Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-09

ander to go to Moscow to attend the
school military exercises to be held
thdre February IS.
Articles of Incorporation were filed
today with the secretary of state by
tho Western Supply company of Boise.
This company is capitalized for
$4,000. The incorporators are; Stew
arr j. Gray, Walter j, Gray and Al
berta c. Gray The Congregational
] Church Building society of New York
fled a designation, designating w. j,
Ahbs of Boise as its Idaho agent.
Governor Alexander today appoint
ed Edith Hansen of st. Anthony and
George Herriott of Twin Falls, no.
tary publics.
The archives have been consulted at
the law library and the word has gone
i forth under the capitol dome, that Sat
urday. the anniversary of the birth of
/ Abraham Lincoln. is not a legal holi-
/ day either national or state all of
/ which mems there will be some dis
/ APPOINTED s,atc officials and employees
\ for state Offices will not be ordered
/ clpsed.
/ Governor Alexander today desiEnat-
4 cd r. Hodgin of Moscow to be his per-
sdnal representative and present COM
missions to the cadets in the cadet
/ ha f,f .
| DR.. F.. Q. Sisson. commissioner of
education. left this morning for Bull
where he will address those in attend
ahce at the movable school.
| State Mine Inspector Bell has been
notified of his appointment as honor
afY vice president of the Spokane
Nining Mems club.
! An appeal was filed in the supreme
court in the case of the state of Idaho
! versus Mickey Morton, carried to the
last court of resort on appeal from the
/ Judgment entered against the defend
ant in the Third judicial district court
| fpr Ada county. Morton was convict
cd of maintaining a public nuisance
and fined 5000.
| The judgment of the trial court is
affirmed by the supreme court in an
| opinion handed down last night in the
fase of Charles Dairy versus ]. F.
Cox. The plaintiff was given a judg-
ment for s590.37 in the foreclosure of
d lien for labor performed.
Vt session Of the state highway
commission yesterday afternoon a de-
tislon was reached to pay one third
pr the increased estimated cost of con-
struction of the Uniontown highway in
Nez Perez county providing the states
snare is not greater than $50 900. This
! money will have to come from the
next legislative appropriation, howev-
Pr, as there are no funds available
how. The commission previously had
IRpportioned $4,000 to this highway
but the estimates for It's construction
had 10 be raised over the original fig
ures. The commission pledged itself
to reimburse the Burey highway dis
trict for its share in the construction
of the Pacific Idaho highway. The
state and highway engineer was au-
W
Istruction of bridge across the Malad
river in Gooding county and for the
erection of a bridge for the Union
town highway near Lewiston.
lease between the state and Oregon
Short Line for use of part of the rail-
ways highway in Bliss was approved.
a report received by state officials
from a
Persistent reports are being received
here from ranchers and trappers
throughout the county that the mys-
terious malady, thought to be rabies.
and reported prevalent during the
last month among coyotes in Montana
and southern Idaho, has spread to the
coyotes in this region. The animals
nave apparently lost their fear OF men.
Two dogs returned to Harrison Fri |
day badly slashed and nearly exhaust
ed. 1t is thought they were attacked
by coyotes. They have been confined
ana are being watched foR symptoms |
of hydrophobia.
One trapper found a coyote, caught
by fore paw and surrounded by five |
others. wlich retreated only when he !
approached within 90 yards of them |
Another coyote, apparently demented, !
pursued steamer plying between |
Harrison and Occur d. Alene for two |
miles. The animal ran on the ice a |
short distance from the boat until |
frightened away by a blast of the
whistle.
Ranchers and homesteaders owning |
livestock are taking precautions |
against the coyotes, and as a result |
traps and poison are in great demand. !
1t is understood that the Progress |
sive" committees greeting to r. r. as |