Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-15


Auditor Miller OF the public utilities
commission has been engaged the past
week looking into the affairs OF the
Capital Water company.
Lieutenant Max b. CARRIER is back
from Payette. where ne delivered an
address Thursday night before the
Commercial club on the United States
army and national guard.
Notary appointments were made to-
day by Governor Alexander as follows:
c. Sterry Long, Parma; f. II. Kerns-
ham, Nampa Ralph Mansfield. Menan. !
The public utilities commission is in
receipt of a complaint from George \.
Gordon, chairman of the board OF COM
missioners of jefferson county, against
the Utah Power 4 Light company. He
says that he lives one mile north Of
the town of Rigby and that the power
line of the Utah Power & Light COM
pany is but 105 feet from his residence.
He has tried persistcntly to secure
electricity from that company to light
his residence, furnish heat for an iron
and power for an electric washer, but
has been unable to do so. As a last
resort he declares he had the matter
up with the utilities commission in the
hope of getting that body to use its
good offices to have the company COM
ply with his request. Correspondence
is submitted by Mr.. Gordon from the
representatives of the company, In
which they say the ratio of earnings
to the investment of the company will
not permit the company of installing n
transformer and stringing line to sup
ply the one residence.
state Treasurer Eagleson yesterday
paid out $4,000 semi-annual interest
on the states bonded Indebtedness. the
money being part of the general inter-
est and capitol building sinking funds.
The Judgment of the trial court OF
the Eighth judicial district given for
| the plaintiffs. was affirmed by the SUI
preme court in an opinion handed down
last night in the case OF Sidney Cadey
and Nellie t. Cadey versus Ernest b
Keller Tho litigation involved the re-
covery of a team. harness, wagon and
$500 damages.
State Bacteriologist I.aubaugh is
back from Winnemucca, New. where
he attended conference of state and
county officials, OF Nevada, California,
Utah, Oregon and Idaho regarding the
rabies situation in the three states, as
delegate from Idaho. These five
states decided to cooperate with the
federal officials to exterminate the coy
ote. Tick fever was also considered.
Oregon delegates were not present,
but agreed to cooperate.
The Lewiston Journal, established
some time ago at Lewiston by Storey
Buck, assistant chief clerk of the last
house Of representatives, OF this state,
is in the hands of the sheriff so far
as the plant is concerned. The cause
was not stated In the report received
by state officials here.
The public utilities commission has
set Feb Il as the date for hearing the
application Of the city of Pocatello for
! a certificate to install a municipal
water plant The Pocatelo Water
company which win he given COMPETE
ton If the application is granted, to-
gether with others, has been permitted
to intervene The hearing will be held
at Pocatcllo
An urgent application for Pasteur
treatment was received by the state
| haCteriologist from DIR. Wright of
HALEY, u mad coyote having bitten a
number of sheep and dogs one of the
dogs bit the daughter OF rancher,
Rabies Is said to exist in that part
of the country, especially among coy
otes.
Judge James G. Gwinn OF the district
court for Fremont county, has handed
down a decision that is interesting to
state officials. He held in the case
of State versus Scott that no person
or persons can have in his or their
possession or transport liquor in
prohibition district within the state of
| Idaho, despite the fact he or they pro-
cured II legally in another state in
tending to take It across Idaho into
wet territory. Scott purchased eight
cases of whisky in Monida, Mont,
and started with II through Idaho for
| Wilson. Wyo. He was arrested at
Spencer, Idaho, with the LIQUOR in his
possession and found guilty of violat-
ing the prohibition laws of Idaho. This
decision, it is claimed here, would pre-
vent common carriers from accepting
shipments of liquor or carrying liquor
across the state
State officials who arc cooling their
heels on radiators at the state house
will no doubt sit up and take notice
when they read the following from the
Herald Republican, Salt Lake.
"More than 100 Idahoans who are in
attendance at the National Woolgrow
ers' convention will meet in the Hotel
Utah tonight to discuss the Republican
nominations for Idaho for the next
campaign. Yesterday there We're re-
ports that the Idaho woolmen and pol
iticians who are in the city would ten
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