Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-12
GtYB1I2ES

The forest rangers meeting which
was to have been held in Boise Feb. 16
has been postponed until March 6, ow-
ing to the deep SHOWS and bad roads
which makes travelling uncertain,
There will be meeting for men at
the Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow afternoon at
O'CLOCK. e. A. Ehrensberger. secre-
tary of the association. will speak.
Special music will be furnished.
Sons of Veterans are requested to
meet at the G. A. R. hall at o'clock
tomorrow evening to go in a body to
the First Baptist church to attend the
patriotic services in memory of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Rt. Rev. James B. Funston, bishop of
Idaho, will hold services at Christ Epis-
copal church tomorrow morning at
11:15 o'clock and at Grace church in
the evening at 1880 o'clock. Holy com
munion will be observed. followed by
sermons at each church.
Downey & Wilder, the sheet metal
and timing concern, have leased the
two-s story brick building at 11S North
Ninth street, and will move the first
of the month from their present loca-
ton In the rear of the Sweet-Teller
Hardware company's store, to their
new location.
Evan Williams, a veteran engineer
on the Oregon Short Line, has just
been placed on the retired list after
serving his full quota Of time allowed
by the road Mr.. Williams has been
running out of Boise for a good many
years and is one of the best known
engineers on the road
The regular meeting of the College
Womens club will be held Monday
evening at 8 o'clock at the Y. w. c. A
rooms. The subject for the evening is
Psychic Necessity OF the Boy Scout
Movement" Rev. Ira .Aldrich is to be
the speaker and music is to be fur
nished by Miss Marie Cottrell.
Colonel T. c. Scott, provincial COM
mander of the Salvation army, with
J headquarters at Seattle, arrived in
Boise this morning and will spend sew
eral days in the city. He will speak at
a musical to be held in the Salvation
Army hall tonight at o'clock and will
be the chief speaker at the meetings
Sunday.
Andrew ]. Vincent and Albert H.
Wilson. two old soldiers, who were ia
ken from the Soldiers Home yesterday
afternoon charged with insanity, were
found insane after a hearing In pro-
bate court and ordered committed to
the asylum at Blackfoot. Both were
taken out by an attendant this
morning.
While the use of Bishop futile
church house has been donated to the
persons who are giving the entertain
ment on H. night OF Feb. 90, a part OF
the proceeds of which are to go to the
w. r. c., Bishop Funston wishes the
citizens to know that the Episcopal
church has no connection with the af-
fair whatever, having only donated the
use OF it's building.
Joel l.. Priest, general agent Of the
Oregon Short Line, last night received
the following telegram from A. II. My
ers. the company's agent at Lakeport:
Mail is running between Lakeport
and Warrens, two round trips weekly
Snow is Is to IS feet deep on summit
and so far service has been with teams
but from now on they figure on snow.
shoes between Halfway house anc
Warrens."
An attmpt to cause a conflagratior
at the penitentiary was nipped in the
bud yesterday afternoon by guards
who found that Lyman Jones' serving
a sentence for murder In Fremont
county. and Clarence Rousch. who
escaped from the penitentiary in No.
vember 1913 and shot Deputy Sheriff
Will r. Clawson. who tried to arrest
him, had obtained matches and set Are
to the solitary cell in which they hat
been placed for violation of prison
rules. The damage was slight and tn,
prisoners, who have been giving con.
siderable trouble at the institute viii
have to pay the penalty for their rash
act.
For Eilious Attack