Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-31

Is being considered by Camas county
! farmers
Pocatello engineers have formed
local club, which eventually viii be
come local chapter of the American
Association of Engineers.
The county commissioners of Wash
ington and Payette counties have made
appropriations for hiring county
club leaders for the boys and girls
work.
Arrangements have been made for
the testing of several dairy herds OF
Madison county for tuberculosis. One
herd Of 81 which was tested showed
no reactors.
Offers on potatoes produced from
certified seed in the Dietrich tract thus
far have averaged from 40 TO 80 cents
more per hundred pounds than the
market price.
More than 400 people attended the
first market day sale held under the
auspices of the Goodlng county farm
bureau. The returns from stuff sold
totaled $S33.34.
Lemhi county will soon have a pub
lie health nurse, the action to employ
one having been taken by the Red
Cross chapter, Jointly with the county
commissioners.
| Recent inspection of six Fremont
county demonstration plots ON which
i pocket gopher eradication work was
done in July revealed that more than
80 per cent Of the gophers had been
killed.
There Is a possibility that the fif
teenth Idaho Legislature may be con.
vened some time during November in
one-day extra session for the sole
purpose of ratifying national woman
suffrage.
The Teachers institute for all edu.
Gators in the nine counties In south.
eastern Idaho, adjacent to Bnnnock
county, was held at Pocatello. Hun.
dreds of teachers we're In the city for
the occasion.
Peas which grew on irrigated ground
In Camas county Ia one instance made
Il vine growth of more than eight feet.
Men who are trying to grow field peas
there are confident that II will make
a good pea country.
The outlook for water supply In
Bear river and the recuperation OF
Bear lake looks promising for next
season, according to Commissioner OF
Reclamation w. G. .Swendson, after an
extensive Inspection trip to the Bear
lake region.
Seven carloads of sheep shipped to
Omaha made up the second shipment
shipment went from Caldwell MerI.
dian, Nampa and Kuna and represent.
ed both the Canyon and Ada county
farm bureaus.
JAY Rugg, the 9-ycar-old son Of Mr.
end Mrs J. J. Rugg, of Bull, lost the
thumb and two fingers of his left hand
from an explosion OF a .22-caliber cart
ridge. The boy poured the powder
out Of the cartridge upon a hot stove
and the explosion followed.
John Ours, q workman employed OF
the concrete elevators being construct
ed at Idaho Falls by the Mldands
Elevator company, died from injuries
received when le fell eighty-flve fee
to the concrete floor of the elevator
when a seaffold gave way under his
weight.
Judge J. j. 'Guheen, prominent
Pocatello jurist, committed suicide al
Portland by shooting himself The
| for L..
poor health Mr.. Guheen was In Port
land taking treatment at hospital
for a general broken-down condition oil
his health
The news comes from Bull that the
Farmers Mutual Power company has
purchased the power site at Clear
lakes from W. G. Hazard for con.
sideration of $4,000. The purchase
includes steam engines and all the par.
aphernalIa to be used In the cOnstruc.
ton of a power plant.
Joseph Unger. wealthy hotel man
Of Pittsburg, Pa. is lost somewhere In
the mountains of Idaho, where lie went
early In the month with four other
Pennsylvania men. He has been miss
ing since October s, when he left tie
remainder of the party with a guide.
and later left the guide.
J. N. Nankervis. grand chancellor
of Idaho. and VIII NJ. Cochran. past
grand chancellor of South Dakota. Of
the Knights Of Pythias, were guests Of
the Blaekfoot Pythians In a mallard
duck dinner, served In the lodge rooms.
One hundred members participated In
the feast, which was followed by
tOasts.
The re cent decision OF the public
utilities commission Of Idaho. 10 the
effect that electric heating In Idaho Is
impractical. Is at variance with eOndi-
lions existing on the MInidoka project.
The greater portion Of the homes and
business places in Rupert have been
electrically heated for several years.