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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
NO VACANCY WHEN DEATH
REMOVES AN OFFICER-ELECT
recsion Given by the Supreme Court in Case In
volving Assessor of Kootenai County-Ezra
Bulge Entitled to Hold Over.

the appointment of plaintiff was In
ctfoctual aud void Pcrcmptory writ
denied !"
After the death OF Mcfarland tho
county commissioners appointed
Clark as assessor when he sought
TO take over the office. wonnaoott re-
fused to give Il M. claiming that he
had the right % remain IN office he
cause tho regularly elected Rasenanr
had not qualified Clark then insti
tutod custer proceedings. and the
case WAS carried TO tho supreme
court, whore Il was decided IN favor
% wonnaeott
The eaH" ia this county 10 Identical
with the ono ia Kootenai county. ex-
cept that tho governor has tho ap-
pointive power In the case of vacan.
cy in tho office of commissioner.
while II a vacancy occurs In any of
the other county offices. tho commits
aionora have tho appointiyo power
In view OF the supreme courts de-
cision thero Ia no quen. but what
John r. Poteraon's commi isaion. sign
ed by Governor Alexander, iA null
and void and that Ezra BudGo IL on
titled to hold the office of commits
sluner from the Second district for
the ensuing two years
RegardicHa Of his heart's dcuire 10
see every office In the state OF Idaho
filled by democrats. Governor Alex
nnder ennnot override the supreme
court
When the coun4y mmiRaionera
meet on tho 23d of thia month Ezra
Budge should appear and demand his
right to sit AA n member of the board
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
CREAMERY AND COLD STOR-
AGE PLANT FOR MONTPELIER
Mutual Creamery Company Has Secured Site
Cd Which to Erect $4,000 Plant -Montpe-
lier to be Important Shipping Point.

A creamery and cold storage plant
costing $4,000 exclusive Of the site
is to be erected in Montpelier In the
spring by the Mutual Creamery com
pany. This information was given to
the Examiner last Tuesday by o. N.
Wray who secured an option on a site
for the plant. The property abuts on
the c. w. & M. Co.'S. spur running
from the Short Line tracks. Mr.
Wray left for Salt Lake Tuesday af-
ternoon to confer with the Mutual
Creamery company officials regard
ing the site selected for the plant,
and he expressed the opinion that the
officials would approve of the site
selected and imediately close the deal
for the purchase Of the property.
The cold storage plant will have
a capacity of ten car loads of cheese
or butter. and the purpose of the
company in erecting the plant here
is to make MONTPELIER the centralized
shipping point for the product Of the
company's creameries at Thayne, Et-
ma and Alton, Wyo., Laketown and
Randolph, Utah; Paris and Gorge
town in this county. Georgetown is
the last point selected by the com
pany for the establishment OF q
cheese factory, Mr.. Wray having
closed the deal last Monday night
for a site on which to erect a fac
tory there having a daily capacity OF
5000 pounds of milk
While 1t is the intention of the
company to manufacture butter here
Mr.. Wray said that butter making
could not be carried on to any great
extent until sewerage system can bt
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
AUTOS TO BE USED EXCLUs-
IVELY IN NATIONAL PARK

Only two years ago a hard fight
vas made to get permission for au
tomobiles to enter the Yellowstone
National park. Now comes the word
that horse-drawn coaches will be
abandoned in the park hereafter.
Arrangements now being made
mean that 1000 horses which here
tofore have drawn touring stage
coaches through Yellowstone Ma
tional park will be sold for use in
European armies and their places
taken during the coming summer by
automobiles. Under the plans now
being worked out there will here
after be three companies instead OF
7evcn controlling hotels, camps and
tours OF the famous park.
Under this scheme the hotels will
be under one management. the
camping outfit is under another.
ated by four systems. will have one
head The change viii remove one
of the picturesque features of the
Yellowstone tour. but at the same
time will facilitate the trip through
Geyserland. The change is made a:
m opportune time from a pecn.
MARY viewpoint, as the horses that
will go to the European fighting
governments will bring highest
prices.
The former arrangement caused
multiplicity of service that was
somewhat confusing to the public
Under the new deal the genera
service will be brought to a high
standard OF efficiency. which vii
mean that the park. with its grea
4 natural wonders. will be more eas
i tIy viewed than before. Under tn,
new management Howard H. Hays
who has charge of numerous camp
'ng outfits dictated by the govern
ment. will be the general tour
gent for the Chicago. Union Pa
cific. Northwestern tours.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
THE PRISONER or zENDA
NEXT THuTsDAY NIGHT

