Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-02-05
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Benewah county, the new county
carved out of Kootenai by the present
legislature and of which st. Maries is
to be the county seat, received its
name from a famed Indian chief who
ruled over that country in ages long
gone by.
Nez Perez County Good Roads asso-
citation has decided to divide the coun-
ty into four districts, secure county
bond issue to improve the highways in
the different districts and also apply
on needed improvements in the differ
ent districts a portion of the money
raised by taxation
Our governor made clear his atti-
tude as to pardons several days ago,
when he opposed pardons for two
Imurderers and two assailants of wom-
en-. These four men were pardoned,
however, by the pardoning board. who
ruled that sufficient punishment had
been administered.
To get closer to the people and their
needs the Idaho public utilities COM
IlllSSlOu has uCCiuCu Oh q PAoii Vi PAO
cedure whereby it will go into the var
ious districts of the state, meet the
taxpayers and give personal study to
the public utilities that are serving
the people North Idaho is to receive
the first of these official visits by
the entire commission and it is ex-
pected that the Panhandle will be Wis
tied next April
i District court opened Tuesday at
Grangeville. The calendar contains
rs cases, of which nine are criminal
and Il are suits for divorce. There
lare 25 cases carried over from last
term. There are two murder cases.
Frank Hye of Elk City is charged
, with murder in the first degree as a
result of the killing of his wife, Mrs.
Alma Hye, and Hugh Kennedy last
fall. One Smith is charged with first
degree murder as the result of a
quarrel among the bridge gang in a
bunk car on a siding west of Cotton
!. wood in November.
; IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
The bill creating a game reserve in
the central part of the state passed
/ the senate.
A bill making all kinds of peddlers
> except those dealing in farm products
get license was passed.
The senate passed the house concur
!. rent resolution, by Johnston, to permit
y. removal of the state furniture to the
!. Idaho building at the San Francisco
: exposition.
The state highway commission Ii
d recommending that the Legislature
s bond the state for 100000 to build 6
It state highway from Lewiston to the
l. south of the state.
The most important bill which has
|. educational board to sell $4,000 acrei
I of land per year instead of only 16,
b 900 acres as heretofore.
J. A bill by Representative Johnston o
Bingham county to put in force the
:. initiative, referendum and recall
! which has lain dormant for four. years
: is notable for its brevity.
+ Senate bill No 3. the so-callet
O CHAMBERS BILL" purposes to reimburse
1877 farmers and companies whose
horses were destroyed during the las
two years by the state veterinarian
: when the animals We're found to b'
suffering from CHAMBERS.
Strong protest is being raised in tn,
, north Idaho counties over the gam'
bill which was recently submitted t,
the state legislature. The objections
J. are principally urged against the tres
n pass features of the bill, and thu
It shortening of the game seasons.
The house passed the Koelsch ali
o gun bill. prohibiting the sale or use o
/. airguns in Idaho, and passed the Shat
n tuck act, reducing the interest on dc
a linquent taxes from Is to 10 per cent
g and removing the penalty for failur
to pay the second installment of taxes
Senator l.. r. Thomas of Bingham
" county is sponsor of new lazy hus
:, band" act, Endorsed by women's oil
:, CARNATIONS throughout Idaho. Tn
I, proposed measure, in addition to mai
ing it crime for husband to ia
= to support his family, provides, in SET
- ton 2, "A wife, charged with the legs
duty of supporting her husband an
,c, having the ability so to do, who, will
d. out just cause, deserts, or wilfully NJ
I'd elects or refuses to provide for hi
I'D support and maintenance in destitut
at or necessitous circumstances, is guilt
70 of crime" Both parents are held r
he sponsible for the support of childre
p- under 10 years of age. Conviction {
violating the provisions of the pr
posed act can result in fine of NJ
exceeding $4,000 or Imprisonment.
ST.
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