Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

manner bursar, or financial secretary,
of the State Industrial school at St.
Anthony.
J. T. Sanders, convicted at Caldwell
of passing a worthless check, was
sentenced to from one to fourteen
years in the state prison.
An appropriation of $25, 900 will be
asked of the legislature this winter
for building to house the free public
bath pools at the Lava Hot Springs.
G. B. Compton, the Payette drug
gist, died last week after an illness of
but a few hours duration. He was
mayor of Payette from 1912 to 1914.
Hugh Slane, a 12-year-old boy, was
run down by an automobile at Boise
while riding his bicycle to deliver
meat, end painfully injured.
Alfalfa hay in the stack is report
ed to have sold at from $40 to $1O75
ton last week, at the farm sale held
by Charles Smyth, at his ranch near
Midway.
The total vote for all presidential
candidates four years ago was 1O5,755
This year it totaled 136.S07. This is
gain of approximately 31,O52 votes
in four years
A car of turkeys vas shipped from
New Plymouth station last week for
Portland and Seattle markets. Farm.
ers are delighted with the prices they
received for their birds.
Fire early Monday morning destroy,
ed the tent home of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
B. Scritchfield in Twin Falls and
burned beyond recognition the form
er's mother, Mrs. NJ. E. Scritchfield.
Major c. c. Conant OF the medical
corps of the Second Idaho infantry
regiment. has been named assistant
| to the sanitary inspector of all the
troops stationed in the Noga1es dis
trict
Pupils of the Nampa schools show
| ed spirit of thankfulness in a prac-
teal way when they contributed a to-
tai of $57.0S as their annual donation
to the Children's Home Finding e.
Aid society.
Thrown beneath drag" of NOV
ing cars in the yards of the Oregon
Short Line at Nampa, Switchman
William M. Jackson was so terribly
injured that his death ensued a little
more than an hour later.
The surveyor generals office has
Installed new electrically operated
blue print machine. They can now
make prints irrespective of whether
the sun shines or not. The machine
cost approximately $500.
The Grow hotel at Pocatello was
held up at night by two burglars and
several hundred dollars taken from
the safe after Charles Gibbs, the
night clerk, was beaten into insensi
bflity by one of the robbers.
Idaho voters cast approximately
136,807 votes for the four presidential
candidates at the recent election Viii.
son polled 70,O21 votes, Hughes So
368, Benson, Socialist, 9,122 votes
and Hanley, Prohibitionist, 1895.
Four members of the Boise States
man staff tried Chicago diet squad
menus for one day in Boise restaur
ants. It cost them S. On the diet
squad, according TO the scheduled 40
cents day, it should have cost them
| $1.60.
bill providing for state standards
cation of grade and packages and q
state system of packing house inspec
ton, with official certihcatfon, in
handling fruit shipped out of Idaho
Is to be introduced in the legislature
this winter.
A Chinaman giving his name as
Sing Lee was taken into custody al
Pocatello on the charge of practicing
medicine without a license. He was
also suspected of selling opium tc
women residing in the vicinity of his
place of business.
Two Bannock Indians were STRUCK
by cars in Pocatello on Thanksgiving
day and the tribe is said to be wrath
flu. An Indian squaw got in front Of
car on the viaduet and was knocked
down with few minor bruises. A
buck was also run down.
1t is understood at Wallace that al
amicable settlement of the divorce
suit Herman j. Rossi recently filed
against his wife, Mabel A Rossi, ha,
been reached and that the promised
airing of the Rossi domestic affairs
in the courts has been frustrated.
The vote at the recent election
shows that the Socialists have los
ground in Idaho since 1912, wheI
Debs polled 1880 votes The Prohi
hfbition party. too, failed to music
the strength it showed in 1912, whel
its presidential candidate receive,
+ 1887 votes.
The committee appointed by tn,
Commercial club to collect funds 70
the installation of a telephone lin
between Pocatello and Crystal AM
Rattlesnake valleys reported the rails
ing OF nearly $500. This sum, to
gether with the services which vii
be donated by the residents of tn
valleys, insures construction of tn