Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS


the Bull Community day asa result Of
the public auction for the benefit OF
the Buhl Red Cross chapter.
Fire destroyed "Pfnetop," the bcau4
tiful mountain home of W. II. Esta-
brook, three miles south Of Idaho City.
with all its contents, one afternoon
hast week.
The second Kellogg soldier to give
his life for his country, is alfred !.
Hough, who died March 70 at Fort
Sam. Houston following a six weeks
illness with penumonia.
The $500, cash bond,of A. L. Carpen-
ter. J.. w. ". organizer, charged with
attempting to Influence a jiiFy, was or
dered forfeited by Judge Steele ut
Moscow, Carpenter having failed to APP
pear for trial.
A man who flourished a knife and
declared he would get his ;''breakfastl
out of someone's RIBS" was arrested.
at. Nampa and is being held In the city
jail pending an investigation. He re-
fuses to give his name.
June % to 20, inclusive, will be the
dates Of the Caldwell Chautauqua, the
secretary Of the local committee has
been advised. The entire program has
been made up of numbers with a gen
efal patriotic trend, the announcement
adds. s' : 80
{ Secretary L.. A, Krussnlan of the Po-
catello ~. nj. G. A. has Just returned
from trip to Camp Lewis, where he
visited. With about twenty POcatello
boys stationed. there MIR. KrussnIan
says the boys are in all fine physical
condition. a..,s ....e
i. According to a story told the public
utilities commission by Barber wO-
man, the jitneys plying between the
mill town and Boise are. going to in
crease their rates from 25 to 80 cents
trip. She wants the commission to
interfere, ss... ,s
IA Burbank federation Of more than
twenty five wOmeIi's clubs of Canyon
county was Organized mt Caldwell last
week at d meeting held at the Century
clubrooms at the city library. About
eighty delegates and visitors attended
the meeting: nr 3sN
Governor Alexander may appoint a
northern Idaho man "a member Of the
state highway commission while In the
panhandle country, to succeed e. A.
Van Sickle OF Weiser, according to a
statement, he made Just before leaving
or Spokane.
With the completion last week of
| the organization of the Valley council
| of defense, Idaho in all the forty-pne
counties of the state is now prepared
for complete and active cooperation
with the state and natiUnal' bodies in
carrying on war activities. s@f' ~
James Wilson,. of Soda Springs; who
was arrested at st. Anthony for max
ing disrespectful remarks against
President Wilson and disparagine
statements against the American ma.
ton, was sentenced to. sixty days In
the county jail and fined $50. .4sia <!
The president has signed proclama
ton restoring about $4,000 acres 81
land in southeastern Idaho, north ant
south of the Snake river, from Goa
withdrawal. These lands We're with
drawn for the purpose Of classification
as to their value for coal
The Bingham county chapter Of the
Red Cross organized soon after the
United States, entered the war, nov
has enrolled more. ,than 5000 active
members, with branch chapters a
Springfield, Shelley. Sterling Aber
deem, Pingree, Firth and Tabor.
y A plan to build a ditch to furnish
water for 500 acres of land west o
Nampa, which is now watered out o.
the sixth street lateral, from whiei
water is also being taken by city users
Is under consideration by The. city c0un
ell, as a means of reducing. the de
I mands. on the lateral. .,gs.s
State, county and city officials arr
preparing to take immediate action TO
the use of convict. labor. for the pro
tluction of war supplies, I'm the even
OF the passage Of aebin now befor,
the United States senate authorizing
Frank J. Hagenharth of Spencer ha
been appointed by the secretary of ne
riculture and the food administrator
4 us d member of the advisory. commit
tee of farmers and livestock grower
10 assist The government in workin
out food prObleuss
l. Dependent over domestic Difficult
ties, b. G. Houser, employed ut Namp
by the Oregon Short Line. drank cal
bolic acid at; his home. The timely Al
rival of a physician within-a few mir
ntes inter his rash act was all Tim
saved Houser from death.
School teachers are deserving Q
! more pay, Miss Ethel S. Redfield, stat
superintendent of public INSTRUCTION
: says in u letter she sent out to tn
school trustees of the state. In he
letter she urged the trustees to selet
capable teachers at an early date;
!, In the opinion of thegeoroner an