Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-23

tello, has been appointed q member of
| the state dental board by Governor
Alexander. He succeeds DR.. e. l..
Youngburg Of coer d'Aiene.
/ Notary public appointments are an
nounced today as follows: Paul Pet
erson OF Idaho Falls and A. w. Larson
Of Lewiston.
President Miles S. Reed of the Idaho
Technical institute believes that the
southeastern college men should in
dulge in little military preparedness
and with that idea in view he has made
application to the governor for enough
rifles with which to equip the male
students The matter has been taken
up with the adjutant generals depart
ment by the governor.
| Secretary OF State George r, Barker
left this morning for Pocatello. where
he will attend the good roads confer
ence when the Yellowstone route will
be considered.
| The supply tanks in the rear of the
state capitol building used for irriga-
ton purposes are now being cleaned
preparatory to the opening of the irri-
cation season.
H. w. Hochbaum Of the university
extension department, left today for
Downey McCammon, oxford and other
points in the southeastern part Of the
state on department business.
Members of the public utilities com
mission leave tonight for Pocatello.
where on Fgiday a hearing viii be con-
Quoted into the application of the trus-
tees OF the village of McCammon for a
certificate Of public convenience and
necessity to install municipal water
system.
The state archaeological department
is busy place these days for number
OF people are taking the pasteur treat
ment. Six persons applied at the de-
partment yesterday for It, All OF them
were bitten or scratched by a puppy,
the brain of which when examined was
pronounced as infected with rabies.
There will be two new inmates at the
state penitentiary within a few days
| JuuSG IT, Eot6ttG mas pIOAOunCCu SCH
tenee on the law violators. Lundy Hat
field was convicted of cattle stealing
and sentenced to serve from to IA
years; Horace Mitchell was convicted
of horse stealing and sentenced to serve
from to IL years; Peter Licker was
| convicted Of assault with a deadly
weapon and was sentenced to pay a fine
of 5000.
The state land board refused at a
meeting yesterday afternoon to allow
the expense claim of Ben Bush, state
land appraiser for northern Idaho, FOR a
trip to the Panama Pacific exposition
at San Francisco, although it did allow
his claim for office rent expense. The
board had not authorized the trip Bush
made to San Francisco.
John p. Gray, well known attorney Of
Wallace, has been retained to present
the test case to be instituted shortly
to determine if the regents of the UNI
versity of Idaho, now the state board Of
education, or the state land board has
control Of university lands, on behalf of
the university. Herman j. Rossi. pres
ident OF the state board of education,
who is soon to retire as a member OF
the board. will. 1t is understood, appear
as complainant in the test case. In an
opinion handed down some time ago the
attorney general held against the con-
tention of the members of the board OF
education they had control OF univer-
sity lands instead of the land board.
The attorney general held that the
state land board had jurisdiction In the
handling of the lands and not the board
of education. The board, it is now
reported, is to test out the issue In the
courts Of the state
Fred r. Reed, formerly commissioner
OF immigration Of Idaho, has been APP
pointed commissioner at large for the
exposition at San Diego and Is on a
trip across the country to interest the
different states and cities in the expo
sition, which opened there Saturday
says the Herald Republican, Salt Lake.
At the Hotel Utah he said that the CO.
operation OF the entire country Is de-
sired in making the San Diego expo
sition the best exposition which has
been given as a show OF exhibits exclu-
slvely, instead of having the exposition
founded upon historical fact. He said
throughout the country there is feel
ing that the traveller should have
something TO see not only OF the United
States. but of foreign countries IN TAX
ing a trip across the continent. and for
this reason. he asserts, the exposition az
San Diego viii attract great number
OF travellers during the summer, as all
of the important foreign exhibits from
san Francisco We're removed to san
Diego.
state officials hav been informed
that Attorney General ]. II. Peterson,
who went to Washington on behalf Of
the states land interests. is meeting
with success. Franklin K. Lane. sec
retary Of the interior, has agreed to
recommend an amendment to the pend
ing forest reserve school land exchange
bill the object OF which Is to ratifv and