Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-20
DOINCS AT The
. LEGISLATURE
Bills Creating Lewis and Randall
Counties Have Been introduced
.--Other Matters Of Importance
Receiving Consideration.
MONDAY
Against Power Company.

MONDAY
Against Power Company.
Probably one of the most i'm
portant bills that has been intro
duced in the senate since the
session opened is that of Senator
Kerns, of Wallace, and Potts, o1
Kootenai. which aims a direct
blow, it is claimed, at the Wash.
ington Water Power company, Of
Post Falls and Spokane, in that
it seeks to prohibit that company
from using the fresh water OF
the lakes or streams of North
Idaho where the water is piped
or canaled into another state, or
the construction Of dams across
these streams behind which to
impound water for power pur-
poses.
The Kerns and Potts bill makes
it unlawful for any persons, cor
poration or company to transport
or carry through pipes, canals,
bitches, or fumes, water of any
fresh water lake, pond, brook,
creek, river or stream of Idaho,
into any other state for use
therein and makes it unlawful
for any company or corporation
to dam or obstruct the flow of
waters in lakes or rivers for any
other use than the construction
of reservoirs or storage basins
for the purpose of irrigation and
mining, or for the storing and
floating of logs on streams not
navigable, without the consent
of all owners of land which would
be injured or damaged, or over
flowed. The latter provision hits
directly at the big bear trap dam
owned by the Washington Water
Power company. 1t is also held
unlawful to overflow, lands and
the attorney general is author
lied to bring action against in
dividuals or corporations so doing
by first securing a temporary in
Il junction.
Il Among the bills introduced in
the house today were the follow
ling: Creating a state fair board
to be known as the Idaho State
Fair Board" providing qualifica-
tions of its members and it's pow
ers and asking for an annual ap-
8propriation from the state of
1926, 900 for the purpose of hold
ling a fair in Boise.
An act for the immediate reg
istration of all births and deaths
throughout the state and the ap-
pointment of a register of vital
\ statistics, who shall also be Sec
retary of the state board of
health with additional salary.
Providing that the county
health officers may be removed
by the state 'board'of health for
cause upon charge made and
considered at regular meeting
pf the board.
Providing for the appointment
pf a state bank commissioner and
Specifying his qualifications and
llso those under which a bank
hay organize and do business in
the state. s
Making it unlawful for any
telegraph or telephone company
10 refuse'to transmit in the most
fxpedltlous manner any message
presented for that purpose.
81 The states title to school Sec
lions 16 and 36, over which there
has been so much controversy,
was today closed.
The attention of the legislature
was attracted by Senator Kerns,
of Shoshone county, who intro
duced a memorial to congress,
asking the national body to inn
mediateiy get action on the
states right to school sections
embraced within the national
forests of northern Idaho, with
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