Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-08-30
idaho STATE NEWS

Nampa.
The federal reserve has admitted TO
membership in the federal reserve syS-
tenn the Anderson Brothers bank Of
Idaho Falls, idaho, with resources Of
81 5000.
After travelling from Pensacola.
Fla.s on q two weeks furlough, IN the
hopes Of seeing his mother. Airs. II, q.
Cole, alive. Raymond Cole reached
Boise only to learn that she had been
buried two days before
John Shrake OF Ogden. Utah. has
purchased the George Duvai dairy
ranch OF 81 acres one-hah mile from
Nampa for $4,000 The ranch Is re-
garded as enc Of the best equipped
dairy farms In the state.
The assignment OF an unskilled Ia
Dor quota OF 2020 men to Idaho In
the drive to obtain workers 20 all
100000 vacancies in government war
Industries does not necessarily mean
these men viii be withdrawn from the
state
At recent meeting OF the executive
committee Of the Twin Falls Fedora
ton OF Rural clubs the following reso-
luton was voted: Resolved. That
members OF the Federation OF Rural
WOmen's clubs will mot wear overalls
except In their own homes"
George Davis aud Miss Susie Hobbs
met with quite serious automobile
accident near Colllster last week. The
car causing the trouble kept on travel
ing, and the number was not secured.
Miss Hobbs was badly cut and bruised
and her back severely sprained.
FF, Harding. postmaster Of Welser.
while running to catch train as be
was starting ON a short vacation, over
taxed his strength and collapsed upon
boarding the train. He was removed
to the station waiting room and died
before medical ara could be summoned.
The Rev. j. Fl. Dlckerson, formerly
Of Pocatello, has written from New
York that he Is about TO go over
The Rev. MIR. Dickerson enters the
y. M. q. A. service and win leave Inn
mediately for France 10 help look after
the welfare Of the boys In the service.
An innovation has been introduced
by the reclamation service which ~
now using girls for operators 81 the
power house mt the Minidoka dam. Two
girls started work as oilers In the
power house August H., and from all
reports are making good In their new
work.
Production Of timbers and beams
for American fighting aifplanea hms
been begun at the Barber mill DC the
Boise payette lumber company. The
drying kiln at Barber has been practi-
cally reconstructed to handle the job,
and new system Of drying has been
Installed.
NJ. r.. BIcknell, food administrators Cor
Idaho, has authorized the sending of
instructions to nil county adfninlatra-
tors asking that they make a. effective
d plan al possible TO have an confec-
toners cut down on their sales of
candies to limit Of one pound at any
time to one person.
Sergeant Leroy Womack wrote re-
Gently to his mother, Mrs. Marion
Womack OF Firth, Idaho. that he y
safely in France after a pleasant trip
across the seas and short visit In
England. He was one Of the American
boys to receive a letter OF greeting
from King George y.
Floyd King Is alleged to have gained
entrance to r. II. Donahue's residence
at Plcabo during the absence Of the
family, and to have stolen several
guns. some jeWelry and money. The
sheriff and q posse captured him that
night near the ranch. and he was
placed In jail At HALEY.
The director general Of railroads re.
Gently advanced the rate on corn from
Nebraska to Idaho points from -
cents to 81 cents per 100 pounds An
efTort viii be made to get some relief
from this order. az least during the
season of the year when the bulk OF
the Idaho freight Il moving eastward.
Inaccurate data furnished the state
board OF equalization for the last four
or five years on the valuation OF the
lines OF the Mountain States Tele-
phone s Telegraph company has re-
suited In the loss to the state Of taxes
on between s5y00O.OOO and si0,O00.000
during that period. according TO John
w. Eagleson, state treasurer.
Local authorities should see that the
scales used for weighing grain aFe
tested and corrected, for with grain
selling ut around cents a pound
few pounds discrepancy on each load
will amount to quite sum during the
season. In fact. an inaeeuracy OF
per cent In the scales on which the
Idaho wheat crop l. weighed viii
amount TO approximately 100000 On
the price received By the producers
for the grain.
Two young women made application
for the position Of motor or Ambulance
driver In France under the supervision
Of the Ned Cross, at the Boise head
quarters last week