Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-03-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

l AAaN AEu@t Company N3nMfnE
foreclosure suit which the trust com
pany is bringing.
/ local board TO find employment
for returned soldiers, sailors and ma.
rines has been organized at Nampa
with offices IN the city hall nc the
city. clerks office.
The !. o. O. F. orphans home, which
Is to be built at Caldwell In the spring,
will cost In the neighborhOod of S40,-
600. II will be two stories high, and
Of brick and cement construction.
The steer feeding and silo excur-
sion planned by members of the Can
yon county farm bureau which was TO
be held March Il and IS, has been
postponed until March 20 and II.
Acting for group OF Idaho Falls
capitalists, Al b. Hager. local pro
moter, teIegrapher Tex Richard an or
fer OF $165,0OO and so per cent OF nov
ing picture privileges for the willard.
Dempsey fight.
Two members OF the recently or
ganlEed Boise Valley Jersey club. who
were selected BY that organization,
win make 4 trip to Prineville, Ore,
shortly, where they win purchase
carload Of pure-bred Jersey cows and
animals.
Petitions are being circulated at
Twin Falls, asking for the converting
Of the first grand jury ever assembled
In Twin Falls county to investigate
''open, notorious and public disregard
and violation of the prohibition laws
of the state"
James Stone, Of Soda Springs, is
charged with shooting John Buzzy at
that place. Busy was shot through
the left arm. the bullet entering his
side. He is In a serious condition with
little hope for recovery. The men
were nelghbors.
The state OF Idaho made wonder
full record in 1918 in the production
Of wheat, as shown In records Of ship
ments just completed. The general In |
crease during the war year 1918 In
carloads was 6850, the percentage In
crease being 1886
It is reported that sllo mannfae-
turing firm from eastern Idaho viii |
construct factory at Nampa this |
spring, and will probably be here TO
make preliminary arrangements In q
few days. The company deals In con-
crete stave sIlos.
The governor has recommended that |
the people OF Idaho observe April ia |
to 20 as Western Consumers week,
and urges the people Of the state 70
support the movement in a practical
way by the use Of all products made In
Idaho or In the western states.
The lid went on In Moscow last
week, tighter than ever since InfIu-
enza made It's first appearance last
fall. With between 80 and 40 cases
In town, there win be no public or
private schools. no picture shows. no
church services or public meetings for
II time.
Parents of James Il. Highley have
just been officially notified of his
death In France, but the date and
manner Of his death are so far nnde-
termined. He enlisted from Boise In
the summer Of 1917 with II company
Of the md Idaho, and landed In France
In December Of 1017.
More than 1900 auto licenses haye
been taken out by Ada county car
owners since these became due, and
during the month Of February the Of
flee Of the county assessor collected
more than $4,000 In revenues from
this source. There are still due and
unpaid some 100 license fees.
Boxing and wrestling bouts In Ida
no will hereafter be carried on under .
strict rules and regulations, designed
10 enforce "A high code OF ethics In this
branch 0f the amusement profession,
the legislature having passed a bin
creating boxing commission.
Ethel FeIsted. 10 years old, Is In the
Pocatello hospital suffering with 80
we're burns sustained when an oil can
exploded while she was pouring OH
on the fire In the kitchen range. Her
clothing was burned from her body
when she was found rolling In the
snow outside the house by passerby.
The advance Of from 50 to SO q
gallon on whiskey IN Wyoming over
the previous high prices has checked
the inflow OF liquor to POcatello. and
few arrests have been noted since the
extra raise. which. II Is said. was made
By the government as war tax on
liquor.
Louis James. Greek. holding an Inn
pdrtant position IN the Oregon short
Line shops az Pocatello, Is dead as the
result Of injuries suffered in the yards
when some boiler flues dropped from 3
considerable height upon him IS he
was standing talking to D friend.
The flues were being handled By .
huge crane. and slipped.
The first injury TO Pocatello man
o be reported from the Russian aetiv.