Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-06

albion normal - This institution
called Tor len than any other. $4,000 for
wAlts and Z llghtinG system.
Idaho Technical institute - Tne
growth Of this institution required an
appropriation Of eto.000 for buildings
lands and heating plant.
Lewiston normal--Owing to the DE-
struction Of the administration build
Ing by fire. 1t became our duty to re-
place the same. An appropriation OF
$150,0OO had to be made. The insur- !,
ance money, $S4,005, which should
have been considered as sacred fund,
the state, necessitating this admins
tration raising the total amount by d.
rect taxation.
Idaho Soldiers Home-This is an
other institution that went TO reduce
our taxes. The $4,000 insurance
money that should have been cohsid-
cred sacred to the use of the old SOL
der was used for ordinary expenses
&c the state
The United states government ad-
vised our authorities that it contem-
(where the old soldiers are now
housed) for a hospital for tubercular
patients. 1t deyolved upon the last
legislature to rebuild that which had
been destroyed by fire. To replace the
buildings and improvements, an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 was made.
Idaho Industrial Training school
Appropriation of $4,000 for separate
building for girls.
Blackfoot asylum-Appropria OF
$15,S00 for hospital building and fur
niture; and $4,000 for clearing SOC
acres of land, which was in sage
brush
North Idaho asylum. orofino-Im-
provements, $4,000.
tiary-Appropriation of s22,
900 for woman's ward and repairs.
Deaf and Blind school, Gooding-
Additional buildings, laundry. and SC
forth. S63,250.
Regarding the levy to raise 81 800, 00O
plains
OTHER INCREASES
TO aid in the construction Of state
highways, the legislature made levy
of two mills on each dollar of the as
sessable property of the state. 1t Is
estimated that this levy will raise
s960,000 each year for 1919 and 1920
or a total of $1,920,O0o. This is a d.
rect levy and increases our state taA
to this extent.
"Was the legislature justified ir
making This levy.
Under an act of congress Idaho
would receive s3,360.000. provided il
met this with like amount. Why
did we not issue bonds for our share
Our bonding limit permitted the is
suance of only 100000. To this eX-
tent the legislature authorized road
bonds. To have exceeded the limit
would require that the question be
submitted to the people at the next
general election. This would have de-
layed our road building program ant
lost us the federal appropriation OF
$3.50. 900.
did the people of the state approve
the action of the legislature in asking
them for the sum of s960,000 a year.
That question is best answered by the
action of the people of the different
counties and road districts to cooper
ate with the state and federal govern
ment. Since the adjournment of the
legislature they have voted between
s15,000,000 and s16,000,000. To have
met the bonds voted by the people in
the ratio one dollar to two would have
required that the state make over q
five mill levy instead of two mills. Or
the final passage of this bill there was
only one vote in each chamber against
it.
Tuberculosis hospitals: To assist
in controlling and stopping the spread
of the white plague Idaho was asked
to do her share in cooperating with
the federal government and the other
states of the union.
."The legislature provided for the
creation of a commission with an APP
preparation OF $4,000, to select sites
and supervise the erection of the two
hospitals, one in the south and the
other in the north; and further pro-
vided that for the year 1919 levy
of one-fourth of a mill be made on all
the assessable property in the state
and for 1920 one eighth of mill. The
levy for 1919 will raise $4,000, and