Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-02-04
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Nv by 1900 taxpayers In Lemhi county.
the Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad pays
g per cent, and the Shoup estate. next
heaviest taxpayer, pays 2Ss per cent.
There are % persons and concerns
that pay 30 per cent OF the total. and
1872 on the list. comprising all that
pay more than $500, pay more than
10 per cent OF the whole.
Some idea of the work OF the sec
rotary Of states office and the man
ner In which 1t has increased may be
obtained from the statement con-
tanned In the report That from fees,
etc, a total Of S225. 1910 was collect
ed during the biennium. In 1919, IT.
900 automobiles were registered and
licenses to the amount of 1924 .591.40
were paid for.
Tim" Farrell. an old-time resident
of Pocatello and one of the oldest
conductors of the Short Line, died as
Medford, Ore. last week. Mr.. Farrell
was an employee of the old Utah &
Northern in 1886 and was steadily In
the employ of that company and its
he was retired in 1913.
Representatives of a seed company
of Idaho Falls were in Salmon last
week to receive md pay for the pea
seed that was raised in Lemhl county
last summer on contract. The crop
amounts to about two hundred thou
sand pounds. and its turning will dis
tribute to the producers total OF
$11 900.
The Fort Hall Indian school has a
basketball team in the field this year
for the first time In the history OF
the school. Under Edward L. Ander-
son, who is himself a Chippewa In
dian and d graduate Of the Genoa In
dian school, these boys have made a
remarkable showing at the game.
An unmasked man, who held up
waitress In a restaurant at Pocatello
was pursued by patrons, who caught
the robber in the railroad yards and.
after taking from him the amount he
had obtained from the restaurant and
administering severe corporal pun
ishment, permitted him to so.
The fact that Governor Davis APP
pointed two members to the public
utilities and workmen's compensation
commissions respectively is taken In
legislative circles to mean that the
administration win not advise reduc-
ing these commissions In so far as
membership Is concerned
r.. X Morris OF Jerome was badly
injured in a one-sided battle with a
jack at his farm. When the animal was
turned into the corral he seized Mr..
Morris In the back with his teeth and
swung him against the barn several
times, breaking several ribs.
IN 1920 the automobile registrations
In Idaho were almost doubled over the
previous year, total Of 33,1T3 licenses
being issued, bringing into the Golfers
of the department and the state treas
dry total of twice the amount Of the
figures quoted for 1910.
Officers of the Mural Improvement
association Of all wards In the Port
neuf stake have forwarded resolutions
to the state Legislature and to the
county authorities, asking that the
laws against selling cigarets to minors
be rigidly enforced.
The Bannock County Dairymen's
association was formed at a meeting
at Pocatella. The purposes of the
organization are mutual Improvement
and the fixing OF certain uniform
standards in the production of milk
for the market.
For the LOSE Of shipment of sheep
from the Wood River county to an
eastern peint, the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company must pay Fred w.
Fator OF HALEY damages amounting
TO $1589.50. according to a court de-
ctsion.
Two Bannock Indians we're united in
marriage at Pocatello last week. This
bucks name was Spotted Wildcat and
the bride had the cognomen OF Mary
monograph. Both are from the Fort
Hall tribe and are young Indians.
The county auditors, in session al
Boise. went on record as being OPP
posed to the passage OF the proposed
Witty bin, which provides for the FIR.
Their extension OF time on the payment
Of 1920 taxes.
Emmett city has installed a large
centrifugal pump with quarter mil.
lion gallon daily capacity at the city
water works. This will enable ii to
meet the increasing need for water.
The directors of the Bingham county
farm bureau have decided to adhere
to the original plan of education on
all matters pertaining to farming Al
outlined by the national bureau.
a. 4. Clark, q brick setter at tbs
plant OF the Pocatello Brick company
was killed when he was fixing an cleo
trio light and fell from a scaffold tt