Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-19
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Arrangements have been made for
the poultry show to be givep in Nampa
by the chamber Of commefce, Deeem-
Der to IL.
Idaho boys and girls made a clean
sweep In the Pig and Calf club com
petition at the Western Royal Live
stock show at Spokane.
The Parma fruit packing house
closed its doors last week, after a sue
cessful season. A force exceeding noe 1
persons was at times employed.
With an average production Of $3.50 |
pounds Of butter fat. Canyon County |
Cow-testing association ranks second
In the state for the month Of October. |
Nampa streets are to be put in . |
better coalition at once. Lava gravel
or crushed rock win be used, the estt |
mated cost Of Improvement being
$4,000.
The members OF the Pocatello cham
Der of commerce at meeting last
week went on record as favoring 9
commission form Of government for
that city.
Senator-elect Davis from Boise
county had his right foot crushed al
Horseshoe Bend when a 50-gallon oil
tank fell on it. He Is in hospital
at Emmett.
The Red Cross roll call opened al
Pocatello. November 8. with the cam,
paign for the sustaining membership
and $1,000 was subscribed by the mer
chants and professional men OF the
city.
The Parma packing house recently
shipped several thousand boxes of ap,
pies to London, and had crops and
packing facilities been larger, these
foreign shipments would have been
much larger.
Glenn T. Masterson, service station
superintendent for the past year for
the Continental Oil company at Poca.
tello, was placed under arrest last
week for an alleged shortage. OF
S1260.85 in his books.
John ("Pony') Young, veteran race
track owner in Idaho, is dead He died
d few days ago at the age Of 90 years
and his passing removes one OF the
most picturesque characters Of the
early days Of the territory.
/ Plans to wipe out the College Of
Idaho debt of $4,000 were laid at a
meeting OF the Caldwell Commercial
club last week. A committee OF TWEEN
ty.flve men and six women was APP
pointed to have charge Of the drive.
News has been received from Wash
ington that the plans as worked out
by the United States reclamation ser
vice for the building OF the dam al
American Falls Tor the creation OF O
great reservoir have been approved.
Twin Falls taxpayers, Mt q special
election, approved the issuance Of
municipal bonds In the amount Of SIG.
900 to meet deficit in the street In
. tersections paving fund. and $20,O0(
for motorized fire-fighting equipment.
According to the report OF the de
: partment Of agriculture, there are In
1920, 42,109 farms In the states Of
Idaho, as against 30.sO7 in 1910 and
1T,471 I'm 1900. Twin Falls leads tht
counties In the state in the number
Of farms within It's borders with. I
total Of 2746 In 1920.
. A yield OF S5h bushels Dicklov
wheat per acre Is reported from thu
) farm OF Lee Greenwich, northwest o
Paul. The average for his entire whea
acreage Is "a bushels per acre. F. H
Bohon. also near Paul. threshed IS
: bushels from IL acres. an average yiels
; Of So bushels per acre.
I A tire blowout was responsible foi
{ painfal injuries received By Harol.
3 Wilson Of Rupert and Jack Vaugel
Of Delco, proprietor Of garage a
{ that place. and for whom Wilson wa
: working. Mr.. vangcn was cnt abou
the face and his employee received .
. lacerated arm and face cuts.
The Idaho Falls High school foot
. bali team defeated the PocateiI0 HIgi
In a slow game played on the Tdahl
Falls gridlrOn. November 0, q to {
The field was covered with snow
which kept the bali slippery, maxim
It hard to handle. The local boys oul
!. weighed the visitors considerably.
Luther Kirk, charged with shooting
Jack Merrill. October 10. and held Il
! jail at Rupert since that time, ha
been released on bail. Merrill, VIII
was taken to Salt Lake hospital 70
!, treatment, win be brought home whei
wounds made from probing for the tw
= bullets lodged In his body have healed
e Idaho ranks third In the. percentag
Of Increase in the number OF farm
!. during the period from 1910 to 1921
according to the bulletin issued By III
= department OF agriculture in commune
> tion with the bureau of census, froT
figures compiled by the fourteenth Ger
; sus of the United States, taken 1
1920.
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