Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-12-18
.IDAHO STATE NEWS

IL Is claimed there are fifty appli-
cants for the position Of state game
warden.
Vincent r. Denrig. aged rs years.
died at Pocatello OF heart failure after
four weeks illness. He Is survived by
a wife and two small children.
After an investigation OF three
weeks the Oregon Short Line has de-
cided that it win not electrify the VIII
der branch running south from Cad
we'll
Clyde Drake. the 13-year-old soE of
DR. o. NJ. Drake OF New Plymouth,
died in Salt Lake from wounds from
the accidental discharge Of a 80 auto
matte pistol.
Breeding over the probable fate e
relatives ia the war zone in Europe.
Henry Sienna, a rancher Of the Nex
Perez section, ended his life, hanging
himself to a rafter in his Darn.
An investigation OF the tragedy 81
tho county jail at EocateIio, which re-
suited In the death of Deputy Sheriff
Jene Taylor, indicates that whole
sale Jail delivery bad heen planned.
A grand jury has been ordered to
convene In Boise on January 4 to probe
into the looting of the treasury of this
state on the suspicion that others be-
sides A. v. Allen, former treasurer,
are involved.
A triangle joining Boise, Winnemuc-
ca and Ogden az q part OF the West
ern Pacific railroad is the proposed
plan for the development Of rich
southern Idaho territory to furnish
tonnage for .he road
Walter e.. Burrell, convicted Of
burglary al Oakley has been released
from the penitentiary,s the prison
physician believing he has not more
than three months to live, being ar
| fiieted with ineurable diabetes.
Sheriff Jeffries Of Power county last
week captured two young men and
ten suitcases of different kinds OF in
toxicating liquors. He also arrested
man on the train who had 118 pint
bottles of whisky in his possession.
The new Short Line emergency hos
pital, being erected on the grounds of
| the company at Pocatello, is nearing
completion and will soon be ready for
occupation. The building is OF brick.
and stone and modern In every re-
spect
The recent seed show and sconyen.
tion at Twin Falls was the most sue
cessful ever held in the state and the.
exhibits, according to DR.. Harris Of
Logan, Utah, who was one OF the
Judges, were the best he had ever
Judged
One day Of army life was apparently
too much for George STREET OF Boise,
who enlisted in the United States
army November 8, 1914, and deserted
the same day at Vancouver barracks,
according to information received at
Boise
Preliminary steps are being taken
for the formation OF a 500, 900 900
power merger in southern Idaho, 1t is
said, In which the Electric Bond &
Share company of New York, which
owns the Utah Power & Light com.
pany, viii be the dominant factor.
John Chamebaris, Greek, is dead
and Mrs. Belle Yami, a white woman
married to a Japanese, is seriousts.
wounded and In the hospital as the re.
suit of tragedy in a rooming house
| at Pocatello. The woman claims that
the Greek shot ner and then himself.
/ Governor-elect Moses Alexander has
announced the appointment of G. o.
Broxon, managing editor OF the Boise
Capital News, as his secretary while
he is governor Of this state, the APP
pointee to take office when the new
governor is inaugurated, January L
/ 1915.
The secretary Of the Idaho Poultry
| & Pet Stock association announced
Saturday that there are twenty sill
yer premium cups which have already
been purchased for prizes In the doa
department of the coming show to be
held during the week of January 4 to
8 inclusive, In Boise.
Settlers on thirty-five thousand
acres of land in the Pioneer irrigation
district may benefit to the extent of
| A1SNAy 20 p0A dC1G hH a TESnlL OF IHE
reduced estimate of the cost of the
con struotion work on the Arrow Rock
RESERVOIR and the drainage canals
nov building in the district.
More than eighteen thousand dol
lars will be turned back to the state
at the end of the year by the public
utilities commission, according TO the
report Of the expenses of the com.
mission up to December /, 1914, and
the estimate OF the needs of the body
from that time until the end Of the
year.
A Van Wyck correspondent says.
there is about eight inches of snow
on the ground; farmers are feeding
their stock. Hay is selling at 81. 30
IN the stack; oats 80 cents at the bin;
wheat s125; eggs, 40c; creamery but.
ter, Acc
All of the eonvicts who have been
working on the lands owned by tn
state in the Homedale district have
been returned to the penitentiarysl5s
the winter months
H w. Dorman. president Of Tie
Caldwell Cattle company, predisss
great improvement in the finaieiaI
conditions of this intermeuntain 81 z.
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