Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-14

man. Pelky. Bowling and Stevenson
and City Engineer DeKay, of Black
foot, were in Boise today and called at
the statehouse paying their respects to
state officials. They are on tour Of
j inspection and scheduled to visit be-
sides Boise, Portland, Spokane and
Butte to get data on street paving.
Blackfoot expects to pave some Of its
principal streets but first wishes to
have thorough knowledge Of the kind
If pavement to use.
Complaint was filed with the utilities
commission against the Oregon Wash
ington Railway y Navigation company
for freight charges made on household
goods. They were shipped from Lew
iston to Payette and constituted but q
small consignment. Tho Lewiston
agent quoted the shipper a rate Of IS
cents per hundredweight The Payette
agent demanded $1.95 cents per hun
dredweight. The commission finds the
latter charge was the correct freight
rate and therefore the shipper is not
entitled to a rebate for the difference
! of the tw crates quoted. It was evident
ly an error in the quoting Of the IS
cent rate.
The public utilities commission to-
day granted a certificate to James r.
Wheeler to install electric light plants
at Picabo and Carey, because public
convenience and necessity demands
electric service. Wheeler will incorbor-
ate the Silver Creek Power company
for $4,000 and it will take charge of
the installation Of the plants. OF this
$4,000 he will furnish $4,000. He is
required to file franchise with the
commission and an account Of all ex-
penditures for the plants, together with
schedule Of rates, etc.
The Oregon Short Line railroad .s
permitted by an order of the public
utilities commission to rebate a per-
centage of passenger fares to Bear
Lake county residents who attended
the good roads convention at Pocatello.
March 20. 1916. The Short Line rail-
road advertised q fare and one third
for the round trip to Rocatello on that
occasion. It should have extended to
Paris and Montpelier but did not SO
those passengers fro mthat territory
are refunded the following amounts:
F. T. Shepherd. ]. R. Shepherd. A. M.
Rich. E. M. Pugmire. William L. Rich.
1927 each; w. r. Holmes, 50 and B. L.
Cruikshank: 81.
State officials have been notified of
the election of the following delegates
to the Republican state convention at
Twin Falls from Shoshone county:
L. W. Stedman, Adam Aulbach. FIRE.
mont S. Rowe. r. e. Walters, J. B.
Wilcox, D. e. Keys, H. j. Rossi, A. H.
Featherstone. Walter H. Hanson.
James A. Wayne, Therrett Towles,
Fred Crane, Eugene Thomas, 8. A.
Easton. c. z. Seelig, A. o. Larson. M.
]. Sinclair, ]. A. Rock, r. L. Brainard,
Alfred Page. I. F. Davis, G. A. Smith,
L. e. Worstell and James r. Mccarthy.
Alternates, r. T. Morgan, L. T. Wilson.
Thomas McCabe, 7. w. Hunt and Rich
ard Roberts, Sr.
The village OF Mccammon has ap-
propriated $22.S0 to install q munich
pal water works system and has noti-
fled the public utilities commission to
that effect in brief in support Of Its
application for a certificate.
The state veterinarians department
has granted health certificates to emf
grant cars as follows: Duplainville,
Wis, to Athol; Tooele, Utah to Lea
dore; Kennewick, Wash, to Belmont;
Devils Slide. Utah to Hamer.
State Bacteriologist Laubaugh IL in
receipt Of a dogs head from Bliss for
examination for rabies. The animal
when alive is said to have bitten sew.
eral people.
State Engineer Smith who has been
out OF the city several days on de-
partment business is back at his desk
today.
! Pure food Con. missioner J. X. White
might be interested in the following
dispatch from Moscow:
The conviviality Of Harry Smith,
Walter Berry and William Lewis, due
to the absorption Of compound OF
Jamaica ginger and soda pop, was the
cause of their appearance in police
court this morning, chaperoned by
Chief Robbins, whose guests they had
been over night. Harry and william
admit that they were more or less
put to the bad by the prescription, but
Walter claims he was not drunk.
It was only a few days ago that
Walter and one Wilcox tore up each
others clothing and bruised each
others countenances after breaking q
bottle or two between them. and for
that Judge Strong assessed each OF
them SIS. So Walter may know what