Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-17
Under the Capitol Dome

Major Fred r. Reed, former state
commissioner of labor, immigration and
| statistics, has returned from a trip to
HALEY and was a caller at the state
house today.
State Land Commissioner Dean Per
I kinS left this noon for Gooding where
tomorrow he will conduct state land
sale, disposing or $50 acres.
John w. Graham, a member of the
public utilities commission, will go to
Washington, ID. c., to represent the
commission and the fruit growers of
southern Idaho when the refrigerator
rate case is argued before the inter-
state commerce commission. The OK
penses for the trip will be shouldered
by the fruit growers who will ask to
he reimbursed by the next legislature
The commission is without ample
funds to meet the expenses of the trip.
Adjutant General Moody will not
go to Nogales at this time. Instead
Major Burns and Captain CARRIER, U.
S. A., leave tonight for the Mexican
border city where they will check the
regimental property. General Moody
will remain in charge of the adjutant
generals headquarters at the state
house.
State Horticultural Inspector Guy
Graham went to Emmett yesterday to
appear in a case in the courts there
lie expects to return tonight
j. Fred Williams, business agent for
the state board of education, has re-
turned to the city from business trip
for the board from st. Anthony, Poca-
tello and Gooding. He states that the
bull moose that died 1T the Industrial
training school at st. Anthony follow
ing its capture. will be mounted and
placed in the state house.
An examination and audit Of the
books of the state land department is
now in progress by the state examiner
as per the following adopted by the
state land bpard:
Whereas With the close of the
present state administration the ma
jority of the members of the board Of
land commissioners of the state of
Idaho i'll retire, and
Whereas, In fairness and justice to
the retiring members, as we'll as in
the interests of efficiency and good
administration. it is our desire to have
the work Of the land department in
the best possible shape for the incom-
ing administration;
BE it resolved, That the state ex-
aniner be required to make a COM
plete and thorough audit of the books
of the land department for the past
four years and report in full to thYs
board his findings and the exact con-
dition of the finances of the land de-
partment in every particular-the re-
ceipts and the disbursements and all
other mat.ersN pertaining to the finan-
cial side OF the department.
BE it further resolved. That the
state examiner shall begin this audit
at once and made his report as sug-
gested above to this board not later
than Dec. 20, 1916"
State Mine Inspector Robert n. Bell
has returned from trip to Lemhi
county, where he inspected mining
properties and was showed In so that
news of the result of the election did
not reach him for almost a week and
he did not learn of his own reelection
until he reached a railroad station.
The state examinations for teachers
in the various counties of the state,
conducted under the direction of Miss
Bernice Mccoy, state superintendent
Of public instruction, are in progress
today, having opened yesterday
Captain Max B. CARRIER Y. s. A.,
chief mastering officer for the Second
Idaho infantry, is in receipt OF per-
mission from the war department, to
go to Nogales to check over the regi-
mental property. He leaves this week.
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