Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-02
Under the Capitol Dome

FEB. Id Tor the settlers on the Twin
Falls Oakley project The object of
the hearing is to investigate the con-
dititons surrounding that project.
Sam johnson, member of the
Hagerman highway district and Will
liam Blackwood, contractor for the con-
struction of roads within the district,
are in the city today and called on the
fish and game department. They are
here to settle up highway district mat
| tiers.
The fish and game department
through Warden Jones has asked the
government to give the state two car
loads of elk, one for Twin Falls and
Cassia counties and the other for
Oneida, Twin Falls and Bear Lake
counties.
Commissioners Ramstedt and Gra-
ham of the public utilities commission,
are marooned at Pocatello and We're
unable to start for Boise, owing to the
inadequacy of the train service. They
went to Idaho Falls to conduct hear
ing into the gas situation there.
w. H. Thorpe, chief deputy with the
fish and game department, is over at
Council and judging from the looks of
\ the weather will not be back for some
time. Warden Jones had a talk with
him over the long distance telephone
this morning and he said the snow is
seven feet deep on the level there. He
went Ger to assist in feeding the elk
in the Black Lake game preserve.
The public utilities commission is in
receipt of a complaint from a resident
of Centerville that the Mountain
States Telegraph & Telegraph COM
pany charged him 10 per cent to tele-
graph money to Boise. He sent $25 to
his wife in this city. The commission
finds there is no schedule of rates on
file with it.
The FISH and game department this
week sent a shipment of quail to Ban
mock county and a consignment of
spawn to Standpoint hatchery. Inves-
tigation was made into the report that
deer We're marooned in st. Charles,
Bear Lake county but it was found this
report was incorrect.
The supreme court today heard ar
gument on the appeal in the case of j.
j. Keane versus M. c. Kibble a case
on rehearing before that tribunal The
appeal is from the judgment entered in
the Third judicial district court for
Ada county by Judge Davis who denied
a motion to set aside the appointment
of a receiver The supreme court in
its decision affirmed the lower court
The case represents an action to have
a written instrument in form of a con-
ditional sale note, decreed to be a
chattel mortgage and foreclosed
Governor Alexander today appointed
the following notary publics: w. j.
Chandler of Rigby and Aaron F. Park
er of Grangeville. Their commissions
will be issued by the secretary of state.
A petition was received by the fish
and game department today by set
tiers in Lemhi and Custer counties
, asking for permission to fish white
fish. The game warden stated that
the deputy there could designate six
: people to fish through the ice.
State Horticultural Inspector Gra-
ham will leave today for Twin Falls to
attend the state horticultural confer
ence at Twin Falls If the trains are
able to get through the heavy snow.
Lieutenant Max B. CARRIER, u. s. A..
instructor inspector of the Second in
fantry, Idaho National Guard, has been
detailed to make an official inspection
of the Utah state militia composed OF
: five companies, during the month of
; March.
; That the deer up along the Boise
river some 80 miles from this city are
suffering from shortage of feed as a
result of the heavy SHOWS, is evident
from the information that has reached
State Game Warden Jones. Deputies
, will be sent out to ascertain the true
condition of the animals and supply
them with food.
Many public utilities of this state
have failed to submit their annual re-
2 ports to the public utilities commission
as required by law. A list of the de-
linquents is now being made by Secre-
tary Gallet of the commission and
they will be notified that such reports
must be submitted.
Regarding the activity of one of the
deputy state game wardens. the Trib-
une, Pocatello, says:
Deputy Game Warden L. r. Lehr-
] bas has been keeping tab on the mum
4 Der of ducks shot in his district dur
? ing the last open season, and estimates
y very conservatively that about $4,000
] came to the bag of the sportsmen OF
\ the district, which is probably a good
estimate.
Federal deputies were requested to
1 commence an estimate at the first OF
the open season, last October. of the
Y number of birds killed in their dis
i tricts. and these findings were re-