Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-18

have been filed with the public utilities
commission By common carriers as fol-
lows:
Oregon Short Line--From Mountain
Home. Vale. weiser and intermediate
points to Boise, effective April Fl and
20, rate of one and one-third fare Tor
the round trip to Boise on account the.
motion picture play, THE Birth Of a
Nation"
Oregon Short Line-Effective April
15, reduced rate on canned goods,
car loads. minimum weight 10000,
Boist to Twin Falls.
| Pacific & idaho Northern-Effectiv
May Is to 2S, New Meadows and other
points to Boise one and one-third fare
round trip for Seven-Day Adventists
camp meeting.
| Oregon Washington Railway & Nav
! igation-Effect April 10 and 20 with a
return limit April 26. special rates for
Progressive state convention at Boise
April %, 'to-wit: Spokane :. to Boise,
$1S.05; Lewiston to Boise, SIT: Grange
Vile to Boise, s21.o5.
/ Oregon Short Line railroad--Effec-
tive April 20, u and 20, one fare for
round trip from all points to Boise on
account Of Progressive state conven-
/ ton April %.
An appeal was flied in the supreme
court today from the judgment of con-
viction and sentence of As days in the
tcounty jail and a fine of 500 imposed
4 in the Seventh judicial district court
| for Washington county in the case of
the state of Idaho versus d. B. Rich
4 ~ AaPa NJ found
guilty OF unlawfully having in his pos
session Intoxicating liquor. to-wit
whisky and beer.
Idaho will have a strong delegation
to the National Conservation congress
when it assemblies at Washington, May
2. 8 and A for Governor Alexander today
appointed the following delegates to re-
present this state: United States SEN
ator William e. Borah; United States
Senator James H. Brady, Ex-Governor
James H. Hawley. of Boise; Jess D.
Hawley, of Boise Harry L. Day, Of
Wallace; DR.. ]. B. Morris, of Lewiston;
e. A. VanSicklin, Of Weiser; w. D..
Humiston. Of Potlatch; w. A. Cough
amour, of Payette; /. w. Rockwell, Of
Bellevue; James DuclSworth, of Black
FOOT Clarence White, of Occur d.
Alene: H. r. Dicke, of Boise; d. w.
Standrod, of Pocatello; Mark Austin,
Of Rexburg.
George L. Morrison, the new county
agent for Fremont county, held a con-
ference today with Professor Hoch-
baum and County Agents w. F. Nc
Call and Fred L. Williams at the Uni
versity of Idaho extension department
at the statehopse.
President Axiine of the state normal
school at Albion, accompanied by Pro-
lessor Werner, left last night for Spo-
lkane to attend the Inland Empire
Teachers association convention and
to visit the Lewiston normal and state
normal at Cheney, Wash.
Mrs. Olive Havens, a prominent club
woman of Utah, president Of the Utah
Home Industries association, has been
appointed a member of the extension
Il department of the University of Ida
no and left today for Weiser to deliver
an address before the outlook club.
Il Transcript of appeal was filed in the
supreme court in the case of John e.
Rees versus o. w. Gorham. The liti-
cation involves mortgages on mining
claims. The appeal is from the judg-
ment entered in the Fourth judicial dis
ltrict court for Lincoln county.
Former State Senator Fred w. Hast
,ings of Wendell is in the city today
land called on state officials. He says
THAT conditions in his section Of the
state are excellent and good crops are
looked forward to this year.
The public utilities commission took
under advisement the complaint of the
local union of the International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers against
the Electric Investment company,
charging alleged violation of section
10 Of the rules governing overhead con-
struction which the union charges
caused the death of George Ness. The
hearing before the commission took all
LOT yesterday. A dummy pole line con-
structed by w. G. Swendsen, engineer
with the state engineering department
assigned to commission work, was us :
ed before the commission to illustrate
the construction work.
Dr. f. o. Sisson, commissioner Of
education, left last night for Spokane
to attend the convention OF the Inland
Empire Teachers association. DR..
Sisson will deliver an address before
the convention on simplified spelling.
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