The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14
IDAHO TAKES ACTION
AGAINST ANARCHY
MEASURE ADOPTED BY HOUSE
WOULD PUT STATE ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
Measure Designed to Prevent an Out
break Of Anarchy Among the Mine
and Timber Workers Of the
Northern Part of State.


Boise.The members OF the Idaho
legislature are determined TO place
every safeguard around the Idaho citi-
gen against an outbreak OF anarchy In
this state
For the purpose OF putting the state
on an emergency basis, a bill pr0yld-
ing acceptance of terms Of the national
guard act was passed under suspen.
sion Of rules by the Idaho house OF
representatives on February s, and
sent to the senate with the hope of
getting speedy action ia the upper
house.
While no outbreak has occurred, pos.
sibilities Of L w. w. agitation IN the
mines of the northern part Of the state
and among the timber workers, result
Ing In an outbreak of anarchy was
responsible for quick action on the
bill.
At the same time there was intro
dnced a memorial to congress urging
that pending legislation before that
body calling for the deportation of
aliens who waived their citizenship
during the period Of the war SO that
they would not have to fight for the
country OF their adoption be deported.
II was held in the first instance, that
the state is now without protection,
having no regiment or national guard,
and, In the second, that a man who
would not fight for the country of his
adoption ought to be deported to the
country he came from.
Following heated debate, the house
amended and recommended for passage
the measure that provides women en-
gagged in industrial and occupations of
various kinds in this state shall not
be worked longer than eight hours
per day, nor for more than six days
per week In any one week.
The measure was amended, remov-
ing the provision which exempted
women engaged i'm the orchards and
the prior portion of the bill was
amended to include women engaged In
canneries. AS 1t reads now, 1t applies
to all mechanical and mercantile estab-
lishments, canning factories, laundries,
hotels and restaurants
The Carbon county division bill, Gre
ating a new county out of Bannock,
amended to carry an enabling act. was
passed by the senate. The amendment
We're approved by the house and sent
TO the governor for approval. The
amendment permits residents to vote
whether or not they want to be in
eluded In Carbon county Should they
vote against the inclusion they will be-
long to Bannock. If they vote for it
they are Included in the new county.
This bill, therefore, creates the forty
fourth county in the state.
Governor Davis attached his sigma
ture to the Jerome county division bill
on February s, which act brought in
to being the forty-third county of the
state. Jerome is made the county seat.
The new county includes territory
taken from Minidoka, Lincoln and
Gooding counties.
Besides passing the defense act bill,
the house also passed house joint me-
mortal No. 9, by Patterson, asking that
the Thunder mountain section in Ida
no county be included in forest re-
serve.
Among the important bills intro
dueed In the house We're the following
Bill No. $50, by Brownell, creating a
small claims department of Justice
courts; Nos. 15I and 152, by the com
mittee ON revenue and taxation, APP
propriating 100000 and $900,0Ou,
respectively, for the construction and
maintenance of state highways; No.
1913, by Stranger, aproprmting $4,000
for the university extension depart
ment