Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-02-26

phone companies from paying annual
license tax.
The following bills were intro
duced: Relating to divorce, making
a residence of one year necessary;
proyiding for state board OF health
tn consist of seven members; also =
ioint resolution providing for con
stitutional amendment perhltllhs
A less number of jurors than tWelNe
in probate and justices courts.
Just before the house adjourned
snirited wrangle took place over the
bill providing for an increase OF the
state engineers salary. Whlle the
measure was under discussion the
author was subjected to not hre
was charged that the state enSihee'
was mourning unnecessary expense
Ia The state in his official capacity
and had not properly attended to the
business of his office, which Will no
doubt result in an investigator u
the matter Republican members u
the house led the fight on the ehgi
neer
The house went on the warpath on
Thursday and made serious charges
/ against the state auditing board lot
, the manner in which the business OF
that department has been conducteu'
and incidentally the state engineer
came In for another grilling for al
, legged incompetency and the manner
: in which he has conducted the affalrs
of his office, with particular reler'
A ence to his expense account
4 In the senate the state land boaro
; and It's dealings with the big Lost
River Land & Irrigation company
$ were subjects of an animated discus
. sion. Senator Macbeth having intro
! duced a resolution calling for an In
q vestigation of the board in connec.
a ton with this matter. 1t was
+ charged in the resolution that the
company had not acted in good faith,
and that the land board was cog.
! infant of the fact, but never look &C
y tton in the matter also that the rec
"A ords of the land commissioner show
Z that the sum of $4,000 was paid by
II new entrymen under this project to
% the state and that the board accepted
the money, knowing that the com
rel pany had ceased labor on the works
~ The resolution will be taken up b!
id the public lands committee.
"a Senators McDevitt and Bowen in
ta troduced a bill providing for rail
no road commission, to consist of thre
10 members, to regulate railroad. tele
nd graph companies, etc, operating i
IN this state. The commissioners are t
be elected and paid a salary of $500
da per year.
~, The committee investigating tn
I'd capitol building commission wa
ma given until February II in which
III. make its report.
A resolution passed by the senal
,ea providing for commission consls
- ing of Senator Freehafer and Repr
" sentative Harris, together with tn
on state land commissioner to pass upc
ro- the bona fides of settlers on II
val north Idaho lands claimed by Il
be state, came up in the house, but I'm
ty action was not taken on it, becau
itv that body seemed to think it was
av. regular.
1t begins to look as though Il
- Idaho legislature is determined
= nut the saloons out of business. II
~ house on Tuesday, February
90 passed liquor bill, raising salot
90 licenses in the state to $1,000 al
- placing proprietors' bonds at $4,000.
- A bill was also passed AUTHORIZE
school trustees to employ compete
persons to lecture before the schot
az on the effects OF narcotics on the
INC man system
The majority of sthe state affa
of committee of the senate, in rep
S as to that body, exohefateo sA=aoNe =.
tod Gooding of the charge made by ST.
erri. Treasurer Hastings to the effect t
the Gooding had at one time, while g
ntv ernor, S16O 900 of state school mon
ted in the transaction Of business for
An state land board, in Boise bs
cate without security All of the Repu
Nez cans voted for the adoption OF the
nitro port and the Democrats against
the minority attempting to have
nitro ed a report covering the Good
,oise state treasurer and land board In
and LEGATIONS. The Democrats char
for that the Republicans were atten
me ing to whitewash all Of the state
ficers against whom allegations b
tbof been made.
have The minority of the members
one ceeded in having their report
saler before the senate, and it showed
8 for at various times the land board
d by on deposit in banks the enorn
posed sum of 81 800 600 without seen
relat- o,-o. 4bis ,,a++ar ono oP the most
ed to - 49, - ~ ,oc,rra
nat it gus ei'siies .liae nov
Feb unu n,4 r,.o n.narea saloons
taken IS ams;nass
re in ..,..