The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-02-03
NEWS NOTES OF IDAHO

1
OF all business and industrial interests
for mutual benefit.
Several carloads Of mail order cat
alogs have arrived in Boise and will
be mailed from this point by parcel
post. Most Of them go TO small towns
throughout the state.
Governor Alexander may not be a
candidate to succeed himself, and
may retire to private life after one
term, according to reports circulating
at Boise. Governor Alexander, how.
ever, is non-committal.
The purchase Of the Idaho q wash.
ington Northern railway by the Mil.
waukee for approximately s5.OOO,O 900
will give the company the right to use
the repair shops at Spirit Lake, Idaho,
to good advantage for mainline work,
according to Vice President II. b. Ear.
ling.
The Mullan Light company, Ltd.
OF Mullan, has voluntarily filed with
the public utilities commission new
schedule OF rates for light and power
in which reduction OF 20 to 20 per
cent is shown. The action OF the com.
pany was the outgrowth OF a hearing
by the commission in Wallace recent.
ly.
on January "a President Wilson
signed an executive order eliminating
a total OF $500 acres from the Mini.
doka national forest, In southeastern
Idaho. The elimination was made on
recommendation by the forest service.
for the reason that the lands involved
have no appreciable value for forest
purposes.
The Idaho Bulletin OF Education.
printed for distribution among high
school students and others interested
In educational matters. will shortly
be issued by the board OF education.
II viii contain facts regarding the
state university, Lewiston State Nor
NAL school, Albion Normal school and
the Idaho Technical institute.
Chief Deputy Game Warden Thorpe
ls In the vicinity of New Meadows.
looking after a herd OF about 90 elk.
which has been unable TO get food,
owing TO the heavy snowfall Mr..
Thorpe and his assistants will en-.
dcayor 10 drive the herd beyond the
Salmon river, which is largely pro.
toctod from storms. und whore the an.
imals eau set food for themselves.
The senate appropriations commit,
tee has adopted an amendment to the
deficiency bin appropriatlng $4,000
10 continue the fight In the forest re-
serves and ON the public domain
against coyotes afflicted with rabies.
Reports from Riverside. Bingham
county, were TO the effect that Melvin
Roberts. a boy. had been shot and
killed In a quarrel. According 10 the
report, pistol was drawn during the
quarrel and In a scuffle II was dis.
charged with fatal results 20 the boy.
Representative Smith. OF Idaho. has
introduced bill giving preference
right OF homestead entry 10 settlers
ON Cary act projects which have
proved or may prove failures. The
bill provides that where lands with.
In Cary act segregation are restored
To- the public domain because OF the
failure 10 secure water for their recla'
nation, those entrymen who have In
good faith done as much as they !
could TO comply with the law shall be
entitled TO a patent to the lands on |
which they settled.
The public utilities commission and
the public service commission OF !
have conourred with the |
ruling OF the public service commis-
sion OF Oregon that the road mileage |
basis OF the territory in which the sig
nal men OF the o.-W, II. a. n. system
operate and TO which they are assign
ed should be used as the basis for di' |
vision. This is according TO eorre- |
spondence between the auditing de- |
partments OF the commissions and OF |
the O.,W. II. q n. company with refer
ence Z, appor'ionment of accounts.
r.s !-,o o. alg~M report of the
Sc Se'H .. .t.'Uals"t has
~ a.. o. o., - s2,f
=, -" 30 j.. 81. o. -"
=, I l. %. 90. q
past yea. %.
state liyestOci arpl's.l f.
dition to showing the ,luml u ~
and hogs treated, II gives nc "a.
laws regarding predatory anima,s,
quarantine proclamations, foot and
mouth disease. and the rules OF the
livestock sanitary board, together
with the causes and treatments of the
several diseases,
The legality of drawing a regular
Jury panel from the Benewah poll list