Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-02-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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questionnaires mailed 70 them
The Purity league is the name of
new club recently organized by several
members Of the younger set at Twin
! Falls.
W. w. Spier of st. Anthony has sue
ceeded to a place on the board of di-
rectors at the Blackfoot insane asylum
made vacant by the resignation of Geo.
II. Fisher of Bancroft.
On account of lack of space In the
present location, the pnstoffice depart
ment is considering moving the Merid-
ian postofflce to another location with
In few weeks, ii is said.
An ordinance providing for the ap-
pointment of a plumbing inspector and
Tor the licensing and regulation Of
plumbing shops passed first reading be-
fore the city council at Nampa.
The federal government has granted
to the state of Idaho 3,B31,T7S acres
! OF land for educational endowment.
which nj the minimum rate of $40 per
acre makes IA considerable sinking
! fund.
George Burke, owner of . garage at
Mountain Home, was shot and Killed
by his wife, Emma, rs the result of ii
family quarrel, during which Il is said
Burke threatened to give his wife a
| beating
Elmer Davis was arrested ut Idaho
Falls last week, being wanted In Rock
Island. ILL.,, for murder committed in
1913. He was working in u restaurant
at Idaho Falls and gave his name as
Ed Day.
y broken collarbone. broken nose,
and deep scalp wound and other In
juries of a minor nature, were sus-
tanned when Edgar Jones, aged l6, was
struck by an automobile truck at
| Nampa.
The legislature Will be convened In
extra session at an early date BY the
governor, according to the gossip at the
capital. 1t Is generally believed that
the legislature will be convened about
February H.
Bert Black and Doyle Fender, son
and nephew, respectively, of William
A Black, deceased, are legal heirs to
section of land bequeathed them In
Photographic will left by Black, n jury
at Caldwell decided.
The high school at Pocatello nearly
had disastrous fire when 100 tons of
coal caught fire through spontaneous
combustion, The coal was moved and
the fire extfnguihed by firemen. assist
ed by Short Line fire fighters.
G. w. Dana, of Montpelier, has dis
covered that for four years he has car
ried 22-caliber bullet In his head, inn
bedded between his scalp and skull
When he was injured he thought he
had been struck by lightning
Twenty-seven Idaho counties now
have, or will have. county agricultural
agents in the near future. Excepting
Idaho, Adams, Owyhee, Butte and Gus
ter counties, all counties south of the
Salmon river have organized farm bu-
reaus
Harry T. Lewis, brakeman ON a
freight train, WIS knocked from the
steps of the train by u truck which was
left too near the track ut Burnley. The
engine ran over his left arm, cutting II
OH just below the elbow, and his right
arm was broken.
After hearing lasting two weeks
before Probate Judge ". A. Hyde con
testing the will of II. A. Whitthoft. for
many years engaged in business with
Il. II. Cattle of Pocatello. the court re-
fused to permit the instrument to be
admitted to probate.
In Idaho there. are 14,31610S acres
Of unappropriated and unsurveyed
land to choose from for homesteads.
Only 7.910,227 acres of this In surveyed
ut the present time, but the general
land office announces Ii will be glad
70 survey anything wanted on apphcas
ton.
All men of military age who have
been placed In class one In the draft
must be examined Immediately by the
physicians of the county exemption
boards according to wire which has
been received at the adjutant generals
office from the provost marshal gen
eral.
-Four staeks of hay belonging to
Miguel Gabica, Spanish sheep owner,
were burned two and one-half miles
south of the Nampa ferry ON Snake
river. AS the stacks were In differ
ent yards Mt least 1000 feet apart. it Is
believed the fire was of incendlary
origin.
Mrs. Ada A. Brauner. who suffered
an injury to her ankle when the stair
way of the Arnold lodging house at
Nampa fell with her several months
ago, is entitled to recover damages In
the sum Of $500 from f. Il. Smell and
George Everett, from whom she had
leased the property, n jury has decided.
With assertion TINT 5000 cars OF po-
tatoes must be moved from Idaho Falls
within the next sixty days to prevent
loss to the shippers. the Bonneville
County Potato Growers association
passed resolutions demonstrating
against recent railroad order which