Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Idaho has furnished this year
enough Italian prunes to feed the en-.
tire standing army of the United
States for five years.
The insurance adjuster has allow.
ed insurance on the burned Poeateh
10 high school building to the amount
of s41,25O, or the full amount OF the
policy.
Boise has been prospecting accord,
ing to the postal records for the past
year. Both postal receipts and stamp
sales were larger during 1914 than
during the previous year.
Toe Sabich, who was accused OF as
saulting Nick Millich with a knife at
Boise, has been dismissed from Gus.
tody. MiIlich was stabbed in the back
with a knife on December Is.
The bonded indebtedness of the
state at this time is $2,390,250, most
of which is in per cent bonds. There
are a few issues of per cent bonds,
two Of Az per cent and one of 8 per
cent
1QduO DQdSlH llAC W01AAssAA OeMAh
president in the northwest and one OF
the few in the entire United States or
in the world. She ia Miss Ina N. An
thes, president of the Citizens Bank
of Pocatello.
Judge Edward A. Walters, senior
district judge of the Fourth judicial
district for the past eight years, an
nounces that upon retiring from the
bench he will resume the practice OF
law at Twin Falls.
Murlin, four-year-old son OF Don G.
Stallings met with frightful death
at Lewisville by fire. 1t is supposed
his clothes caught fire at the kitchen
stove, but it is a mystery as the child
was alone at the time.
The Wood river section OF Blaine
county has mined and shipped $780,
000,000.00 in round figures OF silver
lead product to the shelters during
an active period of production cover.
ing about 10 years.
Some of the depositors of the Idaho
State bank at HALEY will be partially
recompensed for their losses by the
American Surety company of New
York, which bonded William g. Cruise,
former bank examiner
There are about thirty thousand
acres of what is considered CONNER
cial, bearing apple trees in the state.
A part Of this acreage is under seven
years of age, and cannot be expected
to be heavy producers.
II. J. Mccain, aged 65 years, living
on ranch near the Lone Star school,
dropped dead from heart failure while
assisting his son toss hay on a rack.
Mr. Mccain was in good health up
to the time of his death.
1t is the intention of Game Warden
Gowen to ask the legislature for the
repeal of the present regulations re.
garding the game of the state and TIC
propose an entirely new law He is
preparing such a bill at this time.
Nine years ago New York 1886
Frank Steuenberg, taen governor OF
Idaho, was killed by the explosion
of bomb planted near the gate OF
his home by Harry Orchard, self-con.
fessed slayer of men by occupation.
A special grand jury was impaneled
in the district court at Boise to in.
vestigate the state treasury steal and
other state departments to determine
whether or not there is sufficient
evidence on which to return indict
ments.
The total production of apples for
the state this year aggregates. In all,
tWenty-four hundred cars. Twelve
hundred cars were commercial packs
about six hundred cnrs being sold for
domestic consumption within the
state, and about the same amount 70,
by-products.
Representative Addison T. Smith
has introduced a bill authorizing the
appropriation of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for making q
suitable addition to the federal build
ing at Boise, and appropriating fifty
thousand cash to begin the work OF
enlargement
Thomas Leonard, a blacksmith 81
Pocatello. is in the county jail charg
ed with beating his wife. The hear
ing was to have taken place several
days ago, but the condition of Mrs
Leonard made 1t imperative that the
nearing be postponed until sha was
able to appear as witness.
Something entirely new in the way
OF community development win be
proposed at this session of the Iegis
lature when Power county asks for
q law permitting the creation of am
independent railroad district says the
Boise Statesman. Senator Houtz al
that county will propose such d law
or the funds at the disposal OF this
states schools for the past biennium
there remained at the end of the yea
slightly more than $4,000. Part Of
this amount win revert to the state
treasury and the remainder will re
main In the endowment funds Of which
1t is part.
There is more than $1,000. 900 Ia
the credit of the state in the yarfons
funds, and including $l64,061 .O4 which
has not yet been apl,ortioned. Thu
report Of the state treasurer 10 the
auditor for the n9nsh Of Decembe,
shows total of sl.027, 0e1 A covered
in this manner.
Boise is in no danger Of an Ice fam
Inc this coming summer. Ice a TOO
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