The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-01-19

from the Acknowledgement, while the
hygiene instructors would be required
to get similar Certificates from the
state board of health.
Woman Heads Morals Committee.
One outstanding feature of the COM
mittee appointments is the makeup OF
the public morals committees in both
houses, which will handle prohibition
legislation. Last session the house
committee was headed by a Seattle
representative connected with brew
cry interests and regarded as their
personal spokesman. This year the
Craftsmanship goes to Mrs. Ina P. VIII
man member of the house, who led
the fight two years ago to have the
progressive party adopt prohibition as
state issue Every other member
of the committee is listed as a dry
and the committee as a whole Is ex-
pected to be favorable to the bone
dry bill. In the senate Walter s. Da-
Wis, professor at the College of Puget
Sound and long time prohibition ad-
| vocate, heads the committee, and its
membership is likewise arid.
"Blue Sky" Bill is In.
A "blue. sky" law, designed to pre-
vent the sale of stocks and bonds in
manifestly unsafe corporations, was
introduced by Representative Christ
ianson of King.
1t follows the California model, CIV
ing the secretary of state supervision
over sales of promotion stocks and
bonds, and providing registration
system for companies which intend to
offer securities to the public.
Legislature Speeds Salary Bill.
Whatever may betide, there1l be
pay day in the legislative halls each
Saturday until the 60 days of the legis-
lature have passed. Senate bills Nos
and had their first, second and
third readings in both houses all in
one day and were duly signed and
speeded on their way to the governor
One appropriates 100000 to cover the
expenses of the legislative session and
the other $4,000 to pay for the legis-
lative printing.
Members of the legislature draw Sc
a day and mileage. There were only
two dissenting voices raised to the
appropriations. Senator Landon of
King county thought $4,000 was
enough for the legislative session. Sen
ator Palmer, also of King, concurred
with him, and on final passage of the
100000 bill they voted mo" The
100000 bills reads that that amount,
or $50 much thereof as may be neces-
sary," is appropriated.
Governor Makes Recommendation
A preferential presidential primary
law, of non-partisan election bill and
a law that would bring about absolute
prohibition in the state, were meas
ures recommended to the considera-
ton of the Washington state legisla-
ture by Governor Ernest Lister.
Governor Lister in his message re-
fused to take a hand in the contro-
yersy over the higher educational in
situations, saying he would not pre-
sumo to take action in view of the
fact that the matter was now before
the legislature. He expressed his con-
H. hao I'd Of both in fitI.
tions. He did say that he doubted the
advisability "of making progress so
rapid" as to make the cost of handling
the higher educational institutions al
most twice as much as it is now, as
the survey committee recommends.
Furthermore, he said he doubted the
wisdom of putting all five institutions
under one board.
Wants Four-Year Terms. :.
Four-year terms for county officers
are proposed in senate bill No. Is, by
Senator W. S. Davis of Tacoma, in
troduced in the senate. The measure
fixes county election dates in Novem-
ber 1918, and would take all county
officers off the ballot in general cleo
ton years. Officials would be limited
to two terms.
Legislative Brevties.
Three senators were born in Can
ada and one in Norway. All others
are natives OF the United States.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate was one increasing the pay of
county sheriffs on a graduated scale
of from $500 to $500.
In spite of the fact that the bull
moose is almost as extinct as the
dodo, the senate still boasts one mem
Der in Senator Burton, of Snohomish
county.
The committees that will consider
the rival claims of the university and
state college both are headed by Seat
tie men-Wray in the senate and Guile
in the house.
The senate confirmed, without de-
bate, the committee assignments of
Lieutenant Governor Hart, after Fair