Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25
Under the Capitol Dome

DIR. o. w. Hall of Star was Saturday
appointed by Governor Alexander a
member of the board of examination
and graduate nurses.
After waiting three months state en-
ployes were happy Saturday for their
warrants were delivered to them by
the state auditor. Several thousands
of dollars made available by legislative
appropriations were distributed to de-
partment heads and subordinates.
A. T. Nightingale has wired the
public utilities commission that 43
passengers on the Rigby branch of the
Oregon Short Line railroad had been
stranded at that place for is hours,
presumably by snow storms. He ask
ed that assistance be given to move to
passengers, several OF whom were
mothers with babes in their arms, to
their respective destinations. The
commission tooh the matter up with
the oregon Short Line officials.
John w. Graham, a member of the
public utilities commission, leaves to-
day for Idaho Falls to conduct hear
ings on behalf of the commission I'm
three cases, the village of Louisville
versus the Utah Power & Light com
pany, the village of Shelley versus the
Shelley Light & Power company and
the citizens of Idaho Falls versus the
Mountain States Telephone & Tele-
graph company. Two of the cases may
be settled by arbitration.
State Land Commissioner Smoot
Saturday sold 100000 feet of stand
| ing. timber of the state located in
Adams county to James O. Lord and
John II. Bloomfield. the only two bid
ders who appeared. The entire trans
action involved approximately $4,000.
| The Yellow pine brought SO per thou
sand, the red fir and tamarack 81 per
thousand. The successful bidders are
operating q mill in the vicinity of thc
timber.
| Governor Alexander is in receipt of
the following communication from the
| Lewiston Commercial club, the Lew
iston Business college and the North
west Livestock association: Express
ing the sentiment of the citizens of this
vicinity and on their behalf we take
! this means of expressing our gratitude
| and good will to you for assistance
you have rendered toward maintaining
| the Northwest Livestock show
| The state board of health will meet
Monday when pure food commission
err state chemist and state baCteriolo-
! gist will be elected. There is consd-
cradle speculation at the statehouse
| whether Pure Food Commissioner
! White will succeed himself. NJ. s.
Parker, former city health officer and
chief of police of Boise, is a candidate
for the position.
Governor Alexander stated Saturday
that as soon as the snow is off the
ground he will request the state boar j
of health to go TO Haley and make n
careful inspection of the weds suppos-
ed to have killed six members of the
Richards family. State Veterinarian
Bodle will also make a careful inves-
| tigation of the poisonous weeds.
w. G. Scholtz, state director of farm
markets, was engaged in his official
duties at the farm department yestcr
day and attended the first meeting of
the state board of agriculture.
The governor is in receipt of infor-
nation from Bonner county to the
effect, he says that attempts are be-
ing made there to prevent building OF
the Clarks Fork river bridge by the
state highway commission because the
appropriation by the Legislature was
vetoed. He believes II is an attempt
to discredit the members of the legis-
lature from that county merely be-
cause of their politics.
State Auditor Van Deusen believes
he has been successful in locating the
lowner of the oldest state claim carried
in his department. 1t Is drawn in fav-
or of Southerlin .& Cosgriff, a former
Boise firm. The claim is under date
of March 8, 1898. He is having diff
Guilty, however, in the Identification OF
Chris Peterson for whom a claim is
drawn. No less than IL Chris Peter
sons and their respective addresses
have been forwarded to the state aud
itor. To identify the right one. thai
. individual will have to infinitely de.
scribe the state work he did for which
he is entitled to check The same
, identification Will be necessary from
all other claimants where doubt exists
as to the rightfui owner.