Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-21
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Under the Capitol Dome
Washington's birthday is legal
holiday in Idaho and state depart
ments win therefore observe it. No
state business will be transacted. All
departments will close for the day.
The banks will also close.
state Game Warden Jones is back
| from trip to the southeast. He Wis
tied the fish hatchery at Hay Spur and
! found it well stock ed. There will be
plenty of spawn there this season.
The state board of examiners was in
session today and completed the task
| the state found correct upon fnvesti-
cation. Others, were held up,
Governor Alexander will deliver a
Washington Grafton tomorrow at Bow
mont. He will leave for there tomor-
row morning.
The supreme court heard argument
today on the appeal in the case en-
titled state of Idaho versus Swan
Berg, appealed from the judgment en-
tered in the Sixth judicial district
court for Bingham county. Berg was
arrested, charged with obstructing the
public highway which he fenced twice
as his own property after being warned
by the roadmaster.
Invitations were showered on Gov
| ernor Alexander for speaking dates
when his mail was opened this morn
ing Several of the invitations are
from temperance organizations. The
National Temperance league wants
him to speak June 26 at Indianapolis
and guarantees all expenses. re-
preventative of the New York legisla-
ture and the New York World asked
his opinion on the effect of prohibit
ton. The lroquois club of Chicago
asks him to pay that organization a
visit. Blackfoot wants him to address
the citizens there March T. He has &C
cepted an invitation to speak at Black
foot, Feb. 20. The governor states that
in all of his addresses scheduled for
various points in this state aside from
the one for BoWmont tomorrow he will
give to the people an account of his
stewardship as their governor during
the first year of his term.
i A friend OF the governor forwarded
to him by mail today the following
clipping published in The West, Flor
ence, Ore, this month:
The editor of one of Portland's great
. i ho IN
street the other day: THE dry law is
being enforced amazingly we'll This
is largely due to the wonderful mani
festation of banked public sentiment
at the business mems lunch for Gov
ernor Alexander in connection with the
state convention recently. If the league
did nothing else in year. that alone
was worth a years cost Of supporting
the league. 1t will save the Multno-
NAH county taxpayers many times the
cost of the league for a year in saving
court costs on prosecutions of offenses
prevented. 1t will also save costs
to every other county in the
a pace in law enforcement the
rural counties will not dare to be less
vigilant. That convention and lunch
was worth a lot TO the state and the
league deserves support at the hands
OF Oregonians."-Th New Republic.
Governor Alexander has accepted the
invitation to speak at the Wilson day
banquet in Idaho Falls on the evening
Of March A. Governor Alexander is a
member OF the Bonneville County
Woodrow Wilson club and the various
committees of the club have the ar
rangements of the banquet we'll under
way The Rev. DIR. Sutcliffe OF the
Presbyterian church has extended an
invitation to the governor to speak
under the auspices of the Presbyterian
church on the Sunday following Will
son day. and the governor has writ
ten his acceptance of this invitation.
Through invitation of Superintendent
Shank of that city's schools, Cover
nor Alexander will remain over until
Monday morning and address the pu-
pills of the high school at the opening
exercises.
Arthur NJ. Bowen. former state sen
ator from Blaine county, now located
at Twin Falls, was in the city Satlr-
day on legal business and took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to call on
state officials.
DR.. Edward O. Sisson, commits
sioner of education, is in receipt
Of a copy of School and Society pub
lshed in New York. This magazine
contains an address delivered by Com
missioner Sisson while he was in the
| east on the subject, Some Charac-
teristics of the High School Movement
in Three Far Northwestern States"
The speaker paid a high tribute to the
educational system followed in this and
other northwestern states. Speaking