Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-02-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS

lahu otuce IRON biackloot 10 tha9
place
Hen Messenger. a raneher Of Ar
con. Idaho, was accidentally NJ
phyxiated in roomiuE house in og
den. Utah.
Timber wolves Kaunt with hunger.
have become so desperate that they
arr making forays on the poultry
yards OF ranchers living almost with
In the city limits OF Pocatello
G. n, Palmer. now retired mer-
chant ~ star. Is planning 70 set out Vt
least 10 acres OF prune orchard this
spring, and may increase this figure
by including . tO-aere tract which he
owns
Representative MeCraeken has In.
troduced a btll directing the rcclama.
tton service to make an Investigation
to determine the cost and feasibility
OF construction OF the black canyoR ir.
rigation project
Michael Jordan. pioneer settler IN
Owyhee county, passed away at his
home In NampA. where he has lived
the past ave years lie was 80 YEARS
old and hiH demlac was due "a the
lntrmitics OF old age
More than 1000 acres OF land With.
tional forest In Idaho viii be restored
70 the public domain. beginning March
81. when the lands win be thrown
open 20 homesteaders
Caldwell capitalists are nearing con.
summation Of plans for reclamation
OF approximately ave thousand acres
Of land lying between Caldwell and
Notus, most 81 which Ii part u the
Black Canyon district,
Bolse'a only town clock. the giant
timekeeper that has stood for the past
20 years at the edge OF tho sidewalk
on the south aide Of Main street be-
tween Eighth and Seventh streets. has
tihally been torn down.
There has been and still IL q short
age OF coal Ia Maiad. For more than
week there has been no coal or
other freight come In. and Gu this a..
count two local restaurants were oom-
PEELED 10 close their doors.
The farmers and housokeepera'
convention held ct Pooatsilo Ter four
days last week. wan attended by 9.0o0
persons, and more than 100 ~ theso
were from out Of town. In spite Of tho
fact that the railroads are practically
all tied up.
Emil Hronok died In Pocatelio hoa.
p4tal after taking poison. lie was
found on the street and taken 10 tho
hospital. No motive IL known for tho
act. The man was unable 10 speak
when discovered. 30 that no statement
could be gotten from him.
Tho pocaiello Commercial club add.
I'd 600 now members 70 ftn rolls In
less than one week Of campaigning
by tho opposing forces headed BY two
captains chosen by The club 10 lead
the competition for the securing o.
500 new members by April 1.
Chief OF Police Parker at Boise has
issued = warning 10 drivers who Leave
their horses hltchsd and not bAAnketed
on the streets during the cold wealth.
or. and says thai unlaaa the warning
IL needed. charges will be placed In
municipal court against tbs offenders.
Warren OFanlof and Mrs. Helen vii.
llama Of Ogden wora taken into Gus.
tody ut 4 roominR house II Pocatelio,
The police allege that The couple weFs
clipping and that Mrs. Williams has
loft her husband aud I've ehlidFsn
and is living with uFnni0f unlaw
fully.
Forest supervisor G. A. Beam tu -.
thority for the statement that there In
NJ least nifty feet Of anoW lodged IN
many Of the canyons in the bills, All
indications point 10 the fast that tins
heaviest fall Of snou that has been
recorded In years haa fallen In tho
mountains.
Architects have been called upon 10
submit plans for the or. 900 addition
10 be erected In connection With en-
iarglng the pocatello general hospital.
| Tho institution, when this addition II
completed. will ~ one Of ths best
equipped hospitals In the lRtermoan.
| taan country.
The city Of MecaHHnon will AZ once
proceed 10 erect and install q munlci.
/ pal watsr plant Bonds 70 the amount
1 Of s7T 800 have bs@n aold for tho paF-
/ pose OF financing the system. and work
on tho installation viii begin ~ seem
/ as weather conditions warrant the be-
ginning 81 operations.
An Implement company 81 Boise has
/ Just signed leame Tor . tsrEn Of yaarB
| for the occupancy % a brick and con
rrets warehouse 70 be erected aloaR
the edge Of the Short Line yards ~
| PocateIlo. The atTueturs will be- ono
story and 4 baseusxpt and viii cost
approximately 10000.
rhe body OF Emil Hronak. the man
who died at the POea6sllo general hos
pltAi a. a result OF swallowing an
ounce vial OF earbolic aeid. and On
whose person letters aud Documents
we're found indicating that be was =
| resident Of Salt Lake. Htili lies uniden.
tiaed ~ the mofgue IN PocatslIo.
on account Of frozen switch and
failure Of the brakes 10 stop tao
trains. a collision occurred a. Arimo,
a siding between DosueY and Mccain
mon. The trains struck headon. but
with such little force thai no damage
was done ether than 10 smash the pi-
lots on both onKFnes-
A young man named Frank Berry
vas killed IN : runaway 81 Idaho
Falls. Berry and George Close uere
I a.. sa#NK N