Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-07-23
In THE GEM STATE


Telephone communication has been
established between Mountain Home
and Castle Greek.
Little Pearl Hilyard of Lone Star
is recovering from severe burns which
she received. by falling into a pail Of
scalding water.
Through the efforts Of the HALEY
Commercial club. the long looked 4or
improvement Of the Trail Greek Sum
nit is now assured.
While gathering kindling to start .
fire in his kitchen range, John r
Webb, "A, pioneer carpenter con-
tractor of Twin Falls, fell over dead
Eastern buyers are already anxious
TO book orders for Idaho potatoes, and
indications point to much greater
demand for Idaho tubers this year than
last.
John Martinez was arrested at Po-
catellO, charged with deserving HE
wife. 1t is alleged that Martinez re-
fused to work and win not provide for
his family.
Whether Twin Falls will renounce
Pacific coast time and adopt time Of
the mountain zone is to De determined
at meeting next week of the chamber
of commerce.
The car Of James Mcdonald was
stopped and held UP by four masked
men near HALEY and Its occupants
stripped of all valuables, amounting
to several thousands of dollars.
The four-year-oId daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Tindell, of Rupert, is
suffering from a broken arm. The
child fell from a hay wagon when the
team became frightened and ran away.
Elmer Laursen, aged 18, of Grover
Station, is in Boise hospital par
alyzed from the shoulders down, the
result of striking some obstruction
when he dived into the waters Of the
Ridenbaugh canal.
The appropriations committee of the
house of representatives inspected the
government projects of Idaho last
week. This is the second congress
sional committee which has visited
Idaho In the last month.
Failure of congress to appropriate
larger sums for maintenance Of all the
activities Of the department of agri-
culture was scored by Secretary of
Agriculture e. 7. Meredith, who spoke
at Twin Falls on June IL.
A series of house robberies has been
reported in Montpelier during the past
two or three days, and In some cases
1t appears like the work Of amateurs,
while in others shrewd work has been
accomplished by the thieves
The reclamation service will open
bids at Boise August "a for building
sixteen miles of marin canal on the
Boise project. The work involves exc
cavation Of 1,229,0O0 yards of mate
rial, and will be done near Caldwell.
Governor Davis has appointed ]. T.
Young and Theodore Turner, both Of
POcatello, as delegates from Idaho to
attend the Great Lakes-St Lawrence
Tidewater congress, which is to be-
held in Detroit, Mich, July q. "a and
%.
Governor Davis, speaking at lunch
con of the Rotary club at Salt Lake,
said the national government must aid
extensively in increasing the food pro-
duction of the United States IL the
nation is to maintain her economic
status.
Officials of the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany are preparing to have their force
of engineers go over the old survey
made by the government many years
ago with the idea of bringing the
waters of Snake river to the Gooding
district.
Everett Hall, a ranch hand near
Buhl, has been placed under $500
bond, for an alleged assault made
upon Russell Bell, another ranch hand,
with knife, in which the latter re-
ceived a number of serious cuts, none
of which will prove fatal.
Pocatello post OF the American
, Legion has been designated by the
state commander to receive the ma
tional commander of the American
, Legion, Franklin d'Olier, who is max.
ing a trip through the west and will
arrive at Pocatello, July %.
That practically all the seed wheat
y raised in Canyon county is produced
f, in the Parma section and that it is
some of the best seed grown in Idaho
is the statement of c. B. Allison OF
Boise. assistant field agronomist of the
. university extension service.
Mrs. Henry +. Schwartz Of Milo
/, township, Twin Falls county. wa.
c drowned in a canal near her home
|. Mrs. Schwartz, who has been Ill FOL
a several weeks, walked from the nous,
r to the canal bank, and was sittin;
J. there when she fell into the water.
The Twin Falls board of COUNT
' commissioners plans holding or tn,
n letting Of future road building con