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Show SCHOLTZ MS IS director nm Friction Between Himself and Idaho Governor Said to Be Responsible. Special to The Tribune. BOISE, Idaho, March 23. W. G. Scholtz, state director of farm markets, : placed his resignation in the hands of Governor Alexander today, Tt is to take effect April 1. The governor has accepted accept-ed it. B. Harvey AUred, speaker of the house of representatives of the recent legislature, leg-islature, is to be appointed to succeed Scholtz, it is announced: The resignation came as a surprise. There has been friction between the governor gov-ernor and the farm bureau director for some time. The governor resented the action of the Idaho Federation of Agriculture Agri-culture when it pa.ssed resolutions demanding de-manding that Scholtz be continued in office. of-fice. The federation plans to take a hand in Idaho politics in t lie next campaign, and Scholtz was among the several men mentioned as gubernatorial timber. Speaker Alired came into prominence when, as a "dark horse," he won the speakership of the house of representatives. representa-tives. Prior to last fall he was not known in Idaho politics. lie is a farmer in Bingham county. The governor appointed appoint-ed J. A. Purtill of Mountainhome, Byron Defenbaugh of Lewiston and F. L. Davis of Sugar City as members of the new state board of accountancy created hy the last legislature. They act as the examining examin-ing board for accountants in Idaho, |