Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-02-13
IDAHO TAKES ACTION
AGAINST ANARCHY
MEASURE ADOPTED BY HOUSE
WOULD PUT STATE ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
Measure Designed to Prevent an Out
break Of Anarchy Among the Mine
and Timber Workers of the
Northern Part of State.

Boise.-The members of the Idaho
legislature are determined to place
every safeguard around the Idaho citi
zen against an outbreak of anarchy in
this state
For the purpose of putting the state
ON an emergency basis, bill provid.
ing acceptance of terms of the national
guard act was passed under suspen-
sion of rules by the Idaho house of
representatives on February s, and
sent to the senate with the hope of
getting speedy action in the upper
house.
While no outbreak has occurred. pos
sibilities of l. w. w. agitation in the
mines of the northern part of the state
and among the timber workers, result
ing in an outbreak of anarchy was
responsible for quick action ON the
bill.
AT the same time there was intro
duced memorial to congress urging
that pending legislation before that
body calling for the deportation of
>%%~' III NoiNt liftlI ClllLtDSluD
during the period of the war so that
they would not have to fight for the
country of their adoption be deported.
1t was held in the first instance. that
the state is now without protection.
having no regiment or national guard.
and, in the second, that man who
would not fight for the country of his
adoption ought to be deported to the
country he came from.
Following heated debate, the house
amended and recommended for passage
the measure that provides women en-
gagged in Industrial and occupations of
various kinds in this state shall not
be worked longer than eight hours
per day, nor for more than six days
per week in any one week.
The measure was amended, remov-
ing the provision which exempted
women engaged in the orchards and |
the prior portion of the bill was
amended to include women engaged in |
canneries. As it reads now, it applies |
to all mechanical and mercantile estab-
nshments, canning factories, laundries,
hotels and restaurants.
The Carbon county division bill. ere
ating a new county out of Bannock.
amended to carry an enabling act, was
passed by the senate. The amendment
were approved by the house and sent
to the governor for approval. The
amendment permits residents to vote
or not they want to be in
Guided In Carbon county. Should they
vote against the inclusion they will be-
long to Bannock. If they vote for 1t
[hey are included in the new county.
This bill, therefore, creates the forty
fourth county in the state.
Governor Davis attached his sigma
-ure to the Jerome county division bill
'n FEBRUARY 8, which act brought in
% being the forty-third county of the
state. Jerome is made the county seat.
The new county includes territory
AIKEN from Minidoka, Lincoln and
iooding counties.
Besides passing the defense act bill.
he house also passed house Joint me
norial No. 6, by Patterson, asking that
ne Thunder mountain section in Ida
10 county be included in forest re-
erve.
|mong the important bills intro
uced in the house were the following:
I'LL NO. 100, by BrownelI, creating a ,
mall claims department of justice
ourts; Nos. Isl and 1872, by the COM
1ttee on revenue and taxauon, ap-
roprating 100000 and $9OO.OOU
for the construction and =.
of state highways; No.
%, by Stranger, apropriating $4,000
'r the university extension depart
tent