The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-02-15
WOULD CHANGE THE STATE LAND BOARD.

Senator Lewis Of Laah county and Senator Randall of N
Perce county have introduced resolution upper house
winch would submit to the voters of the
TO the constitution providing for noparsan state land
board OF three members appointed by the in place
OF the present Anticipated and inefficient system which has
Deen the subject OF much criticism This bill is directly
line with the recommendations made by Republican State
Chairman Evans Mr. Evans preached this doctrine last
year In season and out from end of the state the
and recommended that both parties put platforms
which advice to extent carried State Treasurer
Eageson also placed his approval ON this plan in an
ADDRESS before the county assessors meeting Boise
some months ago. Now have it put tangible practi
cable form by of this resolution and the egsla
ture is given the opportunity and has it within its power to
bring the relief sought 1t is to be hoped will So
These gentlemen and others have also introduced bill
providing for complete audit Of the land department
and making appropriation to deay the expenses incident
thereto These companion bills In regard this latter
bill State Auditor Van Duesen "We going
genuine audit and am going to do it. The law says shall
going to create set of books the years of
statehood they tie SO cannot do it, will resign and
to the people speaking legislative move the
senator's referred to say:
By the terms of the several of congress granting
lands to the state they given for the benefit of the
children of Idaho both in the public schools and the higher
educational institutions for the unfortunate
penitentary insane asyums reformatory feeble
minded institution and deaf dumb and blind school The
language OF these several grants very plain and explicit
The funds to be kept intact administered by
the state land board and the entire income thererom
solely for the benefit OF these several benefcares No
mistake the meaning Of these words It is unfortunate
that the beneares Of these grants right
vote they could by their ballots protect heritage from
abuse from misuse and from being used bait
votes We have this misuse repeatedly; have this
income depleted to catch votes the interest
these funds diverted from the intended
purposes and have the whole land board and land
parment used for political ends All this is in direct viola
ton of the spirit and letter of the of congress
time to take these funds out of polticsf
The management of these funds by politically constituted
board for the benefit of not having the franchise
IL unsound In principle not scientific not businesske and
tends to debauch politics is the aim of these two
to correct these abuses and place land department
sound scientific business basis The annual saving which will
result in proper management of this department. has
estimated by those who know high million and quar-
ter of dollars The assets of this department in money
securities is between eight and ten millions It will
be long before they reach $50000000 This department will al
ways larger than any banking business Idaho No
would for minute consider placing his bank under po
ica control such rules land board 1t would
bankruptcy Why not place land department under bust
management while it is yet small and do f