Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-05-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The bond election which decided
the paving of the business district Of
Blackfoot carried by a vote Of SIC 10
%.
owen Scrivens. q man wanted at
American Fails Tor robblng punch
board OF some gold pieces. was AZ
rested at NaEhpa.
8. ID. Williams, rancher living |
near GreenleAf, had one OF his legs
broken In three places last week In |
runaway accident
Miss Catherine T. Dryden, county |
superintendent OF LAtah county, has
announced her candidacy for state SUI
perintendent Of public instruction.
A second hearing Is TO be had in
the case of Mrs. Pearl T, Shoemaker,
who shot her husband and nlne-year'
old daughter at Glenns Ferry on
May 3.
Jose Gestal, . resident of Boise for
the past 80 years. died last week aft
err a short illness, A complication Of
diseases caused death. He was 81
years old.
By way or observing factory Gay
| the Caldwell Commercial club has
designated May % as time when
excursions win be made TO all the
manufacturing plants OF the city.
The governor OF Montana has ap-
piled for the return TO that state OF
Hiram Chivers, wanted in Bozeman
county for seduction. Chivers is un.
der arrest at Shelly, and resists ex,
tradition.
Jack Frost made a somewhat pro-
tracted call at the orchards in south
ern Idaho on May 10, with the result
that steweh prunes are likely TO be
more appreciated next fall than they
were last.
Although a 10 per cent increase in
parcel post business for one year Is
considered good Ii the average post.
office, the records OF the Boise office
show a IA per cent increase for the
year ending April l.
The next proposition to be put be-
fore the people of Blackfoot will be a
public library and this will be popu
lar under the new spirit which has
been born along with the general
building boom now on.
The adintant general of the United
States army has requested the COVER
nor to select not 70 exceed three quail
flied candidates from the Idaho nation
al guard for appointment TO the West
Point military academy.
Two outbreaks OF hog cholera were
reported in Ada county last week and
were promptly checked. One herd Of
70 and another of 3s animals. both
located below Eagle, were infected
and the hogs were promptly yaccI-
mated.
, A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed by Otto West OF Poeatello. Mr.
West has been conducting o dress
ing establishment, but business re
verses, including a fire, have rendered
II impossible for him to meet his obli.
cations.
A severe freeze, which camo unex.
pectedly after a day OF high wind, on
May 10, did much damage to fruit, al
, falfa and potatoes In southeast Ell.
more and northeast Owyhae counties,
The peach crop on the King Hill pro
jet will be considerably shortened.
John ITeine, an aged resident of the
Dry creek community, was injured
when run over by the wheels OF his
light wagon as he was returning from
a trip I'd Boise, a passing automobile
causing his horse TO plunge forward
and throwing him from the wagon.
Mrs. George Washington Adams OF
Boise. denies that she has abandoned
/ efforts to recover alleged dover
rights I'd New York real estate, valued
at millions and once owned by the
late Edward Tracy. wealthy brewer
whose legal wife Mrs. Adams claims
TO have been.
, During the month OF April. r. l.
. Williams, recently appointed agricul
tural agent for Ada county, vaccinated
| nearly VOC cattle for blackleg He IL
still devoting his attention to this dis
case and inducing stockmen TO protect
Themselves from losses by the use Of
! vaccine on their herds
Fishermen Of Pocatello are elatet
over the ordering of 10000 native
4 / trout from the state game department
!. to be planted in Mink creek. Thii
; creek has long been favorite resort
|. OF the followers OF Izaak Walton, bu
$ the supply Of fish has been gradually
q decreaaing OF late years.
{ The mineral exhibit shown by thu
> state Of Idaho at the Panama Pacific
L exposition in San Francisco last yea
+ has been installed In the old Contra
r school building at Boise and Is nov
ready for inspection. The exhibit &
q said by mining men to be the mos
2. complete ever assembled by any state
q The new chapel OF the stake a
% Carey was dedicated last week. Tn
o building contains electric lights an
heating system and cost S11, 900.
! By selection OF the department O
Il agriculture, Canyon county is to b
2, the third county in the United State
d in which a home survey ia IN be made