Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-08-18
.IlAHO STATS NEWS

bOaFu, was $Ss6soZt SSEz-5u.
When he fell from moving freight
train near Cascade, w. A. Case, aged /
20. was badly injured. and is in e
Boise hospital.
Many farmers in the southern part
OF the state are cutting their clover
for hay because of the presence Of
aphis In the fields.
A Thurman resident has taken the |
threatened railroad strike seriously. |
and last week laid in a stock OF pro- |
visions to last for the next year.
The abstracts OF valuations for 1916. |
as reported by counties. show .
shrinkage over 1915, due to the ad-
iustment taking out inflated values.
James v. Hall was taken In tow
by deputy marshal at Emmett,
charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails to party in Boise.
Gooding county reports taxable
property to the value Of $S,S57,607,
Kootenai has reported $11,505,7SS,
and Oneida county's taxable property
is placed at $4,2s3.476.
Peter June was taken to the Twin
Falls hospital from. Rupert, where
one foot was cut of by a train. His
injuries necessitated the amputation
/ of a portion of the limb.
Ray Hardwick was killed by light
ming near Virginia, having sought
shelter near telegraph pole during
storm, his body being found tf-
teen minutes later by friends.
Charles Crawford, the Fargo ranch
er accused of assaulting and brutally
beating H. H. Cross on the evening of
July 8, at the Fargo school house, has
been held to the district court for
trial.
Bulletins received from the depart
ment of forestry OF the University OF
Idaho at Moscow indicate that three
excellent courses in forestry will be
offered at the state institution this
year.
According to the statement OF DIR.
Charles L. Chalfant, superintendent
of the Children's Home Finding SO
ciety at Boise, that institution Is in a
position to place 500 orphans In de-
sirable homes.
Rexburg bench farmers are expect
ing unusually good crops, in spite OF
the dry weather. hundreds Of acres
that were looked upon az. failures q
few weeks ago now showing signs Of
yielding heavily.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has given permission to cancel
the green fruit rate tariff Of the Ore
gon Short Line railroad company, a.
filed with the public utilities commits.
sion Ia this state.
Alonxo v. Robinson. of Meridian
who sustained serious injuries In an
automobile accident In Oregon, his
Rather-in-Iaw being killed at the time
has been released from the hospital
and is recovering at his home.
/ Fire broke out in the residence o.
Calvin Foss, at Preston, but before
much damage was done It was extin
guished by the quick work Of Q mum
Der Of men. From all indications thu
Gre was caused through defective wiz
ing.
1 The Boise Commercial club has ex
tended q helping hand to Moscow II
the fight 10 secure for Moscow the 10
cation Of the governmental expert
mental mining bureau, for whicl
e Butte and Spokane have also put II
u bid.
y L. r. Wilder was accidentally Bho
{ while attempting to drive q rattle
= snake out Of the brush near Cam
. bridge, the bullet striking a rib an
= lodging In the backbone, causing ten
= porary paralysis, but he il now out .
= danger.
The state board Of equalization
10 annual session at Boise TO equaliz
! assessments Of property as betwee
AZ counties and to assess the property {
= common carriers, private car con
= panies. telephone and telegraph con
Is panies and public service corpori
- tons.
s The L. D. s. First ward amusemeT
ns committee Is arranging an elaborai
- social reunion Of all Of the member
=, OF the ward, In Pocatello, to be hel
- at an early date. The program vi
81. include song and story. instrument
ha music. oratory and numerous 9TH
va features.
IN Joseph Spencer White, structur
iron worker Of Salt Lake City, VI
az instantly killed at Twin Falls. In
We fall Of sixty feet ct the new beet 8
Mt gar factory now in course OF co
ea- struction. Two other men workil
with him had narrow escapes from
In. similar fate.
ted Although the attorney generals q
zen partment has held that he has !
ITO right TO have the title Captain" g
pear before his name on the prina
SOD election ballot. Captain r. @. Dav
has Republican gubernatorial candida
= has applied to the supreme court !
he'd a writ Of mandate to compel the 8
rotary Of state 70 60 certify down
lyle name.
IN Experiments made with Sudan sra
~ on his dry farm BY w. g. Garris'
le, near Idaho Falls. have proven
IS markabIy successful Specimen plan