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The Montpelier Examiner FUBUSHK) KVBM FRIDAY An Independent Weekly N«ew« •ad Owner OV SUBSCRIPTION! > BATB8 One Tear In Advance_ SI* Month» in Advance_ Three Month» In Advance .** «0 _ » 1.16 .76 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Entered at the po»toffloe at Montpelier, Idaho, as second das» mall matter. TUAI TRIANGLE. And after all these months we still have the triangle with all its decorations ( ? ). angle, all right, but how we long to the debris cleared away! But, why be in a hurry? The owners of those shack s are not worr ying. IMPORTANT ORDINANCE. The sweet (?) fragrance of the neighbor's corrals is soon to leave us for good. The city fathers the other day passed an ordinance pro hibiting parsons from maintaining within certain prescribed limits of the city, corrals, barns, sheds, etc., where two or more cows are kept, and also makes it . compulsory to keep thoroughly clean all pi within the prescribed limits where less than two critters are kept. The new ruling may work a hard ship temporarily on a few, but all the rest df us will enjoy more frag rant GOVERNMENT TRUCKS. We are Informed that the govern ment still has a large number of trucks on hand. Many communities all over the country have been furn ished trucks for their highway de partments, And if Bear Lake coun ty is entitled to an allotment, the officials should certainly get them. A great saving in road work could be effected by the use of trucks in hauling good road material, which is now too far away to haul by team, and a more efficient system could be inaugurated. Why not the city of Montpelier also put in a bid for a government truck? Wo want the tri M laces THK CITY ELECTION. The time is drawing near when the people of Montpelier will assem ble in either mass or party conven tion to nominate men for the mayor ship and coimcilmanic positions to be voted for April 26. This is one of the most important matters to be presented to the citizens of Mqptpel ier this year, and there should not be a lack of interest in performing the important duties incident to select ing men to whom we can turn over the reins of municipal government. Mayor Hoff has stated definitely that he will not be a candidate for The mayor feels that re-election, he has rendered good service to the city during the past two years, lo it is up to the citizens to get busy and select another able man to guide the destinies of this growing* common wealth. / . With much Important public work to be done during the coming year, the position of mayor is one that should be filled by the ablest man in the city, and he should have as his assistants the most capable men to serve in the council. Nominations are now in order. ELECTION RESULTS REPORTED BY IDAHO TEACHER'S SOCIETY Lewiston, Idaho, Feb. 27. ecutlve committee of the Idaho Teach ers' association met here yesterday and canvassed the referendum vote on the election of officers. It showed the election as follows: C. R. Frazier, of Pocatello, president; Mrs. Elizabeth Ware, of Albin, vice president; Miss Alice Booth, of Mont pelier, secretary; E. H. Buck, Hall ey, treasurer. -The ex : Now vs. After-While ! ■ s %* tr ■ : T Va NOW house l The cost of your new -bottom. is art roc ! AFTER-WHILE Wlien spring building begins the enor- ^ demand for material will automa- ■ ■ s mous tically increase the cost. ■ New'4House—Your Family Needs It. Ask'for Assistance Plan Now for a Montpelier Coal 8C Lumber Co I « PHONE ■ Quality Service ■ 7 Courtesy I Come in and open, a ßmfc, tfc with Hg «40 ^ and lay ßoatmdatm? You work honl for your money Mit; it will then work fo r uoa' Ask any wealthy man how he got his start and he wilj tell you it began with a small bank account; that he built his fortune by working hard and banking every cent he could 'rake and scrape." • You can do the same! Why not begin now, today? That money you have in your pocket will start you. Come in and start Sank, of /Hbontpelier. CHURCH MEMBERS DONATE $100,834 TO STARVATION FUND f Two big checks sent east will show a remarkable result of the Fast day drive uhdertaken Jan. 23 by the Church top the benefit of starving children of Europe. The returns of the drive were completed today and show donations from all but one ward of the church. The total re ceipts are $109,834.42. Of this amount Utah Church members con tributed $81,886.44, which includes a donation of $4,230.28 given by the Primary association.. Statistics show that it took $60, 000 to powder the noseç of the wo men of America last year, feut it was worth It. PARIS NOTES PARIS, March 8 ^ Funeral ser vices were UeM At the Second ward hall Sunday afternoon for Frederick Law, whose death occurred here on Thursday evening. For more than 12 years Mr. Law had suffered from feeble health, and for four years had been partially paralyzed. Up to with in an hour of his death, however, his condition seemed as usual Mr. Law was born 61 years ago in Springville, Utah. In 1866 he came to Paris, where he had resided since. In 1906 he married Miss Sarah J. Manchester, who, with one son Glen, survive him. James S. Poulson, Robert W. Wal lentine, Seymour Spencer and Daniel Price were the speakers at the ser vices, and jnusic w safurnlshed by the ward choir with special numbers by Miss Vida Low and Alfred Shepherd. The annual Junior Prom which is always one of the interesting social features of the year, was given on Thursday evening of last week by the Juniors of the Fielding Academy. Preceding the dance in the Pavilion, a banquet was served in the Academy dining room. The old time play, "Hazel Kirk," was successfully revived here on Friday and Saturday evenings. The play was