Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-02
Register Instructed to Work
Out Plan for the Collec-
ton of Money From Farm
Loans Within 80 Days.
PLANS FOR AUDIT OF
LAND BOARD BOOKS
Employment of Clerks and
Purchase of Supplies Nee
essary for the Carrying
on of the Work Which
Started Today Is Author
lied.

Overdue interest on state loans run
ming up to close to 100000 and owed
by men of all political faiths, who
have borrowed from the state, Is to
be called in. The state land board
has decided to collect the money due
the state and to proceed With fore
closures under the mortgages held, II
It is not paid Determined steps are
TO be taken by the board to collect, 1t
Is announced. The register was in
structed to work out a plan of issuing
notices to the delinquent so that they
may be forwarded.
The report on the state land de-
partment audit, which started today,
was submitted and adopted 1t au-
thorizes the employment of a number
of clerks and the purchase Of sup
plies. The minutes of the board are,
In full, as follows:
Boise, Idaho, March 30, 1917. State
board of land commissioners of the
state of Idaho met this day in regular
session. All members present.
Whereupon the following proceed
ings were had, to-wit:
Minutes of the. previous meeting
read and approved.
Upon motion duly made and carried
report of John Walker upon applica-
ton for partial release of mortgage by
II. j. Malon, said release to cover two
acres. was accepted and release or
dered executed upon receipt of 800.
Application of Joseph Balluff, Butte,
Mont, to enter land under the Keat-
ing Carey Land company's project was
approved.
M
register compute the actual amount
Mrs. Harry A. Robb of Nampa, Idaho,
has paid in excess of what she should
have paid on certificate of sale cover
ing the SWA SEA section 2. town
ship / north, range west, and re-
port at the next regular meeting the
amount she is to bo paid, upon the
number of acres which she has been
deprived of by the federal government.
using the same for right of way for
bitches.
RESOLUTION PRESENTED.
The following resolution was pre-
scented by Governor Alexander, and up
on roll call unanimously adopted:
Q. f. Stanglsnd of Black Lake, Ida
no, and his associates are hereby grant,
ed the lease, right and privileges to
dredge the Couer d'Alcne river for
ores from Its mouth to the Shoshone
county line. The conditions of the
lease are that he begin operations
prior to July /, 1918, and that he pay
a royalty to the state of per cent
OF the gross receipts, that before he
begins operations or places any ma
ohinery in the river for the purpose
Of dredging, he shall enter into a
contract with the state of Idaho, which
contract shall be prepared under this
boards direction and approved by it,
Before beginning operations he shall
furnish a bond to the state OF Idaho
in the sum of $4,000, securing the
state OF Idaho against all loss, dam
age or injuries of any kind or nature
that may result directly or indirectly
from the dredging of the said river
and that the said bond shall also
guarantee the fidelity of Stangland
in his accounting to the state for all
values received from his operations
and also protect the state of Idaho
against all claims for damages or ac-
tions or rights OF action by the feder-
al government for interfering with
navigation or free use by the federal
government to that effect.
That anything contained In the con-
tract shall not interfere with rights
OF the state or counties bordering on
said stream or the right of any private
corporation to construct bridges across
said stream If any bridges should be
constructed across said stream that
fact shall not in any way release said
Stangland and his associates from the
terms and conditions of said contract
That the contract entered into be-
tween the state and said Stangland
and his associates shall also provide
that the premises or privileges let or