Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-29


eoyote were dumped off for the state
to check on the bounties due by cut
ting off the feet. The animals were
killed up above Garden valley. The
state pays bounty of $40 on bear and
$3.50 on coyotes. After the feet were
removed the skins were thrown back
in the wagon and remain the property
of the man who killed them. He re-
ceived from SIS to $40 for the skins.
Several were from brown bears and
very handsome. The heavy bounty
paid for bears is considered by many
too large and an effort will be made to
have the legislature remove them al
together, 1t Is said. Bear in Idaho are
claimed to be harmless and 1t is as
I serted do little damage to livestock.
| The somewhat unusual sight of
squirrels jumping around the steps at
the state capitol building was witnessed
today, They have almost become pets
and make themselves very much at
home about the exterior of the build
! ing and in The trees.
d. c. MacWatters, general manager
for the Twin Falls Oakley irrigation
project. failed to secure the consent of
the state land board to rescind its or
der made last spring giving to the set
tiers on that project an extension of
| time In which to make final proof. In
November the board will take the mat
ter up with the attorney for the set
tiers and If he consents to resembling
the order 1t may be rescinded at that
time. Mr.. MacWatters explained the
company wishes to cut down the acre.
age in the project to $4,000 acres, as
recommended, and resembling of the
order would only affect non residents
He clashed with the governor over the
statement of the latter that the irriga-
ton company had claimed the settlers
had no rights. To prove they had, the
| governor said the state had been fore
ed to go into court. Mr.. MacWatters
denied that any such statement had
either been made by himself or the
| company.
A. B. Kennedy. Jr., of Roberts for
warded to the state bacteriologist de-
| partment the head OF a dog for exam
ination. The animal was killed for
fear it had rabies.
o. H. Barber publisher of the Amer
lean Falls Press, former state game
warden, is in the city for a few days
visit and leaves Saturday for his home.
He expressed himself as greatly pleas
| ed with the Gem state fair. Mr.. Bar
Der called on state officials today.
| Members Of the state highway COM
mission and good road advocates
| generally in southern Idaho are inter-
ested in the following report from
| Lewiston:
October IL has been selected as the
| date for the meeting of the North and
| South Idaho State Highway association
to be held in Lewiston. At that time
| representatives from the different
| counties and highway districts of north
and south Idaho will gather at Lewis
| ton to devise ways and means of TAX
| ing concerted action for the building
| of an automobile highway between the
two ends of the state. When completed
the proposed highway, it is said, will
| rival in beauty the famous Columbia
highway
The people of the south are as anx-
ious to have direct communication with
the north as are the north Idaho people
to have a modern highway extending
into the south" said DR.. J. J. Herring
ton, who just returned from south Ida
no. "The sentiment for this improve
ment has already been created and now
1t is only a matter of organization to
secure whatever assitance that is ne
cessary to insure the construction OF
this highway.
THE opinion prevails In the south
that the construction ot this highway
will remove the barrier that has separ
ated the north from the south from the
very beginning OF ldano as a territory
AS the state has grown in population
and It's varied resources have been de-
veloped, this separation has been more
pronounced until a condition has been
reached in which there is little in COM
mon between the people of the north
and the people of the south.
practically all the north Idaho PEG
pie join in the view that the building OF
the north and south state highway will
establish much closer relationship
between these sections of the state, and
there is apparently no opposition to the
plan for the state to join very literally
in the matter of this Improvement"
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