Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

the interest of war activities VIII bS
asked to gather i'm Boise for confer
ence May - and II.
The superintendent of the Ruhl pub
lie schools has issued an order requir-
ing all students attending school to De
vaccinated because OF the increased
prevalence OF smallpox In Ruhl.
More than 10000 books were col
lected in Idaho for the sailors and I
soldiers now with the colors by the /
American Library association in the |
March drive for reading material.
Malta. CaSsla county, wants long |
distance telephone service to ldahome, |
and because the people In that section |
can't get what they want, they. have
complained to the public utilities COM
mission.
SLOWING up on the job" IL the l.
W. w. definition of sabotage, accord
ing to the testimony OF Charles Cliff
! ford. member of the /. W. w. or
ganization on trial ut Moscow for
criminal syndicalism.
| Judge Mccarthy dismissed the jury
which heard the I.d w. Douglas case
ut Boise, after Il was unable TO agree.
! AtodElhS WIS OA NhAdA EON Attt NttNENN
burning OF II haystack last December
owned by II. l.. Butcher.
Teachers employed in the schools
of the state must he given reason
able hearing by their board of trustees
before they can be dismissed, said IT,
A. Walters, attorney ger sral, In an
opinion prepared last week.
Interest in the cinnabar deposits of
Valley county will result IN many min
ing men going into the Johnson creek
country this season. according To Al
bert Hennessy, II prospector and trap
per living south OF the Yellow Pine dis
trict
Salaries paid teachers In Idaho
should I've increased from Is To % per
cent if they are to meet the high cost
of living brought about by the war ac-
cording TO an announcement coming
from the state educational depur;-
ment.
The Caldwell Commercial clubs
committee appointed To look after the
welfare of the local boys in the coun-
try's service is raising fund with
which to send camp kits to the nine
young men who left recently FOR Camp
! Lewis.
In Il formal order Issued last week,
the public utilities commission gave
the fillmore County Irrigated Farms as
sociation permission to borrow wn-
ter for the season Of 1913 from the
Mountain Home Cooperative Irriga
. don company
: q. v. Allen, losmer state treasurer
/ has been taken Ia the HURT place nenI
Nampu which the state will operate
y this season with prisoners from the
:. penitentiary Nine prisoners. nclud
. ing Allen. are now employed ON tie
:. farm and others will be sent from day
v to day.
d The superintendent OF the Banner
!, mine, about - miles north of Idaho
3! City, telephoned to Boise last week
8 we have total population of A:
people and have raised S44JO for tbs
purchase of Liberty bonds. and W
sent eight men 10 the army. We arr
showed In"
- Appealing 10 the farmers of Bonnie
vile county 10 raise more sugar beet
us IL patriotic duty. business men o
Idaho Falls aud prominent farmer
n are making n systematic canvass 70
e additional acres. Anything from ont
acre UP will be accepted, just 80 It 4
sugar beets.
Corporal W r. Kingsley. son o
Mr.. and Mrs. james H. Kingsley o
Boise. is winning honors at Camp Jo
seph Il. Johnston, jacksonville. Fla.
where he was recently granted Ger
tificate in the motor truck and tracto
course of the training camp with tn
grade of expert chauffeur.
Recently the citizens of Murtaugl
held patriotic meeting 1T the school
house grounds. large pile of stray
and brush was gathered. and a big Lib
erty Bond bonfire was built A flag
pole, flying the German flag. and tn
kaiser in sffigy were burned. ami
cheering of the spectators.
] Through thirty-seyen county chair
men of the federal food Administrative
In Idaho representing that number o
counties out of forty-one in the state
Idaho pledged Its entire store OF whea
and wheat flour to the government
subject TO call ut any time, In u reese
luton passed unanimously at the foo
conference held In Boise.
The state highway commission pui
chased 1000 pairs OF automobile !
eense plates last week. when 1t cor
yened for Its April meeting Tn
contract for the plates went TO III
Western Display company Of ST Pau
| The state got them for 20 cents
pair. Last year the state was force
20 pay % cents d pair for It's plates.
Food will win the war. and ives
IN manufactured food wal cOnsery
rs for war munitions" This was III