Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-17
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daughter was born yesterday to
Mr. and Mrs. r. E. Barber at their
home on the bench.
A. j. Ashcroft, an elderly man, was
sent to the asylum at Blackfoot today
to receive treatment for insanity.
The Thistle club of Boise will hold
its annual Burns celebration (for Scots
only in the G. A. r. hall Jan. Is.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church will serve dinner from $40 to
Z o'clock Tuesday evening in the Y. NJ.
I c. A. parlors.
The Ladies of the Macabees will play
five hundred and give a social in their
hall tomorrow afternoon. All members
and friends are invited
The comfy commissioners began
work today selecting names for jury
duty for 1916. Under the new law they
may select 800 names and will likely
do this, as $50 were selected last year
and the number lasted less than half
the year.
The Boise Council of Women Voters
will have the interesting subject of
Socialism the Great World War up
for consideration this evening at it's
regular meeting at the council cham
Der of the city hall. Russell Massey
will speak.
DIR. Edward o. Sisson viii deliver the
first of a series of lectures at the Com
mercial club next Friday evening at
o'clock upon the topic, The Physical
Basis-Body and Soul" Fathers and
mothers are urged to attend these lee
! lures. DR. Sisson gave the same series
in Portland and every lecture was
largely attended
A jury was secured in district court
today to try the case of the state
versus j. b. Hinkley, a case wherein
the defendant is charged with forgery
in the sum of $40. The complaint al
legged that Huxley forged the name
of f. w Engelke to a check which was
passed at the Pacific National bank.
Claude w. Gibson is representing the
defendant.
A meeting of the members of the
Boise Commercial club will be held in
the club rooms Wednesday evening at
/ s o'clock. Matters of Importance are
to be discussed, among which will be
! National Pay Up Week." movement
which is known and being observed
throughout the east. Local conditions
are also to be discussed and those who
have ideas on matters of import to the
/ city are invited to present them at the
meeting.
The Birth of Christ" the beautiful
Christmas cantata written by Rev
Remi s. Keyzer. was given Sunday
night at st. Johns hall, being repeat
/ ed upon request of quite number of
the members of the congregation who
were unable to hear it when it was
| first given on the occasion of Father
Keyzer's jubilee. The cantata was
most beautifully rendered and in
solos, duets, trios and chorus the story
of the birth of the savior was told.
This morning the second case under
the new liquor law was filed in Judge
Hays court by Chief of Police Parker.
He lodged a complaint against Eli
Rukavina for being drunk and conduct
ing himself in anything but an orderly
manner on the streets. When ar
raigned before Judge HAYS he entered a
plea of guilty and the court imposed a
/ fine of SIS with costs of SO for the of
Tense. Rukavina operates a roeming
and boarding house at 800 Idaho street
and the drinking took place there. the
/ liquor. having been brought In. said the
defendant, by man from salt Lake,
who was not to be found today, he hav-
! ing left the city