Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-14
Under The Capitol Dome

Andrew Hutton OF wallace was yes
terday appointed a notary public by
the governor.
Justice William NJ. Morgan was bus
lily engaged yesterday moving to his
new home on Eighteenth street.
The regular annual meeting of the
state board of optometrist examiners
will be held at the state capitol build
ing June ~ and 20 for examination ot
applicants to practice in Idaho.
DR.. f. O. Sisson. commissioner of
the past week. will return to Boise
tomorrow.
The public utilities commission holds
that Arbor day as set by county super
intendents of this state is not legal
holiday as applied 10 rule of the In
termountain Demurrage bureau. and
has so notified c. I'll. Griffin, commits
sioner of the bureau, who inquired.
Fred Cool, a prominent grain dealer
of Council. was in the city yesterday
and visited A. L. Freehafer. member
of the public utilities commission. Mr..
Cool says that the peaches on the high
CT benches of the Council country We're
saved through the recent cool weather.
Saturday. May IS. was the eighteenth
anniversary of the First regiment,
Idaho national guard There are but
three members OF the First regiment
quartermaster corps. Idaho national
guard. at the present time They are
Lieutenant Colonel Mccall of Occur
d'Alene. Sergeant Thomas Martin of
Standpoint and Major Woodson Jetfreys,
quarter master corps. Idaho national
guard. with headquarters In the adju-
tant generals office at the state house.
Major Jeffreys said yesterday that most
of the members of the old First regi-
ment who saw service in the Philip
pines are now located either in or
around Boise. When the First went
10 the Philippines the adjutant general
enlisted as a private. The regiment
saw active service, but all of its mem
bers did not return to the states.
Information reached the public utili-
ties commission yesterday that the
matter of giving PocateIlo a municipal
water system is being tested out in that
city through the medium of referendum
petitions. There is agitation to have
the city purchase the Pocatello Water
company's plant. The petitions are
being literally signed.
Notification has been received at the
adjutant generals department that
Captain Freeman Bassett and S. A.
Maginnis, recruiting officers represent
ing the general committee of the Utah
Citizens military camp at Salt Lake,
have been active in Idaho Falls and Po-
catello endeaVoring to secure business
mems recruits for the encampment
which is to be held from Aug. FL to
Sept. Is.
Members of the state land board are
in the following report from
Areo: The Utah Construction com
pany turned water in the Aree ditch
last Sunday after 1t had been shut off
for more than q week to allow the
and widening of the ditch.
Men and teams are now busy with the
same kind of work on the Big ditch and
its tributaries on Era Flat. Some time
will probably be consumed before this
work Is completed. This is in con-
Torrance with the wishes of the com
pany to furnish water to the actual set
tiers on the Era and Arco tracts this
season. The high water season will
soon be here and the company expects
TO have all their bitches in shape by
that time to carry the surplus. 1t rs
said that Antelope creek is rapidly ris-
Ing and some fear Is already felt that
the low lands will be flooded"
State Horticultural Inspector Ora
ham received a message yesterday from
Twin Fails to the effect that the fruit
n the orchards of the Crystal Springs
orchard company in the Snake river
canyon has SO far successfully resist
I'd the heavy frost and the prospects
are 1t will be saved. You will prob
ably find that many of the orchards
along the canyon of the Snake river
we're not damaged by the frosts and
hat the fruit was saved" said In
spector Graham, but on the benches
he fruit was killed. | have been out
over the Boise valley and find that the
tpple crop has practically all been
Killed off by the frosts.''
Regarding the death of the brother of
3. III. Gallet, secretary of the public |
Utilities commission, the Pocateilo
Tribune says: ED q. Gatlet. secretary
or the public utilities commission, is
n town, having come over from Boise T
or the purpose of attending the funer-
u OF his brother, Charles Gallet, VINO I