Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-01-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES


The commercial club at Bayview
which disbanded last fall has been re
organized,
The Nampa Milling and Elevator
Co. has bought the elevator and busl
ness of the Nampa Grain and Eleva
tor Co. at Nampa, Idaho.
Governor Alexander has named as
new bank examiner for Idaho R. M
Hit of Idaho Falls, to succeed A. f
Reid who presented his resignation to
the governor.
Disapproval of a constitutional con
vention in this state to revise the pres
ent constitution, alleged to be anti
quated, is plainly evident and will not
pass the legislature.
The Lewiston Trade Extension
association is being perfected by mer.
chants to induce the buyers who send
money to. mail order houses in the
east to trade at home.
The grand jury probing state house
affairs, Saturday returned a secret in
dictment against a state official un-
known and asked instructions from
the court if it could file a written
statement asking the old capitol
building commission to meet and
straighten up it's affairs. shown to have
been mismanaged in the Gleason re-
port. The court granted the request.
The Whitcomb physician bill went
through the senate unanimously. The
act amends section 1858 of the state
code, providing that a physician or
surgeon may waive his exception in
giving testimony. 1t allows the. ply
stefan or witness to waive the right
not to give testimony considered as
confidential between patient and
physician.
The state board of pardons Saturday
granted full and complete pardons to
two prisoners serving sentences in the
Idaho state penitentiary for murder,
William Fondren of Kootenai county
and John Lockhart of Shoshone county,
and extended clemency to Peter Can.
arts of Twin Falls county and r. M
Claughlin of Shoshone county, serving
sentences for statutory crimes, and
George F. Barnes, convicted of forgery
in Ada county.
Secretary of State Barker has re
fused to issue commissions to DAME.
L. Ingard of Payette and Louis A
Blackman of Lewiston, appointed by
Governor Alexander as members OF
the state board of horticulture, on the
ground that the governor did not fol
low out the recommendations of the
state horticulture association, as the
secretary of state claims is required
by law, in making these appointments
Governor Alexander announced that
he would test his right to make these
appointments in the supreme court.
A mysterious mental malady follow
ing a sudden collapse in the higl
school about four weeks ago resulted
in Theodore Heath, Is years old, be.
ing committed to the asylum at Orc
fino. Young Heath was a junior in
the Moscow high, where he was noted
as studious and Industrious. One day
while seated in the study room he ap
parently fell asleep, All efforts tc
arouse him failed. He remained un
conscious for n or two days and
after regaining consciousness he ap
peared deranged and gradually grew
worse.
Benewah county, created out of ter
ritory forming the southern portion OF
Kootenai county, was legalized by a
bill signed by Governor Alexander
Saturday and northern Idaho thereby
gets the first new county created by
the Legislature. Officers of the new
county must be appointed 10 days fol
lowing the signing of the bill for its
creation.
The Boundary county act, house bill
No. l was also signed. 1t comprises
the northern part of Bonner county
Teton county, created from a part OF
Madison county awaits the governors
signature.