Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-07
Under the Capitol Dome


public utilities commission, accompa-
MED by Commissioner Freehafer. leave
tonight for northern Idaho, where they
will conduct number of hearings. At
Wallace they will hear evidence on the
application Of Roberts Inskip Plumbing
e. Heating company for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity At
Kendrick the complaint of the village
of Kendrick versus the KendriclS Water
Power company will be heard At
Standpoint the application of the Sand
point & Interurban Railway company
to discontinue service will be consid-
cred The commission will also take
up two informal complaints involving
construction of a spur to the Spokane
International railroad and railroad
crossing.
Adjutant General Moody is back from
a trip to Bull and Twin Falls. While
at Twin Falls he attended the annual
meeting of the Idaho State Medical as
ISOLATION of which he was elected pres
Nident for the ensuing year. He. in
spected the armories at Twin Falls and
Bull and found them in excellent con-
dition.
Lieutenant Hal Shadduck has been
promoted to captain. He will soon be
in Boise for the purpose of opening a
recruiting station here to secure re-
cruits for the regular army and the
Second Idaho infantry.
Secretary of State George r. Barker
has had printed the proposed amend
ments to the state constitution as
passed by the legislature. The atten-
ton of voters is called to them. The
first amends the constitution to pro-
hibit the manufacture of liquor in
Idaho forever and the second increases
the acreage of state lands to be sold
by the state each year.
Miss Bernice Mccoy, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, has fixed
Nov. 20 as Standardization Day" in
the public schools of the state. The
Thanksgiving day programs will be
combined with the Standardization
Day" programs at the request of the
state superintendent. The purpose of
the latter day is to raise the stand
ard of schools. County superinten-
dents are empowered to rate them.
The supreme court has cited John L.
Woody, Arnold S. Lyon and A. b.
McIntire, members of the board of
commissioners of Latah county, to ap-
pear before it Oct. 16 to show cause
why they should not be held in con-
tempt of court. The Potlatch Lumber
company filed the application TO cite
the commissioners on the charge.
Under a court order in the form of
peremptory writ, the commissioners
failed to levy sufficient property
tax on all the property in the coun-
ty for the maintenance of good roads.
The Oregon Short Line Railway
company has made application to the
public utilities commission to put into
force and effect rate of one and
one-third fare for the round trip from
points on its system to Twin Falls
Oct. Q and 10 on account of the an
nual meeting of the idaho State Fed
GRAFTON OF Women's Clubs at Twin
Falls.
That the women of this state should
be given representation on the state
board of education is the claim of Mrs
Bertha Stull Green of Mountain Home.
chairman of the legislative commit
tee of the Idaho State Federation Of
Clubs. and she is in Boise for con-
ference with Governor Alexander, and
e. o. Sisson, commissioner Of educa-
ton, to see If a woman cannot be
named.
Register H. Harland of the land de-
partment and II. w. Rennison, chief
clerk, visited the fair at Caldwell yes
terday. o. D. Center. director of the
agricultural extension department OF
the University of Idaho, and T. w.
Potter, state club leader, also visited
the fair. II. W. Hochbaum, state leader
of county agents. left for the south
east on an inspection trip.