Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-02-28
In the Legislature

The senate killed senate bill 10S, by
hedrick, which proposed to abolish
capital punishment. The vote was IS
to 4.
The house killed senate bill 3S, pro-
viding for a state purchasing agent,
who should buy all supplies for state
departments and institutions.
There doesn't seem to be very favor
able prospects for the $4,000 bond bill
for the Lewiston live stock show to be
resurrected, especially since the house
passed the bill to purchase the Lewis
ton-Clarkston bridge.
Governor Haines signed senate bill
20, by Haight, which strengthens the
local option law. The governor sent
IN a message shooting the bill full of
holes, but said he signed it because
he believed it would do some good in
its present form.
The house passed the following
house bills, which now go to the SEN
ate: "A, to reduce the amount of pub
LEGATION for school district elections;
256, prohibiting the use of cigarettes
by minors; ISL, regulating the use of
narcotics and prohibiting the refilling
of prescriptions that contain them.
The house passed the senate me-
MORALS to congress protesting against
the leasing of the public domain by
the national government and asking
the federal government to give the
state $4,000 acres of timber land to
start a good roads fund and the me-
MORALS will now be sent to congress.
The house has passed senate joint
resolution four, which provides for the
submission to the voters of a constitu-
tiOnal amendment to make the terms
of all state officers four years instead
of two years and this question will
now go on the ballot in 1914 This is
one of the measures recommended by
Governor Haines in his message.
The senate has passed the following
house bills and they go to the governor
for signature: "a, relating to the irri-
cation code and giving the state engi-
neer power to revoke licenses of civil
engineers; so, authorizing county COM
missioners to issue bonds to pay cur
rent Indebtedness in certain cases;
254, giving the horticulture commits
sioners power to levy guarantees
against counties.
The senate has amended house bill
49, which relates to exemptions from
executions of working mems wages
The present law exempts wages for 80
days. This bill, introduced by Wearne,
provides that 70 per cent of the wages
are exempted, provided the wages are
over $3.50 a week. There was consid-
cradle opposition to this in the house,
but it got through. The house has
raised the figure to S15 a week and
will probably pass the bill that way.
By vote of 4S to 6 the house has
passed Oversmith's house bill so, a
copy of the stringent Iowa injunction
and abatement law against lewd
houses The law is one of the strong
est measures of its kind ever framed,
holding the property owner equally
liable with the person who conducts
such a place. The property owner is
not only subject to a fine, but his
property is closed and the building
must remain vacant for a whole year.
Henry Thiessen of Sweetwater has
arrived home from Kansas and Mis-
souri, with a car of thoroughbred Here
ford cattle consisting of 26 heifers
and two bulls. The cattle are pro-
nounced by stockmen to be some of
the finest ever brought into the coun-
ty August Schroeder of Cottonwood
will take one of the bulls to head his
herd and he will cost Mr.. Schroeder
5000. The bull which will head Mr.
Thiessen's herd cost him $1,000, is
three years old and weighs 2250
pounds.