Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-02
Measure of Importance to
the Timber Regions Of
Northern idaho May Be
Amended to Include All
State Lands.
ATTEMPT TO REVIVE
THE BUHL BILL FAILS
Only Brief Session of House
Held, Early Adjournment
Being Taken Out of Re-
spect to Memory Of Wife
of Former Lieutenant
Governor.

The house of representatives ad
journed at noon today to tomorrow
morning out of respect to the memory
Of the late Mrs. II. II. Taylor, wife
of the former lieutenant governor,
after passing one bill and considering
many others in the committee of the
whole. An attempt was made to Sc
cure a reconsideration of the vote by
which the Bull county division bill
was defeated yesterday, when Nc
Murray of Cassia made a motion to
that effect, but it failed to receive a
second and the motion was not recog
nized. II is understood that the bill
may be reintroduced at the present
session Of the legislature with an en-
abling act alta ned permitting the
electors in the territory to form the
new county to vote upon the division
issue.
CUT INTEREST RATES.
II was the Bohman bill, No. "a, that
was passed by the house. This meas
ure is of particular Importance to the
northern part of the state where
there is difficulty encountered in the
clearing off of stump lands. The
Bohman bill cuts the interest pur-
chasers have to pay on state stump
land to per cent for the first five
years and per cent for the next five
years, and eliminates the necessity of
paying the principal during the first
10 years. Thereafter and for a period
of 80 years the interest is paid at
per cent, together with the principal
dividend into 80 payments 1t Is
planned to amend this bill in the SEN
ate so that 1t applies TO all state lands.
The primary object of the measure is
to give "A low rate of interest to the
homesteader and an opportunity for
him to get on his feet and cultivate
his lands before paying principal
BAR NONRESIDENT AGENTS.
Consideration of bills pending on the
general calendar in the committee Of
the whole held the attention of the
house most of the morning and the
resident life insurance agent measure
caused a lively debate. The object Of
this bill to require those selling life
insurance in Idaho to be residents and
" ht'p Tic OUT. lHGSe
non residents We're classed as smooth
tongued' strangers, as high rollers''
and the bill was referred TO by Ma
jority Leader Moody as an amend
mcnt to the game laws of the state.
MCGOWAN of Latah, Johnston, Hub
bard. Young, Grce and others de-
Tended the bill. kribs was its princf-
pal opponent. He said he favored free
competition in the matter of selling
life insurance and an open season for
all agents, residents or non residents.
y number of personal instances were
cited where the smooth -tongued"
non residents came into the state and
either grabbed the premiums home
agents were entitled to or sold insur-
ance to those who did not want it.
Johnston of Bingham said he has been
pestcred by them and MCGOWAN of
Latah told of one of Johnstons expert.
cnces, by which the non resident agent
had made him believe that he could
pick apples off hitching posts in De-
cember. Grice called certain cfa IS
of non resident life insurance agents
who he said infested his section, as
crooks" The bill was recommended
for passage.
BILLS RECOMMENDED.
The committee of the whole with
Shearer of Nez Perez in the chair con
sidered and took action on the follow
ing bills:
House bill No. 81, by Anderson and
Mcmillan of Bonneville-Regulatine
The width Of wagon tires. Progress re-
ported
House bill No. IS, by Johnston. Kiger
and Daughters-Giving force and eff
feet to initiative, referendum and re-
call. Indefinitely postponed on request
Of authors as other bills for the same
thing are pending.
House bill No. 81, by Jones and Nc
Misunderstanding highway districts
shall receive 80 per cent Of revenue and
county 10 per cent. Recommended for
passage.
House bill No. 10. by Giles--Creatins
Tenth judicial district amended to in
clude Nez Perce. Lewis and Idaho
counties at request Of Judge Steele
Recommended for passage.
House bill No. II. by Lewis, Kent and
kiger--Relating to exercise of eminent
domain towards railroads. Allowed tc
retain place.
House bill No. 40. by Kiger-Provid-
ing for appointment of code commits
sion by supreme court to codify laws
Recommended for passage
House bill No. 100, by Struthers and
Monson of oneida-Relating to APP
pointment Of judges of election. Re-
commend d for passage.
House bill No. 100. by MCGOWAN OF
Latah-Barring nonresident life in