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State Horticultural Inspector Graham has been busy the past week with his deputies inspecting shade trees In Boise. A number of them were found infected and were ordered sprayed. The inspection will continue. Two appeals were filed in the supreme court yesterday. The first is entitled Timothy Dore, as special deputy bank commissioner of the Leadore State bank versus Morris H. Cottom. The second is the same plaintiff against Ernest R. Benedict. The appeals are from the judgments entered in the Sixth judicial district for Lemhi county. It is charged by the deputy commissioner in both cases that the respective defendants held. prior to the time the Leadore State bank went into the hands of a receiver, one share of the capital stock, each valued at $100; that, knowing the institution to be insolvent and the stockholders liable for indebtedness, they endeavored to assign nine shares of stock to W. W. Lattridge, who was engaged in the operating and managing of the bank. The deputy commissioner says that the bank is unable to pay Its indebtedness and he therefore brought suit against the two above-named defendants, asking for a judgment of $1000 from each of them. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company has written the public utilities commission that in order to satisfy complaint against rates It charges it is willing to put into effect a rate of 10 cents for the one minute and five cents for each additional minute on its toll line between Troy and Kendrick, or a rate similar to the one in effect in Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce counties. Benjamin M. Squires, special assistant with the bureau of labor statistics. United States dep tment of labor at Washington, D. C., held a conference with the public utilities commission yesterday regarding safety rules and regulations governing the operation of utilities, particularly as regard to laboring men. Mr. Squires was informed fully as to the rules the commission has adopted for this state. These rules are among the most modern of any commission in the country nd as effective, it is said. Mr. Squires showed a keen interest in the work of the Idaho commission. War spirit has triumphed over Idaho's "democratic simplicity" and Governor Alexander, accompanied by Mrs. Alexander and the governor's full military staff, arrayed in all the gold lace that can be found in the state house, will tonight go to Caldwell to attend the military ball. It is expected that the residents of the Canyon capital will be dazzled by the munificent ar"a. of gold braid, gold lace, swords and other military equipment with which the governor, Mrs. Alexander. General Crow, Colonel Priest and the rest of the warlike heads of the state's army will be attired. Mrs. Alexander will be arrayed in resplendent garments paid for out of Governor Alexander's pockets many months ago. T..e governor himself will wear his hand-me-down taken from the shelves of his own store before he became governer, and the expenses of the military staff, including transportation charges of Colonel Priest, who has never before been known to pay railroad fare, will be paid out of Governor Alexander's bank account accumulated prior to the last election, none having accumulated since that date Renuh