Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-12-03
IN THE GEM STATE


sewer system for Filler win be $117..
47S.44.
Wet weather throughout southern |
Idaho has seriously delayed grain !
threshing and seed hulIing.
Philip Davidson, aged is, died at !
Bull as result Of a gunshot wound !
received a week previous while on an !
expedition after pheasants
S'xty-six purebred Jersey cattle
have been purchased by Payette coun-
ty farmers and viii be distributed at
a sale to be held in Payette, Decem-
Der 8.
The tourist park, located at HALEY.
accommodated several thousand tour.
lists and campers the past season, and
the outlay by the city in establishing
1t has been many times repaid.
WRen an Oregon Short Line passen-
ger train jumped the track five miles
south Of Idaho Falls, Engineer Joe
Burton was slightly bruised, but none
OF the passengers were injured.
Boise city clocks will be moved
ahead one hour in the near future, and
the city will be governed by mountain
time instead of Pacific, II plans now
! being formulated are carried out.
Entries are being received from diff.
ferent parts of Idaho for the poultry
exhibit that is to be held at Boise,
December to IL. inclusive, by the
Idsho State Poultry & Pet Stock e.
| ISOLATION.
IuahO garages cannot lawfully sell
denItured or wood alcohol for use in
the arts, Is the answer to a question
put to Roy L. Black, Idaho attorney
general, by the department of law en-
forccment.
Arrangements for taking over the
plant Of the Bull cannery were cora.
pleted early last week by Jack Doran.
Of Twin Falls, who expects to install
u dehydrating plant In time for opera
tlon next year.
John Thomas and Floyd DaughertS,
driving q runabout auto south of Sal
mon, ran down and captured a fine,
big five-point buck deer, stuck 1t with
a pocket knife, loaded 1t on the car and
brought 1t into town.
The improved fire protection and
the efficiency of Bulbs fire depart.
ment are the factors behind the ii
per cent reduction in fire insurance
rates on business property In the city,
according to local insurance agents.
One hundred forty coyotes, eleven
bobcats, two badgers, four red fox, five
mink and one raceoon was the bag of
predatory animals during the month Of
October, according to a report of the
bureau Of biological survey of Idaho.
A community Christmas celebration
win be staged in Bull this year under
the supervision Of the chamber OF
commerce and other organizations.
such as the churches, women's clubs.
etc. that wish to take an active part
In II.
IS sequel to Lewiston's first iH-
ter1narriage between Chinese and
white, Amel Olson of Troy, has filed
suit in district court seeking to annual
the marriage Of his daughter Vida, to
Willie Fong, a Chinese cook at local
restaurant
The Democratic party will be rep
resented in the next Idaho Legislature
by five senators and three represents
tives, or total of eight out of ninety.
eight members Of botp houses, accord.
Ing to the official returns from forty
fouc counties.
Il Civil service exami0Ations win be
held December Is to I'LL postmaster
ships at the following Idaho postof-
fices, which pay salaries indicated
shoshone, S21O0; Carey, s1400; Cot
tonwood, $500; Hcmedale, $1,000
Midvale. $1,000.
Mountain time was designated as the
standard time for Boise by the unani
nous passage OF an ordinance by tht
city. council. SO specifying, and making
the change from the present Pacific
time go into effect at midnight on Sat
urday, December 4.
Richard Marcus confessed com
panion Of Il. G. Mulder in burglary
was In district court at Twin Falls. sen
fenced to a term of from one to foui
years Imprisonment In the state prIs
on. Similar sentence had been pre-
yiousIy melted to MuIder.
william Frazee, "a years Of age, i
brakeman on Short Line freigh
train, was killed at McCammon Will.
switching In the yards there. Fraze,
was on top Of one Of the cars. Fl
fell to the ground and was run over
his body being cut In two.
Establishing a new precedent in tn
. history of the Idaho state legislature
the appropriation bill. which hereto
fore has been presented to that bod
just a few days before the session
/; closed. viii be given to the Idaho IaS
) makers on the opening day. 1t Il said