Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-03-04
NEW COUNTY IS
CREATED BY HOUSE
VIII Be Called Shoup County and Is
Practically the Same Territory AZ
Proposed County Of Power

In the house on Tuesday, March 2,
the bill creating the county of Shoup,
with American Falls as the county !
seat, was passed by vote of &c TO
%, and when the result of the vote
was announced it was greeted with |
applause and cheers, not only from
the spectators, but from members of
that body as well. From the beginning
OF the session this bill, and the one
proposing to create the county of
Power. the latter covering practically
the same territory as does the one
just passed. have been bones of con-
tention. and on the last one in par
ticular hinged much other and impor
tant legislation. 1t is believed the
Shoup county bill will be passed by
the senate
The bill providing for taxing rail
way cars run on roads in this state
was indefinitely postponed One of
the bills asked by the state treasurer,
legalizing his accounts, was passed
without opposition, as was bill fixing
grazing tax of 5 cents head for
all sheep brought into this state from
other states.
The joint memorial, asking congress
for an appropriation of $4,000 to
build a wagon road through the forest
reserve in Idaho county, was passed.
The senate made business of sus-
pending the rules on Tuesday and a
large number of bills, many of them
of minor Importance, were passed and
otherwise disposed of.
At the rate which the volume of
business is piling up before the up
per chamber 1t is probable that Thurs
| day, the official closing day at least
so far as compensation is concerned,
will not witness the adjournment, but
| the tenth session will be in session
until late Saturday night.
The two most important bills passed
| were the ones limiting the number OF
| representatives to eight and the mum.
| Der of senators to one for each cOun
| ty, and the Spaulding Whitaker bill
! creating the eighth judicial district OF
| Bonner and Kootenai counties and the
| appointment by the governor and
later the election of a judge to pre-
| side over same.
The Jordan measure, providing fol
the building of bridges over streams
and rivers, through the bonding O
counties for that purpose, with the as
sistance of private corporations. wa!
passed. It is said the bill was drawn
for the especial purpose OF openin'
the way for the erection of the high
est suspension bridge in the world
the one proposed to be put across tn
Snake river at Shoshone Falls, an,
connecting Lincoln and Twin Fall
counties.
The, senate also passed the bil
making it the duty of the state treas
urer to receive lawful money ban
drafts, postoffice money orders. cert
fed checks, certificates of deposit
checks and other evidences of indeb
edness on account of state dues an
deposit the same Immediately in ban
qualified as repositories for stat
funds. The bill providing for th
preservation of forests in Idaho wa
sent on its way to the house.
Senator McBeth sprung anothe
sensation in the senate on Monda,
March L, when, with the support {
the minority, he introduced a resol'
lion demanding that the senate II
struct the chairman of the state a
fairs committee to summon before h
committee State Bank Examiner Oh
ney, for the purpose of obtaining frol
That official information concerning
: shortage reported to have existed
the accounts of the state treasurer
State Examiner Goasland, TO lear
why he did not report to the legisl
t1re that deposits had been made |
state officials in banks without secu
ity, contrary to law; Secretary
State Lansdon, the state insuran'
commissioner and Game Warde
! Stevens, with their books, and ban
ers controlling the banks in whit
certain state funds have been depo
\ tied, for the purpose of ascertainiI
! whether or not state officials deri'
pecuniary advantage from their I
4 legged Illegal actions.
= The motion was referred to q
= Joint investigating committee, b
: not before one of the most excitil
and liveliest debates Of the sessi,
= was INDUCED in.
q The feature of the business porti
= If Mondays session OF the legislatu
3 was the passage by the senate of I
= house direct primary bill wItno
. amendment. The Republicans und'
4 look to kill it in caucus, but two
= Senators Shawhan OF Canyon a
: nowton of Idaho-stood out again
Il all propositions to compromise
. amend it, Behind these two Rept
= beans stood ten Democratic votes.
= Lnly required twelve votes to pa
. The bill. Senator Shoup OF Len
= county was the only member to VI
= against the bill He explained U
. bis people did no want 1t.
The Democratic recall resoluti
= was killed Saturday. February 81.
strict party vote to indefinit,
Il postpone the measure, although
= nassioned appeals were made In
4 tupport. Had Senator Jordan
y changed his vote at the last nome