Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-10-29
IDAHO STATE NEWS

DrcA paA0 lot lua1lO HORSES that nave
been shipped TO Europe fro war pur.
poses.
Eleven workmen are now on the
payroll OF the new packing company
at Eagle, which IS operating a meat
packing plant
1t has been decided 10 increase the
convict road camp at Shoshone 10
thirty,five men, there being at pres.
ent twenty convicts at work there.
]. W, Killian, living FIVE miles west
OF Blackfoot. purchaser of his first
automobile. was thrown through the
wind shield and sustained serious in.
iuries.
The state veterinarian located
case of blackleg on the Beavers farm,
two miles east OF the Cole school, last
week. The herd was ordered vacci.
mated.
The Fruitlahd association shipped /
four cars of apples last week, Of the /
Roman Beauty variety. One OF their
cars of Ionathans has landed in
Maine.
John Peterson and Louis Anderson |
stockmen from Horse Prairie. bought |
all the beef bulls and BUN calves that |
We're for sale at the recent Lemhi
county fair.
The city council at Idaho Falls, In
response TO a petition signed BY over
half the taxpayers OF the city, voted
to open the picture shows and thea
ters of the city on sunday
On a ten-aere field. Frank Johnson
of Twin Falls this season harvest,
ed yield OF forty-two bushels Of
cleaned beans per acre. He will real
lie $11S.92 per acre for his crop.
Thomas Smith, an elderly gentle
man. was struck and run over by an
automobile at Pocatello Smith is at
the general hospital in a serious con.
dition, although physicians claim that
will recover.
In the federal court at Pocatello,
the jury disagreed in the case against
John Fennel charged with selling
whiskey to an Indian, and he was re.
leased on his own reeognizanee until
the March term
]. c. Brown engineer OF the forest
service, is in the North fork country
surveying lines to establish a grade
for the river road that will he a link
in the proposed state highway from
Montana through Idaho.
A new picture theatre is being
erected at Pocatello. The building
will be 60x120 and will be construct.
ed of stone and fire brick. with a
seating capacity OF 1000, and Will
open the first Of the year.
A. V. Cox OF Meridian, employed by
the telephone company on construc-
! ton work near Silver City, was in
: iured when pole upon which he was
working fell with him. The injury
is not thought to be serious.
Andrew Jensen, who with his wife
conducted boarding house at Idaho
Falls, committed suicide by taking
! stryehnine, after setting fire to the
. house. Jensen had threatened several
! times to kill his wife and six chill
dren.
D. X White. state dairy, food and
sanitary inspector, has issued a warn
ing to the druggists of the state tc
the effect that he has reason to be
r Iieye that spurious aspirin and neo
salvarsan are being peddled In tht
! state.
2 Only irrigation systems from which
n the water is sold or rented or used OF
: lands outside the state are subject Il
; taxation under the laws of the stats
o OF Idaho enacted in 1899 and amend
Q ed in 1912. Other companies are ex
d empt from taxation
y The Peeatello police force has cap
g tured three men who are believed Il
be band of crooks which has robbet
clothing stores and wholesale house
and has used Pocatei1o as headquar
d tiers for dividing the loot. The mel
a arrested are Mexicans.
k MS. NJ. C. calvin of Northfork ha
A a raspberry bush from which she ha
r. gathered berries every day since In
e. beginning of July The fruit resen
n bles the Cuthbert red raspberry, bu
lie experts are at loss to account TO
such long bearing period.
The 4-year-old son Of frank Mou
ton, of Brownlee. came near meetin
Id horrible death when he was attacl
OF ed by hogs at the home place. HI
I'd father rescued him from the attael
r. ing hogs before he was fatally iniu
ne ed, but he was badly bitten.
~ Ten homesteaders of Blaine com
ty. whose places adIoin an unoccl
pied school section. last week presen
ed petition 10 the state land boar
= asking that the state sink 4 well I
ae its expense. on the school section
8 and supply the settlers with waite
- but the proposal was turned down.
AZ John Bell was captured while tal
ing some drugs from drug store {
Blackfoot He was taken before til
court the same day. pleaded guilt
ma and was given an indeterminate Sc
10 tence at the Boise penitentiary. Fe
of firstdegree burglary the usual con
mitment Ii from one to fifteen year
1t is the belief OF Warden Snool
who is taking care of the interest
an of the state In the property held :
ne security for the state deposits in Il
ed Bank of Nampa at the time Of 4