Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-18
Under The Capitol Dome

i. v. Patch. former adjutant general
and an announced candidate for lieu
tenant governor III the Republican pri-
maries, was q caller today al the state
house. visiting the public utilities COM
mission and adjutant generals depart
ment. He expressed satisfaction over
the manner in which the announce
ment Of his candidacy was received.
A brief, 50 pages long, was filed with
the public utilities commission by the
Pocatello Water company defending its
application for permission from the
commission to raise It's rates for wat
er ia the city Of Pocatello.
The militia company at Emmett
made an excellent showing at the an
Inual inspection which took place there
last night This is the word that
Major woodson Jeffries, Lieutenant
CARRIER, U. S. A, instructor inspector
and Sergeant Bowling, u S. A., SER
geant-instructor brought back with
them to the adjutant generals head
quarters today.
Articles OF incorporation were nled
with the secretary Of state by the
Magic Golfer Mining company Of Wal
lace, capitalized for 100000 The
shareholders and incorporators are
Joseph Turner, Dan Hayden william
Fail, Harry Turner and James II. Tay-
Tor.
G. H. Lee, Seventeenth and Bannock
streets, Boise. has filed a complaint
before the public utilities commission
against the Capital Water company in
which he alleges that company seeks
to charge him S6 for each tap installed
and refuses to extend its pipe lines
from the curling to his property
Burpee L. Sleeves. lieutenant gov
ernor of Idaho in 1905-6, is in the city
visiting with his many friends Dr.
Sleeves is now resident of Salem.
Ore, OF which city he was mayor one
term AS lieutenant governor Of this
state he signed the bill authorizing the
erection Of Idaho's new capitol build
first time yesterday
Announcement is made of the resig-
nation of A. Nj. Winslow, assistant
professor Of engineering at the Uni
versity Of Idaho. Professor c. A.
Hogentogler, a graduate of the Penn
sylvania state college has been elected
by the state board Of education, on rec
concentration Of President Brannon, to
succeed Professor Winslow.
state Bacteriologiat Laubaugh has
received as one OF his pasteur pa
tents, hve-year- old boy from Twin
Falls who was bitten by a dog who
later showed signs of rabies and was
killed.
State Mine Inspector Bell is back
from a trip in the east AS Idaho's
delegate he attended the National Mine
Safety conference at Washington, d. c.,
taking an active part In the proceed
ings FOR which he was eomplimented
BY Franklin X. Lane, secretary Of the
interior, in letter 10 the governor.
Inspector Bell was AFFORDED the oppor.
tunity of meeting President and Mrs.
Wilson. He also visited the United
States geological department and the
United States bureau of mines. He
was promised an early investigation
of the oil and gas fields of western
Idaho MIR. Bell also stopped at Chi
eago visiting the University Of Illi-
nois at Urbana where he investigated
fertilizer minerals and discussed the
subject with DR. Cyril @. Hopkins.
The supreme court handed down a
decision last night affirming the
Judgment of conviction in the case of
state Of Idaho versus Swan Berg. who
was fined 500 for obstructing pub
lie highway.
G. Clyde Baldwin. IN charge Of the
stream measurement department OF the
United States geological survey has
been notified that he will continue 10
maintain his headquarters in this city.
II was thought al one time he would
be transferred to Salt Lake.
The faculty women of the Univer-
sity OF Idaho have secured the collec-
ton Of paintings in oil and water
colors of Mrs. 2. Q. sisson. wife OF
| DR.. Sisson, commissioner Of educa-
ton, and have arranged to put them
on display at the university for two
weeks. Included among the paintings
are rs of Idaho scenery.
HIAWATHA lump. $3.50. stove, 81:
nut, $3.50. Western S. @. Co. . a Grove