Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-12-31
IN THE GEM STATE

Kiwanls clubs Of Utah and Idaho
viii hold their annual convention in
Boise In September.
The ANNUAL meeting OF the Idaho
State Association Of Engineers will be
held at Boise on Janssry 40. IL and
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Income tax collections IN Idaho Tor
the quarter ending December Is ex.
ceetied collections for the same period
in 1919 by $229. S92.64.
Farmers on the bottom lands along
the Boise river from Boise TO star are
getting 1925 an acre from land plant.
ed TO early potatoes and celery tins
season
The county public health nurse has
completed survey of the school chill.
dren OF Leadore, and found that forty
out Of 106 children were under.
neHrished.
William ]. Dyer, arralgned in pro.
bate court ut Twin Falls, admitted the
charge OF Illegal possession Of alec.
hols, and was held for trial In the dIs.
trict court.
\ score Of fish and game sportsmea
met at Pocatello fast week 10 consider
matters In regard to furtherlng the
fish and game interests of sportsmen
In the state.
Three hundred seventy.elght thou.
sand acres have been seeded In winter
wheat by Idaho farmers, Il has been
announced at the office of the Idaho
Crop Reporting service.
The executive committee OF the
Idaho department OF the American L.
gion Is drafting a bin to be presented
to the state legislature for the care Of
disabled and destitute soldiers.
Charles Rowland, aged -. wns held
up by a hIghwayman at Caldwell. In
resisting the rohber the youth was
struck over the head several times
with revolver and severely injured.
Declaring that an additional sewer
assessment IN unjust and finding fuIt
with the engineering fees, petition Is
being circulated by residents In the
new sewer district to be presented 10
tue city council at Nampa.
Four large barrels OF moonshine
matt, a worm still aud all the outfit
necessary to make c0ntrnband liquor,
was seized In a raid on ranch near
Pocatello. William Hurd. employed
ON the ranch, was arrested.
Although more than 10000 tons of
alfalfa hay IL still IN the stack within
few miles of Buhi, the total value of
farm products shipped out of Buhl
during the year ending December 1.
1920, amounts TO $2,08O, 400
In order to take care OF the over
flow at the Boise barracks hospital
the old remonnt station building has
been converted into another hospital
ward. There are So patients at the
hospital at the present time.
". II. Samms, president Of the Car,
penters' union, was held up by two
footpads at Pocatello while on his way
home from meeting of his union. lie
was knocked unconscious and his
watch and 81 in silver taken.
Light. power and water collections
at Idaho Falls for the month OF DE.
cenber broke all records for monthly
payments, The collections aggregated
$1s.004.25, as against S11,S75.s0 dur.
Ing the same period last year.
Turner K. Hackman. lawyer, In
probate court at Twin Fails, was fined
$25 for his part IN a fist fight with
Asher b. Wilson, opposing counsel In
q suit involving laborer's lien, which
was decided against Hackman.
Emma Tidwell. aged o. was acct.
dentally shot and killed by her brother
at Maple Grove, near Caldwell. The
boy had just returned from hunting
and was unloading his gun when 1t
was discharged and the load entered
his sisters side.
The joint celebration Of the tercen-
tenary anniversary of the landing of
the Pilgrims and the forty.seventh an-
niyersary Of the founding Of Fielding
which was held IN Paris last
week. was the most largely attended
and elaborate event Of the kind ever
given In that part Of Idaho.
pOcatello bankers. at a meeting on
December q. took the initial step
which guarantees the successful com.
p.etlon Of the American Falls reser.
voir. The banks will underwrite at
least $4,000 OF negotiable paper OF
tue individuals and the canal com.
panles interested In the American Falls
project.
The arm of the law brooks the wed.
ding plans Of A. W. Johnson, WHEN he
was arrested at PocatcllO for having
liquor in his possession.
The wedding day had been set, bit
wien johnson drew a 800 fine he d..
cided he would serve the sentence ia
jail and postpone his union for sixty
six days.
Farmers we're urged 70 stand |
sqaarely for the present excess profits /