Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-27


elect and qualified to NIL the position
Other applicants are c. n. Rathbun
Boise. and D. L. Hays. Paris.
George A. Coates. the Blaine county
ex-senator who has been honored with
q seat in the upper house during the
last regular and session extraordinary
Of the legislature and was . member
of the house Of representatives prior to
that. IL the strongest candidate in the
race for state fish and game warden.
Senator Coates has many friends In
Boise who are boosting for him. He
! has been in the city on the Job for
| the past two weeks and has developed
into q most foridable candidate. C. g.
Sumner. Idaho Falls. publicity man.
ager OF the Republican state commit
tee: Frank Millsaps, Lincoln county:
A. A. Masters, Lewiston: James A.
Dunford, Bear Lake county: John r.
Hart, HALEY; w. N. Stephenson, Free
mont county; s. Dee, Caldwell; e. r..
Somers, HALEY; B. T. Livingston.
Boise; Robert Pyper. Boise; Charles
Diletush, Hagerman, are all candidates
for this office.
The governor-elect has agreed to ap-
point the applicant who has. the in
dorsement Of the members Of the State
Sportsmen's association.
Say Stephenson Favored.
James Stephenson. former state en-
gineer during the Gooding admins
tration. is said to be the favorite in
the race for state engineer, and 1T is
appointment. There are other formid-
~ ~ ylrA to-,
cludes f. r. La Pointe, Boise; F. NJ.
Carhart, Boise. present assistant in
the engineers office; w. H. Edelblute
of Rathdrum, a prominent member of
the state militia; F. N. Wardell, Twin
Falls.
Mccall 10 Endorsed.
1t is believed the governor will
re-appoint Claude Mason as state
chemist. There are no other applf-
cants SO far ms known.
The question of the selection of an
adjutant general presents a serious
problem. 1t is known that Adjutant
General F. A. Mccall is candidate
for re- appointment. He is said to have
the strong Endorsement of the officers
and men in the state militia. Cap
tain Davis is said to favor him. The
captain has been appointed private
secretary to the governor and his rec
ommendation it is said will go long
way. Adjutant General Mccall is a
Democrat He received his appoint
ment to the post from Governor Haw-
ley. The militia is anxious to keep the
appointment out of politics and this
is said to favor Mccall
All department heads will be per-
mitted to use their own jurisdiction in
the appointment of their deputies,
stenographers, etc. There are over so
appointments of this kind to he made
Many Board Appointm ents.
There are Il number of board ap-
pointments tie governor will be called
upon to flll They include trustees of
the Academy of Idaho, trustees of the
state normal schools, trustees of the
Industrial training schoo. at st. An
thony; trustees of the state insane
asylums; members of the state board
of health, members Of the state board
of optometry, members of the state
board of pharmacy, members of the
state board of dentiss examiners, hor-
ticultural inspectors, grain commits
stock and sanitary board, historical So
ciety trustees, lumber inspectors,
bridge commissioners. state law COM
examining engineers.
Governor Haines has an
but one appointment, that of
Captain E. G. Davis of Boise as his
private secretary. There were two
other contenders considered when this
appointment was made. They were
George Heubner and Charles Sumner.
Both were eliminated by the selec-
ton Of Captain Davis. The salary
to the post is 5000 per month.
A report has 1t that the successful
appointee refused to take the position |
except at an increased salary and will |
therefore draw $500 per month. In
Captain Davis receives pay
as a retired regular army captain.
The state pure food and sanitary |
receives his appointment |
at the hands OF board. James H. |
Wallis is the present incumbent and
will probably be held in office by the
board due to the able service rendered |
The same thing holds true as to state
inspector. John U. Nc
Pherson is the present inspector and |
in line for appointment, for he has
made decidedly good.
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WILDER ITEMS.