Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Bear Lake County Idaho
August 1, 1887
Decatur Daily Republican, Decatur Illinois
Range riders in Bear Lake County, Easter Idaho, state that cattle, especially calves and colts born on the range near the timber line in the west mountains, are being destroyed by the large gray timber wolves, that come from their lair and carry them off. Large packs of them are seen and they are very bold and determined. It is a species of wolf that is a stranger to the locality and seems to have emigrated there last winter. -Chicago Times (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
August 10, 1888
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
A steam saw mill belonging to Hodge & Nibley, at Liberty, Bear Lake county, was burned on Saturday morning last. The engine and boiler were saved. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
October 9, 1891
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
Robert S. Spence, Esq., of Paris, Bear Lake county, is in the city, having business before the board of pardons. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
October 10, 1891
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
G.C. Patton and H.H. Hoff of Montpelier, Bear Lake county, are in town shaking hands with friends. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
October 13, 1891
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
G.C. Patten, county superintendent of Bear Lake county, was in the city Sunday and from here directed his way to Moscow where he has gone to attend the grand lodge I.O.O.F. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
February 17, 1894
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
Rescued From a Snowslide
Near Bennington, in Bear Lake county, Idaho, recently, a man
named Booth was caught in a snowslide, carried about thirty yards and completely
buried. His comrades, who were close by concluded they knew about where he
landed, and going there, by placing their ears to the snow, could hear him
groan. They set to work with shovels and soon dug him out. He was black in the
face and nearly dead, but was soon revived. (Submitted by
Shauna Williams)
August 14, 1896
Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport Iowa
IDAHO BANK ROBBERY
Three Masked Men Loot a Montpelier Bank
Carry off $6,000 in a Sack-Sheriff and Posse Searching for the Bold Robbers
Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 13-A special to the Herald says: "At
3:30 this afternoon three masked men, armed to the teeth, entered the Bank of
Montpelier, Montpelier, Idaho, and covering Cashier Gray and his two assistants
with their pistols emptied the safe of about $6,000. Teller McIntosh was struck
over the head with a pistol, and one of the robbers carried off the plunder in a
sack. The second man left shortly afterwards, leaving the third on guard.
As soon as he left the bank officials gave the alarm and the sheriff with a
strong posse was quickly on the trail of the party, but at last reports they had
no been seen.
Later reports from Montpelier, Id., place the amount taken
from the bank by the three robbers at $10,000. The outlaws struck out for the
Jackson's Hole country, with the sheriff and a posse of thirty men in pursuit,
but Jackson's Hole is a tough country and if they once get there, there is
little prospect of their being captured. (Submitted by
Shauna Williams)
July 1, 1897
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
State Senator J.C. Rich came up from Bear lake county yesterday. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
July 8, 1897
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
Other Business-Howard Perkins, sentenced from Bear Lake County for one year for grand larceny. Continued until July 17th. The sentiment of the board was favorable to the applicant. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
September 14, 1898
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
Sheriff Rich of Bear Lake county, who is here attending the United States court, says the convict who aided the postoffice robber to escape from the Paris jail got three years longer sentence because of it, the judge remarking that he had intended to give him only only year but would increase it to four. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
March 26, 1899
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City, Idaho
R.S. Spence of Bear Lake county has been appointed a notary public. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
April 26, 1899
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City Idaho
Colonel Allan Miller is up from Bear Lake county. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
August 2, 1911
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro Pennsylvania
The skeleton of a mammoth prehistoric animal was dug up near Montpelier, Idaho, last week and will be sent to the Smithsonian Institute. The bones made two wagon loads and one knee joint measured 15 inches in diameter. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
April 17, 1921
Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden Utah
County Physician Named
Montpelier, Idaho,
April 16-Dr. R.J. Sutton, of Paris, has been named county physician of Bear lake
county by the board of county commissioners. This position has been held by Dr.
H.H. King of Montpelier for the past six or seven years. Dr. Sutton assumed the
office this week. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
September 25, 1924
The Chronicle Telegram, Elyria Ohio
BLIND MAN IS ADMITTED TO BAR IN IDAHO
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 25-A blind man has just passed the States
bar examinations and been admitted to practice before the Idaho courts. He is
Don Carlos Haddock, of Paris, Bear Lake County, who lost his eyesight several
years ago by the explosion of his shotgun while hunting. He passed with splendid
marks. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)
July 16, 1931
Indiana Weekly Messenger, Indiana Pennsylvania
Motorist Kills Fox; Sells Pelt for $50
Montpelier, Idaho-Stanley Hill tried his best to dodge the
animal-he thought it was a skunk-but despite his efforts the wheels of his car
killed it.
Stepping out to investigate the kill he discovered he had run
over a silver fox without injuring the pelt. He sold the fur for $50.
(Submitted by Shauna Williams)
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