Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-05

headquarters yesterday. He came in
from the Little Salm IN country. Deputy
Taylor says that he was astounded TO
see deer jump is feet across the snow
into which person would sink to the
waist line. while he was snowshoeing
in that section.
Governor Alexander has granted
the requisition of Governor Lister of
Washington for the return to Gray's
Harbor OF Il. B. Gardiner, alias Wesley
Williams. alias John Miller, now under
arrest at Lewiston, but wanted in
Gray's Harbor for obtaining money IN
bogus checks.
John Sineykal was arrested at ASH
ton last week for attempting to ship
two beaver skins out of the state and
was fined $50 and costs, while the skins
were confiscated. The fish and game
department received report to that
effect yesterday.
The public utilities commission will
take up the old Pocateilo water case
at Pocatello on Monday. This is the
case wherein the Pocatello Water COM
pany made application to have its rates
for water raised and fled schedule Of
rates to that effect.
The state land department has COM
pleted the little moving bee 1t INDUCED
in last week, transferring from the
annex to the main capitol building, but
the department gives every appearance
of having been stuffed into its new
quarters. It is crowded and in all
probability within the near future space
will be at premium, if 1t is not now.
Chief Deputy W. H. Thorpe is back
from trip to Gardner. Mont. where
with the assistance of Deputy Strives,
so elk taken from the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park were loaded and removed
to Idaho They were unloaded at
Preston. Pocatello and Hanson and dis
tributed to the respective game pre-
serves. The elk are young. Deputy
Thorpe says and stood the trip well
and will unquestionably make them
selves at home in their new location.
The public Utilities commission was
notified yesterday through the filing of
a tariff that a new reduced rate on
canned goods from Boise and this ter
ritory to New York points of 621a will
go into effect Immediately This IS
said to open the way for the shipment
of canned goods manufactured in this
state. east at a profit to the manufac
turer.
Rates from Boise. Nampa and Cald-
well to points on the Pacific & Idaho
Northern railroad are changed by a
tariff filed with the utilities commits
sion by that road. This tariff grants
reductions in about 80 per cent of the
rates and increases the rates on about
20 per cent.
The Denver Rio Grande Railway
company filed tariff with the utilities
commission covering many class and
commodity rates from eastern points
to points on the Ogden, Logan & Idaho
railroad, resulting in considerable re-
duetion.
State Land Appraiser Nash has been
appraising the state lands on the Mini
doka project amounting to about 1900
acres oh the gravity unit and 5000
acres on the pumping unit. sale of
state land will be held at Burley April
/ and many inquiries for the land are
being received from outside parties.
A. L. Sparkling. sent to the peniten-
tiary from Twin Falls county on con-
vction of obtaining money under false
pretenses, will have an application be-
fore the board of pardons at its next
meeting, and ask for a pardon. He
was sentenced Nov. s. Sparkling is we'll
known in Boise and his case attracted
unusual attention. Others in the state
penitentiary who will seek leniency
from the board include Frank Hamil
ton. sentenced from Canyon county
July S, 1914, for first degree burglary.
John Murray, sentenced from Elmore
county for burglary to from to Is
years, will seek Communication of sem
tence.
The Judgment entered In the First
judicial district court for Shoshone
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