r. Forrest Taylor supported BY an
excellent company. Will present Sir
Anthony Hopes great dramatic draz
ma. The Prisoner of Zsnda," At tho
Montpelier theatre Thursday night.
Fob. 3. The priceA of admission will
be %. 80 and 76 cents Reserved
BeatH On sale ut the Jones' Robson
Co The Pocatetlo Tribune OF Jan
~ has thu following to say OF Mr.
Taylor's presentation of this play
Last nights performance al tho
auditorium was intensely gratifying
70 n large audience and tho presen.
tation Of Tho Prisoner OF zenda' vas
pleasing In tho eItreme. A large cnm-
pany portrays the stirring and In.
tenscly interesting plot n Hopes
atory in most cleser manner Tha
leading characters. y Forrest Taylor.
T.. J. Foote. Stanley JonasRon. o T
Bean. Earl Hodgins. j. Gould and
Miss Ada Dhnisis. are exceptionally
good Taylor. as the Red Elphbers
and Gould as Hentzau' we're oxcap.
tioaaIly strong. and the setting =as
carried ont IN a fine manner II IL
good company and theatre Roera
enjoyed the play IN every respect.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

installed as cess pools cannot be used
because OF so much grease in the
waste water. But a sewerage system
will come in time. said Mr.. Wray, and
then it is the intention of the com
pany to make Montpelir one of its
chief butter making points.
However, the operation of the cold
storage plant alone will be an item Of
considerable Importance to Mont
1ier ,uy pesamo-c thedanst nNe mfwyp
pelier, as four or five persons will be
employed all the time in receiving
and preparing for shipment to dis
tant points the products of the COM
pany's plants in Star Valley and 9th
er places named above. Then it will
be worth something to Montpelier
from an advertising standpoint as all
of the butter and cheese shipped will
bear a Montpelier label
The Mutual Creamery company is
one of the largest cream and cheese
producing concerns in the United
States. Last year it did a business OF
$3,70O,000 and President Jensen
predicts that this years business will
reach the five million dollar mark
While most of the products OF the
company find ready markets in the
large cities of the Pacific coast, it is
at present helping to supply the Brit
ish armes with cheese. This week the
, third car of cheese was shipped out
of Montpelier this year for London
Thus are the people of Star and Bear
Lake valleys helping to supply the
men who are fighting in theworld't
greatest war with one of the neces
stiles OF life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

That Governor Alexander was n
little previous In appointing John r..
Peterson TO the office OF commission
er In this county TO succeed L. Z. Mol
son. who was elected TO that office
last November. but was accidentally
killed few weeks later. is evidenced
by decision of the supreme court
which was rendered last Saturday
The decision. which was written by
Chief Justice Budge and concurred in
by Justices Morgan and Rice. was
in the case OF Henry Clark versus
Fred c. Wonnacott OF Kootcnai
county.
Wonnacott was asscssor ~ koote
nal county. On the 7th OF last Nov
ember one VIM. b. Mcfarland was
elected to that office for the ensuing
term of two years. but died ON Nov
ember 2bth, wonnacott contended
he was entitled TO hold the office or
continue as assessor. and the supreme
court upholds hIs contention.
Justice Budgo. I'm his decision.
holds that the death OF n person
oaSN'"N W ~ SattN' o"AN'' hS aN"i'"""
therefore doos not create a vacancy
within the purview OF section 3i7 re-
vised codes. since section %. revised
codes provides that every office re-
elected for "A fixed term shall hold Of
flee until his successor 10 elected and
qualified" 1T is evident" says the
court later when concluding it's do
ciaion. that the defendant. Fred g.
Wonnacott. ia entitled 20 hold the
said office OF county assessor until
his successor IL duly elected and
qualified according TO law. and that
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
UNIVERSITY or IDAHO
WILL BE KEPT IN NORTH

Removal of the University of Ida
no from its present location at Mos
COW exploded into thin legislative air
Wednesday after the house OF rep
resentatives got thru with the Find
lay resolution proposing an amend
ment, to the state constitution so
providing, for Il was slaughtered by
being indefinitely postponed. The
act of the house. il was said today.
forstalls the proposed introduction of
a secession measure TO cut northern
Idaho off from the south. The IN
definite postponement of the Tesolu-
tion carried by a vote of IS for TO I
against
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
WILL LIKELY CREATE SAW
TOOTH NATIONAL PARK

