Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-17
HUNT Is DETERMINED
 ID PROVIDE FOR \
 LAND COMMISSIONER
He Will Decline to Sign any Land Bill Unless Power of Designating Management IS Left In His Hands

PHOENIX Feb. 16-Present indi-. cations are that the Land Commission or at least a land commissioner will oe l provided for by enactment of the present legislature. One thing is known for sure and this fig that Gov. ernor Hunt will not sign my bill re- ldtng to lands which doas not leave the appointive power of the directing ieeucy in the manalemenr of state lands in his hands ~hjs nay be fur thcr extended to mcac that Winsor he. continued in charge of :he land depart mcnt The Senate land committee yes tefGav took up the consideration of lerisistion of this character An ef- | fort was made to consider the Riggs | hiu which abolished the mnd commits
 sion urd provided that rhe cnuntv su- uervisors in each county should make
 the selections of the land not yet | selected for the state
 In place of the Riggs bin being con
 sidered a majority of the committee
 voted to take uD the Winsor bill. This
 measure as introduced shows that ! Chairman Winsor has receded from his previous position in the matter of the sale of the school lands. thus court.
 ing favor with the Maricopa county
 members. He is also in harmony with
 the amendment to the state constitu- tiou to increase the acreage Of graz
 inr lands which may be leased. This
 in part is very pleasing to the mem
 hers of the house and senate, especial I ly interested in the success of the live
 stock industry He has made one fur ! ther concession. He approves of the
 idea of selling aericulrural land and uarticularlv sufficient land to nay ihe
 railroad bond debts of Coconiuo. Yav
 aDai NaricoDa and Pima counties , Mir Winsor has used such good jude. ! ment in the accordance of comnromis- es that there is every indication that
 the state land department win he con
 tinued which of course. carries with it winsor as the supervising head for
 another two years. There has beer some trading on other legislation. not ably. the prohibition. mine tax and
 labor laws In an of the trading, how.
 ever, the land bill has formed no par,
 and it is Imaginable 10 see the lineup
 on the various questions involved that
 is the result
 - B !. Ponkev. nresident of the Chant fers Union of Globe is in Phoenix ant l in consultation with the local lepisla 70 tive committee of the State Federation ? of Labor urging as a represeutative o { which will provide for a state board O - the union of chauffeurs legislatior - cEauffeurs examiners and an age limi
 bin for chauffeurs. He has suggested legislation similar to the law of Cal Q ifornia The bills are being drawn am Q it is thought will be intraduced durin @ the present week.
 e The live stock committee of th ]. house has under consideration a bi' ,. amending the state bounty law an @ providing a special premium for th 6 killing of bears. In Yavapai county o e the upper Hassayampa a number c e grizzly bears have recently been Xii s ing cattle The bears have come dow n from the Bradshaw mountains wher Ia the snow is now deep to the lower elC V vations where food is plentiful. It y thought an emergency measure vii .a make the hunting of these animals g e attractive with the proper amount fo If a bounty that hunters will concentrat n. their attention on he district repor
 fv4og r,r,I .f~.n Ca an - rauders.