Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-06
IDAHO STATE News

me luanO state dealers asSoCla- |
tion will give its first annual automo- !
bile show in Pocatello from october |
81 to November 4.
In the Twin Falls section the crops
OF clover seed now being harvested
are bringing the farmers greater re-
turns than any crops ever planted.
The Pocatel1o Commercial club has
designated October is as tho date for
the get acquainted excursion to Bull.
Twin Falls and intermediate apoints.
According 70 Lieutenant Bell. who
Is in charge of the Pocatello recruit
ing Offices. recruits are being sent AL
most daily TO the different training
posts.
This years red clover seed crop in
the Twin Falls district will command
price of about $500 900. while IL Is
estimated that the white clover seed
crop VIII be worth 100000.
Under the new federal aid law re-
Gently enacted by congress. Idaho Is
entitled TO an appropriation of $685.
900 for road building. the third larg-
est amount of any state in the union.
While handling n loaded revolver at
his home in Grant. Clyde Casper ac-
cidentally shot himself in the right
leg. The bullet struck the bone and
sliding down over the ankle, lodged In
The foot.
As the result or the raising OF
clover seed in the Idaho Falls district,
banks there have taken In enormous
deposits. and there appears to be I'M
usual prosperity among farmers rails
ing the seed.
Farmers In the irrigated sections Of
idaho have had the biggest crops in
| ave years, but in some sections the
dry farms were nipped by the frosts
which will cut the total production of
| the state down materially.
The system of road projects mapped
! out by the Idaho commission contem-
/ plates the construction of 900 miles OF
roadway within = period of three years
at an estimated total cost of $i.062,.
500. In all there are eleven projects.
Arrangements have been perfected
by the state department of farm mar
kets with the federal office OF mar
bets for the stationing OF q govern.
ment potato market specialist in this
state during the potato market sea
son.
The potato crop has not been ms
large in Idaho this year as last year
and in some previous years. but thG
potatoes raised are of exceptional
quality. and potato growers are get
ting very attractive prices for theii
product.
To avoid all entanglements with re
gard TO the llins Of its nominees foi
state and county Offices the Prohibi
ion party decided not to hle them. In
stead only the presidential electors o
he party were filed with the secretar.
Of state.
While playing along an irrigatini
fitch. in the yard AZ her home, the III
} tie 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mr.
J John Steel of Iona fell into the dttc
and was drowned The body wa
found in the water half hour afte
> she was missed.
) The 4-year-old daughter Of Mr.. an
Mira. NeIs Lee OF Ammon climbed i
70 a cupboard In the home and d
t curing a bottle of carbolic acid, dram
l part of the poison. Her scream
brought help. an antidote was admin
lstered and the little ones life save,
{ More than 1000 600 pounds of suga
G beet seed are reported to have bee
r harvested ON the tract OF the Unite
states Beet Seed company near Idah
Fails. representing in value nearl
3 $500. 900. The harvest is regarded .
: one OF the largest ever cleaned
1 his country.
large bull moose recently wande
I'd into St. Anthony and created co
< siderable excitement. particular
= among the school children. FTigh
, sned by the gathering crowd. the al
nal finally sought refuge among n
willows along the river. and lat
It headed for the forest.
h The farmers on the Mfnidoka ira
= are aroused by the decision OF q
Utilities commission, rendered IN
week, denying TO the Mutual Tel
d phone company the right 70 DO bui
{. 1ess In Rupert unless they hrst o
% ain . certificate of convenience Al
necessity from the commission.
While driving = team attached TO
10 wagon filled with sand, Albert Esco
il II Meridian met with an accident th
e nay cost his life. In some mann
1is foot got caught In the wheel
the vehicle and he was thrown frc
~ L. the team continuing 10 move, al
" ae was crushed under the wheels.
pc In attempting 20 put a cable aero
he Snake river. John Farms. ~
xnown man OF Rexbur9. fell and {
10 able striking him on the head caus
al 4 fracture of the skull from the effes
"a ~ which he died
A. Thomas Frazier. who vas arrest
1t BIaekfeo4 last week. on the char