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Show The committee earnestly recommend s that an appropriation of not less than iHil.OOO bo made for the construction of additional buildings and furnishiug and completing thri new building constructed con-structed since the late lire, and furt.ier, that an appropriation of an amount to equal ill) cents per capita be made for the maintenance of the parties. The expenses per capita will decrease as the number of inmates increases. A farmers' alliance lodja was oigan-ized oigan-ized in Spring Creek valley last week under faorablo auspices, The lodge at Silver Creek is said to be in a nourishing nour-ishing condition. Is'ew lodges will be organized in other parts of the county when spring opens. The people of Soda Springs are looking look-ing forward to big improvements in that youug town this spring. It is now certain that by June the long standing litigation between the railroad company com-pany and the Kldridge estate will be at an end. The famous curative qualities of the Idanlia soda springs has given this place a fair reputation, and for location lo-cation and climate, very lew places in Idaho are better situated as a summer resort. As matters now stand the managers man-agers of the springs can do nothing to improvo or encourage the reputation that these springs deserve- IDAHO NOTES- The bill organizing the counties of Alta and Lincoln out of the territory formerly comprised in Alturas and Logan Lo-gan counties has become a law. The report of the legislative com rniitee ou investigation of the Idaho state insane asylum at Ulaekfoot, shows that for tho past four years the total expenditures were $l02,a-W.W. Of this 1SUW0 was paid for land nnd buildings aud tlO.fiOO in material and supplies is now on hand, leaving the total net current cur-rent expenses to bo $72,076. 43. The daily average of patients under treat-i ment for the time was 53.5, and the net cost per day '.JJi cents per patient. From all information gained it appears that the patients have been well cared for and have been kindly and carefully treated. There are at present, venty-ono venty-ono patients iu the institution, t venty-four venty-four females aud lutty-sivcu mules. |