Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-12
BREVTTIES

trict NO. Al. Whlcn Will open next
Monday.
William Gordon, representative of
the Independent Coal & Coke company.
was in Boise today boosting Aberdeen
coal and talking with coal dealers He
leaves tonight for Spokane and other
northern points.
Plumbers have been busy in the
county jail this week repairing the
sewer system and fixing up generally
the plumbing of the building for the
winter. The work will continue for
the next week as there are extensive
improvements to be made.
The funeral of William oliver, who
died at the soldiers home Thursday
evening, will be held Suncay afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock at the Fry & Summers
chapel. Rev. Davis Errett will Off
ciate and burial will be in Silent Camp
in Morris Hill cemetery
An order was issued today by the
public utilities commission allowing the
Great Shoshone & Twin Falls Water
Power company to charge 81 round
trip for ferry passage across the
Snake river at Shoshone Falls. The
new rate will become effective Sept.
IA, 1914.
The Idaho Southern Railway com
pany is granted permission by the
public utilities commission to file and
put into effect on less than statutory
notice a rate OF SIS per car on fruit of
all kinds between Wendell and Good
ing, through an order issued this
morning by the commission.
The fires of patriotism burned so
strongly in the breast of Ronald S.
Ferguson, an English youth who has
been working here for some time, that
he left this morning for Portland to
secure his papers from the British
consul there, and will at once leave
for Canada where he will enlist.
Every berth on the students special
Pullman for Moscow. which leaves to-
morrow. has been taken, but a ma
jority of the berths were taken by
students out of the city in towns be-
tween Boise and Weiser. Among those
going from Boise today and tomorrow
are A. j. Priest, Russell Cunningham,
Mildred Brown, Donald Eagleson,
Bessie Vance Gertrude and Permelia
Hays and Harold @. King.
According to the local weather bu-
reau the rain which visited Boise last
evening is general throughout the
northwest and has relieved the drouth
that has been on for the past 60 days.
A heavy frost is expected to follow
this rain tonight Snow has fallen
throughout the northern part of the
state, which reduces the fire danger in
that part of the country.
William Savage was in municipal
court this morning on the charge of
being drunk and was fined SIS and costs
and committed. f. Ii. Bowling entered
plea of not guilty to a vagrancy
charge and his case was continued.
w. S. Sherrier, charged with running
his machine on the streets with the
muffler opened, has been cited to ap-
pear In court as has c. B. Cox. charg-
ed with exceeding the speed limit.
The Presbytery of Boise has been
called to meet in the Second Presby-
terrain church of Boise. Monday even
ing, Sept. IA, at 1880 o'clock. Ar
engagements have been made, however,
this being the day for the opening of
the College of Idaho in Caldwell for
the meeting to adjourn for one week.
The regular fall meeting of the Pres
bytery will then ee held in the Second
church, beginning Monday evening,
Sept. 81.
Two cases pending against John
Broadbent. charging him with leasing
property for bawdy purposes, were dis
missed this morning from the district
court Broadbent had been convicted
in the police court and had appealed
the case He was recently acquitted
of like charge in the district court
and because of this the other two ac-
lions have been withdrawn. Fines
amounting to 5000 were levied against
him in the lower court on his con-
viction.
That business is good at the Golden
Rule store is demonstrated by the fact
| that w. M. Morris is now en- route east
on his second purchasing trip this sea
son for the ladies' ready to- wear coats
and suits, of which department he is
manager This is the first time in
the history of the store that buyer
has had to make a second trip east
during the same season to purchase
goods for any department. On his
previous trip a short time ago, Mr.
| Morris purchased heavier order than
the year previous.
| Because she returned to Boise after
being permitted TO leave rather than
pay a fine of $50 for vagrancy to which
she pleaded guilty, Helen Long is in
the womans cell of the city jail and
will now be obliged to serve out the
sentence which was hung over hei
head If she returned Chief Robinson
announces that he was not making any
, bluff with the women permitted tc
leave the city If they choose, rather
than serve a jail sentence or pay q
fine, but that If they come back here
they must serve out the entire sentence
imposed upon them.
II. V. f. Donovan, the proprietor oil
the tailoring and cleaning shop, which
was visited by fire Thursday after
noon, arrived in Boise this morning
from Horseshoe Bend. where he hac
been on business. Donovan only learned
of the fire last evening. He is now
J concentrating himself on the small