Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-10-15
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Investments for September, by rhe
state department of public invest
ments, amounted to S7S1, 1925
Prune shipping has been competed
from the orchards in the vicinity of
Caldwell. Evaporating OF prunes Is
In progress.
More than 100 carloads Of apples
packed at the Apple Valley packing
house at Parma this year win be ex-
ported to England.
The new 100000 structure for the
First National bank at Rlgby is near
ing completion When finished 1t will
eclipse anything in this line north of
Pocatello.
Regional and county Sunday schools
viii hold a convention in Boise OctO-
Der 20 and 30. This meeting is one
of several to be held in the towns Of
southern Idaho.
The Pocatello high school and the
Idaho Technical institute will be in.
creased as to the vocational and home
economics work being Offered within
the next few weeks.
Federal officials, in cooperation
with the Boise police department,
seized opium valued at approximately
$1,000 and quantity Of yen-sheee In a
raid on Chinese store at Boise.
Beet digging for the Beetgrowers'
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blast and deliveries are being made to
the twenty-five beet loading stations
the company has established this year.
The special election held recently In
Jerome county for a $4,000 bond
issue to complete road work failed by
lack Of a two-thirds majority. The
vote stood 351 for the bond issue and
S12 against 1t.
The intermountain district of the
Lutheran church closed an interesting
conference at Boise on October s, and
will meet in Idaho Falls for the 1921
conference. AT that time a pastoral
retreat will be held.
Ashton's tourist park was used by
more than 1900 tourists during the
park season just closed, according to
figures complied by the Ashton Com.
mercial club, under whose auspices
the camp was managed this year.
Jean, the 14-months-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keane of Pocatello,
was severely scalded when a teaket-
tie of hot water fell off the stove
upon her. Physicians say that the
child has good chances for recovery.
The first state golf tournament in
the history OF Idaho was held in Boise
last week. Arthur Kahl, a member Of
the Boise Golf club, won the state
championship cup. Colin Oford, also
of the Boise Golf club, was runner up.
Twin Falls clearing house reports
total clearings for September, S5,s67,-
914.O3, an increase Of $1,403 ,882.31
over the aggregate for August and
the largest In the history of the assoc
citation. which was organized last
May.
Matthew Phelps Fifield, 90 years OF
age, one of the few men to whom the
discovery of gold in California was
confided before It became generally
known, and one Of the oldest men in
Power county, died at Rockland, 0cto-
Der A.
At a public meeting at Grace the
second troop OF cavalry for Bannock
county was given a good start. Sew
eral young men signed up, and 1t Is
thought that the required number OF
fifty-five will soon be obtained in that
vicinity.
George q. Denman, state supervisor
of agricultural education. has ex-
pressed himself as being greatly
pleased with the results Of the first
annual livestock judging contest, for
me high schools of southern Idaho.
held at the state fair.
Several grocery stores in Caldwell
are displaying In their windows prod
ucts that are grown on farms sur
rounding the city. One store has the
front window decorated with Idaho
succotash, squash, cantaloupe, pickles
and watermelons, with q trimming
around the outer edge of grapes.
R. P. Cope Of Pingree has been
awarded a contract for drilling the
bedrock tests for the American Falls
reservoir dam, and win begin worh
Immediately, expecting to finish b.
the first OF January. These tests viii
extend for several hundred feet on
either side of the proposed site.
The st. Anthony Commercial clut
has issued a call for a convention tC
re made up of representative business
clubs and organizations from Poca
telIO to Ashton, to be held at st. An
thony for two days, October 10th and
21st, to form cooperative association
for the purpose OF promoting lhl
interests OF that section OF the state
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