Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Weiser's Oregon Trail roundup ana
harvest carnival, held last week. wia
a success III every way
The ninth annual session os tie
Presbyterian ssnad iii Idaho was h,td
In Pocatello October . 10 III.
The s4vte club 81 Icreme has lemse,i
4 building ard are hitting II up e. b.
used as a restroom aud library.
Contracts for the construction II
$4,000 Carnegie library building ia
Twin Falls were LEI hy the library
beard last week.
4 school kitchen Il being fitted up
at Star. nnd the necessary equipment
Installed fnr serving hot lunches ut
cost 10 the children throughout the
year.
The suite educational department
II making ready IL spend $500 appro.
rriated by the federal government FOR
tho advancement Of cheese making in
Idaho.
The state prison board Is waiting Ia
hear from the ,iem irrigation district
before determining what action ii 10
he taken on the prison farm near
HOmedule,
Directors ~ tina Numra 4 Meridian
irrigation district have reached dc.
cIsion g place on sale approximately
aan acres of lands now held a. possible
reservoir sites.
A guilty conscience caused Lyman
Jones, an escaped prisoner, - return
70 the state penItentlary Inst week.
he having escaped September I'd from
she Mosely furm,
Farmers about Idaho Falls are be-
Ing offered but Si,aa per loo pounds
for their potatoes whila the farmers
In the Twin Falls district arr being
offered Si5o II Ii reported
Farmers M over the state are be-
Ink advised 10 hold their beans FOR not
less than iathc. The director Of tho
state farm markets bureau says they
Gun gel that price for thom.
Ditch and canal companies can he
assessed for their proportinnate share
OF the cost IL draining lands when
drainage districts are organized. tho
state supreme court has held.
The store and postofflca iii Alex.
ander WIS robbed and the building m
contents destroyed by Are. The
flames started from al attempt 10
blow open the safe. Il II said.
Contracts for construction ~ about
II miles 81 new road leading FROM
Jarbidge, New. Into Twin Falls coun.
" Involving all Investment oF approx.
imately $4,000 have been let.
Produce shipments from Caldwell
for the month ending September rs
totaled I'll carloads This total II
compared with 1874 cars In 1910, 40
cars IN 1919 and tis ears III iOt4.
4Expel la Toilette from the United
slatea senale," Wua the teAt If rean.
luton adopted BY the hanrd If dlree.
tors Of the Hnlse Commercial club nj
It's regular weekly meeting last week.
The state has credit If st.9s4..
272.0l IN is treasury. lhe stute treus.
urer's credit for September shows. IL.
celpts for the month totalad sasi..
2i2 ID. disbursements tntnled saua..
0fI0D0.
Clyde Brown, arrested Mt Provo.
Utah was taken 10 rupert IL hnaNer
To two charges. TINT Of wife deAertlnn
and OF being slncker The former
chnrge WIS dropped and nrnwn was
sent To American Lake. Wash
a
employed b. the Phoenix Construction
company WIS arrested Hf p0eatello On
The chafge Ut making trensonahle ut.
ternnfea nnd is being held awaiting In
Yestlgntlou by Tho federal authorities.
Tile office If superintendent IF
schools In Lemhi county wna declared
vacant by the state supreme court laat
week. when II held Tint Olive KHdletz.
the present incumbent. has moi Tho
necessary qualifications for the posi-.
ti0n.
Cattle owners af tho siate must fae-
climate their Young stock neiWseh the
nges Of three and Is months for black
leg the governor snya IN . proclamn.
tlon Issued Inst week. The prpelnna.
tion WINS IaHHed nj The request of the
stnte veterinarian
Gratifying success Il reported by
leaders of the district cnnp meeting
of the Nnznrene church. recent.
" held 1T Natnpa. More than 100 Pro.
Pile sought fhe mournera bench during
the eleven .day assembly. aud between
5000 and 5000 was raised for various
purposes
The residents u Idaho nre preparing
to establish d record In doing what ii
il expected viii be done all over fhs
west In the wny of signing The guy
ernments food pledge cards during
the week Of October Il. when Il npe-
cial campaign Will b. carried ON un.
der the direction Of II. =. Bickneil.
state food administrator.
Although the prune crop II only
aboat 80 per cent II the normal pro
duetien. there will be- enough 10 keel
Two evaporation plants at Meridian
busy until the HOLIDAYS. The safAh-