Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-26

pocket. spring and trigger. and was
loaded with a powerful cap. The lift
ing of the cover exploded the cap.
The private office of Secretary OF
state Barker is proving more popular
TO state boards and their members
than the regulation board room across
the way. The result is the carpet in
the private office is beginning to have
threadbare appearance. The secre-
tary OF state is entitled to new car
pet, in the opinion of those who have
inspected 1t and that official may in
sist soon that one be supplied.
Fritz Hummell was Monday night
elected second lieutenant of Company
II, Boise and John T. Henderson Of
Arco was today commissioned as
battalion quartermaster for the Sc
cond battalion, succeeding Lieutenant
Hummel who resigned that position.
Lieutenant Max B. CARRIER. instruct
or-inspector of the Second infantry,
Idaho national guard, has been asked
to give his military lecture at Salt
Lake, Feb. but has not as yet de-
cided whether he can make the trip.
4 A communication was received by
the public utilities commission today
from W. NJ. Campbell, forest super
visor of the Minidoka national forest,
complaining against the service of the
Cassia Independent Telephone COM
pany, He says it is abominable. and
that double charges are made for tolls.
The forest service in that part of the
state has an agreement for the use of
the Sublet Malta Telephone company's
and the Black Pine Telephone COM
pany's lines over which to transmit
official business. 1t is necessary to
use the Cassia Independent Telephone
Company's lines in connection with IL
for this service such high charges are
made. Allegations are also made that
toll charges collected have not been
turned in.
Members of the state board of edu-
cation left last night for Gooding. Po-
catelo and St. Anthony The deaf and
blind school is being visited today at
Gooding and the Idaho Technical insti-
tute at Pocatello and the Industrial
training school at st. Anthony will al
so be inspected.
state Veterinarian Bodlc was over
to the Payette valley Monday making
an inspection of the stock situation
there and found everything very sat
isfactory
There was received by the governor
today from the United States treasury
department a check for $4,000 repre-
senting the quarterly settlement for
1915 and falling on Dec. 81, for the
Soldiers home.
Special order No. 1s was received
today by Adjutant General Crow from
Eben Swift, colonel of the genera
staff, western department, headquart-
ers San Francisco, designating officer:
to make annual inspections of the spe-
cited arms of the organized militia o.
Idaho. Lieutenant Max p. CARRIER Is
commissioned to make the infantry
inspection and Captain Charles T
King of the medical corps, Vancouvel
barracks, is commissioned to inspec
/. the sanitary troops.
l. tOpleS Oh nay hOllpdnN hoHlI1ent,
issued by Company K of Bull, were
received at the adjutant general!
headquarters in the statehouse today
1t is breezy three column publica
ton breathing the spirit of the new
company mustered in at Bull and /:
decidedly optimistic in tone. Captain
{. V. Briggs is editor of the "Kom
4 ment," and James Slee is manager
The publication shows they are news
papermen, which is paying some littl'
4 tribute to the "Komment." Under tn,
caption, Lieutenant CARRIER Did It
Fl the "Komment" says:
From records now available 1t would
seem that the Idaho guard has in
creased 100 per cent in rifle efficienc.
over last year. This is a remarkably
showing.
We cannot speak for the rest OF tn
companies in the regiment but If the
we're as negligent about the matter a
X company then the credit for thi
s. work should rest with Lieutenant Ma
b. CARRIER. Inspector Instructor, to
= very large extent We had fired bu
& AZ men over the course and were let
S ting the matter drift till the lieuten
q ant brought us up standing.
The season was finished when In
3 thermometer registered Z below. an
8 the ground was covered with a five
81 inch fall of snow.
The installation of exhibits in tn
old central school building OH tn
statehouse grounds is nov being car
ried on. The building is being arrane
ed so that the exhibits can be suitabl
II placed. They are the same ones ths
H the state maintained at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
The cases against the 10 isherme
in Bonner county arrested for failul
to take out licenses to dispose of the
fish, were dismissed on the ground Il
law under which a conviction was a
tempted is too uncertain and indehr
lite in its terms. The last was passC
In tho cacqion Of 1n0a is an, ma ~ .