under the auspices of the Btake Y M M I A and was conducted by Instructor Theras Allred. Alvin Shepherd of Salt Lake ie spending several days here visiting with relatives. Among the St. Charles visitors to tho Junior From were Miss Elsie Roberts, Miss Zelda Keetch and Stan ford Rich. Lawrence Humphreys of Green Riven visited hero at his h$me last week. Mrs. Ernest Wolfington and ljabj' returned to Garden City Saturday af ter a week's visit here with Mrs. Thomas Sims. "An Evening With the Church Leaders" made a successful program in the Second ward Sunday evening. W. Smith Iloge was the speaker with Beatrice Taylor, the Spencer quartet, Mrs. Stanley Riclf and a girl's chorus offering additional numbers. James Humphries of Shelley* at tended the funeral of Frederick Low hero last Sunday. The Georgetown high school ball team was defeated here 17-29 by the Emerson school five last Wednesday.' Mrs. James L. Dunford has been visiting wth her daughter in Logan. Miss Eliza Passey of Pegram was a Paris visitor^last Thursday. ORDINANCE NO. 198. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CARE OF CORRALS. SHEDS, BARNS AND LIVERY STABLES WHERE LIVESTOCK ARE KEPT, AND PROHIBIT ING THE SAME TO BE KEPT WITHIN A PRESCRIBED DIS TANCE OF DWELLING HOUSE, RESIDENCE. OR PLACE OF BUSINESS; PROHIBITING THE MILKING AND FEEDING OF COWS ON SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND ALLEYS, AND PROHIBITING THE MAINTAIN ING AND OPERATING OF DAI RIES WITHIN PRESCRIBED LIMITS OF THE CITY AND DI RECTING THE SAME TO BE REMOVED Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Mont pelier, Idaho: SECTION 1. It shall be unlaw ful for the owner, agent or occupant of a corral, cattle-yard, shed, barn, liverystable or any other structure where any kind of livestock are kept to allow (»same to become nauseous, foul, and offensive, or to suffer or permit manure or liquid manure to accumulate. 4 SEGTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to have corrals, pens, barns or. sheds, wherein livestock are kept, within fifty feet of any dwelling house, residence or place of business, except ln such cases that may be authorized by the Board of Health. SECTION for any persd cow on any sidewalk within the «ity, or feed any cow on any street sidewalk or alley within the city. SECTION 4. No keep or maintain a dairy or place where more than two cows are kept within tho portion of the City of Montpelier bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Sixth and Clay streets and running thence westerly along center line of said Clay street to the western boun dary line of city; thence southerly along said boundary line to a point ,due west of Jefferson street; thence easterly to and along center line of Jefferson street to its intersection with the center line of Sixth street; thence northerly along center line of Sixth straet to the place of be of It shall be unlawful to feed or milk any or person shall ginning. All persons now maintaining a dairy or having corrals, cow-yards, sheds or barns where more than two head of cows are kept, within above described area, shall remove same within ninety days after passage and publication of this ordnance SECTION 6. ing any of the provisionsT of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceedng one hundred ($100.00) dollars. All ordinances or parts of ordi nances in conflict with this ordin ance, or any part thereof, is hereby repealed. Passed and approved this 4th day of March, 1921. Attest: F. L. CRUIKSHANK, Clerk. Any person vlolat HENRY H HOFF, Mayor Columbia Grafonolas Pre-War Prices at * The price of this K-2 Standard Model Columbia Grafonola. in any of its five hand some finishes, is now only $150. The prices of our ENTIRE LINE of Columbia Grafonolas have been readjusted to pre-war levels. T ÏÏ Ï You Save $75 on this model PI i Tills is the most radical readjustment ever made in the phonograph industry. And / these new pre-war prices, are for much im- Ij proved models, equipped with the exclusive ) Non Set Automatic Stop and the other exclu sive Columbia advantages which make the Columbia Grafonola the only modem phono graph. ( /) I I ' 0 Come in today and see for yourself what big value these new prices give Riter Bros. Drug Co THE REXALL STORE" < < Professional Cards HARRY V.FLYNN DENTIST Twelve Years Practice in Chicago. Parlors in Brennan & Davis Bldg. Hours: 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 Office Phone No. 40. L. P. GAERTNER Physician and Surgeon Office over Modern Drug Store Office Phone 40 MONTPELIER, Df; HERMAN BÈCKSTROM Dentist Office over Bank of Montpelier Office Phone 134 MONTPELIER, - Res. Phone 36 - IDAHO Res. 136 IDAHO Just Received A » 4 '■ ï ( A Beautiful Line of ^ New Spring COATS and suris : : i Come and look them Prices Reasonable over. AiW also have line of a nice I ; SHOES and SLIPPERS 1 . ! > > Late Spring Styl es, including a of y the" new strap pumps. \ THE FAIR STORE f, Sam L. Lewis Famous Store of Low Prices GEO. F. ASHLEY Physician and Surgeon MONTPELIER, - - IDAHO Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 4; 7 to 9 Office at Montpelier Hospital Phones 62 and 63 AU Calls Given Prompt Attention H. H. KING, M. D. Physician and Surgeon SURGEON O. S. L. RY. Office oyer First National Bank Office Phone 109 Residence Phone 116 MONTPELIER, IDAHO DR. R.H. MUNSON Dentist* Office, over Bank of Montpelier Hours: 9 a. m. to 12 m.; 1 to 6 p. m. Office Phone 308 fi. E. HINCKLEY Physician and Surgeon Eye, Ear Nose and Throat a Specialty Office Room 4—Riter Bldg Home on East Jefferson Street. MONTPELIER. ■ «IDAHO See the New WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITER At the Office of BEAR RIVER VAI^EY LAND AND ABSTRACT CO.