Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
In THE GEM STATE


Fires are spreading worse than us
ual in the vicinity of the Idaho and
Payette forests
The annual state meeting Of Idaho
osteopaths will be held at Boise, Sep
TENDER and d
Prevalence of Influenza among the
horses OF the Clifford section near
Lewiston has been reported.
Discovery on Wilson creek. sixty
miles southwest of Twin Falls. Of the
skeleton OF man is reported.
Bosses Chinese colony has pledged
itself to do everything In its power to
prevent Japan's domination OF Shan
tung.
The thirty-sixth annual session OF
the Idaho conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church was held in Welser
last week.
A Hawkeye picnic was held In Rup-
ert September under the auspices Of
the IdahO-Iowa association. All for
mer Iowans were invited.
Fire completely destroyed the Gold
en- Rule store and building at Paul.
The damage was $4,000. The fire
started from an unknown source.
Clarence Fliegel, Welser Flat boy,
was awarded the 1918 sweepstake in
the fattening phase OF the Pig club
work. Young Fliegel IL IL years old.
The shooting of valuable cattle on
the mountain ranges by careless hunt
ers has resulted in the closing of a
large district to hunting near Lewis
ton.
| Five hundred head of sheep were
destroyed by the forest fires In the
Rocky Ridge section. according to re-
ports that have been received at Lew
| iston.
j. w. Newman shipped 20 cars Of
sheep from Jerome to the Omaha mar
ket last week. This is a record num-
Der for an individual shipper from
Jerome.
Concord grapes have appeared on
the Lewiston market. The crop In
the district Is considered fair. and 1t
is expected the demand locally will
outstrlp the supply.
The Mountain States Telegraph h
Telephone company's assessment for
taxing purposes was increased from
$40 to $50 wire mile by the state
board of equalization.
In order not to conflict with the
pleasures of the state fair, the Boise
lodge of Elks has decided to conduct
its Salvation Army campaign for work
In Idaho September 10 to %.
James Tolliver was thrown from an
automobile near Kimberly and died
shortly afterwards Ia a hospital. lie
WIS k lied accidentally according 20
the verdict of the corOner's jury
Potato growers In Canyon county
have squeezed out the buyers and
hereafter they will place orders for
their own refrigerator cars with u
view of insurlng prompt delivery.
Lack of water In Snake river to sup
ply power to the municipal plant has
forced the people of Idaho Falls Il
spend the last few nights In darkness
and but little hope of relief Is seen.
The Goodlng school board has let
the contract for the construction OF
two rural school houses to the knight
Construction company. Their bid Is
reported TO have been 1864 for the
two buildings.
Truman Prestergard, S-year-old son
of o. NJ Prestergard OF Idaho City
was accidentally shot with % bullet
by his 1O-year-old brother. The bullet
entered over the left temple and
lodged In the skull. 1t Is believed he
will recover.
A. L. Merrill, POcatello attorney
J has been appointed zone chairman OF
southern Idaho In the Harvard fund
, campaign, nationwide movement
! for the raising Of funds with which IL
Increase salaries of the professors OF
! Harvard university.
4 With a magnificent labor temple al
the goal, union labor of POcatello LEM
every energy to promoting a success
full celebration of Labor day, as tbs
, Central Labor Council voted that tbs
} net proceeds Of the celebration are
to be devoted to the building fund.
: Miss Anne NJ. Campbell, Of Emmett
has returned from overseas. Mis-
Campbell was one of the few Idah'
: girls to enlist for overseas service
with the army signal corps. She wal
In France more than a year as a tel
ephone operator with the signal corps
The southeastern Idaho district TO
, the coming Salvation Army drive. fOl
, which Pocatello Is the headquarters
Is now completely organized. says lei
, mer L. Amldon, director Of the dis
trict, after returning from an extend
ed trip through the five counties com
prising the district
. Canneries OF Lewiston are begin
> ming their work with tomatoes. AM
: are working double shifts to get tn
J vegetables into the cans in a shor
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