Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM STATE CAPITAL
Telephone Company and Highway Commission
File Annual Reports Interest Paid on the
Huston Loans.

Boise. July 24.-The state board
of equalization which meets for its
annual session on the second Monday
in August. on Friday of last week re
ceived the first abstract OF county
tax roll, This came from Custer
county, one OF the most isolated com
monwealths of the state The 1916
roll shows valuation OF 1878. .2G7,
an increase over the former year of
STA ,4b2, Ii Is expected that most
of the counties will report their ab-
stracts to the state auditor by the
end Of the present week Abstract
as received do not include what are
called personal property or supple
mental rolls. In the abstracts NJ
present received there In quantity
Of personal property listed. being
of the character that can be attached
to real estate
The first OF the more important
public utilities report to the state
board Of equalization IL the Noun
ain States Telegraph and Telephone
company This report was received
the middle Of last week II shows
the total net earnings of the com
pany In Idaho for the year ending
June 80. as $30G.St3.S2. az con
trasted with $27G.432 5s last year
an increase OF L per cent The
gross earnings of the company WERE
$7l2,S6l A. for last year as com
pared with $G7t.9f7 60 for the pre-
viOus year
state Highway Commission Report
The Idaho state highway commits
sion has filed its annual report foI
the year ending June /. 1916. The
total receipts of the commission for
the period noted were sG7O,g747b.
The expenditures of the commission
aggregate S740.7sB 10 On that
date there WAS n balance remaining
In the road fund of 81 G.Gg2OS II is
estimated the expenditures OF the
department for the last seven
months of this year will aggregate
$4,000
The total expenditures made by the
counties for roads, bridges and cui-
vcrts on the state highway system,
is given as follows
Ada. $29 .038.20. Bannock. S162.
S49,53; Bear Lake. S22.46t.1O;
Bingham. S4.G7G32. Blaine. SAL
521.57 bonneville. ss19.41. Can,
yon, Sl5,22O64. Fremont, $780,
325.73; Kootenai. s3.7G4f2 MadI-
sons n,$l7,9s445 Twin Falls, s87..
S16,45; Washington. S4t225.2O
The Huston Loans Again.
The Huston land loans by the
state land board again became mat
ter of public interest on Saturday
when F.. w Yeomans of Boise ap-
poared at the state treasuTeT'a Of
flee and rendered S333.s0 interest to
July /. 1916. ON the $4,000 loaned
on the Huston land near Idaho Falls
The money WAS accepted by the state
treasurer Just what this payment
poTtendH cannot be determined At
meeting of the land board week
ago the attorney general was In
structed 70 bring suit for the resets
sion of the mortgages held by the
state against the 40 acres ~ the
Huston land That officer has not
yet taken any action II was an
nOunced that a trade was In pro-
greBs between Mr. Yeomans and the
state auditor for the Yeomans Flats
In Boise. This trade IL is reported
had not been contaminated. hut II
i8 expected that II Will be A all
OF the membeB Of the land board are
out Of the city. what effect the at
tion of Mr. Yeomans Will have on the
action Of the board could not be De,
termined
North and South HOad Cost.
State Highway Engineer. r. NJ.
Booth on Fridsy filed with the state
highway commission an estimate
and report on the proposed north ana
south highway. extending from Wei
ser In Washington county. to the line
between Idaho and Lewis counties.
close TO the town of Cottonwood
Engineer Booth reports that the
building Of this road. although In
places expensive In type, does not
present any serious engineering prob
lens. nor will the upkeep be mat
ter OF great expense and difficulty.
The total cost Of about 1877 miles Of
road. according To the estimate. would
be 1892 .O36. II IL admitted how
ever. by the engineer that the eati.
mate Is much too low. aud II liz gen
orally believed that the cost 0f con.
stTuction of this road could not safe
w be placed at less than s625.00O
The building OF this road IL ad
yocated In the Republican platform
the plan proposed being that the
work Of construction be done by la.
Dor from the state prison II ia
contended BY those Who are aequa int
ed with the route 10 be followed that
by using of prisoners In the peniteh
tiary all who are fitted for that
work. and by the addition Of a rel
atively small amount Of road build
ing material. that the work could b.
I completed At a less cost than under
contract. and al the same time a re-
gultant saving oI the guarding anC