The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-12
IDAHO LEGISLATORS
WANT BIGGER PAY
ASK TEN DOLLARS PER FOR
SERVICES-MANY OTHER
ITEMS FROM BOISE.

Boise-Four join resolutions have
been introduced in the legislature
asking for constitutional amendments
covering the following: increase in
pay for the legislators from five dol
lars day; increase in term of state
senators from two to four years; ex-
tension of the power of the supreme
court of the state so it may have jur-
isdiction of appeal from the decision
of the public utilities commission;
empowering of the state board of
equalization to meet in special session
to correct errors and omission and
assessment of property.
The senate has passed a bill to
legalize the purchase of government
state or improvement district bonds
by city treaSurerS with municipal
funds; an da measure by which TWEEN
ty or more may form a highway dis
trict and the bill which would allow
the majority of a road district to
disorganize district.
The house has passed the Gudmud-
son bill which allows Independent
school districts to issue enough bonds
to pay off their outstanding indebt-
edness before September 1st this year
and the measure by Seaver which in
creases legal bond issue of munich
palities to ten per cent of assessed
valuation. The latter measure had
previously passed the senate. 1t will
largely increase municipal building
it is believed.
The first of the big appropriation
measures reached the house late Fri
day when the committee on judiciary
and state affairs asked for nine hun
dred thousand dollars to complete two
wings on the state capitol building.
Two New Counties.
Shake hands with Jerome and Car
ribou counties, just created by the
legislature. The former names Je-
rome and the latter Soda Springs
as the county seat. These measures
produced sharp contest, but the an
tis went down to defeat.
Power Company Bill Killed.
The senate killed by indefinite post
ponment the bill by Booth to tax wat
er power companies on undeveloped
power. The measure, it was charg
ed, was not introduced in good faith
but as part of Non-partisan league
leaders political scheme to further
"fool. the farmer"
1t was pointed out that the power
companies, like all other business in |
stitutions, were anxious to sell all
their output possible but that they
could not produce more than there
was reasonable demand for.
1t was also shown that the present |
available power was in excess of the
demand.
The farmers in the legislature as
sailedathe BILL. as they recognized it !.
as nos only being obstructive to Ida
ho industrial advancement but as lay
ing the foundation for Socialist plot
to tax all undeveloped resources, even
unused farm lands, as high as that
under cultivation.
Farmers Oppose N P. League.
A delegation of farmers from
Washington and Payette counties,
representing 200 1eadin G farmers,
have been in Boise to urge the pass
age of three measures that are OPP
posed by the Non-partisan league
leaders.
Some of these farmers are members |
Of the league and do not hesitate to
voice their condemnation of the league |
leaders on these measures.
One of the bills they asked for is
the administration departmental bill,
now through both houses and pending
n the senate again as to house amend
ments which eliminate the public util-
tiles commission, the compensation