Tho bin providing for the sstAb-
liahmont Of a national park IN the
sawtooth Mountains north of HALEY.
introduced by Congressman Smith OF
Idaho. has been reported fAvorehly
20 the committee on public landa
Senator Borah has = similar bill
pending In the senate The boun.
dAries % the proposed park will In.
eiude Stanley lake. Red Fish lake
and Alturas lake Under the proYl.
sions Of the National Park service
Law approved last session. grazing
privileges will not be enrtalIed which
tt i understood removes any ohiee-
tions On the paFt OF tho atoekmnn 10
the establishment Of the proposed
park.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
Father OF J. r. O,Connor
Dies at Age of Nincty-eight


Charles O'Connor. father of J. F.
O'Connor of this city and Ed O'Con-
nor OF CokevilIe. died at his home
IN Howell, Michigan. on Sunday. Jan.
IS Mr.. O'Connor lived to the ripe
old age OF SO years. having been born
in Ireland in 1919. He came to
Michigan from the state of New York
n the year 1865. and had resided in
md near Howell ever since.
Mr.. O'Connor visited Montpelier in
1890 and will be remembered by
many OF the older residents as a
genial gentlemen who made friends
If all those he met He was life
long member of the democratic party
and was man who took great in
terest in all current events
His funeral was held at the Cath.
olic church at Howell, OF which he
was a member. on Jan. 81. and the
body was laid TO rest at Piekney
Michigan.
He Is survived by his two soni
and one daughter. Miss Kate o'Con
nor, with whom he had made hi
horne for a number of years. Th'
blockade of the railroads In wyom
ing prevented his sons from attend
.ng his funeral.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
BILL PROPOSES TO REWARD
GUARDsNEN FOR SERVICES

Following in the footsteps OF 9th
or states thai seat their sons 10 the
Mexican border when the call for
troops came last July. there has been
introduced In the house of represen-
thtives a bill BY Representative Lu-
cas OF Adams county asking Idaho 10
do It's share toward rewnrding the
Second idaho regiment enlisted men
for shouidering the muaket and
tTamping off TO EoEales for s months
police duty. Tho measure sets aside
100000 10 pay the troops or giB n
month for work performed Min
nesota. Iowa. Illinois and other states
have taken similar action the author
Of the bill states.
'+The money appropriated by sec
ton OF this act. says section 2 Of
the bill. shall be payable only to the
enlisted men of several companies
Of the national guard OF Idaho. who
responded 10 tho call OF the governor
Il the state Of Idaho and the preai
dent OF the United States and who
we're actually mustered into the ser
vice OF the United States. and the
amount ssyeraIiy due such enlisted
men shall Be ~ the rate Of SIS /
month for the time actually spen
Is soldier II said national guar,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
EXPLANATIONS OF
NEW 6AO-ACRE Law


Contracts and explanations in re
gard to the new 64O-acre grazing
homestead law as furnished by the
interior department.
1. The provisions of the law per-
init the entry OF GAO acres OF semi
arid grazing land by any qualified
entryman. The bill does not apply
to all public lands. but only such
areas as are suited largely for stock
raising and grazing purposes. The
interior department will later des-
ignate the areas that may be entered
under this act.
4. II a homestead entryman has
possible to give specific informa-
tiop as to the location of the areas
that will subsequently be designated
for entry. In general 1t may be stat
ed that designations will be made
In the Rocky Mountain States and
westward. A personal inspection of
the lands sought to be entered is the
only satisfactory manner in which
a prospective entryman can fully
inform himself as to the relative
worth OF the land.
3. To acquire title to a home
stead under this act an entryman
must reside upon the land not less
than three years and make perma-
nent improvements thereon tending
to increase its value for stockrais.
ing purposes OF the value OF not less
than s1.26 per acre, one-half Of
which must be placed on the Iant
! within three years after the date O.
entry. Communication of entry is no
allowed.
4. II a HOMESTEAD entryman ha
heretofore exhausted his Homestead
right by securing title to 16O acre
Of land in the humid regions, thi
640-acre homestead act does not re
store his rights nor permit him to en-
ter additional homestead. The the
Ory of the Law is that only one home
stead may be taken by an individua
entryman. or course. II the home
stead was lost and title never az
quired. or If the land entered here
tofore was grazing land of the char
acter covered by this act. then an
I'm that event second entry could b
made as per sections ! and OF tn
act. Legislation. known as "th
Ferris bill" (H. r. s4s2). is no
pending looking to the restoratio
Of the homestead rights of thol
who have heretofore bought India
land. This bill has already passe
the house and is now pending in II
United States senate. It Is hoped Il
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

