Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-08

society of the Congregational church
will meet Wednesday afternoon at 80
o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. J. Shaw,
1901 North Nineteenth street.
d. M. Leopold. a cement contractor
fro meastern Pennsylvania, is q new
arrival In the city and contemplates
locating here. He is looking over
southern Idaho and thinks Boise has
bright future.
Mrs. William T. Mitchell, accom-
panied by her daughter and son, of
Mainpuri, India, who have been spend
ing a few days in Boise visiting Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Miller, left today for
Wooster, o., to make an extended visit
c. f. Williams, arrested for being
drunk yesterday put up $40 cash bond
for his appearance In municipal court
this morning and forfeited the amount.
Paddy Smith pleaded guilty to being
drunk and was fined So and costs and
committed.
The party of potato experts now In
southern Idaho for the purpose OF MAX
ing an investigation of potato diseases,
have arranged an intinerary which has
already taken them through the Poca-
tello field to Aberdeen, back to Twin
Tails and Jerome.
Fourteen head of Boises best polo
horses were shipped out this morning
for Spokane. The local team will
leave soon for the northern city to
take part in the games to be played
there. Teams from Lewiston, Spokane.
Portland and Boise will take part in
ho r,1o
Canada.
The state board of pardons met yes
terday afternoon and considered a
number of the applications of pris-
oners at the penitentiary for parole.
granting seven of them. The policy of
the board not to announce the names
of prisoners paroled was followed yes
terday as 1t has been on each date
after the board convenes.
Frank e. Johnesse, chairman of the
Ada county Progressive central COM
mittee, left today for Butte, Mont, and |
the Big Horn country, In Wyoming. to
make mining examinations for eastern |
clients. From there he will go to Cas-
per, Wyo., to make examinations of |
some asbestos mines. Mr.. Johnesse |
expects to be gone about two weeks.
The Payette lakes country will be
busy section next season according to
Richard W. Childs, secretary of the
Boise Commercial club, who has Just |
from an outing there. I'm
are to be made at Mccall, |
he said, a number of Boise people pro-
pose building residences there and the |
hotels now there propose getting ready |
for more people.
Three meetings have been arranged
for this week by the Ada county Pro-
gressive central committee, the first to
be held tonight at the Odd Fellows
hall in South Boise, the second meet
ing at the Cole School house tomor-
row night. and the third meeting in
Hyde Park next Friday evening. at the
Odd Fellows hall. corner Thirteenth I
and Eastman streets.
Postmaster Davis has been notified /
that a change in the schedule of the |
Mayfield stage will go into effect Mon
day Sept. Ia. Hereafter the stage will |
leave Boise at a. m. on Mondays and |
Fridays and will arrive at Mayfield by /
p. m. of the same day. and leaving
Mayfeld at Z a. m. on Tuesdays and |
will arrive at Boise by p. |
m. of the same days.
Twenty-one peaches which tip the |
scales at 10 pounds is a record for |
weight. but that was the weight made |
by 10 alberta peaches picked by w. 4
III. Dorland from tree in his yard at /
Twentieth and Irene streets. The tree |
was one planted by Mr.. Dorland some |
seven or eight years ago. It bears
heavily every year and the peaches
have always been OF exceptional size.
us Boise being infested with porcu-
pines?" This is the question which a
number of citizens are asking since
the killing of number of the animals |
within the city. AT least five or six |
have already been killed within the city
limits and last night H. G. Buck, clerk |