Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-01-01
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

tnat out OF MS Appropriation OF 34U,- |
O52 he expended $3S,91S during the
least two years, leaving a balance of
$1133.
The state tax commission has filed
its report showing that for the last
two years it expended $14,628, or $5371
less than the legislature appropriated.
The board asks $4,000 for the coming
two years.
State Veterinarian v. c. White has
filed a report showing that his depart
ment cost the state $42,761. The esti-
mate of the next two years is $62,920.
The increased expenditure is said to
be due largely to an epidemic of hog
| cholera.
Roy Jackson, a young man living
three miles southeast of Vollmer, is
dead as the result of fractured skull
received in runaway Saturday He
had been in town and was returning
alone, when his team became fright
ened He was thrown from the buggy
| State Mine Inspector Robert N. Bell
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blue sky law in Idaho was a dead let
ter during the last two years because
the legislature that had passed the
blue sky law failed to make an appro.
priation to put the law into effect.
The coroner's jury at Wallace which
Investigated the death of David
Shearer and George Mccarthy, who
were instantly killed on the 1600-foot
level of the Grenn-Hill Cleveland mine,
rendered a verdict that the men came
to their death through an unavoidable
accident
Judge Carl Davis of the Third judi
cial district, Boise, Ada county, has
sent to the state supreme court recon-
mendations whereby sweeping cuts in
the cost of Idaho courts may be made.
in accordance with requirement of
the constitution of Idaho. The recon-
mendation also carries other reforms
in court procedure that would be nota.
BILE.
The Idaho state public utilities com.
mission report covers its existence
from May 8, 1913, to June 80, 1914.
The report says that II of the 16
steam railroads operating In the state
filed reports showing that for the year
. ended June 80, 1914, their gross rev.
enues within the state were $2O,6O6,-
8O8; operating expenses, $11 ,133,975;
net revenue, $9,472,S33.
II The doors of the Idaho state peni
Tertiary opened Saturday and closed
to retain Fred M. Coleman, former
< deputy state treasurer, to serve from
Q two and one-half to 10 years at hard
Q labor. He created sensation by
q pleading guilty to the theft of $4,000
from the vaults of the state treasury
, while deputy under o. V. Allen, who
4 pleaded guilty a month ago to the EN-
\ bezzlement of 100000 rom@the treas
4 ury, and is now serving sentence Of
from five to 10 years.
;. The state board of land commission
|. ers. allowed $4,000 for the last two
e years, has filed its report with the
) state auditor. OF the maintenance
e fund of $4,000 the board spent $58,
143; say that all of the appropriation
$4,000, for inspections, selections and
care of classified lands was spent
;, that 25 cents remains of $4,000 sci
aside for timber fire protection; thai
= all of the $4,000 for legal fees was
spent. For the coming two years the
board estimates the expense at $4,000
for general maintenance, $4,000 fol
y timber fire protection and $500 fol
mortgage foreclosures.
Reports of their expenditures fol
the two years ended Dec. l, 1914, and
estimates for the needs of their de
y partments for the coming two years
have been filed by Governor John M
y Haines, Attorney General J. H. Peter
son and Superintendent of Public In
struction Miss GRANGE Shepard.
e For the last two years the reports
s were as follows: Governor, appro
e priation, $22.8O0; expenditure, $40.
432; attorney general, appropriation
e $4,000; expenditures, $26,496; public
y instruction, appropriation, $1S.560
r. expenditure, $17,955; capitol building
e commission, appropriation, $4,000
expenditure $57,357.
For the coming two years the esti
e mates show that the governor and at
e torney general will require the same
sums they had during the last two
!. years, the capitol building commission
q will require $4,000 more and the pub
q lie instruction department will b,
n taken care of by the budget of tn,
J. state board of education.
The governors salary for two year.
is $4,000; secretary. $4,000; attorne!
= generals salary, $1,000; assistant at
. torneys and stenographers, $15,597
|; The capitol building expenses covers
. care of the building.