Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-08-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The city council OF Malad has de
cided in favor of establishing IA sewer
system In that town.
Construction at Filler of sugar fac.
tory for the Idaho Cooperative Beet
Sugar company will begin within sixty
days.
There are 4I29 head of common cat.
tie in Oneida county, valued at $l42,.
S'9' and 14Sl mich cows. assessed at
$59,475.
A mixed carload of stock will be
sent to the state fair for exhibition
purposes from the University of Idaho
at Moscow.
Despondent over domestic troubles,
c. w. Woody of Bull shot himself
through the head with revolver. He
died instantly.
In the Caldwell district there are
still 100 carloads of potatoes to be
moved out, and most Of these must
60 to distant markets.
A loss of 1000 sheep in the forest
fires along the Salmon river has been
reported by the keeper of the fire
station in the Adams section.
While being returned to Twin Falls
from the country threShing machine
was destroyed by an internal explo-
sion and IA resulting fire, There is no
explanation given for the mishap.
One thousand carloads of freight
were moved out of Pocatello in one
day, according to statistics compiled
by the traffic department of the Ore.
gon Short Line covering that day.
A new record for alsike seed Is re-
ported In a yield of 271 bushels har
vested by s. ii. Proctor from field
of seventeen and six-sevenths acres on
his farm four miles southeast of Kim.
berly.
rag day" on August 10 netted a
neat sum toward the playgrouI fund,
which will be used In the payment OF
equipment of the three childrens play.
grounds In PocatellO, amounting to
$500.
Two Mexicans arrested at American
Falls have agreed to plead guilty to
a charge of grand larceny. They are
charged with stealing five silk skirts,
valued at $50, and a $50 suit OF
clothes.
Potato growers In the western dis.
trict of the Oregon Short Line terri
tory have again been deprived of the
use of refrigerator cars for the move.
ment of potatoes to the eastern
markets.
Bids for the construction of four
brodges over Portneuf river at Poca.
tello were all rejected by the city be-
cause the aggregate exceeds the al.
iotted sum of $4,000 for which bonds
were issued.
Having been arrested frequently Mt
Twin Falls for intoxicatlon, John Day,
who Is better and otherwise known as
Montana Red" was given the option
of paying u fine of 800 or leaving
town. He selected the latter.
The cost of treating the twenty-five
or more victims of dog bites that Oc-
Cured at POcatello within the past
two weeks will be borne by the city
unless there Is federal or state pro-
vision made to care for such cases.
Present plans OF the Central Labor
council at Twin Falls for the observ.
ance of Labor Day contemplate a
parade In the forenoon and perhaps
some minor track and field events,
with a series of addresses In the city
park.
Richard Baggs, two miles east OF
Twin Falls, reports II yield Of seventy.
six bushels of wheat TO the acre from
ii field of seven acres on which clover
was grown last year, and an average
yield of si&ty-one bushels to the acre
for his entire crop.
According TO the assessment roll.
there are 101 ,666 acres of grazing lind
in Oneida county, valued at 1888, $50
34,326 acres of waste land. assessed
at $45.2S4 1869 acres of irrigated land
valued at $313,36s and 10, 7O6 acres
Of dry land assessed at $2,939313.
Wheat harvest is on In Iatah county
and crops In that section are reported
fairly good. In the Lewiston district
early apples are still being shipped,
and the apple growers are applying
the fourth contact spray. Winter
wheat is being threshed In Washing
ton county with a fair yield Of grain.
The question of the states right to
regulate navigation ia the air and to
prescribe the rules by which airplanes
may travel from point To point has
come up with the Incorporation OF the
first airplane operating concern In
Idaho. the Idaho AerOplane and Motor
company. which Is operating at Boise.
Lawrence Mccoy and Joseph Wheel
er. Nebraska youths. p and Il, respec-
lively. are being held in the county
jail In POcatelIo awaiting the arrival
Of an officer from Lincoln. 70 take
them to that city. where they are
wanted on the charge OF stealing an
automobile and driving 1t to POcatello. |
'Dago red" the favorlte drink In |
POcatelIo for months past. came To |