Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-13
Under The Capitol Dome

State Land Commissioner Day an
nounces that lists of state lands In
Ada and Canyon counties to be sold
at auction this month can be secured
at the state land department.
The utilities commission has granted
a new. rate of 35 cents. minimum
weight 10000. between weiser and Salt
Lake on junk and rate of 80 cents
between Twin Falls and Salt Lake.
are reductions.
I. w. Hart, clerk Of the supreme
court, is back from Occur d'Alene. The
justices OF that tribunal are expected
back tonight.
The village of Wendell has petit
toned the public utilities commission
to alter rates charged for water deliv
cred to consumers from its water sys-
tenn. The highest rate quoted on the
altered schedule is 50 for the first 1000
gallons of water delivered.
An application of the Oregon Short
Line to put into effect q new rate OF
40 cents on canned goods, carloads, be-
tween Boise and Twin Falls, has been
granted by the public utilities COM
mission.
Governor Alexander has appointed
the following Idaho delegates to attend
the conference at Salt Lake April 20
81 for the purpose of DISCRIMINATING
o1 fa1 10.
Professor C. D. Center, Boise; Profess
sor Miles F. Reed. Pocatello; w. G..
Scholtz, Boise; Joseph s. Geddis.
Preston; s. j. Callan, Dayton; w. M.
Briggs, Boise; Charles N. Drake. Per-
kins; A. M. Tronaas, Bliss; o. X. Faar,
| American Falls; George e. Collins.
Gooding; Joel L. Priest. Boise; S. G..
Parkinson, Franklin; Samuel Cunz, Jr.,
Bates: c. NJ. Palmer. Notus.
| The Western Retail association and
the Lumbermen's society. both of Spo-
kane, have written the public utilities
commission asking II some action can
not be taken to relieve the coal situa-
ton.
| r. p. Hutton, state superintendent Of
| the Anti-Saloon league of Oregon, in a
letter addressed to Governor Alexan-
| der. says the anti-saloon leagues
throughout the east are extensively
i circulating the governors Portland ad-
dress in support of their fight against
the saloon, regarding it as the best
and most convincing argument that
\ they have at their command at the
1 present time" says Superintendent
Hutton. He adds later in his letter.
4 Oregon is getting better law enforce.
ment now after three months than
Kansas after 80 years, largely due to
the fact that you put Portland business
enthusiastically behind 1t. You never
did SO much for humanity | ma few
hours as you did here I am sure
Il George Erb OF Lewiston and f. l..
Parker of Cottonwood, both members
of the board Of trustees for the north
Idaho asylum at Orofino. stopped over
in Boise yesterday while en- route from
trip of inspection Of the Blackfoot
asylum. to the north. Perry w.
Mitchell, another member Of the board.
returned to the north from Blackfoot
via Butte. The trip was made by the
II UuaTQ 70 pidChIOot ~ 8St oViiC nCW
ideas for the Orofino asylum. and its
members say that from that basis II
was . very profitable one.
Governor Alexander is in receipt Of
the following query from the New York
World: TN view Of Carranxas de-
mand that the United States troops get
out of Mexico following announcement
Of administration at Washington that
we would get Villa, what should be
course OF United States In present
crisis?"
The public utilities commission has
set Monday morning at 10 o'clock as