The Eramlnsr--sa aosss for $50.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
MONTPELIER GIVES SOL
DIER BOYS WARM WELCOME

The Bear Lake members OF Com
pany b. Second Idaho infantry. ar
rived homo last Saturday evening
on No. IS. About 500 people. head
ed by the Montpelier band, we're at
the depot to greet the boys upon
their arrival. and there we're many
hearty hand shakes and warm en-
braces as the boys alighted from the
train
At $40 those who were not Mt
home with relatives sat down to sup
/ per at the Hotel Burgoyns Cafe. the
guests of the committee having in
charge of the reception for the boys
There were % at the supper incIud-
ing Standley II. Rich Of Paris and
Rev and Mrs. Wheeler.
| At 1880 the crowd began TO gath
er at the city hall. As there was no
formal program the affair was en-
tirely informal AT 8 o'clock Rev.
Wheeler was pressed into service as
chairman and a brief program of
short speeches and music was rem
dered Prof Stevenson, Bishop Rich
and Mrs. Nose Lewis were invited
to speak in behalf OF the different
organizations OF the city and Rev.
Wheeler and Standley Rich for the
mastering officers and Bear Lake
recruits association. Music was fur.
nished by Arnold Tueller and Miss
Lillas Crane
AZ hn ~ hn M
the people mingled In q general so
ciaI way for an hour or more. when
most OF them repaired to the pavil-
ion where the soldier boys were
guests at the dance.
The members Of company d who
returned Saturday evening we're:
Melvin Sonenson. VIM. @ Harding.
Ernest Smith, Elmo E. Brown. Ed
ward c. Hanson. Robert Beckwith.
j. Magnus Stevens, Hugh Mcintosh
Edward Reiber, Edward O'Connor
Carl z. McIllwain. Lawrence Jorgen-
son, Preston Bulge. standiey Dun
ford, Don c. Haddoek. Kenneth
Thornock and Ernest c. Beutler.
Edward sutter. who was a mem
: her of company II. returned on Fri
: day of last week.
Louis Bowen. who was n member
I. OF company b. came aa far az Poca
e tello. whore he left his comrades and
went to Blackfoot where he will be
associated with his brother. Lee, In
the automobile business.
c. Z. Herman. who was the last
one from Bear Lake to join com
n pany b at Boise last summer was al
y 80 the last to return home. soof
a after reaching Boise he took a posi-
. tion In the Job department OF tn,
: Capital News and had decided to re
y main In Boise but finally change,
! his mind and Wednesday evening
saw him again in Montpelier.
/ ID. ]. Finch. who went from Mont
e pelier and was a member OF compan
le NJ. as articifer. mustered out OF tn
=. service At Nogales and Is now at tha
place engaged in carpentering.
10 The boys are all looking fine an
D. express themselves as being might
is glad 10 get back home. All say tha
le the experience on the border va
A. worth 3 great deal to them. but nc
d. one Of them expressed a desire to &
thru II again.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

after the cal By the governor Of ida.
no. OF from date Of enlistment In said
national guard subsequent to aatd
call. and up 70 date og mastering
out. and shall be without regard Sc
and n addition 70 any and all other
payments or paymeat heretofore
made or hereinafter 20 be made for
such service BY the stats of Idaho or
BY the United States.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
:. z. HERMAN AGAIN
WITH THE EXAMINER

c. z. Herman. who for seyeraI
ears prior to last July was with the
Exa miner. this week again took a
berth on the Examiner and expects
20 be with us for some time vet 20
caraa-a wear at least
Mr. Herman Is a mechanical man
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

OF the first order and will be in
charge OF the mechanical department
and beginning next Monday will al
so have charge OF the advertising
department.
While away from here he had sew
eraI offers Of good positions and u IL
indeed with some pride that we are
able TO announce that we have secnr-
ed bis services.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-21
FAD ANIMALS, NOT HUMANS
USED TO MAKE GERMAN OIL

