Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Paroles were granted 60 II prisoners |
confined in the state penitentiary |
when the state pardon board met hast
week
The Elmore Red Cross chapter |
gained S2O510 from Mountain Home
and ST4.3a from Glenns Ferry ON CON
scriptiOn day.
The annual trnpshooting tourna-
ment Of the Idaho State SportSmen
association was held at Twin Falls
on June 10. ii and H..
AdherentS az the Naxarene faith
from eastern Oregon and much ~
Idaho assembled at Nampa last week
In annual conference,
The Southern Idaho Fair associa.
ton Is completing permanent stock
pavilion on the fair grounds at Filler.
The pavilion Is S0xl50 feet.
The work OF making surveys on the
North and South highway Il progress
ing nicely and active construction
work win be started soon.
Every telephone operator Of the
Interstate Utilities company, the Bell
| ~ III AoAGANAn WNAA Vas
strike at @ p. m, Saturday night.
Earl u. Painter, son of David
Painter, "A former resident Of Boise,
was seriously injured by a thug who
held him up and robbed him near his
home In Pasadena, Cal,
A delegation of more than IS Caid-
well Rebekahs went to Wilder one
evening last week In "A special traction
company car and he'Ped institute .
Rebekah lodge In that place,
Fred Earnest was lodged In Jail at
Pocatello for disturbing the pence.
The officers. curious, asked II he had
registered, and he stated he did not
have time. He was turned over to the
sheriff.
The Oregon Short Line has been
ordered by the public utilities com.
mission to provide copies Of compare.
tive freight tonnage statements for It's
Idaho stations for January, February,
March, April and May.
Joseph G. Thompson, aged u, prl-
yute IN company II. on detail guarding
the Northern Pacific's long bridge over
the Clnrk's Fork river, % miles east
OF Standpoint, was struck by the North
Coast limited and killed.
The forest service has just COM
pleted repairs on the telephone line
between Atlanta and Twin Springs.
The line was badly damaged Inst win
ter by the heavy SHOWS, and In many
places the poles were down.
SIX new wool flags were purchased
for the stateh0use and the statehousc
grounds by the capitol board Of con-
troll last week. The new flags are II
replace number Of old flags thnt
have been III use for several years,
The year old son OF Mr.. and Mrs
, Ben Hartley, living west Of Filler,
nearly lost his life when load % hny
" upon which the three were riding
tipped over. The boy WINS thrown uit
|. der the load OF hay and Into the water
The ranger reports one Of the
bridges out about 10 miles below At
lanta. ohligng travellers either 70 ford
the river az that point, which IL hotl
difficult and dangerous, or TO clint
= around the steep mountains for soin'
miles.
n According 20 word received from tn
|. Rev. John Hnllowell Dickinson, whs
4 was In attendance at the National Re-
q Cross council held at Portland. Idahs
n was apportiOned $4,000 of the 500,
II OOO. 600 required Of the milton for liet
a Cross work.
l. The public utilities commission hni
l. issued an order giving the Eimor'
:. County Irrigated Farms association
II the privilege Of purchasing wnter fo
d irrigation purposes this summer fron
e the Mountain Home Cooperative Irri
e gntlon company.
The Interstate Realty association
! composed of the real estate operator
II Of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, vii
J. meet in Grays Harbor for a three-da,
'e convention, August 8, 10 and II. A
attendance OF between 80 and fO
y delegates II expected
y Samuel Rons, aged ., was sha
= through the abdomen while playing |
~ an alley In Pocatello. The Fespons
bllity for the shooting has NOT bee
placed, Il not having been defnitel
!. learned who fired the shot. The b.
In getting along nicely.
Y A. II. Thompson Of Goodlng I'm
Chris Jensen 81 nexburg have bee
Y selected by the governor to serve vii
u himself on the committee to prepar
\, on exhibit from Idaho for the Golde
Spike exhibition to be held Mt Ogde
in 1919 In c0mmem0ratl0n of the con
pIetIon 0f the Union Pacific III 1867.
n. X. Bennett. field horticulture
m with the agricultural extension delar
~ ment ~ the state university. has r
"a turned 10 Boise from "A trip thr0ua
" the potato growing districts IL q
rg state. He says the indications n
ay that the potato yield II going -
n. large this season since crOp condition