Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-06-23
.lDAHO STATE NEWS

The state retail jewelers. conven
ton win be held In Boise July 20 ant
81.
The enrolment at the Boise sum
mer normal school reached 40 last
week.
Weiser is to have q big old time
celebration on July 4. A Mardi Graf
csrnival ID planned.
Platform conventions are TO hi
held i'm Boise ON July "a by the Demo
Gratis and Republicans
Canyon county has already re
ceived $9,OS1.OS from automobile
and motorcycle license fees.
The people OF Buhl have decided tc
hold a two days celebration Of Indie
pendence day. un July and 4.
While toying with q .22-caliber rifle
Bernard Williams. aged IL, Of Nerd
ian, shot himself through the foot.
Caldwell is to have one Of the first
power sprinklers and street fiusherl
TO he put into operation In the state.
on June 2 the citizens OF Black
foot viii witness the finish Of long
motorcycle race from Salt Lake to
Blaclfoot.
Succumbing to a sudden attack Of
heart trouble, John e, Frye. a rancher
living southwest OF Meridian, died ~
his home last week.
Pioneer day, June is, was celeb-nt
ed ct Rigby In appropriate fashion
The celebration opened with an auto.
mobile parade and a varied program
followed.
In the annual state trapshootine
tournament held at Twin Falls last
week. the interstate championship
was won by Everett M. Sweeley Of
Twin Falls.
John and Jesse Hewlett were prob
ably fatally injured. Walter Clough
and Frank Garbaugh we're seriously
injured when on automobile turned
turtle near Bull.
Members OF the Caldwell CONNER
cial club have gone on record as ia
voring establishment of good roads
district to embrace territory contig
upus to the city.
Catching fire from a burning smoke
house. the two-story residence Of Lei
Shaffer, northeast OF Middleton
burned to the ground Monday noon
The family was at dinner when thu
fire started.
Jett IIannlgan OF Hampton, Ark,
lad about 20 years OF age, met with al
accident at Pocatello that will cos
him his left arm. The younng maj
was attempting to board freigh
train and fell under the wheels.
G. A. Sergeant, a 12-ysar-old boy, wa
accidentally electrocuted at Bois
when he had been climbing on tn
rear of the Pinney theater and cam
J In contact with high tension wires Q
the Electric Investment company.
; Plans for the immediate expend
J ture Of about 100000 on mills 10
the handling of the output from tn
} immense area of standing timber cor
/ trolled by the Boise Payette Lumbe
company were announced last week.
The controversy that has existed 70
some time over the location OF tn
right Of way for the state highwa
through the Lava Hot Springs distric
has been turned over to a board g
arbitration appointed by the count
commissioners.
Fong Loon, who was charged Wit
the crime OF murder in the killing G
: Fong Chung at Boise on July 81, 1911
2 and convicted OF manslaughter. ha
been granted a new trial. He had bee
? sentenced to from five to ten year.
imprisonment.
The Bannock County Medical asst
. citation is the first organization to sil
!. Nifty its intention OF taking part !
the big preparedness parade TO b
: held in PocateIlo July 4. This bod
I OF men will be dressed In medica
! field service costumes.
/ At midnight on Jnne is the call 70
the national guard Of Idaho to mol
Ilize forthwith was received By Actin
governor Taylor, who immediatei
:. proceeded to summon officers an
!. men to entraln for Boise 10 meet {
/ the Boise fair grounds.
a The position of q city purchasin
v agent has been created al Focatei
Y and T. c. Smith appointed. The ci
cumstances under which the appoin
ment was made are that Smith Is
receive a salary of SIS for the fri
4 month, and he Is to make the offie
!. self-susfaining thereafter.
l. William Smith. colored man. VII
d has been confined in the county ia
% for the past nine months for infrin
IS ing on the liquor law, was release
last week. He has had three oppo
tunities to escape during the perit
of his incarceration, but on each 0
% casion he refused and remained
g his cell.
Il AT midnight on June IS the call +
IT tective association at Idaho Falls
y. was decided that the associate
would give It's moral and flnanci
support to the war-bonnet roundup,
d be held September 4. 5. 8, and
u The members have bound themsely'
W to raise 81 500 70 be used for advert