The story of German factory
where the dead were thus reduced,
had been in circulation here for sew
eral weeks.
The newspaper Lokal Anzeiger.
which was quoted in stories describ-
ing the mill used to transform the
carcasses of animals into oil. used
the expression "cadaver." the wire"
less declared. "This word is never
used to describe human bodies-it
means only the carcasses OF animals
"The Lokal Anzeiger today, conf
menting on the anti-German propd-
ganda revealed in distorted stories tf
this plant, calls 1t the acme OF
gtupidity.E
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-21
Roosevelt is Not Opposed to
Consumption While Urg-
ing Volunteer Forces.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, April 21-Colonel
Roosevelt struck back today at those
who have been using his plan for rails
ing division of troops as an argument
against obligatory service. In the first
interview he has granted on his army
plan, accorded the United Press, he
reiterated strongly his demand for uni
versal obligatory service coupled with
plea that while this compulsory sys-
tenn was being made operative, a vol
unteer force be sent abroad.
Il do not want to be put In the po-
sition of saying to my fellow country
men-'go to the war; he decarN1 81
want to be in the position Of saving
come to the war; ! am going with you
Il wish we already had universal
military training in this country. But
we are as Great Britain was when the
war broke out. She had disregarded
Lord Roberts advice to have universal
military service. She was very wrong
in doing that.
But It would have been a capital
mistake if when the war broke out, she
had declined TO send small military
expedition at once to Belgium and had
refused to accept volunteers from
Canada and Australia-on the plea
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-21
PRICES ADVANCED
OUT OF REACH
People Who Thought They
We're High Year Ago, Now
See That They Made
Mistakes.
POTATOES LEADING ALL
Jumped Higher Than Frightened Jack
Rabbit, Starting at rs Cents
Per BusheI and Now
1925.
POTATOES LEADING ALL

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, April 21.-Food prices,
which year ago were considered ex-
orbitant. are today as much as 100 per
cent higher in many staples. Gains in
flour. grains and meats are the most
noticeable in the wholesale markets.
while retail prices on vegetables, can
ned goods and produce have made
them almost prohibitive to people of
moderate means.
A few comparisons Of prices year
ago, at the severance of diplomatic re-
lations the first part of February and
today follow:
Wheat (May) s1.14h; s1.75A;
s2.35.
Corn (May) 7sc; s1.o1: LA.
Oats (May) 451sc; 56Ac; 65Ac.
Cattle (beeves) cwt. $7.5O@S.50:
S11.55 @11.s5; $9.O0@13.25.
Hogs, cwt. ss75@s.s0; s11.5o@11.so,
s15.46@16.Oo.
11.75; s1O.s0@12.so.
Calves, cwt. ssO0@1o0o; $12.25@
400: $S.5o@12.75.
Pigs. ewt: s775@s.s5; ss.5o@1o.so;
$10.00@1S.s5.
Flour (patent) s5.eo@5.so; a.7o@
800; S11.5O@11.70.
Potatoes per bu. 75c@soc; $1,000
2.25: $3.10@3.25.
Butter per lb. 21c; $50; 4434c.
Eggs per doz zoe; 41c; SAC.
Poultry per lb. 1Sc: S0c; 22c.
Pork per Dbl. s23.22; $3025; $3.50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-21
FAVORABLE TO ANY PLAN
WHICH WILL MAKE SOLDIERS

that she then intended to do nothing
except in accordance with the theory
Of obligatory military service.
what she ought to have done, was
to send her eXpeditionary army eX.
actly as she did; to use the volunteers
exactly as she did-and instantly to in.
troduce the system Of obligatory SER
vice also. This Is precisely what we
should do.
With all my heart I approve of the
presidents plan for universal obligat-
ory service-both for the present war
and as our permanent policy. This
plan will give us the army we must
have eighteen months hence. But we
ought to treat as a necessary supple
ment to this plan, the utilizing of vol
unteers who would not be reached un-
der the obligatory plan-who will not
and ought not to be asked to volunteer
in the regular army or the national
guard; but who have special fitness
for the war and who will come forward
eagerly to serve if they are to be sent
abroad at the earliest possible minute
THE obligatory service idea Is capi-
tai to make those serve who ought to
do something and We ought not to let
it be twisted into preventin those who
ardently desire to swerve from serving
even although they would be exempt
from serving under Inc obligatory
law"
The colonel was asked how he felt
toward Germany.
"I am utterly against any hymn of