Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-06-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The College ~ Idaho. al Caldwell, |
now has 100 ca the honor rOll. and Il !
new service tlag has hecu prepared.
The Young daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. !
" W Srlers. prominent residents ~ |
II. Anthony. met death by drowning
last week.
First Lieutenant Lester Albert. VIII"
went from Boise in thr engineering
reserve corps. has been seriously
wounded In France, according 10 word
received last week
The Idaho pubic utilities commits
sion has made Il formal protest q the
Interstate commerce commission nj
Washington. regarding the proposed
advance Of - per cent Ia freight rates
on railroads,
Vernon Christensen wAs painfully
hurt in 2a-foot fail down flight ef
stairs az kuna. Young Christensen
was coming down u Hight OF steps In
the Christensen Hardware store when
"a step broke, causing his fall.
Fred HemmingIayer. the pro-German
who was nearly mohbed hy the en-
ragged citizens of Nunpa. fer Ms nj
legged pro-German utterances, now rests
safely IN the city bustile awaiting de-
livery "a the federal authorities.
Ten schools In Ada county have pnr-
chased 100 per cent OF Thrift stamps.
Their aggregate purchase Is StDaaaI,
The schools are Cole, Pierce Turk,
Brookside. Whitney, Locust Grove,
Ustick, Mora, Willow Greek, Maple
Grove, Roosevelt.
Preparations are under way for the
biggest Fourth of July celebration in
Mlnidoka county this year ever seen
there. The celebration Is to be held Ia
Rupert, but every town and hamlet IN
the county IN expected tn take nm IN.
divlduaI share In the dolngs.
Persistent rumors are afloat To the
effect that n union organization ~
farm laborers. establishing an eight.
hour day with 81 minimum wage IN
addition to board during harvest is
| contemplated. The State Federated
Labor union fatty denies the report,
Telegraph operators may be trans
ferred from deferred classification
back TO class l, according To state
ments given out by Paul Spnngenberg.
secretary of the second district ex.
emptlon board. Some time ago these
operators We're placed in deferred
class.
John +. LIttoy, well known Boise
hortlculturist, has returned from a
fruit survey of southern Idaho and
eastern Oregon, where ne found that
the fruit crop win average between
25 per cent and 80 per cent &C last
years crop Instead Of total loss. rs
was feared.
The farm labor situation Is by nc
means acute. according TO George
Thometz, state fnrm labor specialist
According to Mr.. Thometz. the present
supply of labor is sufficient for al
ordinary demands. and no great lncon
venlence has yet been experienced b,
the farmers.
When installation Of records arr
completed az Goodlng aud shOshon,
this month, for Go0dlng and blncolt
counties respectively. NIL southwestern
Idaho counties. except Washington ant
Minidoka. will have been eqmippet
with books conforming 10 u plan I,
unity county bookkeeping IN the state
The Mlnldoka irrigation district
which has been managing the hIni
doka project since II wns taken o3el
from the government. announces :
policy of rotation OF water for thli
season, By cutting down the supply
sent over the laterals to the eNnc
quota which has been assigned to eacl
particular lateral.
Government regulation nf ront
building. as announced by the publ,
roads division Of the department d
agriculture at Washington. for th'
purpose of controlling the use of Pc
troleum, nsphnlt and tnr products
viii not interfere with road plans Il
Idaho, In the opinion 81 the stat
highway department
As possible relief to the conl SIT
nation In Idaho. 1t Is announced tn
proposed branch railroad into the Te
ton coal fields has been endorsed nn'
approved by Mr.. Garfield Mt Washing
ton. d. c.. and the proposition q
building the branch line IL now up q
! the federal commission and Mr. No
AdOo for final consideration.
Until they have been assigned orb.
and serial numbers. the young men .
, years OF age who registered June
cannot present themselves for enlist
ment. the provost marshal general ha
ruled. The young men, after receiving
their numbers. may then enlist II thei
local boards viii certify that they NJ
not within current draft calls.
Because the federal director Of rail
ways refused TO grant reduced fare
for the convention and full fare wouI
add nearly $1,000 TO the cost OF th
! annual gathering. the Idaho gran
lodge knights Of PpthIas, schedule
for June 1921 al Twin Falls. wa
waived and some 5000 diverted Z
Liberty bonds and Savings Stamps.
Capt. Herman II. Taylor. eompan
II Third Idaho. Of Standpoint. Il +