The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-02
BUSY DAYS IN THE
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT BILLS
APE CONSIDERED AND MANY
NEW ONES PRESENTED.
New Educational Institution conscli-
datlon Program Considered at Meet
Ing OF Committees From
Both Houses.

Boise, Idaho.--The legislature con
! sidered number of important meas
ures on Janaury ~. The Camas coun
~ division bill was passed and sent
TO the governor. The house passed a
relief bill appropraiting $26,322 for the
King Fiji project; also a measure EN-,
powering the governor to fill vacancies
in the United States senate.
Bills were introduced. one creating
a 100000 bond issue for good roads,
another consolidating the pure food
and board OF health departments, a
third creating a state agricultural
board and fourth dividing the state
into two congressional districts.
A new tentative educational insti-
tuition consolidation program was pro-
posed at a joint meeting of the edisca-
tional institution committees Of the
house and senate OF the present leg
islature with the state board of edu.
cation on January 81 which, in the
concrete, is to give the University Of
Idaho a more central location by es-
tablishing IL at Boise or some place
In this section of the state; to aban-
don the Lewiston normal and estab-
fish II In the university buildings at
Moscow; giving to the north one state
normal; to abandon the Albion nor
NAL at Albion and locate 1t at Poca-
tello, combining it with the Idaho
Technical institute there, thereby
keeping the second state normal
school In the southern part of the
state.
Senator Harding OF Oneida county
first proposed that general consoli-
tional institutions be worked out He
was followed by Representative Stor-
ey of Ada county, for number OF
sessions a member of the legislature,
who Endorsed the plan. Senator Jack
son OF Bonner county first suggested
that the University OF Idaho be given
q more central location where eli
matte conditions would be more favor
able Other members of the commit
tee Joined In the discussion. No def
Mite action was taken. The primary
purpose of the joint conference was
to ascertain the needs of the several
institutions. A conference was held
with the appropriation committee OF
the house by the board regarding the
budgets for the several institutions
under its control, which have to be re-
vised owing to the limitation of the
bonded Indebtedness OF the state
Boise, Idaho.--The second Idaho
regiment and the United States army
officers in charge of It's demobiiiza-
ton at the Boise barracks here were
given clean bill of health by the SEN
ate investigating committee of the
legislature when 1t filed its report on
January %.
The legislature ordered probe
when members who had heard from
their constituents protesting against
the length of time the regiment had
been held here pending the check on
property and accounts, the frequent
deaths that were occurring among Of
ficers and enlisted men. insisted It be
mode. The investigation was infor-
NAL. as the legislature could not in
vestigate the war department or any
military post Committees from the
house and senate visited the barracks,
were shown every courtesy and when
the senate report was filed it was
adopted without dissenting voice.
Senator Walker of Boundary county.
Republican, wrote the report for
the committee Summarized, 1t is as
follows. That the regiment was or
dered mustered out at Boise instead
of Salt Lake on the urgent demand
congressional delegation; that the
Boise barracks at Boise were not
large enough to make the men as com.
Portable as IL they had been mus.
tered out at Fort Douglas; that un,
usual cold weather. shortage In fuel
and lack Of accommodations caused
discomfort.
General Bell of the western division
is complimented for acceeding to the
wish OF the Idaho people to change
the mastering out place from Salt
Lake TO Boise and the army officers
at the post are complimented for &C
ceding to the wish of the investigat
ing committees.
Boise, Idaho.-The lower house Of
the legislature defeated on January
"a an administrative measure thai
would have given the government
right to remove q sheriff or county at
torney who failed to enforce the pro
visions Of the prohibition law.
i The administration will indorse tn,
workmen's compensation act intro
duced in the lower house of the leg
lslature by Ross w. Bates, it is said
Finely Tucked organdle Collars.
On the simpler frocks seen at Yvett,
Guilbert's recital there was an indica
ton of vogue for crisp collars o
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