Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-05-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

June !.
Pupils ~ the Ada county schools
outside If Boise have purchased War
Saving Stamps in the sum of s.. sen.
Another night class i'm huzzer and
radio work viii be organized at the
high school at Boise as soon as enough
registered men are enrolled.
The first step toward securing fruit
cooperating plant for Nampa was
taken nj a meeting of the Chamber Of
Commerce and local fruitgrowerS last
week.
\ Boise man was convicted last week
of neglecting ~ inform the authorities
of smallpox eases in his home and was
fined $50. He took an appeal To the
district court.
a barn On w H. BusSard's ranch
at Lake Lowell burned last week. de
stroying Mr., Bussard's car. some hay,
clover seed and harness. The loss
was about $1,000. with no insurance.
Settlers. On the Indian Cove irri-
gated tracts can not get water for their
lands this spring, according to com
plant filed with the public utilities
commission by the attorney generals
office
One of the early pioneers of Idaho
and veteran of the Civil war, Charles
\. Clark. died last week nj Boise. He
was as years of age and has been ii
prominent figure in the city's affairs
for years.
Miss Jennie Rooney, formerly Of
Payette, was hurt in an auto accident
near Huntington. She was driving.
and in making sharp turn in the road
the ear went over an embankment. Her
coalition is serious.
The food administrator OF Bannock
county has enlisted the aid of the wom-
ans committee of the local defense
council, for systematic canvass Of
the city, when each households supply
of sugar and wheat flour will be listed
Lemhi county in conjunction with
the Salmon national forest has been
working for several months on tho
construction pf wagon road to the
mining camp of Shoup, which is ex-
pected to be completed within the next
few weeks.
Roy Shoup, soldier Of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary force in France,
has sent his father. w H. Shoup, ut
Salmon, Il fragment of u wrecked Ger
man aeroplane, which was brought
down In Paris during the mir raid OF
March II.
The members of the Boise city coun.
ell decided I'd purchase $1,000 worth
Of Liberty bonds and sell as many of
them as were asked for TO city en-
ployes, who may pay for them at the
rate Of 10 per cent of the purchase
price per month.
II is estimated that about 100 war
gardens have been planted this spring
in Boise. This Is not nearly SO many
as last year, but the adverse condi-
tiOns Of last spring, the frosts and the
cutworms, discouraged many who have
not had the courage to try again this
year.
Because of his activities In the dis
tribution of printed matter that recent.
~ was suppressed as being dlsloyal to
the United Stltes, Prentice q. Gloy-
stein Of Twin Falls has been ordered
detained upon Instructions received
from the United States district Mt
torney at Boise.
Preparatory 10 making arrangements
in the county for the next Red Cross
drive, the executive board of the Twin
Falls chapter of the Red Cross has
appointed Stuart IL. Taylor as chair
man. He has accepted the position
and will begin active organization Of
the county's forces ut once.
Word has heen received at Twin
Falls by Mrs r. Nj. Strowbridge
telling of the death in active
service of her brother, Horace G..
McDermot. In recent list Of dead
and wounded he was reported seriously
injured In France April II. He lived
ut Twin Falls several years.
A suit for breach OF promise, In
Melissa A. Dudnsony, has been filed
against John F. Murray in the United
States district court at Pocatello. The
plaintiff is a resident of Illinois and
alleges to have become engaged to the
defendant, who Is a prominent build
Ing contractor OF POcatellO. In NoSem-
Der, 1916
A sugar factory Is TO be located In
the center of Malad valley, and has
beet contracts extending over IA period
of seven years, amounting To over 5000
acres. The farmers of the valley are
enthusiastic over the prospects Of hay
ing a sugar factory and are proving
loyal In their financial support Of the
enterprise.
Tentative plans for the establish
ment of fruit and vegetable dehydrat
ing plant In the Boise valley are being
discussed by fruitmen AT Eampa.
The L W. W. situation in north
Idaho Is well in hand now, Adjutant
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