Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-08-29
or NEW FORM
Or SLAIE GOVERNMENT
(Second Installment)

Larger receipts ana decreased Of
tlce expenses have been the outstand-
ing features OF reports recently made
py Jay Gibson, commissioner of the de-
partment OF commerce and industry,
VINO IS exercising the duties OF the
former banking COMM .ssIoner and
also supervising the activities of the
STATE insurance manager and the dir
ector OF insurance. Comm lssioner
Gibson has reduced his office ex-
penses more than $1,000. In the past
Sax months and in the same period
nIs receIpLs show an increase OF sew
erdl hundred dollors over 1918.
We are endeavoring to take a
personal interest in each individual
Dank', reads u part of statement
Of policy issued by Mr.. Gibson. I'm
several instances improved forms
have been suggested to bank direct
ors and occasionally we have found
ourselves able TO proffer new meth
ods evolved both in Idaho and In 9TH
er states.
Credit for advertising the recent
resale OF state lands at Rexburg, a
transaction which netted the general
tund $iS7 200, must go to the de-
partment OF immigration, labor and
Il.
a former newspaper man, is commits
sioner
Commissioner Barber has been
seriously handicapped by lack of Of
lice room, but, nevertheless, he has
managed to amass statistics with re-
gard to irrigation, farmlands. live
stock and other important strands I'm
the Idaho commercial fabric which
will prove immensely valuable to the
seeker for information.
Vigor. efficiency and substantial
achievement have characterized tho
administration OF c. A. Elmer. COM
missioner of the department OF public
investments.
Faced with the task of assuming
the duties of the former state regis
ter and in addition experimenting
tho collection Of interest on all GER
tiflcates Of sale of both lands and
timber, a labor thrust first upon the
land board and later upon the state
treasurer, Commissioner Elmer re-
ported at recent meeting of the
governors cabinet that the col
lections OF his department for the
seven months ending July 81 were
more than the ingatherings of the
same period In 1918.
Legal action is being relied upOn
TO untangle many of the state loans.
sales already have been made In sew
eral instances and there are now AZ
cases In the courts which will be car
rled to prompt conclusion.
In other years suits have been com
menced upon over due loans but only
one case ever came to trial and fin J
al sale, largely because of deterrent
acton on the part OF a cautious land
board. Concentration Of authority
in the hands OF the present invest
ments commissioner has prevented
of this particular char
acter, save in unusual instances.
Many mortgages so heavily en-
many mortgages so heavily encum-
Dered that their character had be-
come more than dubious have been
and other unfortunate loans
either have been foreclosed or re- F,
written on the basis OF a sane yalu- |
alton of the property involved.
StrlkIngly comprehensive are the
duties which were assumed by Miles
Cannon, commissioner of agriculture
when the Davis bill became effective
april j. Every product poured from
ldahos generous horn OF plenty re-
his attention and 65 per cent
OF the entire population OF the state
VIII be reached by one or another of
the activities of the supervisors. I'm
1er mis- direct Jurisdiction comes /
property in agricultural lands and I,
livestock valued at 1895. 100000.
ny cooperating with the univerSi-
~ extension department with a re-
Gently appointed board Of agricul- |
tural advisers. Commissioner Cannon
mas direct access to all Of the states !
varied agencies OF food productions
7nd through them. Of course. reaches
very Idaho community. ]. r
.elds. of Emmett. John A. Brown |
of Twin Falls. Dean E. J. Iddings OF !
MOSCOW, Hugh SprOat OF Boise, CIay
sance OF Mackay. George Butler OF
meriean Falls. Charles Trigg Ar
Occur d'Alene, Ray ". FELTON, OF |
Boise and Leo Masters Of Meridian
are the nine members Of the state ad- |
yis0ry board.
Consideration OF Departmental l
achievements on behalf Of the far-