of the pro-
posed Boise Winnemucca railroad sur
Vey, it is announced.
December 20, is the date tentative
ly set for the trial of Fred M. Cole
man, former deputy state treasurer,
charged with embezzlement OF $4,000
of state funds and Justification of the
records to hide the shortage.
The injunction to either chain up
or muzzle all dogs in Ada county for
one month has been made necessary
through the appearance Of symphonic
of rabies recently in large number
of dogs throughout the county.
Just half the amount asked for the
operation of the pure food department
for the biennium of 1884, will be
asked by Inspector White Of the leg
al &..nn o. - f..
of the department during the coming
two years.
During the first II months of the
life of the public utilities commission.
that part of the time for which the
accounts have been made up, the total
cost to the state was $37,350.65. This
amount also includes the expenses of
the tax commission. a
Caldwell teachers have struck for
higher wages. They affirm that their
present salaries will not dress Cald-
well school teacher in the way in
which she should dress, and that their
present salaries do not permit them
to live as they should.
Frank Maloy, Waterman at Idaho
City, was found dead in his cabin.
Maloy had shot himself in the fore
head with a revolver, which was
found beside his body on the bed
| Every indication is that of deliberate,
premeditated suicide
With the death at PocateIlo Of Al
bina M Williams, aged SS, there pass
ed away one of the pioneers of this
state. She is survived by two chill
dren, SS grandchildren, over 100 great
grandchildren and one great-great-
grandchild, the latter is years old.
Two contests over the recent cleo
ton have been begun at Shoshone.
affecting the offices OF clerk and sher-
iff, which Lundin and Wheeler, Re-
publicans, won, according to the re-
turns. Their Democratic opponents.
Robertson and Jenkins, are making the
contest
After celebrating for "a hours, the
jury at Lewiston in the case of Sam
uel Tilden, Indian policeman charged
with the murder of William Jackson,
Indian ballplayer, at Joseph last sum
mer, brought in a verdict of man
slaughter. carrying with 1t recon-
mendation for leniency.
The big issue before the next leg
islature WIN be prohibition, to which
all three political parties are pledged.
The legislature will either pass a CON
stitutional amendment, submitting the
question to the people to be- voted up.
on two years hence, or IT will pass
a statutory enactment. making Idaho
| dry Immediately.
Tbs Minidoka & Southern Railroad
company having secured right OF
way from private land owners and
homesteaders ON the Minidoka frrfga.
ton project, is at liberty under de-
cision of the supreme court to pro.
coed with construction across the pro.
/ ject without getting the consent OF
the secretary of the interior.
Suicide was the verdict of the cor.
oner's inquest over the body of the
man who gave his name as John
Smith when he registered at a room
ing house in Boise and who killed
himself oy drinking carbolie acid
At the State Seed Growers conyen-
ton at Twin Falls last week, two hun
dred seed exhibits were entered from
thirty towns in Idaho The attend
ance was large and great interest was
shown by both business men and
farmers
Unanimously acclaimed the most
largely attended and most enthusias
tic convention in its history, the
fourth annual gathering Of the idaho
State Seedgrowers closed after a
three days session at Twin Falls with
banquet.
Mystery surrounding the death of q
young girl at Poeatello three weeks
ago, from an overdose OF opium, has
been cleared up. Photographs sens
to the Portland police served to iden.
tify the victim as Japonica Flemmine
of that city
The funeral of zee Yin. the head Of
the Boise lodge of Chinese Masonrg,
was one of the most elaborate oriehs
tai ceremonies seen in Boise for many
years.
The long dry fall season has been
most beneficial to the sugar beet fac.
tories The failure of rainfall ID
Titan and Idaho has caused 10 per