Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-02
Twenty Ninth Day Falls on
Monday and Sixtieth Day Is
Per Diem Limit-Big Legls-
lation Pending.
EXPECTED TO SPEED UP
Land Settlement Action Will Be
Pushed With Vigor-Senate
Finance Committee Holding
Appropriation Bills-Educa-
ton Session.

The legislature Is about to reach the
turning point in its career. The twen-
ty-ninth day will arrive Monday which
is close to half of the session and that
BODY will this week open the second
half. There are but so per diem leg
Iislatiye days and the bulk OF the legis-
llation that is going to be enacted by
the Fifteenth will be recorded in the
next so days Every effort will be
made to speed up its work
I'll to the present time there have
been 1s4 bills introduced in the two
houses irrespective of resolutions and
memorials. or this number 10 are
house measures and "a senate. a total
of 10 bills and memorials have been
passed by the two houses.
Land Settlement Big Issue
One of the big issues before the leg
islature that viii receive close consid-
Grafton during the balance Of the ses-
sion will be the land settlement act
introduced by Representative Givens of
Ada and Featherstone of Shoshone. II
| Is the short form bill recommended by
Franklin X. Lane, secretary of the in
terror, and approved by the reclamation
service. 1t Is a companion of the fed
eral act introduced in congress calling
/ for an appropriation of s100,00o,000 for
| the reclamation of lands in various
states. Governor Davis is in receipt
Of a communication from Secretary
Lane urging passage OF the act The
governors office is also in receipt of a
number of requests from soldiers one
as far south as Texas, asking IL it is
4 possible to get land IN this state for
settlement purposes. These missives
indicate that the soldiers are looking
to the west for relief.
Back to Farm Movement
| 1t is apparent from this correspond
ence that tho black to the farm move
ment is on among the men who have
been in the service. H. =. Becker writ
ing from a southern camp to the gov
ernor says:
I'VE are here In an army camp where
! the boys viii soon be turned loose and
many of them are turning to the farm
and we would like definite information
about Idaho"
Corner Appropriation Bills
There was considerable interest dis
4 played about Legislative circles satur-
\ day when it was learned that the meas
ures carrying appropriations that reach
1.-THE finance committee of the senate
I are being collected there and probably
Will not move along until the committee
gains some idea of what the financial
drain is going to be on the state. Sem
ator Adams informed the senate Friday
that the committee expected 10 hold
the bills carrying appropriations as
that is the only way it can keep track
Of appropriation matters. Tho house
measure carrying an appropriation OF
$500 for the rebuilding Of the Lew
iston normal is among the bills being
held. An effort will be made to Sc
cure its passage because Of the exist
ing emergency to set building opera
tons under way.
BOARD EDUCATION CONFERENCE
The state board of education Satur-
day held an all-afternoon session with
the educational and appropriation com
mittees. The budgets for the several
institutions were gone over carefully
No definite decision was reached with
reference to them, II was announced
latter the meeting:
1t seems to have been practically
settled that the administration consol-
idation bill which passed the senate
VIII be amended so as To exclude the
public utilities commission and the in
dustrial accident board from its provi.
sions. Other amendments to ii vii
also be offered.