American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-27
NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
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Robert VI. McCracken of Boise pres
ent incumbents) and Burton L. French
OF Moscow and +. +. Elliott of Bon
ners Ferry. For secretary Of state
the present incumbent. George X. Bar
ker has filed. and announcement has
been made that John ID. Robertson of
Weiser Is TO file. Word comes from
the north that Chauncey Wallace OF
Nee Perce may do so. For state au-
ditor Republicans who have filed are
George W. Lewis and l.. l.. Folsom
OF Boise, and W. s. Parkhurst of Rich
field. For attorney general the Re-
publicans are NJ. j. Sweeley of Twin
4 Falls and c. A. Sinderlfn OF Burley.
For school superintendent, Miss Red
held OF Lewiston M Miss Dryden of
Moscow, have announced their ambi-
lions. For lieutenant governor Cap
tain l.. V. Patch now at Nogales, Ariz.,
is the only candidate. Robert N. Bell
of Boise will be the Republican can-
didate for mine inspector.
The supreme court which is deter
mined non-partisanly, has three an
nounced candidates for the primary
election. These are Chief Justice /.
y. Sullivan, who has been twenty-five
years on the supreme bench; Robt. N.
Dunn OF Occur d'Alene and John c.
Rice. Ii may be said that these gem
tlemen are without politics, but In the
world OF every day men the first two
named are Republicans, while Mr..
Rice Is widely known as a Democrat.
work on the state Highway Commits
sion.
The state highway commission,
through Secretary of State Barker,
has submitted a report Of its activi-
ties during h year ending June 1,
1915. This report shows that work
has been accomplished I'm the con-
structiOn Of roads In many part of
the state. although the major portion
OF the work has been lone In the
southern and central portion. The re-
port shows that cash on hand when
the report was made was less than
$1,000, while the estimated expenditure
OF the highway department, for the
last seven months Of the year will ex-
coed $780, 900 without taking over any
new projects. The total receipts OF
the commission from all sources for
the year reported we're 67O,874.75.
This money came from a variety Of
sources. The largest single item was
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auto n motor licenses brought In
1924. 283.07. The receipts from the
various counties amounted to $345. 891.-
AZ, while there IA refunded ON war
rants, $7000.z1. The expenditures of
the commission were $740, 1856. 10.
Expenditures we're made by highway
districts n by counties. District
fund expenditures are given as fol-
| Iowa nlfaa ddt~tnt "a QEE n Dahl
$19, IS, Burnley $59,649.71 Lewiston
$11. 229.98, Richield $12, 5S3 "a, Nampa
$7,7l6.l9, ShoshOne 1857. 06, Weiser
Valley $S,O74,S3, Canyon county No. 1
$3,532.70, Washington county No. l
$1,340.47, Hagerman 3 4,954.9S, Power
county No. l SAC. 1906 .88. Gilmore county
Yates Center district 81, $40. so. Sho-
shone falls convict camp $7.111.77.
The total expenditures made by
counties for roads. bridges and culverts
on the state highway system we're as
follows: Ada $685. 0 Bsnnock
1852 .849.53, Bear Lake 90 .461. 10, Bing-
ham $4.676.32, Blaine $41.521.57, Bon
neville $S1s.41, Canyon s1s.220!64. FIRE.
mont s30.325,73. Kootenai $~3.764.12.
Madison 81, 1874. As. Twin Falls $751; |
800. As. Washington $4.225.20.
state Board OF Equalization.
The state board OF equalization will
meet In regular session at the capital
TWO weeks from today, when 1t Is ex-
pected that abstracts OF the real es-
tate tax rolls of all the counties will
be at hand for consideration SO far
the state auditor has received but one
abstract. that of Custer county. This
shows the total real estate valuation
OF the county for purposes of taxation
to be S2.97S,2 67, an increase over the
previous year OF $174,452. The first
of the most important public utilities
reporting to the state board is the
Pacific States Telegraph and Tele-
phone company Its report which has
just been filed shows a net earning in
Idaho for 1915 of 1906. S13. S2-an in
crease over the former years of $780, |
S91.24 The net return for the past
years business was about IS per cent
OF the gross income.
More Land for Homesteaders.
The state land board has released
from Carey Act withdraw val 10000
acres of choice dry farm and In Owy- !
hee county. which has been held from
settlement during the past six years,
rs a part OF the Bruneau project. This
land lies south and west OF Hager- !
man and Is distant from that point
from 16 to Is miles. II will be some
time before the land can be filed on.
Filings when notice Is given will have
to be before the HALEY land office.
For Governor 1t Is ID. w. Davis. the
American Falls banker. against the
field. Fully one-half of the delegates
to the platform convention are for
him and he is the only candidate
with any considerable following. Mr..
Davis campaign slogan OF a "taxless
state" Is understood to be attracting
the farming communities. Neither
Crum nor Taylor. the northern Idaho
aspirants. will get out of the way for
the other. and In consequence the vote
OF the north will be divided between
than and nathan will coma south. IL \