Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-09-01
PROHIBS WILL NAME
STATE TICKET SEPT. 5
Effort Being Made to Have the DRY" Forces
Nominate Alexander for Governor Other
Items of Interest from Boise.

ing was the consent of the dry
forces. That is still lacking and II is
regarded as certain that it will con
tinue SO. The governors claim to be
tho original prohibitionist of the ter
ritory and state does not seem to be
based on anything more substantial
than his desire to have this believed.
Equalization Board Still Working
The state board, after working
over the tax rolls steadily for three
weeks, on Saturday night were com
PEELED to adjourn with part of the
work undone. The board was in ses-
sion yesterday for the purpose of
fixing values for taxation on the rail-
road, telegraph and telephone lines
and on other public utilities. During
the protracted sessions of the board
the matters of these valuations have
been gone over exhaustively and it
is believed that the decisions will be
regarded as eminently satisfactory.
Outside the public utilities, the
greatest demand on the time and at
tention of the board has been in re-
gard to the enormous timber re-
sources of the state. Representatives
of the various timber companies ap-
peared before the board, and the or
ders that have been made have
brought about what is regarded as
fair and equal valuation on the
standing timber of the state.
New State Appointees
Two new state appointments were
made during the past week. H. Har-
Ian, who for the past two years has
been president of the state board of
education, was selected register of
the state land board, to fill the va
cancy which has existed in a titular
way at least ever since the retire
ment of Ned Jenness, more than a
year ago.
The new register has been a good
deal of a state figure in Idaho for
a number of years. He has for sew
eral years been head of the state
grange with a membership of be-
tween four and five thousand farm
| ers. He is a man of undoubted pro-
bity, of experience in business and
public life, and the general express
sion of sentiment was that a fine
selection had been made.
Mr. Harlan having resigned from
the state board of education the
governor has appointed R. M. Ter
rell of Pocatello, who is also report
ed to be a man of recognized ability
in business and public life, to fill
| Cne Vacancy. Inc pFesiueHI VI lus
state board of education has now
gone to Hon Evan Evans, long &
member of the board.
Pioneers Passing On
On Wednesday last one of tn,
oldest in point of continuous resi-
dence of the pioneers of Idaho pass
ed out of life very suddenly. Thii
was Mrs Ephraim Smith of Boise
who died at her rooms at the Crane
Hotel on Wednesday. Aug. %, II
her 85th year. Mrs. Smith was mar
ried in California in 1854 to DIR
Ephraim Smith. They came to Idah,
in 1862, first settling in Florence
then a great mining camp. After
few months they removed to Boise
and for more than 54 years Mrs
! Smith has made her home in thi
state For nearly a half century sh
lived in the Smith house on 10th an
Grove streets where the Majesti
theater now stands. DIR. Smith wa
the pioner physician of the Bois
valley, and it is believed that Mri
Smith at the time of her death wa
the oldest resident of the capital cit
. in point of residence.