Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-08-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS


The first Democratic board to
edualize taxes In this state which has
sat at the state house in years took up
its duties August Is
An appeal to all shippers and rail-
roads in Idaho to cooperate and solve
the car shortage problem has been -
sued by the public utilities commits.
sion.
conference or the Idaho council
of war, made up OF state officials, will
be called by Governor Alexander to
work out problems of interior defense
in this state
G. C. Yount OF North Payette was
seriously injured In runaway, suf-
fering disIocation Of the right knee
and fracture OF the right leg between
the knee and the thigh.
Idaho's apple crop will be 675,000
barrels OF three bushels each, accord
ing to the government estimate OF Au-
gust /. This Is decrease OF $4,000
barrels compared with the estimate Of /
July /.
The states winter wheat is esti- |
mated at $4,000 bushels, a drop Of |
100000 bushels compared with last
months estimate. and spring wheat
shows a decrease of almost 2O00O00
bushels.
The state board OF education has LET
the contract for the administration
building to be built at the Lewiston
Normal school, to the Ross Construc-
ton company OF Lewiston. The build
Ing will cost s27,5
Seven Of the twelve young men from
Pocatello who made application for
admission to the second officers re-
serve camp, which opens at the Pre-
sidio on August n, have received no.
tice Of their acceptance.
The state highway commission has
let the contract for construction of
that section Of the north and south
highway in Adams county, from the
Washington county line to Council, to
It. G. Comerford for $4,000.
Warrack Rogers, - years of age.
was drowned while swimming IN
small lake in Reno park, Idaho Falls.
Owing to the depth of the water there
was considerable difficulty expert
enced in recovering the body.
The Sheriff of Bannock county has
sworn out a complaint against Louis
Gatewood and John Bender, charging
them with criminal syndicalism, under
the provisions of the law passed by the
last session of the legislature.
william GIadhart of Cambridge Is
in the WeIser hospital suffering from
d dislocated neck, the result Of a fall
from load of hay. 1t Is not be-
lieved that he can recover. The nc
cident was caused by the breaking of
. q trip rope while unloading hay.
Under the direction of Professor d
! @. Livingston, head of the department
i OF geology ut the University of Idaho
i work Is progressing on what is to be
: made a complete directory OF all the
mining properties of the state.
= The coroner's jury at the inquest nj
d Payette over the bodies of Frank
Wahn, ST., his wife, two sons ant
II daughter Elsie, returned verdict de
d claring the Nsaster was purely antac
eident and that no person was Il
blame.
Ada county, of which Bo.se IL tn
II county seat, seems to have sufferei
It the greatest slump In the matter OF re
3. ported real and personal property aa
II sessments this year. The ahstrae
shows a falling off OF approximate,
K $4,O00,oO0
II The experiment of touching mattel
. to q dynamite emp cost Fontine Pow
eli. 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. 4
NJ. Powell. ranchers living near Col
lopy, the loss of nearly one-half hi
y left hand.
That the inability to loan the atat
!, ! school funds at per cent interest
- due largely to the federal land bun
system Is evident from figures whie
have been received by state official
s showing that on July ] there Wef
Y pending applications for loans fred
this state aggregating SS05O00.
= Though the Caldwell city eoune
has not vet acted upon the petition {
s taxpayers who wish an opportunity
j vote on the proposal TO bond the nj
nicipality for $4,000 70 erect a no
pitai. 1t Is expected that nm electio
on the proposal will be called.
Abstracts of the real and persons
1 property rolls received by the stat
auditor last week from the assessed
Of more than half Of the II counts
of the state indicate that the asses
able property subject to taxes
D Idaho other than public utilities vi
show a small decrease over last yen
A substantial appropriation v,
made By the last session OF the sta
legislature for the development At
> announcement of the Northwest LIZ
stock show at Lewiston and for Il
establishment Of a real state fair
be held at Boise. and the commissio
] ers Of the different counties Of q
state are now being called upon
lend their assistance TO make both