Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-12-24

Pocatello win spend approximately
S900,00O for new paving during 1921.
Canyon county schools VIII observa
Forefathers' day with appropriate
exercises. Tuesday. December II.
Approximately S315,35S has been
approved by the state board Of edu-
alton for the Industrial Training
school at st. Anthony.
Wilder people are practicing for a
concert to be given December 20, un-
der the auspices of the Wilder Com
mnnity Concert company.
Appointment of a man from the
ntermountain country ais member of
the Interstate commerce commission
IS urged by resolution adopted by the
Buhl Chamber OF. Commerce.
Fire which threatened for { time
% destroy the business section Of Rex
burg was held In control by the local
fire department after vigorous fight.
The loss was between $4,000 and So
900.
The seriousness nf Weisers water
situation is beginning at last to be
considered. At mass meeting it was
decided that If $4,000 worth of
bonds can be voted new twin filter
may be installed.
The adjustment Of the state high
way department, as an extravagant
and unnecessary arm of the state gov
eminent, will be recommended in reso-
buttons adopted by the State County
Commissioners association, In session
at Boise.
Loss of health is thought to be the
cause of the attempt at suicide OF
Joln Stuart at the county infirmary at
PocateIlo. He used a piece OF glass
and severed an artery. He is an old
man and has been in the hospital for
two years. 1t is thought he viii re-
cover.
More than $4,000 was paid to fifty
beet growers in the vicinity of Buhl
| last week for beets delivered to the
| Amalgamated Sugar company during
he month Of November. This will
bring the total paid for beets grown
IN 500 acres of land so far this season
to $4,000
Resolutions recommending TINT the
directors of the Boise Chamber Of
Commerce urge Governor Davis to in
cude in his message to the legislature
suggestions for the passage of an alien
lsnd law were adopted at the weekly
| forum meeting of the Boise Chamber
| Of Commerce.
DIR. H. Nv. Sawyer. an osteopathic
practitioner, who 10 charged with prae-.
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state medical practice law, is on trial
at Twin Falls. Decision in the case
in expected to determine the right of
oateopathic practitioners to perform
',rgical operations.
Organization of an irrigation project
to be known as the Canyon Creek Ir-
rlgation company is under way. A
reservoir site has been obtained on
Canyon creek, southeast of Newdale.
1t will impound 1900 acre-feet of water
and supply enough for the irrigation
Of 5000 acres of land.
The Kiwanis Club at Idaho Falls
Is backing the big Brother" move
ment. The purpose of the movement
is to look after the needy during the
holiday period and to see to 1t that
Christmas cheer is brought into the
homes Immediate relief was voted to
one family in distress.
John Arnold Blozer, section fore
man of the Oregon Short Line, was
run over and instantly killed by an
engine at Pocatello. No one saw the
accident, but it seems that while
Blozer was walking in the yards near
the coal chute he was hit by the pilot
of the engine and knocked across the
track.
Bull, Idaho, proposes to start a
building boom Immediately after the
first of the year. The local dealers in
building materials have cut prices APP
proximately so per cent and the car
| penters' union have agreed to $1.00
per day reduction effective the LIST of
January in an effort to increase
building.
Dog team practice for the coming
raees to be held In February Is now
one Of the principal sports in Ashton
these days. Boys, sleds and dogs
have become so numerous and trouble
some to pedestrians that 1t has become
necessary for the council to pass
ordinances prohibiting them from
using the sidewalks.
B. Goldberg, vendor of proprietary
medicines, was found guilty in the dis
trict court at Twin Falls Of practIcing
medicine In violation of the state medi-
cal practice law Mrs. Ella G. Brown,
complaining witness. stated on the
stand that Goldberg had provided hel
with medicine and given her treat
lnent for neuralgia.
Evidence of closer cooperation