The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-01-03
IDAHO PROSPERED AND
EXPANDED IN 1917

were raised to eight and one-halt
millions of dollars while every FUND
carried in the state treasury shows
comfortable balances. State lane
sales were greater In 1917 alone thar
during the four previous years taker
collectively, over a million and one
half dollars being received by tn,
state for lands disposed Of The bull
of the acreage went to actual bona
fide settlers. This gives some indica
ton of the rapid agricultural develop
ment.
session of the legislature, the first
of democratic complexion In the
states history, left In its wake 17C
new laws, or amendments to old ones
several of which are of far-reachine
Importance. as the workmen's com
pensation and the sabotage and Grim
inal syndicalism acts, in addition tc
an insurance manager under the com
pensation act and an industrial acct
dent board of three members. -Four
new counties-Payette, Valley, Camas
and Butte-were created, bringing the
total for the state from 81 to Al. Fol
the district court three new Judges
were added and one new district
created. Important changes took
place I'm the states educational in
situations and board, a new state com
missioner of education being named
practically new state board of ed
ucation, new president and import
ant faculty members for the Universe
ty Of Idaho and Lewiston State nor
NAL and new superintendent for the
industrial training school at St. An
thony. Appropriations were authori-
zed to care for the finances of the
state and its institutions and one fire
! loss In the latter occurred in the Lewis
ton normal.
Some OF the more important ac-
complishments of the state in. 1917
have been enumerated, but not all.
for Idaho has done its bit toward
helping win the war. Somewhere
over there" is part Of the flower
OF the state The old Second Idaho
regiment was federalized-a total of
2OO2 officers and enlisted men-and
Joined the colors to fight for the
cause OF humanity against the brutal
hum. Idaho also drafted 2,2S7 men
into the first national army and reg
istered $4,000 In all to respond to the
call IL they are ne. died. In addition
close to 500 others Joined the regular
army, the navy or the marines while
others went into the aviation corps.
This state also raised brigade field
hospital corps. Those at home have
organized to back up the boys at the
front. A state council of defense COM
posed of many of the most influential
men and women of the state has been
created with subordinate county coun-
ellis in the various counties. The state
has its food and fuel administrators,
its wOmen's council, Red Cross or
ganization for which 1t doubled its
membership quota of $1,000 in
Christmas drive. being the first state
in the northwest to ''go over the top"
with its apportionment.
The mild winter season at the
close OF the old year forecasts abun-
dant crops and heavy production
along all other lines in the new year
that Is being born.
The house of representatives of the
last legislature could not authorize
the payment to attaches for over time
work following adjournment of the
session, the supreme court of this
state holds in an important opinion
handed down in case wherein it
denies the application for writ of
mandate applied for by one Katherine
Griffiths to compel STATE Auditor Van
Deusen to pay her. She was one Of |
two attaches who were employed by
Harvey Alfred, speaker, and the chief |
clerk at the house to close up the |
legislative records Of the house fol- |
lowing March when the legislature |
adjourned. They worked during the
balance of the month and their res
pective claims were for $500 each. |
When these claims were presented to
the state auditor he refused to draw
warrants for them. holding that the
speaker Of the house did not have the |
jurisdiction to authorize them. In fact |
he classed them, as, highway rob- |
berry" Later Mrs. Griffiths presented |
a claim for $26S.75 which the state |
auditor refused to pay. She then APP
piled to the supreme court for an or
der compelling him to do so. That |
tribunal denied the application hold
ing: No authority exists for one
branch of the legislature, acting in
dependently of the other, to bind the
state for the compensation of en-
ployes for work to be performed af- |
Ter duJOurnment, fnat the speaker or
the house and chief clerk were with
out authority to authorize the claims. |
The priority range question pre-
scented to the supreme court of the
United States. involving right to the
range for stock grazing in Idaho,
greatly interested that tribunal, ac
cording to Attorney General L. A.
who is just back from Wash
ington where he presented the case
on behalf of the state. The action
is entitled the State of Idaho VS.. Sc
cundimo Omaeohevarria. The def
endent is sheep herder who ran a
band of sheep formerly belonging to
X. i. Bicknell, present federal food
OF idaho, onto a stock
range in Owyhee county. The stock
men had him arrested on the charge
of violating the provisions of section
6SI2 of the revised codes, which on
conviction Is made misdemeanor
He was convicted IN the justice, dis
trict and supreme courts. The stock