Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-01-03
idaho STATE. NEWS

Cooling in memory Of the soldier
boys.
Nampa's chief of police. last week
received two thoroughbred bloodhound
pups, which he will train and use In
police work.
Pete Glavota and Jack Racoyich,
Austrians living at Boise, were arrest
ed last week, charged with manufac-
turing and possessing Intoxicating
| liquors.
o.. o. Kelley was instantly killed
while on his way from Pauline to
American Falls with load of grain.
His truck overturned, pinning him be
meath it.
Former Congressman r. NJ. Nc
Cracker Of Idaho, having just been
discharged from the army, win return
to Boise, where he will resume the
practice Of Iaw.
Idahouns between the ages Of 1S and
SO who have not filled ont and re-
turned their questionnaires to their lo-
cal board must do so at once or be re-
ported delinquent and be made to an
swer for their delinquency.
Charles Woody suffered laceration.
and fracture Of his right arm in d
garage ut Bull while repairing the en-
gine Of an automobile. The motor was
in motion and the glove of Woods
right hand caught ON a bolt In the fly
wheel.
Prices have SCARED so high since
the bonds for the proposed new east
side school were voted that the Boise
board Of education finds It necessary
to reduce the present plans in order
to build for $4,000, the amount Of the
bonds
With his pardon papers dated De
cember "a; and all his plans made to
spend a happy Christmas with his
wife and two children In Pocatello,
Fritz Schmidt. 36 years Of age. died
at the Idaho penitentiary before he
could be released.
Idaho's public utilities commission
wants back the power TO fix intrastate
rates which it delegated to the western
traffic committee of the United States
railroad administration at the time
railroad control was taken over by the
government as war measure.
The reconstruction Of the public
school curriculum, made necessary in
the light of developments during the
late war, was the general topic of dis
cussion at the conference of superin-
tendents and principals and the state
department Of education, held ut Boise
last week.
Managers or proprietors Of five local
pool halls at Nampa and the manager
Of the Majestic theatre were arrested
last week for alleged violation of the
resolution passed by the county board
of health recently which ordered all
public places, Including pool halls and
theatres, closed until January 8.
Removal of restrictions on lead pro
ducers, as announced December 81.
and permitting them to quote prices
individually, may mean that operators
In the Occur d'Alene district will be
compelled to shut down because of
approach Of the price of lead to a
figure below the cost of production.
1t has been decided to carry the case
of the Boise Commercial club versus
the Oregon Short Line Railway COM
pany to the court Of appeals at San
Francisco. The suit arose over
charges of local merchants alleging
that they had been overcharged on
freight rates under the long and short
haul schedules, for freight received
from the east
Mrs. ii. A. Taylor tried to kill her
4year-oid son while stopping at Q
hotel in Nampa. With 80 callbre re-
volyer, Mrs. Taylor shot the little fell
low, the bullet entering the right lung,
four Inches above the heart. In con-
yersation with Mrs. Taylor said she
had Intended to kill both the boy. and
her little girl, aged ~ years, and
herself.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. one electric, telephone, steam
railroad, 1 water utility, vessel, !
warehouseman and 10 motor vehicle
operators began operation In Idaho.
ABNEFhIl0AlA MGES GGaAoEA 80
year by electric railroads, l ware
houseman, / water utility, express
company, / stage lire and II motor
vehicle operators.
Marion L. Neglay, OF Kuna. whose
name was announced by the Ada
county exemption board as being
among those ON the boards record who
had failed to report for examination
under the draft, has been satisfactorily
accounted for. Neglay recently broke
his leg, and when the time came for
his examination, he failed to show up
through misunderstanding.
The Idaho draft board win be re-
siuced to one member, according TO
Adjutant General G. s. Moody. who
has been advised from the office OF
Provost Marshnl General L. H. Crow
der to disband the local board, retain
ing the services of the secretary. The
remaining member of the board to be
retained in Idaho will be in complete
charge of the draft records.