Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-02-18
In THE GEM STATE

held up the Skaggs grocery store at
Bull.
Chick Fraser, veteran baseball
player and trainer and resident OF |
Jerome, has been offered the training
Of the Pittsburg ball team.
The state senate has killed the Pad /
dock bin which provided for the estah- |
lishment Of county hospitals. where |
the INDECENT. sick and The poor could |
ue cared for,
More than 400 breeders Of purebred |
poultry are listed in the Idaho pure
bred poultry directory, which has Seen
issued by the University of Idaho ex-
tension Division.
The Presbyterian church building at
| Jerome has been moved a short dis
tanee to make room fo~ the excava-
ton of the basement Of the new build
ing which Is TO be started soon.
Nearly $500 has been raised by the
members of the Mormon churches In
Pocatello toward the Neal East relief
fund. This Is the largeM fund con-
tributed by any one organization.
Canyon countyi schools have been
accomplishing much In the thrift pro-
| gram that Is being carried on this year,
$l145.95 having been raised by twenty
country schools of the county by en-
tertainments.
The northern part Of the state OF
Idaho was seconded In Its biennial de-
/ mand for a new state of its own. I'M
der the name of Lincoln" by the POI
catello chamber Of commerce at Its
meeting last week.
Eugene A. Farmer of Boise, choir
master of st. Miehael's cathedral and
for many years prominent In musical
circles In that city, has been elected
president of the Idaho State Music
Teachers association.
The Bull department store was en-.
tered Sunday night by a thief and
robbed OF some Of the mems furnish.
ings The thief broke large pane
of plate. glass In one OF the front
rooms with q rock and entered by
that way.
The Boise BdIlders' Exchange. which
was organized about month ago with
membership of 49, including con-
tractors Of Boise, Naapa and Caldwell
has decided on new wage scale,
which the officers say win 60 Into eff
feet on or after March /.
Protesting against the levylng of
additional drainage and construction
! charges against settlers OF the Boise
project, the Ada county Pomona
Grange passed, resolutions which are to
be forwarded to the secretary 0f the
J interior and representatives Id con-
) gress.
! Idaho woolgrowers. members OF the
!, state association, hare decided to
: adopt the plan OF the Montana grow
. ers for the development of a market
! for their wool by having goods MANY.
featured OF the virgin wool for sale to
both the growers and the general
:. public.
The Idaho Technical institute ri
; Pocatello began its second semester
: work last week and there was large
: influx of new students. The courses
In engineering, mechanics, pre-medi
cal, commerce and home economics at
tracted a large number Of the new
!, registrants.
A peculiar case OF the recovery oi
: stolen property is reported by ]. n
! McDermond OF Pocatello, who has JUS
: received ftom Oakland, CAL. a yaln
i able shotgun stolen from his car OF
: the. street In November. A boy stol.
]. the gun, and his mother compelled hin
+ to return / !
i 1t Is claimed that the regalt Of tn.
+ fruit pest control campaign In Idaho
i particularly against the codIing mott
and San Jose scale. has been satis
factory and demonstrates accomplish
3 ments possible by organized efforts D
the inspection force of the state de
: partment Of agriculture.
Thomas Ollie, formerly of AmerI
can Falls. was awarded the hlghes
honors in the art department at tn
', Idaho Technical institute last week 10
L. the best production during the pas
semester. His charcoal drawing of
v cast OF Abraham Lincoln was give
ic first place by the judges.
70 The average temperature In Bols
MAKAMk AME Aes4K A0@U WAtS ~ nERTrSa
= This Is the announcement made b
Clinton Il. Norduulst. weather oil
server. During that year residents o
the city basked In 2818 hours Of sur
| saline, but this was only 60 per cen
Of what II Is possible for Boise I
have.
Il Prem Moore, poultry specialist Of ID
i extension division, now Is cOndnetin
ii a series Of meetings through several 9
i the counties. advising poultrymen 0
4 problems Of mating and breeding, !
as to improve the egg laying qualitie
II of their ffocks. Arrangements Il
Al these meetings are being made By d