Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-09-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

ton draft completed, says the Burnley
Advocate. The average was about
one out Of five reported for duty as
fit and no exemption discharge. The
full quota numbers 90. More than 500
men were examined to obtain this
number.
Ordinances framed by c. A. Ter
hume were introduced and passed at
recent sessions of the city council, re-
ceiving last reading at the last
meeting that opens the way for the
paving Of Burley's principal streets at
an early date, says the Burnley Ad-
vocate.
DIR. T.. Il. Laubaugh, former state
bacteriOloglst. was ordered last week
to join the medical corps of the reg
ular army. He will report this week
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind, for
service.
MY term will expire the first Mon
day in January, 1919, and shall re-
tire to private life with the highest re
gard for the consideration that / have
received from co-workers in the cause
of good government without which aid
and assistance nothing could have been
accomplished This statement was
made by Governor Alexander in an in
terview recently.
The Southern Idaho Fair managers
are now bending every effort to make
the affair success and to that end
are striving to do all possible to ac-
cOmmOdate the people who are busy
at this time of year. A feature that
will be greatly appreciated, it is be-
lieved, will be the setting aside of Sep
TENDER 20 as special grade horse day,
so that farmers who have fine grade
animals can bring them in on the
evening of September 10 and enter
them, having them judged the next
day, and get them back to work on
September 81.
Bennett brothers, lessees this year
of the Jensen 160-acre farm five and
one-half miles east Of Twin Falls,
threshed and sold the crop from 115
acres of wheat last week, receiving in
payment for 1t u check for $8,321.60.
They paid $500 rent for the farm.
Twin Falls countys share of the
predatory animal tax, 81 ,559.43, as lev
led last week by the state auditors
office, is the second highest in the
state. Owyhee county must pay the
largest share, $2,089.S2 The total tax,
distributed among the Al counties of
the state, amounts to $19.761.31.
The Weiser General hospital has re-
Gently been renovated and is now
open to the public.
Idaho will have almost a $600O,000
wheat crop this year, according to
present indications.
R. F. Bicknell of Boise has been APP
pointed by the food administration as
federal food administrator for Idaho.
The 10-year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. P, Palmer, who live on ranch on
the nixon road, was kicked by horse
and suffered serious injuries.
Realizing the urgent and long felt
need of a hospital at Gooding, local
physicians have launched movement
to provide such an institution.
Weiser's third annual Harvest Car
nival and Oregon Trail roundup will
be held October 8, and 5. The round
up features will be stronger than ever
this year.
The state will raise $90S, 5S437 in
taxes this year from among the Al
counties. This is an increase of S222,-
259.S9 over the taxes levied by the
state in 1916.
farmer of the Deer Flat section
who bought his land two years ago for
$75 an acre has already sold his hay
crop for SIS ton. He is cutting six
tons from approximately so acres.
The total carload shipments from
Caldwell in August was 105. These in
Guided 30 cars Of horses. 80 cars of
potatoes, II cars of flour il carloads
of brick and four carloads of goats
Carrie Belle Prickett, the small
daughter of a Boise valley rancher.
was taken to a Boise hospital to have
several stitches taken in her cheek,
where she had been kicked by horse.
Idaho can have replica of the ia
nous Liberty Bell for show purposes
at the state fair If the state will pay
the freight on one that the Womans
Liberty Loan committee would send to
Boise from the east.
Sparks from a threshing engine Mt
Spring Grove ranch, near Weiser.
started fire that destroyed wheat
valued at $4,000. The wheat belonged
to A. G. Butterfield. whose loss Is
covered by insurance.
Falling in line with economy sug-
gestions emanating from Washington,
Nampa grocerymen are arranging for
a cooperative delivery system. BY
having a joint system, let by con-
tract to one responsible party, the
grocers expect to cut down delivery
costs appreciably.
Wilbert w. Hubbell of Buhl has