Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-07-05
IDAHO AND IDAHOANS.

VIII no buyers.
Custer county farmers met at
Mackay, July 3, for the purpose of
perfecting farm bureau organization
for that county.
The Caldwell canteen committee
placed 10 cases of Royal Ann cherries
on. troop trains going through Nampa
one day last week.
Canyon county will send 125 of
her sons to the service Of their coun-
try in the order prescribed by the mas
ter numbers drawn at Washington.
Cannery peas were damaged by H.
Payette county. Corn, beans and po-
tatoes are seriously damaged by wire
worms in Nez Perez county.
Although the high water In Snake
river has receded somewhat, hundreds
Of people are still visiting Shoshone
falls to view the magnificent spectacle
presented during flood water.
Mrs Margaret Whittemore, who has
been in Idaho for some weeks work
ing in the interest of the Susan B.
Anthony amendment to the federal
constitution, is sanguine Of success.
u. q. Holmes Of Idaho county was
placed under $4,000 bond by the
United States commissioner at Grange
vile, charged with boarding -four In
a trunk hidden in straw stack on
his farm.
As result of recent heavy rains,
the dry farmers in the American Falls
district will harvest about so per
cent crop of wheat, which, without the
rains, would have been complete
failure.
II. w. Adair, prosecuting attorney
for Bingham county, has been removed
by Governor Alexander as government
appeal agent for the draft on
the grounds that he was not filling the
place efficiently.
Miss Rugna Sund of Standpoint, who
has been employed as stenographer
at the state house, received word last
week that she had passed the preIim-
mary examination for the yeomanry
branch Of the navy.
The greatest demonstration ever CIV
en- at Twin Falls FOR departing
soldiers took place June % in honor of
I'D drafted men, who entrained at
the Twin Falls depot. Ninety-six of
the men were from Twin Falls county.
Nampa was visited one day last
week by 200 drafted men from Utah
The special troop train carrying the
men stopped in Nampa long enough
for the men to form and march
through the principal streets for ex-
ercise.
A meeting was held last Saturday
at Gooding to discuss the farm labor
problem, which was well attended by
county agents, farm bureau presidents
and farmers generally from the section
west Of Pocatello and south OF the
Salmon river.
An epidemic of bovine tuberculosis
has broken out in eastern Idaho, Us
the result of the shipment into that
section of a carload of infected cattle
from Missouri, according to DR.. ]. Il.
Ellis, governemnt specialist in charge
of cattle tuberculosis prevention.
Lack of moisture has caused dry
farm wheat to head short in some sec
tons. Irrigated wheat Is developing
in fine condition and prospects for a
large crop are good. Oats and bar
ley look good, except in the north
where these crops are drying up.
Owing to the fact that there is alb
solutely no grass left in the sage brush
this year, the rabbits are coming on
to the farmers in droves of thousands
and have completely ruined several
large wheat fields, and, If left alone
will ruin the entire wheat crop Of the
Mora vicinity.
August ]. Stephan. head of the bak-
ers' association of the Idaho federal
food administration at Boise, has re-
ceived word that he has been appoint
ed one of IL trustees on the board Of
directors for the $1O00,00O bakers in
stitute to be inaugurated in the United
States for the instruction and eduea-
ton of men In the bakers trade.
Owing to a confused understanding
of the federal food administrations
order permitting the purchase of
sugar In 100-pound lots for canning
and preserving purposes only. it was
stated at the Idaho food administration
last week that sugar may he purchased
up to 100 pounds. but the purchase
must be made i4 25-pound lots only.
municipal corporation cannot
question the right Of the state to ex-
ercise its police power in the regula-
ton of rates for public utilities on the
ground that by so doing ii would i'm
pair the obligation of contract, be-
cause In this state no authority exists
to enter into contracts which Will IN
any manner abridge the power Of the
state TO regulate the rates, the state
supreme court has held.
Home demonstration meetings con-
Quoted at Occur d'Alene and Sand
point were the best attended and most
successful held so far in that section
Of Idaho, according to Miss Amy Kelly.
state home demonstration leader.