Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The shortage ~ labor DELAYED tho
opening of the carnival shows for the
annual farmers aud merchants week
AT Caldwell
The thirtN-tlrst annual convention
OF the Women's Christian Temperance
unions of southern Idaho VAS held ia
Caldwell hast week
Michael q. Kcnney. lS-year-old son
Of John kennes. was Killed ~ betting
hit by an q. ). l.. train near the pump
line north OF PocutellN.
The estimated apple production 81
Idaho this year is Tu5,OOn barrels. three
bushels To the barrel. while 2,S27. ON
tons Of hay will be grown
The potato crop throughout southern
Idaho is proving very satisfactory and,
owing 10 the uncertainty OF trauspor-
tation, the yield is being largely
stored
A preliminary estimate shows Idaho
win produce this year l3,S00Ooo bush
els of wheat. 100000 bushels of
oats, 5.S20OOO bushels of barley and
0,45o,0o0 bushels OF potatoes,
United States Land Commissioner
Clay Tallman OF Washington. H. C.,
and party investigated conditions on
! the Salmon river tract last week. tho
entire project being toured In automo-
bllcs.
A class In automobile mechanics viii
be one Of the new features az the
winter classes given by the Y, w, g..
A. at Boise If ten persons can ba
found who are interested enough In
motor anatomy TO enroll for the
course.
In the opinion of State Sanitary In
spector j. X. White. who has been Ia
charge of the improvements being
made by the state AT Lawn Hot
Springs. that thriving village is des-
tined to become one Of the best known
health resorts In the entire west.
Former Governor james III. Hawicy
of Boise has been elected president
Of the Beet Growers Sugar company
Of Rigby. Construction work on the
plant viii begin about October TO- The
company Il independent Of any OF the
sugar companies operating in Utah
and Iadho.
The federal government, through
the reclamation service, is assisting
the farmers ON the MInldoka project
In building potato storage warehouses.
The government is advancing onc-hnlf
the cost OF constructing these ware
houses wherever the growers viii pay
the other half.
State Mining Inspector Robert N.
Bell of Idaho describes fdnhos phos-
plate resources In an article In re-.
cent number of the Engineering ana
Mining Journal. In which ne says this
and neighboring states have extensive
deposits which Gun be extracted "a
cheaply as coal
Announcements restoring 10. SSi. II
acres OF old Carey act land south and
east of Boise to the public domain.
subject to NIL prior valid lawful
rights, and TO become and be subject
70 entry under the homestead laws
only at 0 o'clock a. m. November o,
1917. have been received at Boise.
Members OF the Commercial TRAY.
elers of America, who have held n
banquet Ut the Dewey palace for sey.
eral years past for all members of the
association who have been caught on
the road In southern Idaho on Thanks.
giving day announce that the banquet
given this year Syill contain no meat
The state board Of prison commits.
sioners has decided 10 abandon the
state prison farm at Homednle. In
Owyhee county. THIS action WINS d..
cided upon largely because of condI
lions imposed by the Homednle lrri.
CATION district, which the members 0I
the board felt they would not be JUS
tilted IN meeting.
District Attorney Mcc1ear, who has
been tn attendance az the fall term
Of the United States district court ia
Pocatello. after investigating mum
Der Of charges OF dlsIoyalty against
citizens Of this section Of the state
has announced that the accusation,
have been found to be without sub
stantInl foundation.
Relieved to have been murdered the
body of John L. Dunn wns found In
his cabin twenty-five miles south of
Twin Falls The body was lying on ita
back and the faee aud head was badly
mutiIated. There Was a bullet hole
through the chin and revolver was
lying at his feet.
The department Of the interior hos
refused to set aside 5000 acres of
land In eastern Idaho for the exclusive
use Of the Fremont Woolgrowers' MS
ISOLATION. That information IL ron.
tanned Ia letter 10 the state land
commissioner. from the commissioner
Of tie federal land office.
The expenses Of fire lighting in the
national forests ~ Idaho for the ssa-
son Of 1917 range from s6s9.93. the
cost Of extlnguishing thirty-slx fires in