Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-30
Measure Provides for the
Election of Commission
ers by Districts Instead Of
at Large as at Present.
DUST PREVENTION
BILL ALSO PASSED
Purpose of the Act Is to
Safeguard Health of Min
ers-Number of Import
ant Measures Introduced
in the Lower House.

The election Of county commission
crs in the various counties of this
state by districts instead of at large
was Endorsed by the house of repre-
sentatives at it's session today when 1t
passed the Kiger- MCGOWAN bill so pro-
viding after an interesting debate.
The house also passed what Majority
Leader Moody declared to be the most
humanitarian bill that has appeared
in the legislature--thc kribs mine
dust prevention measure which Will do
much, if il becomes a law, toward pre-
vcntion of miners diseases in the great
mining districts Of the state.
There were five measures passed and
as many introduced, chief among
which is a memorial to congress ask
ing for a 1000 appropriation to i'm
prove Indian lands in Bonner county;
"A measure seeking to exclude from the
jurisdiction of IT,, public utilities COM
mission, municipal public utilities and
to create a game preserve out of the
Pocatello national forest.
BILLS PASSED.
The bills passed by the house are
as follows:
House bill No. g. by Albrethsen and
Misunderstanding the county Of
Butte, rel passed as amended by SEN
ate.
House bill No. IS, by Kiger and Nc
Gowan--Providing for the election Of
county commissioners by districts in
stead OF at large.
House bill No. %. by Kribs-Mak-
ing it unlawful to drill holes in Slopes
e
with water-jets or spray to prevent es-
cape of dust.
House bill No 81. by ColIins-Au-
thorizing irrigation districts on rec
'amation districts on reclamation prof.
Gets to deal direct with the govern
ment.
House bill No So by BaiIlie and
Daughters-Fixing bonds of directors
of irrigation districts at from $500 to
$4,000.
The committee on county lines and
boundaries recommended that the
Portneuf county division bill. seeking
to divide Bannock county, pass, and
he report was adopted.
klGER CHAMPIONS BILL.
Representative Kiger of Kootenai
county championed the county COM
HiiSSlOHer ulSLTlcL DILL declaring tn3t
the measure seeks to give all parts Of
county representation on board of
county commissioners. Kribs of Sho-
shone county fought it on the grounds
that it was an attempt to let the
minority remove the ma jority to which
charge kiger replied the minority had
right to fair representation and the
centers of population in a county
should not shut out the more sparse
Is settled sections from representation.
The measure provides that each county
shall be divided into three districts
based on the area of the county. Rep
resentatives Hubbard. Jones, Richards
and Young spoke for the bill
After the measure passed Represen-
tative Grice served notice he would
ask reconsideration of the vote tomor-
o speak on it,
PASS DUST MEASURE.
The kribs mining bill which seeks
20 control dust from drills, was cham
pioned by both the author and Ma
orty Leader Moody. The latter de-
clared the measure to be one of the
most humanitarian that has been in
troduced during the present session of
the legislature. He corroborated the
statement of Kribs that the purpose of
the bill is to prevent the dust from
drills reaching miners. Breathed by