Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-23
BREVTTIES

willis C. Bowers nomination as a
Republican candidate for probate judge
has been filed.
Governor Haines left at noon today
for Parma to attend the farmers re-
union that is being held there this
afternoon.
Wayland & Fennell have completed
the plans for the Booth Pierce build
ing to be built at Eighth and Ban
mock streets and will take bids on the
super structure at once.
The nomination of James NJ. Roberts
for sheriff upon the Republican ticket
was filed today the nomination hav-
ing been signed by W. d. Stevens,
George A. Latham and e. Fl. Peasley.
His acceptance of the nomination was
also filed.
Joe Casper and Frank Burgh each
forfeited S. cash bonds in municipal
court this morning through failure to
appear and answer the charge of being
drunk. James Coyle pleaded guilty to
being drunk and was fined 50 and
committed.
The county commissioners restored
the valuation of $4,000 placed upon the
property of Benjamin Thomas which
they had previously raised to some
thing over $4,000, which would be the
value Of the tract based upon the
value that Thomas refused to accept
from the city for a portion desired as
q street.
work on the $4,000 club house
70 he built at the Payette lakes by the
Payette Lake club will be started the
last Of this week by f. C. Cottingham
of Nampa. who has been awarded the
contract. Material and men for the
work are being sept to the lakes and a
goodly portion of the building Will DC
completed this fall.
BECAUSE the settlers on the Gem
district are not getting the amount OF
water they should have for irrigation
nurposes, Governor Haines, accompan-
lied by state Engineer King, Major Fred
r Reed and Warden John Shook, viii
make an investigation of the system on
that tract tomorrow The state has
10 90 acres in the Gem district.
The Jury was secured yesterday to
try the case of the state against the
TITLE Guaranty & Surety company on
the official bond of V. W. Platt, for-
mer bank examiner, for the beneflt oil
depositors Of the Boise state BANK.
The case was then continued unul
Wednesday. July 90, so that Judge Nc
Carthy might take up and conclude the
Roecx divorce case, which Is again be-
ing heard today.
That the wheat crop in Long valley
looks especially fine and all indications
point to a heavy crop, Is the report
brought home from that section by W.
&c. Pierce. who has just returned from
an onting at Gold Fork with his fam
Inv. The trip was made in an automo-
mile going via Smiths Ferry and re-
turning by the way of Weiser. MT
pierce also found that the Long val
LEY farmers were going into the catlle
business on a large scale and that
many of them who had lost their wheal
crops in past years had purchased cat
tie and proposed to make that busi-
ness one of the chief industries of the
valley.
I Judge r. II. Dunlap acted in the
capacity Of mediator in municipal
court YESTERDAY when an alterca
ton occurred between collector and
a business man of the city. The af-
fair occurred in front Of the city hall
and both men rushed in to have a
complaint sworn out charging the other
: with assault. Judge Dunlap permitted
the first complaint and then put this
men off until o'clock, advising them
to think matters over. Before the
hour set for the hearing, the man who
filed the complaint appeared and asked
to withdraw it, which was permitted
Had the case been taken up at the
time THE first charge was filed and 9
cross complaint also entered, spir-
tied court case would have resulted
as both men had their blood up al
! the time.