Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-03-18
In THE GEM STATE

The regional missionary conference.
under the direction of the Northwest
Baptist conventlch. was held az Twin
Falls, March 3 and 2.
The Grangeyflle Commercial club Ii
negotiating for n five-acre trace on
the Three Nile creek ON which to e.
tablish an auto tourist camp.
! According to q report Of the Nampa
highway district. complete crews are
again working on the roads and all
available equipment II being used.
The good roads committee OF the
Nampa chamber or commerce has I'M
der consideration plans for macadam-
izing and surfacing most or the streets.
The management or the Gooding
county hospital has been turned over
to the Methodist church. and win be
operated under deaconess manage
ment.
The directors OF the Boy Scout OF
ganization In Pocatello have decided
to make an appeal for immediate as
sistance from the Rotary and Klwnnls
clubs.
Valley county is transferred fronl
the Third to the Seventh judicial dis
trict as the result or the signing by
the governor or house bin No. IL. by
Moore
Joseph Manvfile. aged 60. was found
dead In his home mt Occur d'Alene
by neighbor. who missed his daily
visits and went to his home 20 hives
tigate.
Temporary plans for the formation
OF business mems alliance were pre-
scented to the chamber OF commerce
az Poeatello last week, and were ADOPT
ed BY the club.
The Idaho Power company has ap-
piled to the federal power commits
sion at Washington for q permit to
develop hyro- power at the
Twin Falls on Snake river.
The Idaho state board for vocational
training, in cooperation with the
school Of forestry at the University OF
Idaho, II conducting d course in log
scaling at Occur d'Alene IuTaher
mill.
Because several people have start
ed planting garden. the chief OF police
at Caldwell haa issued orders that all
chickens must be locked up In coops
to prevent them scratching up the
planted seed.
II. a. Van Sicklin was arrested nc
Payette as me was leaving for Weiser
In his automobile, two five-gallon kegs
Of wine and a case or quart bottles Or
wine being found In his car. He has
been released on $1,000 bail.
There win be adequate water supply
| from the Wood river watershed for
the coming season, according to word
received at the Boise weather bureau
The snow IN that section now ranges
from two to seven feet in depth.
Governor ID. w. Davis has an
nomnced his appointment OF the men,
beers OF the veterans welfare commits
sion created by the sixteenth legls-
lature. The first meeting OF the COM
mission win be held on March 15.
Exclusive of highway or school dis
rrict issues, S25o0OO Is the total bond
Cd debt of Twin Fails county. The
valuation OF the county IL shown to
be $50, 80, 40. OF which S22, 1B3, $50 is
the value of real estate and improy,
lnents.
The Canyon county commissioners
tn lining ont their road Improvement
program, win include grading and
hard snrfacing the highway from
Caldwell to Nampa. More than 400
miles Of roads and highways are 70
be maintained.
| i reeetH church survey made at
Gooding shows that only 655 residents
| Of that city are members Of some
church In G0oding; and that there
are 3S3 persons who are regular at
tendants at church. and 467 regular
attendants at Sunday school.
On account Of q shortage OF feacfa-
ers IN Lemhi county, School superin-
tendent Mrs. Ethel Watkins Is teach
Ing temporarily 1T the Bohannon Creek
district school, so that the school dis
trict win not be allowed to lapse. I'm
accordance with the school law.
George 4. Todd fras resigned rs
scout executive Of the Boy Scout or
ganization In PocafelIo, TO return to
the ministry. During Mr.. Toddfs fif-
teen months of active work there the
number of scouts has increased from
10 to 24O. and the troops have been
increased from sir TO eleven.
There il some Of the best white pine
| and cedar lumber timber In the world
| still standing In large areas In Boun-
dairy county. according 10 T.. Fltz-
gerald. who has just returned from d
several months cruising trip n the
mountains Of north Idaho under d.
reetion Of the forestry department.
Joseph w Hobson. Is years Of age.