Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-11
PRAISE FOR
IDAHO SYSTEM

The following editorial taken from
the Boise Evening News, Boise, Idaho,
pays a we'll deserved tribute to Ida
hos new cabinet form of government
and portrays briefly the benefits being
derived from it:
"Idaho's new cabinet form of govern
ment is demonstrating that the last
legislature enacted wise legislation
when it gave to this state a system by
which its affairs could be handled in
more business-like manner. Each
successive meeting of the cabinet IN
dicates this to be true. Not only are
the various departments keeping well
within their various appropriations
but they are increasing the state
revenue and there is greater efficiency
and more simplified form of handling
the business OF the state.
at is most singular that since Idaho
went under a commission form or gov
eminent, there is greater harmony
among and between its various branch
es than when we had the more anti
ouated system. This speaks well for
the cabinet 1t is indicative of the
fact that each cabinet head is so busy
with the management of the affairs
of his department that he does not
have either the time or the inclination
to NEEDLE in the affairs of other offic-
ials. He is attempting to give 100
per cent efficiency and If he comes
anywhere near doing so he will show
an improvement over the system by
which state affairs were handled in
the past.
cat the meeting of the cabinet held
recently each of the cabinet heads
submitted reports of progress made.
We were informed by the commission
er of public works, for instance, that
1000 miles of state highway are now
under survey and contracts have been
actually let on 624.7 miles of this
highway involving an expenditure OF
$7,538,62291. This should be proof OF
the fact that Idaho is certainly forging
ahead in road construction. No SUCH
expenditure has ever before been at
tempted in this state The law en-
forcement department showed an in
crease in receipts as between nine
months of this year compared with
nine months of last year, of $15,543.3O.
The same department showed an in
crease in resident licenses of 1879
and $256S.75 in fines collected.
1.-The department of immigration, la
Dor and statistics brought out the fact
that extensive advertising had been
conducted for the Gem irrigation dis
4 trict land sale with the result that it
broke all previous records in the sum
received for state lands. 1t will be
difficult to estimate the extent of the
good done the state through the eff
forts of this department in attracting
to Idaho, farmers and investors.
Financially the state is shown to
be better off than ever before in its
history. Deposits in our state banks
increased $9,O0O,0 100000, from June 80
to September 1. 1t reflects Idaho's
prosperity especially when the report
of the state department of finance
shows that obligations, representing
borrowed money, decreased during the
same period, 1925 100000 There were
no bank failures.s Instead a number
of new banking corporations applied
for charters.
while road building and other con-
structive work is in progress in var
ious parts of the state under the sup
ervision of the state government, no
time is being lost in erecting the wings
of the new state capitol building. The
administration is working in the most
commendable and co-ordinating man
ner and is therefore getting results.