Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-14
SENATE HEARS KING
ON RECLAMATION BILL
Expert Authority Explains Big
Appropriation Bill Before
Congress and Asks State Co.
operation.

Will r. King, chief counsel of the.
United States reclamation service,
speaking before the state senate
Thursday afternoon explained the pro-
visions of the $100,000,000 appropria-
ton act for retaining lands of the
United States to give work and pro-
vide homes for returned soldiers. He
predicted the early passage of the
measure, announced that it would be
but drop in the bucket to cover the
program outlined and Of necessity
other appreciation bills would follow
and urged Idaho to cooperate with
the government by the passage of
house bill No. 100. providing for the
creating of land settlement board,
declaring that what congress wanted
the different states to do. was to en-
act such legislation as would permit
the furnishing Of capital to returned
soldiers wishing to settle on land, that
might engage in farming without
heavy handicap.
WONDERFUL HISTORY.
Mr.. King gave history of the recla-
nation work in the United States, its
accomplishments and the cost of wa
ter rights and spoke enthusiastically
of the wonderful advance In property
valuation in Maricopia county. Ariz..
after the lands Of that county were re-
claimed.
Concerning tho big program for re-
claiming lands by the government, Mr..
King announced that the building of
the projects would furnish work for
q number Of years, that camps would
be established in which mechanics
would be employed. carpenters and
other tradesmen which would require
the coming in Of various lines of pro-
LESSONS and trades not directly con-
nected with the work, but which
would receive patronage from them
employed there and thus he stated an
endless chain Of work would be pro-
vided and men would not be obliged
to remain idle.
Barney Dibble, engineer in charge
of the Minidoka project and Mr.. King
answered a number Of queries put by
the senators, the former in response
to questions concerning the govern
ment electric plant, which he main
tanned was paying profit on the In
vestment by selling current in whole
sale lots at one and one-fourth cents
per kilcwatt hour.
The senate extended vote OF
thanks to the speakers for the infor-
ma ton given
Senate bill No. SO, by Lowe, came
UP for third reading and after a par
tial roll call the bill on motion OF
Senator Seaver was ordered retained
on the calendar as many of the sena-
tors did not understand it. The bill
provided for an examination into the
financial status of school districts.
PASS FLAG BILL.
The senate passed house bill No. Is,
by committee on uniform laws. The
bill providing against dissertation OF
the flag. The bill was debated to some
length and just prior to adjournment
it was discovered the house amend
ments to the bill had not been placed
with it and Witty announced he would
move to reconsider the vote to adopt
the amendments.
Resolving itself into a committee OF
the whole the senate considered the
general calendar. Senator Porter TAX
Ing the gavel Senator McMurray's
garage bond bill was threshed out fol
second time, with about an equa
division for and against the measure
McNfurray at the end of the debate
moved the bill be recommended fol
passage. Thraill<ill moved the COM
mittee recommend the bill do not pass
and the substitute motion lost by two
votes, Is voting for the motion an6
two against.
The discussion of several Other
measures We're taken up with the re-
suit that all retained their place or
the calendar for further consideration