The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS
MANY VITAL SUBJECTS

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time several of the Republicans wax
ed hot in orasory, and charged the
democrats with a desire to smother
an investigation.
Majority Floor Leader Moody. in re-
ply, said that he would tell the mi
nority members where the response
bility for the conditions rested. He
said that the Boise Commercial club,
in its selfish desire to have the boys
quartered at Boise, instead of Salt
signed by the war department, was re-
sponsible for the situation, inasmuch
as army officers advised the COM
mercia club that the local barracks
were not in shape nor adequate for
as large a regiment as would have
to be duartered there Hhe stated
that the commercial clubs of othec
cities throughout the state were
Jointly responsible for lending the
latter its assistance by sending tele-
grams to the war department, urging
the place of rehabilitation to be at
Boise. He named the Twin Falls club
as one of the organizations that acted
in response to the request of the
Boise club The whole thing he said
was ill-advised; also that the gov
eminent was doing the best it could
under the circumstances but that
cOnveniences at the local camp were
simply such as were not conducive to
good health.
Young of Ada county offered an
other motion requiring that the IN
vestigation be made by the hose
committee on military affairs which
Moody promptly moved to be tabled.
The Republicans demanded a roll
call upon Moody's motion, and it was
lost, some of the Democrats voting
with the Republicans.
House bill No. 6, by AlbrethsOn and
Adamson, creating Butte county out
of Blaine, was passed with only one
dissenting vote Anderson of Latah
county voting in the negative. Two
members we're absent
House bill No. z, by the same au-
thors, was passed, creating Camas
county from another portion of Blaine
county. A little opposition developed
to the last bill but the chairman of
the committee on county lines and
boundaries reported that no one had
opposed the bill at the hearing of
that committee On roll call the only
ones voting against the bill were An
dersOn of Latah, Bailey, MCGOWAN,
Miles ard StriteZ. One member did
not vote The Twin Falls delegation
voted for both these measures
division which was acted upon ia
vOrably by the house was the enabl-
ing act, known as house bill 10, by
Monson of Franklin county permitting
the voters in the southeastern sec
ton of BannOck county to determine
whether they wish it to remain a por-
ton of Bannock county or to be an
nexed to Franklin county The Ban
mock county delegation having no
objections to the bill, it received the
unanimous support of the house.
The Grimes resolution providing for
the submission to the people at the
next general election of a constitu-
tional amendment to raise the salar-
les of the state legislators from So
to $3.50 per day. was favOrably re-
ported by the committee of the whole.
An amendment designed to raise this
amount to $40 was defeated.
Twin Falls county will not share
in the million dollar good roads ap-
preparation that is asked by the high
way commission, if present plans pre-
vail. j was learned today that in
reducing the amount to be asked from
S1,500,0O0 to 81 100000, the items of
interest to Twin Falls county were
eliminated. These include the states
one-third of the cost of surfacing the
state highway from Filler to Kimber-
! ly, and also the states one-third of
the cost of building the bridge at Sho-
shOne Falls.
Under this program the only chance
Twin Falls county has of securing
any state aid for roads or bridges
will be in the event of the passage of
bill which is being drafted, to be in
troduced Wednesday by Judge Han
sen, which provides for an appropria-
ton TO assist in the construction OF
the Hansen bridge. 1t is estimated
that the suspension bridge will cost
at least $4,000 and the appropria.
ton is to be asked to make ND the
difference between the amounts fol
which bonds have been voted and the