Evening capital news., 1916-04-24
Under the Capitol Dome

Day iB back from Burley where on Sat \
urday ne conducted one Of the largest 1
state land sales held in that section Of /
the country. Some 1000 acres OF land /
were disposed of, being the remnants I
or land belonging to the state under
the Minidoka proect. 1t sold at from $40
to $50 per acre. Commissioner Day re- I
turned with $4,000 representing part /
payment under the contract for pur-
chase OF the lands. The crowd of bidders !
in attendance was one Of the largest at
O state land sale.
The state land board Is In session
this afternoon and one Of the matters
! 1t is considering is the assignment OF
a grazing lease by Lloyd Adams over
in the eastern part of the state. Mr..
Adams and State Senator Kicks are
In the city and appeared before the
board. It appears that the board made
ruling some time ago that no as
signments Of leases could be made un-
| til the consent Of the board had been
| secured Mr.. Adams had, however.
leased land prior to the ruling and had
assigned the lease. Complaint wass
made to the land board against the
alleged violation of the rule, the party T
| making the affidavit asking that he
! be permitted to lease the same land. /
Later the same party requested that I
the charge made in his affidavit that T
Mr. Adams had violated the boards /
rule be annulled. The board will also
take up number of applications for
roads which have been pending for
some time.
state land sales will be held In Ada l
and Canyon counties this week. The
land to be sold is owned by the state
and is located within the Boise irriga-
tion project. The sale in this county /
will take place at the state capitol on I
next Thursday morning and the sale I
of lands In Canyon county will take \
place at Caldwell on Saturday.
State Game warden Leroy C. Jones I
is back from a trip to the southeast
ern part OF the state on department /
business. He visited st. Anthony |
Idaho Falls. BlaclSfoot, Pocakello, Twin
Falls, Gooding and other cities and /
towns as well as the Hay Spur hatch /
cry. He found a great quantity OF
fish at the hatchery all in good condt- |
being built and the fish are being prop
erly cared for. On his return to de-
partment headquarters at the state !
house Warden Jones was notified by
deputy of the arrest of two fisher /
men for violation of the law by fish
ing without a license.
How long will 1t take you to mob /
ilize your company2" was the query I
| that Major Woodson Jeffreys Of the ad-
jutant generals department sent to all |
company commanders of the Second |
Infantry. Idaho National Guard, last !
week. Two Of the replies received indi-
Gated that some of the companies at |
least can mobilize in short order Cap /
tain Biggs Of Company X, Bull, said he
could mobilize for action within 36 |
hours Captain MeRoberts Of Twin
Falls was of the opinion he could get |
his company in shape to entrain in six I
hours Major Jeffreys placed an order
for $4,000 worth Of military supplies I
Saturday night Counting all of the T
supplies now on hand and in stock in
the basement at the state capitol and |
| the Boise barracks the Second infantry T
has practically 100000 worth of /
i
time to time. Major Jeffreys says that |
he would be glad to show the equip /
raent to any one wishing to inspect 1t. |
Governor Alexander has appointed e. /
| G. Kiersted of Boise a notary public |
and his commission was issued by the I
secretary of state.
The Village of American Falls has
filed complaint with the public util-
/ tiles commission asking that an order |
be issued by the commission directed |
against the American Falls Realty &
! WaterWorks company and r. b. Green
wood and w. Fl. Philbrtck. a co-part-
nership under the firm name of hill
/ brick & Greenwood. to lay and con-
/ stfuet connecting mains between the
two water systems SO as to provide fire
protection.
Il Governor Alexander has been invited
To be present in Portland, June Z. when
j the new Columbia river highway is
/ dedicated as the opening feature of the
1 tenth annual Rose festival in the Ore
/ gon metropolis The invitation has been
penned on the fly leaf of handsome
4 booklet descriptive of the scenery In
/ the gorge of the Columbia river The
river gorge has heen made passable for
the first time In history as direct re-
i suit Of the construction of this road-
way Portland Is inviting the whole
world 70 Its 1915 festival under the cap