Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-09

nation OF ]. Fl. HUMPHREYS OF the Idaho II
Industrial training school at st. An
thony. which will be accepted, 1t is I'M
derstood.
DIR. e. O. Siss On. commissioner of 4
education. is at Mountain Home con- |,
ferripg with school trustees. He is ex-
pected back today or tomorrow.
| Governor Alexander yesterday APP |
! pointed Elsie e. Tye of Mountain
Home notary public, and the COM
mission was issued by the secretary of
state.
| Articles of Incorporation were fled
with the secretary of state by the Bak-
er Lumber company. Nevada corpor-
alton. The company is capitalized for
100000. Its property Is located at
Baker, Lemhi county The incorpor-
ators are Alfred w. Nieman. Gladys
Nieman and julius Reihman, president,
secretary and treasurer respectively, all
of Chicago.
The state land board Is scheduled to
hold meeting next Monday. at which
time a number of matters relating to
the states land business will be taken
up for consideration.
Paul Clagstone, former speaker OF
the house of representatives, was nam
ed secretary of the Northwest Live
stock association, and a letter advis-
ing him of his election will be sent
this morning. The selection was made
by committee of officials of the as
sociation and Lewiston citizens who
were selected some time ago to take
charge of the arrangements for the
show and organize the campaign for
securing the necessary finances. This
committee is composed of d. s. Wal
lace Of Tammany, f. ]. 1ddings Of
Moscow. r. c. Beach OF Lewiston, rep
resenting the stock show association,
and J. e. Kincaid and R. S. Erb, rep
resenting the Lewiston Commercial
, club. The meeting yesterday was at
tended by all members of the commit
, tee and organization was effected by
the election of ID. s. Wallace, chair
man, and j. +. kncaid, secretary. Mr..
Beach, treasurer of the stock show as
ISOLATION, will act as treasurer of the
!. committee.
The agricultural experiment station
of the university has just issued a
bulletin prepared jointly by the depart
ments of botany and veterinary sci
cnce. Floyd W. Gail wrote the section
I dealing with poisonous plants of Ida
no. and DIR. A. R. Hahner, prepared the
treatise on some suggested remedies
for these diseases.
Idaho is a mountainous state with
d more open prairies in tho southern
n heavy forests in the northern half and
= half. 1t is one of the best grazing
II states, and 1t is probable that grazing
will be an important factor in the live
- stock industry of the state. Many in
'e uuiries have been received at the uni
T. versity relative to isonous plants
IL and many specimens suspected of be
, ing poisonous to man as we'll as to live
$ stock have been sent to Mr.. Gail 70
8. identification. These inquiries hav,
u come from farmers, business men, ant
Il professional men. 1t is safe to sa.
$ that the losses last year from poison
S. Gus plants amounted to several mil
y lions of dollars.
In an action filed by Attorney Johl
p. Gray of Occur d'Alene on behalf o
u Herman J. Ross of Wallace, presiden
of the state board of education, tn
II supreme court will hear evidence a
the Lev iston or Occur d'Alene terri
J | relative to the rights of the uniyersit
, board of regents to have control Q
y land endowments of the government
granted TO the university and agricul
y tural college. says the Star Mirro
he Moscow.
~ For many years past these land
pe have been under the control and sup
30 ervision of the state land board an
Attorney General Peterson in recer
. opinion declared that they were prop
is erly so in control Of the land board.
ne Mr.. Rossi has been investigating tn
" matter at some length for severe
~ months past and from legal adve
from several sources became cor
WINGED thai the opinion rendered b
as the attorney general was in erro
~ With this in view Mr.. Ross person
i's ally retained Attorney Gray to carr
10 the matter through the courts.
~ MIR. Rossis term member of III
vi state board of education will cxpii
en- tomorrow but this will in no Wis
d" change his views in the matter and |
y will remain in the present suit unit
II the issue is settled in the courts.
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