The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-18
TO BAR ALIENS
AS LANDHOLDERS

BOlSE, Jan. I8.-Tne LABOR Organl-
cations workmen's compensation bill
was launched in the Idaho legislature
yesterday and following it came an act
seeking to bar aliens from holding
| title to land in Idaho. Both meas
ures are viewed as among the most i'm
portant that will reach the legislature
this session. The compensation act
lis but one of three that will be in
troduced. Two others will make their
appearance shortly-one to be intro
|duced in the senate providing for op-
itonal compensation, instead of COM
pulsory, as called for in the labor
measure, and the other to be drafted
by a joint committee of members of
the majority in house and senate, or
an administration bill.
The anti-alien bill came from Bon
neville county's delegation in the
house of representatives. 1t prohib'
it's those not citizens of the United
States form acquiring titles to lands
in Idaho and is aimed particularly at
the Japanese who have secured title
to valuable tracts of sugar beet lands
in the southeastern part Of the state.
The bill may raise the same race
question in Idaho as in California be-
tween the American and Japanese
over the same issue.
But one administration bill made
its appearance in either house. 1t
came from Representative Anderson
of Canyon and calls upon heads of
all state educational institutions to
file monthly statements with the gov
ernor, state auditor and state treas
urer showing funds received from
federal and other sources. Other bills
from the administration are to follow
to put into force and effect its account
ing and checking system to apply to
both state institutions and to state |
departments.
Among the more important bills |
and resolutions were those of Kiger1
md Daughters, proposing an amend
nent to the constitution providing for
county officials to be paid monthly /
instead of quarterly and two bills by
Senator Pettibone of Idaho county,
me calling on county superintendents
o inspect all county schools annually,
md the second of the inspection of
ails and county court houses. Sen
tor Grant is the author of bill to
nake it possible for the trustees of !
chool districts on application to the
ourts to have a probation officer ap-
ointed for districts. ,
Budget of State Institutions {
The state educational institutions {
re looking for large appropriations
his year. Representative Charles C. {
lilies of Nez Perce, member Of the {
appropriations committee, states that {
le sentiment of the house seems to I
Q in favor Of providing we'll for the /
tate schools. I'VE want such work |
8 the geological survey to go ahead" c
Ir. Miles said, "and when the United s
tates is willing to make appropria- s
ons for some purposes on a fifty q
fly basis, the state should assume its f
roportion and reap the educational t
enefits." I
Representative John T. Quinlan of i
laho county, and the remainder of t
le committee on state institutions | h
ave been in conference with the state / t
,ard of education. He points out 6
at although the general recommen-
ltion of the governor has been to a
AXE the same appropriations as last t
ar, for new buildings may be pro- c
ded for in addition to other ex- Il
nses. t.