Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-16


the forest service officials and the ,
Southern Idaho Livestock association
officers had reached an agreement at
the conference at Shoshone by which
association members will be able to use II
the Sawtooth forest reserve for their
stock. 1t was for range within the re- II
serve that the association was organ
lied. II
Governor Alexander is In receipt OF a
long petition from citizens of Salmon,
Lemhi county, asking him to use his
good offices to secure daily train SER
vice on the Gilmore & Pittsburg rail-
road between Salmon and Armstead.
Mont The governor turned the petit
ton over to the public utilities COM
mission and that body Immediately
took the matter up with the railroad
officials. 1t Is literally signed.
The public utilities commission re-
| fuses to go into the telephone rate |
charges at Burke, Ida, of the Inter- I
state Utilities company until a for
NAL complaint is nled with, 1t. JOY b.
Ostrander of that place wrote the COM
mission about the rate and on the I
commissions recent trip to Wallace !
the matter was investigated. 1t was
found the telephone service has i'm
proved since the letter was received
from Mr.. Ostrander
Two complaints have been filed with
the public utilities commission against
the water rates charged by the village
of Wendell. The first came from Will
liam Hooker. He wants to know If the
village can collect 81 a month from two
parties using the same hydrant on
their own property when the amount
of water used does not exceed $500
gallons per month. William A. Payne,
, editor and publisher OF the Wendell Ir
rigationist, makes a similar complaint
He says that the minimum charge is
50 per hydrant and the village trustees
seek to collect from each party using
hydrant. Wendell owns and oper-'
ates it's own water plant.
The matter OF switching charges of
rural telephone line up in Boundary
county, was the subject of complaint
made by Robert c. Johnston to the
public utilities commission The
trouble is with the Interstate Utilities
company and it seems an agreement
, cannot be reached.
A long petition from Mccall asking
1 the public utilities commission to use
! it's good offices to secure train service
over the Idaho Northern railroad is on
file with the commission. The petit
TONERS include most of the residents
i, They state they are afraid the Ore
gon Short Line railroad intends to dis
- continue service until summer but as
c sert the government contract on the
mail and the freight and passengers
handled should be sufficient compensa-
ton to that road to pay the expense of
4 operation.
Land owners on the high lands of
A the Butte & Market Lake canal, but
whose lands are above the canal, have
= petitioned the public utilities commits
Z sion to grant the Utah Power & Light
company a certificate to include their
lands within territory to be served
electricity. The power is wanted to
4 pump water to the high lands.
+ The situation with regard to clearing
G the branch lines of the Oregon Short
? Line looks brighter, according to re-
! port made by w. A Whitney, general
v superintendent of the Oregon Short
Line Railway company to Joel L.
Priest, general agent for that road, who
= filed it with the utilities commission
( yesterday. The Belt Line in eastern
Idaho is now being opened. The Mackay
and HALEY branches together with the
Homedale branch are open Work is
s now in progress on the Hill City
= branch but the crew expects to get
8 through tonight. The rotary on the
II Victor branch had to return to Ashton
= on account of snow storms. 1t was at
= mile post % when it turned back. Re-
d garding the Idaho Northern branch
the report says: mo program made
but expect to have rotary 2O10 avail
n able for clearing this branch beginning
9 Tuesday"
= Miss Bernice Mccoy. state superin-
tendent of public instruction. left to-
day for Denver to attend the confer
ence of western school superintend-
ents.
Of Lieutenant CARRIER, instructor-in-
ID spector of the Second infantry, Idaho
lie national guard, is back from a trip &c
If Utah where he inspected the FIVE COM
* panies in the Utah national guard.
k Attorney General J. Fl. Peterson has
gone to San Francisco to appear before
70 the circuit court of appeals and repre-
e sent the state in the case of the Unit
ed States versus Elias Marsters, which
n involves priority water rights in thu
Boise valley.
"a Pure Food Commissioner ]. X. White
has called to the attention of United
, States District Attorney J. l.. McClear
4 Of nf / III L..