The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-15

DC @olo,OOU winch ma Deen pTOVIu-
ed for the north and south highway
connecting G~rangeville with New
Meadows. The entire Latah county
delegation took part in getting a
square deal for the north, repeatedly
visiting the office of the highway
commissioners who were anxious and
willing to give the northern part of
the state its fair share of road work.
One of the bills which went through
both houses which is of great inter-
est to this state and proportionately
to this county was the stump land
bill offered by Ole Bohman of Troy.
This bill provided for the sale of state
stump land on a 4O-year payment plan
with an interest rate of 2 per cent for
the first ten years and four per cent
for the second 10-year period, with
6 e cent prevailing during the
balance of the time.
What amounts to a short ballot for
city governments was also provided
by a bill which came from Idaho Falls,
offered by Representative J. c. Nc
from Bonneville county. This
bill, WHICH passed both houses and
is now before the governor provides
the election by the entire city of
two councilmen from each ward to-
with the mayor which has the
appointment of practically all the 9TH
er city officials, including an OPP
.ional appointment of a bandmaster,
which latter provision was inserted
Us an amendment at the instigation
# Representative MCGOWAN, who had
Promised before he left to endeavor
o legalize such an appointment by
tatute if he could bring it about.
Alfred Anderson was sponsor for a
ill providing that warehousemen who
urchase grain in sacks must either
the sack or be debarred from
educting it's weight on the sale of its
commodity. This has received the
o%vernor's signature, and will be a
'elcome relief to the farmers of the
ounty. :
When the Latah county delegation :
rived at Boise one of the first :
it learned was that nc appro- .
riations for permanent improve :,
tents either at the University or at
lie Lewiston normal school were like !,
r. On investigation it was found
lat strenuous efforts would have to :.
80 til
lis kind. Consequently, the delega- :.
on went actively to work to secure =
large an appropriation as was -
~
Working through various chan he
els, and bringing to bear all in co
possible, the Latah delegation
tally brought the bill out of the ap- tb
'opriation committee carrying an 20
preparation of $112,O0 for perm W,
lent improvements at the University, tb
llch nnaily passed poth mousse III gu
at amount and is now before the of
for his signature. SO
In the senate the two constructive on
inds during the entire session on
ire Senators Lewis of Latah county tn
d Randall of Nez Perez among the in
publicans and l.. L. Evans of Am of
ican Falls. To Senator Lewis must an
given the credit for the idea of an the
'eStment bureau to take care of the ste
assets of lands coming to the no
tie from the federal government. ha'
is bureau was in the nature of an pa
mense state bank, and would have VIII
de possible the savings of a large no
Iount of the school taxes that now
We to be paid in to the state as a do
tax to care for the public an,
lools of the state. This bill passed er
senate, but was killed in the house Law