Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-01-19
HOUSE REFUSES To
ADJOURN FOR BAR
IDAHO LEGISLATORS DECIDE TO
REMAIN IN SESSION TO Elk
PEDlTE BUSINESS.
Speaker Backed Up by Members in
His RuIing.-PIan to Create Two
New Counties Out Of Bannock
Launched.

Boise, Idaho-The business of the
state and its people is more important
than the business Ct any association
or organization, in the opinion of the
legislature OF this state, in session
here, and for that reason the house OF
representatives on January II de-
clined to adjourn so that its members
could attend the annual meeting Of
the State Bar association. Speaker
Alfred went on record as opposed to
any adjournment during the session,
except to expediate the business of
the legislature, and the house backed
him up in his stand. The members of
the judiciary committee were allowed
to absent themselves to attend the
session of the bar association, but a
second motion tc permit other attor-
neys holding seats also failed.
A bill to create the Tenth judicial
district out OF the counties of Lewis
and Idaho was introduced, together
with another relating to the creation
of highway districts. M. S. Parker of
Boise was made official proofreader
and Miss Agnes Anderson of Twin
Falls assistant The house also passed
"a resolution praising the members of
the Second Idaho regiment for the
splendid appearance they made when
passing in review before the legisla-
ture
The senate elected a new assistant
secretary in Mrs. Alice P. Thompson
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State Senator Carter, who was unable
to serve. After transacting routine
business the senate adjourned until
Monday. The house adjourned IN
| til Saturday morning.
A plan to create two new counties
out of Bannock county was launched
One county is to be named Portneuf,
to be created out of the northwest
section, and the other is to be named
Wilson, to be created out of the east
side of Bannock county.
Governor Alexander signed the mi
litia pay bill and the troops of the
Second Idaho regiment were paid off
on January u.
Congress will be asked to abolish !
the manufacture and sale of intoxi- |
eating liquors in all states and terri |
tories if the legislature adopts house |
joint memorial No. l, introduced in
the lower house by F. c. MCGOWAN of |
Latah county, floor leader for the Re |
publicans.
The legislature of two years ago
aries of the members and attaches
and the general expenses of the ses-
sion. An effort was made at that
time to hold the sum appropriated
down to $4,000.
That the Democrats may find the
sailing not quite so easy in the upper
house as their majority might have
led them to think it would be. was
forecasted when Senator Rockwell
refused to grant Senator MitchelTs re-
quest for unanimous consent to sus-
pend the rules in order to pass a
bill.
But $4,000 is asked by the legisla-
ture this year to pay the salaries OF
members and attaches and to pay the
general expenses of the Fourteenth
session. The appropriation is con-
tanned in house bill No. 2.
Lack of funds in the highway de- !
partment for the printing of a bien-
NAL report was called to the attention
of the house by Storey OF. Ada, last
week who rnovad tbat q ooro,,;++oo - 1
named to investigate and determine
how much money would be needed by
the department for the printing of the
report
House bill No. 2, appropriating S
$4,000 to defray expenses of Idaho's S
fourteenth legislature, was made the q
first order of business and unanimous ?
passed by the senate when it met Jan a
lary 10. Il
The lower house of the legislature
was in session but an hour and a half S
IN January 10, completing its order Of e
business and adjourning before the a
loon hour until 10 o'clock the next s.
lay.
Efforts of the Boise Commercial
Tub to get the routing of the North g,
md South highway through Washing
on and Adams counties changed and
made to pass down the north fork of 81
he Payette river through Long val
ey from New Meadows to Boise prom 70
ses to precipitate one of the biggest
ghts to come up in the present SEES &C
ion of the legislature. 81
AS to Politeness.
"Politeness costs nothing" observed