Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-15
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The city congress il called together
for Thursday afternoon, 2:s0 o'clock,
at Carnegie hall.
The volleyball team from the Gem
trail fire station and the Y. M, C. A..
team from the business mems class will
play game tomorrow night at
o'clock at the Y. NJ. @. A.
The Pythian Sisters will hold
meeting at the hall on Idaho street.
Thursday afternoon AT $3.50 o'clock for
star drill and rehearsal for officers. All
Pythian Sisters are requested to be
present.
The secretary of the interior has
authorized the reclamation service to
award the contract for 1000 barrels of
cement for use on the Boise project to
the Union Portland Cement company
of Ogden, Utah.
Earl r. Mills, formerly OF Grand
Junction. Colo, has accepted the po-
sition of chief clerk with the reclana-
! ton service here and has taken up his
duties. He succeeds George E. Moore
who left some time ago for Seattle.
The state Audubon society will meet
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the
Carnegie library. All interested are in
vited and an opportunity will be
given new members to join. The meet
ing is for study and will last from
o'clock until 4:SO.
Clyde E. Summers has received a
letter from his mother, who is at Hon
dale, Is miles from Columbus. n. NJ,
in which she tells Of the Mexican raid.
In her letter she states there were
only about 35 soldiers at Columbus at
the time but that they turned loose
and killed over 200 Mexicans At Co
lumbus she said. 16 Americans were
killed. Mrs. Summers tells her son
not to worry as no fear Is felt by the
Americans at Hondale.
Improvement of vacant lots by
school children" Is to be the subject
Of lecture to be given at the high
school auditorium Friday afternoon at
l2:SO o'clock by Professor George e.
Farrell of Washington, d. c. Mr.. Far
rell has made wide Investigations along
this line and has secured the system
used in cities successful in this work
His lecture will be of great interest
here coming as It does Just prior to
''dress-up, cleanup and naint-up."
week.
The Jitney Sunday Schoo1 league OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. has closed its season.
leaving the Catholics and Presbyterians
| tied for first place, both having won
seven games and lost one. THE tie was
b be played Off but one of the star
players OF the Catholic team was
Obliged to leave the city, thus Gripping
their team and they refused to meet
the Presbyterians under those condi-
lions to play off the tie. In the league
the Emmanuel Methodist team stood
next, having won four games and lost
four.
In the future travellers returning
home from or going to the east and
| desire to stop over at different points,
need not worry about having to pay
storage on their baggage checked to
their destination, as the railroad COM
panies now have special yellow deliv-
| cry checks, which II placed on the
| baggage with the name Of the owner
and the address to the street number
or hotel, where the baggage is to be
delivered, will be sent out by trans
fer company to the place designated.
| The checks are new feature and were
just received here yesterday after
noon.
James Richardson, better known as
Jimmie To Boise friends, former Of
fetal scorer for the Union and Western
Tri-State leagues here. and well known
sportsman. now travelling representa-
tive for A. G. Spalding g. Company,
with headquarters at Portland, is in
the city today looking after the inter
ests of his firm. He says that business
was never better and the prospects fer
an excellen. year In all lines of sport
look good in the intermountain coun
try. Mr.. Richardson will be In Boise
several days on business matters and
lincidently meeting his many friends
lere.
Chief of Police Parker Monday turn
led Vaughn Smith over TO Judge Dun.
lap of the juvenile court ON charge
of having taken bicycle. the property
of Fred Holden, from near the higf
school building last Friday. Youne
Smith confessed to the officers at tn,
city hall that he took the wheel II
question and used certain parts of 1t II
repairing his own wheel, and whef
asked about the matter by the cour
he again admitted having appropriated
the wheel to himself Judge DUNLAP
then let the boy go home with the un
Outstanding that he would appear Ii
court with his father at p. M, yester
day, which he did. and was sentenced
to the reform school at st. Anthony
This was Smiths second offense, tn,
first one being OF more serious char
acter. He was released on parole il
the first instance, according to the re
cords Of the juvenile court. He Il
about is years OF age.