The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-02-20


president Of the Washington state col
lese. The bill establishes a revolving
fund of $3,6O0.000 and appropriates
100000 for preliminary surveys and
preparation with $4,000 organiza-
ton allowance.
Reclamation districts are authorized
with necessary bond issues for I'm
proving logged-off, arid or swamp land.
Anti-siaeker Bill Passed by Senate.
BY unanimous vote the senate pass
ed bill forbidding the employment
of alien slackers ON public work in
this state. Senator Iverson, Of Kit
sap, made an impassioned speech In
support Of an amendment to strike
out what he declared was an unfair
distinction of citizenship.
The act requires contractor upon
demand Of the governor or other Of
ficers to furnish list of his employees,
the list to set forth whether they are
"naturalized or native-born citizens Of
the United States" Iverson objected
to the language, and moved to strike
out the words "naturalized or native
born" The amendment was defeated.
Capitol Building Bill To- Enacted.
The house has passed the senate
bill which appropriates $2,500,0OO for
capitol buildings and $4,000 for
monument to soldiers and sailors Of
the war. The vote was 80 to 6. Dur
ing discussion of the acts of the state
capitol commission 1t was said that
the United States government build
ing of a railroad to the spruce and fir
holdings of the commission has In
creased by 100000 these grants.
The capitol grants total $4,000 acres.
Representative Reed said these grants
will build all the capitol buildings and
furnish a surplus the interest on
which will perpetually maintain the
buildings.
Physicians Charge so cents Mile.
Representative Mansfield, of Lin
coin county, filed in the house a bill
which would limit to so cents mile
tho charge a physician could make in
answering a call into the country. The
charge is now 81 a mile. Under our
present system Of good highways and
with automobile" said Mansfield, "the
charge of 81 mile is extortionate.
Poor people in the country are going
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they cannot pay such rate"
>eiii Aimed at Tax Spectators.
A bill by Zylstra, of Island county,
repeats the statutes that require pros
ecuting attorneys to handle the fore
closure proceedings on delinquent
property. 1t was declared that this
legal business was an imposition on
the county officials, as it was entirely
for the spectators in delinquent tax
certificates. Hereafter if this bill be-
comes law, the buyer Of delinquent
tax certificates will have to engage
his own attorney for foreclosure pro-
ceedings.
Legislative erevities.
The house indefinitely postponed
bill which was planned to permit COM
munities of 200 population to incor-
porate.
Hodgdon's house joint memorial.
urging congress to retain the control
of the railroads for five years, was in
definitely postponed.
The Columbia basin irrigation sur
vey commission bill, carrying 100000
appropriation and emergency clause,
passed the house by vote of 81 to 80.
Hundreds of kilograms are coming
to members of the legislature, urging
them to vote against the proposed in
creases in motor vehicle license taxes.
The senate passed the house bill by
Zylstra of Island county prohibiting
teachers whose certificates have been
revoked for disloyalty from ever again
teaching in the state schools.
When the bill of Mrs. Haskell Of
Pierce, providing that the adjutant
general pay 81 year for the keep of
the grave of each war veteran, came
up, 1t was passed without dissenting
vote.
The house passed the senate bill
raising state aid to county tubercu-
losis patients from 50 a patient per
week to IS and the senate bill giving
drugless healers their own state board
and licensing them. 80.
Sweeping charges of congestion, in
sanitary conditions. inadequate help,
insufficient food and general neglect
at the state training school for delin-
quent boys at Chehalis, were filed in
the house of representatives.
A resolution memoralizing congress
to request that the emergency fleet
corporation Immediately remove the
emergency restrictions against accept
ance by American shipyards Of con-
tracts for foreign account was intro
duced in the senate.
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