Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-11
Governor Has
Road Program
SELL BONDS TO SUPPLANT TWO.
MILL LEvY--COUNTY SCHOOL
UNIT BILL PASSES

Boise. Feb 9-In 4 special mes
sage to the legislature today, Gov
ernor Davis sets forth a program to
be followed during the next two
years to carry out the state high
way program. the legislature having
repealed the two mill highway levy
law He asks that legislation be
passed paving the way for the sale
Of the 100000 bond issue voted
at the last election and that from
the proceeds 60 per cent be distrib-
uted by allotting 60 per cent for
use on state highways in the diff
ferent counties proportiOnately to
the amounts contributed by each
county in 1920 and the remaining
40 per cent be used ill neutral zones.
Compulsory cooperation in the con-
struction of state highw should
not be required. he holds, and pro-
visions should be made for counties
to go ahead with construction of
state highways within their bound
aries II they so desire. Counties
and highway districts should be en-
powered to bid on road contracts
he contends, Governor Davis asks
for legislation covering these points
Further recommendation in the
message include: Merging of the
department of commerce with the
department of finance; legislation to
prevent overlapping in number of
state departments; investment of in
surance funds transferred to the de-
partment of investment; all state
/ building construction to be placed
under the supervision of the state
superintendent of public instruction !;
creation of a state purchasing de-
partment; continuance Of the state
| consta bulary as the state police must
be maintained to stamp out disorder
maintenance of the public utilities
commission and investment of the
tuberculosis fund in tuberculosis
! hospitals for which 1t was raised.
He is opposed to its transfer to any
other fund, holding that ex-service
men or those who were rejected
from the service because of tuber-
culosis are entitled to state aid.
The house of representatives today
passed the education committee unit
bill, on which severe fight was
waged earlier in the session. by q
vote Of 81 to 81. Chords proposed
constitutional amendment for state
guaranty Of irrigation bonds was de-
feated Is to 80. All seven of the
county division measures introduced
As hours before. were given ser
nous setback when the reference com
mittee recommended they be no'
printed.
House bill No. II. the county uni
bill, permits all the school units OF s
county unite in one or consolidated
districts. II they vote to do so a
special school elections. w. Scot
Hall, of Oneida county. chairman o.
: the education committee, championet
the measure as he did the bill t.
abolish the office Of state commits
sioner of education. which has pass
ed the house, and the bill to estab
lish a state wide school tax of tw'
mills. which was defeated.
The measures thus chloroforme'
are Ponds proposed creation o
Brady county out of Bannock; thre
additions to Clearwater county fro1
I Nez Perce. Idaho and Lewis countie
I by Jarnagin; transfer OF territor
7 from Owyhee to Gooding and fror
! Twin Falls to Gooding, by Sanborn
annexation OF part of Owyhee coun
: ty by Emore, by Cannon. and an ad
5 dition to Franklin county from One
: da. by Preston.