Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-07-28

| Alohk tue salmon river ROAD camps
could be maintained throughout the
winter, and that but few days
would be lost on account of weather
inclemeney
The road II IL claimed would. when
| finished, open to tourists ana other
travel one OF the finest regions seen
ically IN the United States. and would
tend to open indnstrially an empire
in extent. which IN agricultural aud
mineral wealth. and with oppoTtuni.
ties for dHtrytnE and gardening not
possessed anywhere else In the state
Land Restored ta settlement.
Through the action of the land
board O,000 acres of choice dry
farm land ON the Zig Bruncau IN
Owyhee county Will be In the near
future restored To entry under tho
enlarged homestead law This land
! was Withdrawn from entry under thr
/ Carey act about ak years ago N
| SaA part OF the BiR HruncRu pro
cct of $50 600 acres. but which the
contracting company were never nbl0
10 finance, II Will probably be- 90 or
90 days before the land can be-
thrown open to entry In tho HALEY
lnnd office. The land In located
from 3 To 30 miles southwest OF
| ilngermRn.
Further Republican Organization
Plans.
The organization of the IiuEhca
and Fairbanks club of Ada county
hol tho effect Of developing early
interest aud enthnainHm among lee.
publicans Of the county The clnu
organized week ago has grown
steadily In memherahip. A. a.
meeting of the executive committee
| Joined with number of earnest
| Republicans on Friday evening lnAt.
IL was decided To organize branches
OF the parent organization at Me
] ridlan aud South boise on Friday
evening next. and To form similar
organizations the succeeding week at
star Eagle. Knna and possibly Bar
berton
Itlll Dealing Cards Prom the BOttOm.
The governor and secretary Of
state last week, acting nA agents ana
representatives of the state land
board, visited what IL known as tho
Twin Falls Salmon River tract, Re-
turning the governor could not APP
pnrently resist the temptation ~
dealing d few cards from the bottom
tion OF the friends of his excrlisncy.
On his return he broke Into Instant
print, by way of explanation Of the
frightfui conditions In which the set
tiers had found themselves regard
ing the water situation and how hn
was burning midnight oil and con
Buming a not over abundant supply
OF gray matter IN securing more wat
or and additional Justice. Meantime
the secretary Of state was not saying
much. but wing wood In the way
Of preparing a report OF conditions
for the benefit Of the land board.
II iB learned that this year there
IN something over ~ 900 acres of
land on this project under cultiyn-
! tiOn, and that the Natsr service this
| year up 20 the present time has been
| satisfactory IF the derreed right
| Of ~ acre feet df water per acre.
something morn than one and "A half
acre feet had hsen delivered The
! first cutting Of alfalfa. although cut
snort by backward spring. II IL re-
/ ported was of excellent quality The
second hay crop which will soon come
on II Is expected will be not only Of
exceptional quality. and Will also be-
\ very heavy The settlers on ths
tract In many cases are raising the
second crop for seed purposes win
I grain which II nOw neagly ready 20
\ cut. the crop viii be fully up 10 the
I average The water stored ia the
! reservoir. II II reported has been
\ practically exhausted
/ Passing OF PI0neeV,
The sudden death Of Hon Geo
w. Fletcher occurred In Portland
on last Wednesday night II was
an entirely Unexpected shock 10 the
community. and To the thousands of
people OF this state shp have known
him during his long years Of resi-
dence Hc aas buried from his
Boise home on sunday His death
was the result of throat trouble
He was tn his sgth year
Mr Fletcher aas highly esteemed
by all ~ those whu knew him Hc
had been resident 90 Idaho since
early manhood For many years he
Nas engaged in mining and mer-
chandising In Atlanta aud Rocky
Bar sections. then followed business
lines In BOiae Lewiston and later In
Boise again. and finally established
the Idaho National Bank here. Of
which he WAS the president until
his death For many years he was
prominent IN politics and vas con
sidered Al two conventions aa a can
didate for governor On the Republi.
can ticket