Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-09
Big Program Of improvements
Endorsed Including Compile
tom Of Capitol and Highway
Building.
CREATE THREE COUNTIES
Cabinet Government Substi-
tuted for Present System
State Convention Succeeds
Primary Election.

Urinary ElecClOn.
The Fifteenth Idaho legislature has
completed it's labors. After 81 days of
law-making the general public-and
also the solons-are given a breathing
spell and an opportunity to review
what has been accomplished. That a
large amount of constructive legisla-
ton has been passed together with
much that is immaterial is generally
conceded. The appropriations will be
high when the final summary is made
but special or general tax levies, found
to be imperative if the state is to keep
abreast of the times, will not be bur-
densome. Members claim the egis-
lature has accomplished many things
1t set out to do They say little really
bad legislation managed to get through
the two houses.
STATE GOVERNMENT CHANGED.
First and primarily the form of state
government was remodeled and ma
terially changed. This was proposed
by Governor Davis and met with the
approval of the two houses. The gov
ernor was given a cabinet of nine
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many departments, grouped under
Which are present state commissions,
boards and departments, ordinating
and consolidating them. Governor
Davis will appoint this cabinet-that
Is he will name it's heads. This cen
tiers responsibility in the administer
ing of the affairs of state. 1t central
lies the operation of the various state
purchasing of supplies. The back ers
of this new form of government claim
that it will be found just as success
full in Idaho as it has proved to be in
the state of Illinois. On March 81 the
plan will go into force and effect. The
result will be watched with the keen
est of interest. Governor Davis and
those who believe that Idaho has taken
an advanced step substituting a mod
ern form of government for anti
GATED one, promise to make good in
the new plan. 1t is believed that they
will
The legislature did not forget its
soldiers and regardless of the fact that
congress failed to push through it's
land settlement plan during the last
session, the Idaho solons passed the
HeSeSSdTy leSlSlaliOH 10 WORK IN CO.
operation with the government 1t
passed a bill creating state commits
sion which the governor will appoint
for that purpose. The soldiers me-
mortal bill was also passed.
THREE NEW COUNTIES.
The number of counties in the state
We're increased from Al to A through
the creation of three new counties
mer' has jerome as the county seat and
is organized out of parts of Gooding,
Lincoln and Minidoka counties. Clari,
is created out of the western portion
of Fremont county with Dubois as the
county seat and Caribou is formed out
of Bannock county with Soda Springs
as the seat of government. The Off
GERS for all three counties have been
appointed by the governor. The an
nexation acts for Franklin, Camas,
Ada and Bonneville counties failed.
The proposed new counties of Lake in
the north and Nampa and Bull in the
south also met with defeat The gem
eral enabling act to permit counties to
settle their own division problems by
popular vote instead of the legisla ture
to be troubled with them every session
It convened, was also killed.
BIG ROAD PROGRAM.
Good roads and better highways
came in for favorable consideration
Idaho's future program along this line
seems assured. Face to face with an
exhausted limit in bond issues, a two
mill levy law was passed which, by
direct taxation will raise $500, 900 tc
be distributed over the main trun,
highways of the state highway system
resulting in the building during tn,
next two years of many miles of roads
In fact combined with the help o.
counties and the federal government i
makes possible the expenditure of ap-
proximately $6,000,000 on Idaho's high.
ways in 1919 and 1920. There was ap.
propriated 100000 for the maintenance
. of highways and the interest rate OF
4 the 100000 bond issue of the Four.
teenth session, still unsold, was raised
from Az to Az per cent to permit thei
sale Immediately. In addition create
leeway was given to county commits
sioners and good roads districts in al
parts of the state to build better roads
LIBERAL ALLOWANCES
Liberal allowances were made 70
the various state institutions not onl
insofar as maintenance is concerne
but for needed additions and ney
buildings as well as improvements
The state normal at Lewiston was al
lowed $150,000 for a new administra
ton building and a girls building TO
the Idaho industrial training school a