White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-04-10
Idaho News
BoIsE.-The permanency Of United

BOISE.-The permanency of United
States Hospital No. 81 at the Boise
Barracks is being considered by war
department and United States Vet
Grams Bureau officials, according to
four letters received by the city clerk.
These communications from Washing
ton, D. c., came as result Of reso-
luton passed by the city council two
weeks ago and forwarded to William
H. Conklin, deputy director of the U.
s. Veterans Bureau; Dwight R. Da-
Wis, acting secretary of war, and Bur
ton L. French and Addison T. Smith,
representatives. from Idaho. Mr..
Conklin assured the council that the
veterans bureau would give it care
full consideration and would maintain
it here for an indefinite period. The
Boise hospital, he said, had never
been utilized to more than half its
capacity in spite of the fact that in
every case disabled veterans living in
this vicinity had been transferred
here.
POTLATCH-R. s. Chambers, SUI
perintendent of the Potlatch Public
Schools, who has been in the Pot
latch schools since the fall of 1915,
with the exception of one year spent
in the service during the world war,
probably will do postgraduate work
at the University Of Chicago the COM
ing year.
COEUR D'ALENE. - Smoking in
the woods is prohibited, except in the
camps, under ruling Of the State Co
operative Board of Forestry" said
Ben 3. Bush, state forester, who was
in the city on business. 1T would be
foolish to attempt to deprive men in
the woods entirely of their smoking
and the board spent a half-hour in
wording this ruling to state the mat
ter clearly" Mr.. Bush is filing on be-
tween 1000 and 5000 acres Of land on
the Kaniksu National Forest, complet-
ing the agreement of 1912 on land ex-
change with the United States Ma
tional Forest.
MOSCOW.-William j. Mcconnell,
former governor of Idaho and father
in-law of United States Senator Will
liam 3. Borah, died at his home here
March 80 at the age of IS years. He
had complained of not feeling well ten
days ago. Mr.. Mcconnell went to
Boise in 1863 from Oregon. Later he
returned to that state and in 1882 was
president of the Oregon State Senate.
He was governor of Idaho from 1893
to 1896, and United States senator
from Idaho for three months in 1890,
when the state was admitted to the
Union. At the time Of his death he
was United States immigration in
spector at Moscow. He was the au-
thor of history of the State of Ida
no and of Episodes of Pioneer Life
BOISE. - James F. Ailshie, Occur
d'Alene, former chief justice Of the su.
preme court, is here on his way home
from d business trip to Los Angeles
Cal. Speaking OF the recent, session
of the legislature the judge said that
outside Of the necessary appropria.
lions for the maintenance of the state
government and state institutions he
considered the two outstanding acts
to be the passage of the forestry bill
and the act providing for Bible read
ing in the schools.
FRUITLAND.-Guy Graham, Fruit
land, won the Idaho State sweep
stakes at the National Seed Corn show
at Chicago recently, according to adj
vices reaching here. Mr.. Graham took
first place from among ~ competitors
representing eight counties in the
state. Nearly 10000 growers from all
parts of the United States has exhib
its at the show. Prizes amounting to
$4,000 were offered. Among the judi
ges were some of the most prominent
men in the corn growing industry OF
the country.