Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12

state are in the form of lands leased
| Tor farming and grazing purposes. 1t
| is cited that an estimate OF these Sc
curities would be purely guess work.
| 1t Is presumed, the report states, the
| lands have value in excess OF w.
| O0O,O but the income derived from
| their rental Is less tnan one per cent
| of their far value.
Recommendation of the foreclose OF
old loans on which interest has not
| been paid is contained III the report
and several loans cited several OIL
which it is stated, have grown to such
proportions III continued expenses,
tnat loses are probable. lctory bonus
TO the amount Oh SlZOOtU are being
purchased.
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
The WORK OF tins department re-
solves itself into three bureaus. first,
tish and game; second conslapular3
| ana third bureau OF llvensure. Lv.r!
| effort Is beng made To put the flsn
| and game department on Il business
| basis and 20 eliminate much OF the
| criticism that has been dlrecleu
against it. The balance IN the fish anu
game fund May l Was SZo,4l2.44.
robert y. Jones, secretary OF stale. Is
commissioner.
The constapulary bureau is pro-
cceulng cautiously in the matter o.
organization. Every Sheriff IN The
| county is asked To submit u monthly
statement. ~ representative OF the ae-
! partment had cndrge oI the victory
loan train as u guard during Its trip
through the state.
The license bureau has two depart
ments, automobile and occupatIonai.
Up TO May l, 1000 automoplle plates
nau been mailed over the sLtte. Iue
entire numDer distributed last year
was oZ,uUU. ~ check Will DC made 10
see tnat every machine III the st,tte 10
taxed. Proper forms are being com
pied for the ocCupatlOnal bureau
covering professional ices. 1t Is eN-
pccteu 10 have TINS department Wei
organized by June l. Practically All
OF the Professions through representa-
tINes ON the uiu poarus have turned
| over uncXpenued appropriations.
COMMERCE.
Bureau of panking-Smce the ad-
has been Il saving IN salaries OF $49l.-
h6 with u material increase IN re-
Ceipts. The first loqr months OF 1919
show Il saving over the first four
months of 1913 vi $403.SS. All of TINS
saving has been made since the al
ministration bill went INTO effect
Eleven more banks have been eXamln-
ed in 1919 than in the same period IN
1918 and the receipts OF the examina-
ton are greater by S59S.5O.
Bureau of insurance-The receipts
of this department are greater by $ll,
! 2Z443 for the first four months OF 1913
| than they were III all of 1918 with no
| increase in expenditures Tor the same
| period.
Workmen's compensation-This de-
| partment shows great increase in
business with slight increase IN eN-
penditures. The premiums for the
first four months OF 1919 are greater
than for the same period of 1918 by
$49,644.25, with an increase of eXpen-
dltures for the same period of Sli3S.43.
| Workmens compensation insurance is
being provided by the state for less
than 20 per cent of the charges made
| by casualty insurance companies. This
| department is not supported by tax
alton but by the premiums paid by
| those who use the insurance. Jay
Gibson is the commissioner and head
Of this department.
WELFARE.
The report of j. X. White, commits
sioner of public welfare, shows there
are IL boards and offices consolidated
under it; state board of health, chemi-
cal laboratory, ARCHAEOLOGICAL labora =
tory, board of vital statistics, dairy,
food and sanitary inspector; Lava
Hot Springs, Soldiers home, northern
Idaho sanitarium, Idaho state sant-
tarium, Idaho state insane asylum,
tuberculosis hospital commission and
child welfare bureau.
The state board of health, chemical
laboratory, meteorological laboratory,