The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-02-13
JUDICIAL BILL
WILL PASS
Unanimously Passed House
and Recommended by
the Senate.

disposing of the state school lands
.hrou0h the land board came up
= committee of the whole at the
sanate session. Senator Hedrick
offered an amendment to the pro-
nosed constitutional amendment
Intended to increase the acreage
tba land board might sell in any
rear from % to 100 sections.
Senator Fields asked if the
amendment might not be made in
such way as to provide that not
more than Is sections Of timber
ar mineral land be sold in any one
year but this was ruled out as
;;mpossible. The members from the
north did not wish the bars let
down for the transfer of the rich
timber lands of that section from
the state to syndicates.
Senator Dunning threshed out
tbe Potlatch timber land deal one
more.
Senator Davis charged Dunning
and others with crying over spill
I'D milk. He reminded them that
the rich timber lands Of the north
nassed from the state to the trusts
under the Steunenberg admins
tration and must be charged up to
the democratic party of the state.
When the committee arose it
was with the recommendation that
the resolution pass as amended.
The consideration was in confor-
nifty with Senator Luck's motion
for a reconsideration made the
day before.
Tenth judicial District Bill.
The bill to create the tenth jul
dicial district Of Nez Perez, Lewis
and Idaho counties, leaving Latah
and Clearwater counties to con-
stitute the second district, with
Judge Steele presiding, took
long step forward in the senate
when it was recommended to pass
by the committee of the whole
representative Oversmith was
given the privilege of the floor
and explained the necessity fol
the new district as i've saw it. He
said the statement going the rount
that Judge Steele was opposed tc
the creation of the new district
was absolutely and unqualified!
false" He said there was toe
much work in the district for one
Judge. The district includes one
third of the territory of the state
He said that Judge Steele was thu
best Judge on the bench in Idaho
but he is forced to make a false
affidavit every time he draws hi
pay, because his work is not il
the condition. he swears it is.
Senator Goodnight opposed tn
bill mainly on the proposed di
vision of the district, holding tina
there was practically twice a
much business in the Nez Perez
Lewis-Idaho part as in the other
He gave figures to prove this, ant
other figures to prove that tn
court business of the entire dis
trlct was not increasing.
At the close of the discussion
Senator Goodnight moved tina
the committee recommended IN
definite postponement; Senate
Fields moved that it be recon
mended for passage and Senate
Hart moved that it maintain 1t
place on the calendar. The Field
motion carried and tile chance
are that it will go through tn
senate with but little oppositio
by the middle of next week.
passed the house unanimously.
Hard Work to Abolish Bureau
The house played joke on i
self when it allowed the journS
to show that house joint resolutio
No. 5, abolishing the office of in
migration commissioner, had bee
adopted. The resolution was col
sldered ON Thursday and tn
spt declared that it had pas
ed. The vote on it was 80 to z
IN Its favor, one vote short of tn
two-thirds majority necessary IL
The passage Of a joint resolution
The speaker, however, declare
mat the measure had passed an