Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-25

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1.-THE Little Red Bull as a Political
Asset" ..... Hon. Ravenel Macbeth
How Does 1t Feel to Be Idaho's
Foremost Citizen?" .............
.......H Hon. James H. Hawley
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UNDER THE CAPITOL
DOME
President Axel P. Ramstedt and
Commissioners John w. Graham and
A. L. F'reehafer, returned last night
from an extended trip to the northern
part of the state where hearings were
held at Kendrick, Troy. Wallace and
other points.
Deputy j. d. Irwin with the state
veterinarians department, reported
hog cholera in Canyon county, to the
department today. The case is being
handled promptly to prevent spread
of the disease. There is little of it in
Idaho now.
The state today received a check for
$6.669.20. representing per cent Of all
! returns from land sales made by the
United States in this state in 1915.
| The check was turned over to the
state treasurer who deposited it To
the credit of the permanent school
! fund.
| The public utilities commission took
under advisement the case of the city
of Occur d. Alene against the Inter
state Utilities company and gave the
city until March l in which to file
briefs.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state by the
Quartz Creek Gold Dredging company
of Lewiston, capitalized for 5000, 900.
! The incorporators are named as w. ].
and r. c. Harris and Alexander Kas-
berg. ID. w. jackson of Delta, Sho-
shone county. was designated agent
for Idaho of the Belmont Bonner Min
ing company and Leroy Hooper, agent
in this state for the Nellie Mining &
Leasing company.
The Northern Pacific Railway com
pany and the Oregon Washington
Railroad & Navigation company have
made application to the utilities COM
mission to put into effect on March 1
an advance in the minimum carload
weights on flour, feed. grain and mill
stuifs of from $4,000 to 10000.
State Mine Inspector Robert y. Bell
was taken suddenly i'll at his office at
the statehouse yesterday afternoon at
about o'clock and was removed to his
home. Pains in the side indicating APP
pendicitis was the cause He is still
i'll today Mr.. Bell had just completed
the task of preparing his annual re-
port and getting it off to the printer.
1t has been found impossible to run
trains on schedule over the Pacific &
Idaho Northern railroad owing to the
snow slides. This information has
been transmitted to the utilities COM
mission by T. NJ. Heigho, receiver and
active manager of that road. A snow
pillow is in action attempting to clear
the tracks.
Solicitors are unwelcome at the
statehouse. They were politely turn
ed down and informed they were not
wanted when a sign was posted, read
ing as follows No soliciting allow
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capitol building board" State officials
have been bothered and pestered, they
say. over the activity of agents can
vassing in the building and they pro-
tested to the board which decided to
put the barriers up against soliciting In
the building in the future.
The state land board at its meeting
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solution which was forwarded to the
secretary of the interior today. re-
questing that the provision that n
purchaser of land under government
projects must reside within a radius of
so miles in order to secure water
rights, be eliminated In lieu of this 1t
is suggested provision be made that a
certain amount of land must be Gull
tiVated each year, regardless of where
the purchaser may reside
Tho state board of education. with
all members present except Evan
Evans of Grangevlle opened it's first
meeting of the new year at the de-
partment of education headquarters
in the capitol building and laid before
it the more important matters that
are to be discussed at the present
conference. Those present at the
meeting were Herman j. Rossi of Wal
lace. president of the board; II. Har-
land of Payette. ~. A. Walters of Cald-
well and Walter S. Bruce of Boise
The board expects to be in session
the entire week and will take up the
important work of scheduling the
budgets for the remainder of the
school year as we'll as the funds ne
cessary for the state institutions
from the next legislative appropria-
ton. Reports of state institutions
were also considered.
The Cow Creek Irrigation company
was granted permission by the land
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