Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-20
Under The CAPITOL Dome

! An informal complaint was filed
with the public utilities commission
today by Rule Nelson of briggs. He
i says the Teton Power & Milling com
pany refuses to deliver electricity to
him and wants to know If that COM
pany can take such an attitude.
Charles L. Hoffman appeared be-
fore the supreme court today and filed
writ of error carrying an appeal in
the case of the Blackwell Lumber COM
pany versus the Empire Milling com
pany to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States. The appeal is from the de-
! cision of the Idaho supreme court
which held against the defendant
Eminent domain is the Issue involved
in the litigation or the right to con.
denim property without due process of
law.
The adjutant generals department
is in receipt of the discharge papers of
two enlisted men of the Second Idaho
infantry. They are supposed to have
left Nogales last Sunday but have not
yet arrived In Boise.
Judge Robert N. Dunn, non partisan
candidate for justice Of the supreme
court, successful at the September pri-
mary election, Is in the city In the in
terest of his candidacy and called at
the statehouse today. Judge Dunn is
now judge of the district court He
makes Occur d Alene his headquart-
ers. When seen he said that he felt
very much encouraged over the pros
poets of success at the coming gen.
eral election.
The north and south highway may
soon receive federal aid as the result
of the efforts of Governor Alexander,
according to the Spokane Chronicle,
which says:
The north and south highway over
the state OF Idaho, proposed by Gov
ernor Moses Alexander q year ago,
and made public by him, through the
Chronicle, may Soon receive federal
aid This information is contained in
dispatch from Washington, D. c., to-
day. following an application made to
the department of agriculture.
THE department of agriculture looks
with favor on the project to open up
this line of communication" the dis
patch states.
The opening of this highway, Gov
ernor Alexander stated at the time of
announcing his plan, would be one of
the chief ambitions of his admlnistra-
ton. II will open to the people of the
state one of the richest timber, min
ing and farming regions of the state
which has been very materially held
back because of the inaccessbility OF
the various sections which would be
touched by the highway.
The securing of federal aid for Its
construction will almost insure the
building of the highway, it is believ-
ed The state will probably furnish @
| large portion of the funds which will
be necessary while large private In :
| terests which will be greatly bene-
| fitted, will furnish their proportion
ate share.
The opening of the highway. 1t is
expected. would take a flood of set
| tiers to the regions touched.
Director o. d. Center of the agricul
tural experimental station of the Uni
versity of Idaho with headquarters al
the state house. has gone TO Moscow
in connection with department mat
/ tiers.
! The public utilities commission has
been asked to explain by what author
| ity the Oregon Short Line Railway
company makes a demurrage charge OF
! So per day which is increased to s.
after three days and IS for each day
thereafter by the ]. A Youngkin I'M
! plement company of Richfield.
| Since Director Scholtz of the farm
markets bureau issued his crop report
the bureau has learned the price OF
beans in northern Idaho has almost
doubled. The Michigan Bean Growers
association notified the bureau that
because of the short bean crop prices
+ had jumped to cents per pound and
this information was immediately
wired to the growers in northern Idaho
where beans had been selling for 4
cents. Immediately thereafter the
prica dnphIad.