Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

hn Phalen, aged "A, died at Poea-
after a lingering illness. He
es widow and four children.
arence Won Dusen, an expert &C
n htant, and his assistant, P. A. Nc
Nj on of Boise are auditing the
BID s of Blaine county
nyon commissioners are busy de.
Wis liz means of saving the county
mohey and succeeded in cutting ex-
penses in county physicians depart
ment to the tune of $1,000.
E. H. Seymour, a wealthy stock
raiser of St Anthony, died at Long
Beach. Cal, where he had gone ITO
spend the winter months and y
taken Ill with typhoid fever.
Senator Borah has offered his bill
authorizing loan Of fifty million dol
lars to the reclamation fund as an
amendment to the administration
water power bill now on the senate
calendar.
The Commercial club Of Caldwell
has introduced decided innovation
in club work in the organization and
fostering of a Junior Civic league,
open to high school boys between the
ages of Is and 81.
Tony Arson and George Griffith,
alleged violators of the liquor laws Of
the state, were apprehended at Poca-
teiio. A charge of Illegal transporta-
ton was filed against the pair and
they were jailed
The Greeks of Pocatello have made
preparations to erect a church on the
east side of town A good many
Greeks are located there and a regu-
larly ordained priest will be assigned
to the local flock.
While officers were seeking him
with warrant, b. Greenlee, accused
Of embezzling about $4OO of funds be-
longing to the Boise BARRIERS union.
walked into the office of the sheriff
and gave himself up.
Chester Kissinger, young man re-
siding in the vicinity of Snow, was
stabbed by Louis Hickman. a resi-
dent of the same locality the affray
taking place at a dance. Kissinger
was not dangerously injured.
Chapter 179 of the Session Laws Of
1918, creating a state highway com.
mission and providing for special Ii
cense to motor vehicles is constitu-
tional, according to decision rem
dered by the supreme court last week.
1t is the belief among some of the
flour milling men of Idaho that the
farmers are intoxicated with the high
price of wheat and that a sharp reac
ton will take place If more care is
not shown in the marketing of their
crops
Asserting that reports have reached
him that sanitary conditions at Lava
hot springs have become so bad as to
require the attention of the state, the
governor has asked the land board to =
send one of its members to make an
inspection.
The report comes from the Clear
water timber district that the burned
over timber in the Washington creek
district is being falled at the rate of
about 100000 feet day, and the cut
ting of the Seofield timber will be
completed in April.
In order to pay outstanding indebt.
edness and take up warrants that
have been issued for some time on
deficiency basis, the city council OF
Pocatello has passed an ordinance al.
thorizing the sale of municipal bonds
in the amount Of approximately S25..
600.
On April Is, just five years from
the last decennial census and mid.
way until that of 1920, the estimated
population of the city of Boise will be
31,30f, compared with 1913 in 1910,
an increase of 13,943 or at the rate
of 1914 per cent for the fiye-year Pc
Rod
As the result of stabbing ARRAY at
the state prison, when Jack Edwards.
colored, a long termer sent UP from
Lincoln county, attempted to murder
a fellow prison inmate named Tracy,
white man serving term from Ban.
mock county, Tracy may die from his
wounds.
Ten residents of the Mud lake sec.
tion have been arrested for cattle
rustltng and are now in Jail at Rigby.
It is said the practice had been to
kill the cattle and bring the beef in
quarters to market. Thirteen quar-.
tiers of beef were located in the yari.
GUS premises.
A San Francisco dispatch announces
that James w. Jones, formerly super
intendent of exhibits for Idaho, was
Friday made superintendent of exhih.
Its by Chief Dennison of the division
on horticulture, which includes forA
culture. This is the worlds most
elaborate and most beautiful exhibit
A coyote affected with rabies was
Killed at Murphy. It appeared at the
sehoolhouse when the children were
playing in the vicinity. After being
chased around the building several
times, all succeeded in escaping. At
the end of fight which lasted for
some time, the animal was shot and
killed.
Engineers from various cities inths
northwest and from the east ave
peen In Pocatello inspecting the lew
storm sewer being laid. 1t is the
nrst time west of the Rocky goan-
talns that a system has been con-
structed of vitrifed clay brick and
the engineering proposition is of in.
terest 10 great many communities.