Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-28
Board Of Commissioners Spends
Much Time Considering the
Proposition,
MANY DRAWINGS SUBMITTED.
gulldlsc VIII be Exceptionally Had.
some-..TcstIng Proposed sIlc--10S
On Timber Lands


guoClOl correspondence
Boise, June 2t--The board Of capitol
bulldlng commissioners has been IN
session daily durlns tho past wcokcon.
adcrIug the plans ana drawings sub.
mltlcd by about twonty architects from
ali rarls Of the United states for the
new Idaho capitol Each of the
architects submitting plans were invite
III 10 appear before the board and
make full explanation Of hls draw.
ngh After this was done, the com.
mission on Saturday eliminated all the
pans except elX Two of those wcro
by local people, Tourtollotlo n co, and
weyland 4 Kennel Of Boise, and the
fnanug four were from The eastern
rllos II Ia expected that II VIII hp
several doyg before any decision hu.
bton r,arbcd By the board rndD.
lbo advertised plan the WcpcNWl an.
,hllrcl viii rocoh, $1,000 Tor his plan,
me- second hoe 5000, and the third best
t.0 Tho pri2c paid the successful
architect from whose plans the hulld,
mp IN afterwards constructed, VIII 90
considered u part " hs Zee ae Wpgl'
vFmg architect
Tho plnns submitted have boon
viewed by "a lar'o number NJ Persons.
btslQs the members at the commits,
fIou, OF the sA plans AT present m.
dn confederation II N very dinlcult
IN mako u choice I'm each cnfo tho
perspective plan shows handsome
iuldmgf I'm the ease NJ three ot the
uans. the building shown ia Of uNpap,
IIonay dlpui0ed beauty The noor plans
generally show four floors Tho gradp
Opor ~ usually given over to the adj
utan generals offices and the state
aigonnl iouHl thor Win The Offices Of the
immigration and Stat
mcnlk hlalOric0l horticultural bank.
inp insurance and game WArdonS Of
0Dos Tho first lloOr IN mudc the oN
rulyt floor furnishing office rooms
for The governor secretary Of state,
attorney, auditor and school
NptrntendenL In several of The
plans the supreme court room ~ also
INT ON this floor and the state library
an we'll The second floor has the as
ttmbly rooms Of tho two branches ~
the legislature, with rooms for the OH.
CO.'S and "a number Of committee rooms.
The upper floor contains the galleries
for these two houses, ana committee
rooms storage rooms, etc,
TESTING PROPOSED SITE.
The commission for several days has
rad purity OF men gt work sinking
prospect holes on the proposed site
n the building to determine just how
dotp lho foundations " the building
would hive 70 be- laid, N has thus
tetn practically determined that close
wyd win be- struck within twenty
pN Of tho urfnro. Az soon AIS tho
plans have been selected, II " expected
lha, party Of ConVlcW from
lhc ptnIlcnligry VIII begin cN.
other parties win commence get.
Ing out rock for both the found
alton walls and also for the grade lopr
walls Mr. QulgloN who has been here
for the past two years, an Aupcrlnlend'
ont OF construction Of tho federal
building has been selected 49, super
mltndont Of construction of the nav
tapllol building He states that the
rock now being taken out at the peni'
tentafy stone quarrles IN apparently
No fine M any stone that could be OBJ
tanned fol a public building II ls
reasonably soft when taken from The
quarry ana can be- cut with slight ar
hcultN but hardened under exposure
very rapidly
TAX ON TIMBER LANDS,
Judge Beatty Of the United states
court mas decided that the Po,latch
Lumber company ana other purchasers
n timber on state lands, nro liable for
taxes assessed on such londH Tho
ease w0s up ON appeal from LalAh
county who're the lumber company scV'
ofal yyar7 age bought u large acre.
agt Of timber on rlNto lands Tho CONE
raDy contudcd that II ala not buy any
lImboL lle purchase hclng Of only q
lIFhl 10 cntor on state lands ana cut
ana take away the timber.
Miss Carrie Mobloy OF Boise has been
appointed one ~ the hoetcssoe AT me
Idaho building IN Portland during july
ana Mrs NJ A HurG during the
month ot August
MAY TAKE Up LAND FRAUDS
A special term OF the United states
coJr. VIII he hold hero July b. Judge
Hunt Of Montana presiding, AZ that
TINE % special Grand Jury VIII be pres
tnl 'or me purpose Of taxing w sue y
gnDd Jury business M cannot DO lOll
over until me regular September term
~ court While the oSOct nature ~
ne business IN not known n is be,
levtd mat the timber ana land fraud
oos Nlll be taken up, as government
SCENTS nave been at work In ana
around Lewiston for some time past
wlhcrlnR evidence In connection
gllh these casoH Judge Beatty VIII
Oold court al san Francisco hence the
epptlrlnto NJ Judge Hunt Of Montana