Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-30
IDAHO STATE NEWS


June IL has been named as COM
mencement day for Gooding college,
and the summer school will begin this
following Monday.
In Madison county efforts are being
made To get the minimum for all
teachers in both rural and town schools
fixed at 500 a month.
Saving $1,000 monthly in one state
department is among the first fruits
of the cabinet form of state govern
ment recently launched in Idaho.
Caldwell citizens approved the bond
issue for paving 33 blocks of more
freQuented residential district streets
by vote of $40 for the issue ana an
opposing vote of 100.
At a rodent control demonstration
conducted on n farm at Melba by w Il.
Crouch. state rodent control expert,
practically every squirrel ON the place
succumbed to the poisoned oats.
A clubhouse of big proportions is
the plan of individuals residing in the
towns of the south fork of the Snake
river. The plan is to establish sum-
mer camp either on the south fork or
at the Palisade lakes.
e. b. Hitchcock, extension soil spe-
cialist. who recently planted POO young
| prune and apple trees on the state
| experiment farm at Caldwell. has
| fenced rabbits away from the trees
by enclosing each with piece of fly
| screen.
A rousing welcome was given to four
overseas heroes who arrived ut Sal
mon last week, returning after nearly
| eighteen months of service In France,
where they gave good account of
themselves in numerous strenuous
campaigns.
Salaries paid teachers In the public
| schools of Idaho are being increased,
according to Miss Ethel Il. Redfield
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, who is compiling data showing
how much each town and county pays
| for instructors.
That the Caldwell Traction company
has not provided sufficient trackage Mt
Wilder and Greenleaf for the accomo-
| dalton of the enormous crops which
will be produced in that section this
fall. was the subject of complaint
| filed last week.
Means of saving the bass which are
being lost each year In the meadows.
of Washington below Hauser lake in
Idaho, are being sought by Otto NJ.
Jones, state game warden, who met
officials of the Washington state game
department in conference last week.
Because of congested condition of
the Nampa schools during the present
year and n probable increase I'm the
number of children who are enrolled
in the graded buildings, the Nampa
school board has authorized the CON
structiOn of three temporary frame
buildings.
The Idaho delegation which attended
the st. Louis caucus of the American
Legion at which was represented every
state and territory. has announced that.
pursuant to authority from the nation
nj chairman, ii. ID. Lindsey, the state
convention for Idaho will be held at
Boise on June %.
Preliminary steps have been taken
at Blackfoot toward the biggest single
public improvement undertaken by that
city In several years. II Is the crea-
ton of an Improvement district by
which about sixty-five blocks of city
streets will be paved at an estimated
cost of $4,000.
At recent meeting of the city codn-
ell measures were adopted to remodel
the Nampa fire department station aud
make IT modern. The building was
constructed for the days when horses
Were used with the department and
haap IaI ~ ~,
gasoline equipment requlrments
The attorney general of Idaho has
interpreted the law passed by the last
legislature. appropriating $1,000 to each
couaty in the state for the erection of
soldiers memorial, to mean that the
memorial must be uniform I'm every
county, according to the design devised
by the commission provided by the
act.
Announcement has been made by the
officials of the Wilson Orchard com
pany, who own 40 acres of young
trees on Eagle Heights north Of Nam
pa, of their intention 10 greatly In
crease the packing and storage facili-
ties of their plant to handle the 100
per cent fruit crop which the tract Will
produce this season.
While the Idaho fight against In
creasing the differential was success
ful, the efforts TO retain the southern
markets to Idaho shippers is not en-
urely won, for the railroad administra-
ton purposes to increase the rates on
potatoes, as well as other commodities.
and the shippers and commission are
Bitterly opposed To the act.
An Increase of so cents day. from
$4.25 TO $476, became effective In
mines of the Occur d'AIenes district
on May 20. according to bulletins post
ed in the principal mines.