Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-22

was based on the California law and
would be of great value to the farmers
lof the state. 1t provides for the or
lganizing Of associations of farmers
for the purpose of marketing their
products.
The direct primary BILL house bill
No. 173, was passed by the lower house
Monday morning by a vote of 33 to 19.
No debate was had on the measure
Three roll-calls were taken, the first
on a motion to postpone to a certain
day, the second on final passage. and
the third to reconsider. In all three
the so-called insurgents" banded to-
gether as sponsors of the bill were
victorious over the faction that wished
to uphold the republican state central
committees protest against the bill
and the adverse minority report of the
privileges and elections committee
The state affairs committees of the
legislature, the special committee Of
TO- appointed by the joint republican
caucus of the legislature and a commit
lee from the republican state commit
tee are at work on the direct primary
problem They propose to amend the
present law where experience has
shown that it needs amendment and
let it go at that. 1t is expected that d
bill looking to this end will be intro
duced in either house before the close
of the present week The state affairs
committee sent flood of bills into the
senate Wednesday morning One Of
these repeats the section of the Com
piled Statutes relating to the payment
of expenses of the administration OF
the state insurance fund Another pro-
vides that city and village officials
must designate the repositories for
public funds. The third requires de-
positories to certify as to their capital
and surplus A fourth provides for
the appointment of deputies, clerks and
certain other employees of the state
The fifth of the group authorizes the
borrowing of money by sale of treasury
certificates in anticipation of the col
lection of taxes. The director of in
surance is given exclusive control of
contracting for and placing fire insur-
ance policies on all property of the
state. including the charitable, penal
and educational institutions. The last
of the state affairs committee measures
requires that the county treasurer
shall not deposit money in bank in
excess of 80 per cent of the security
filed.
A students rate bill which has re-
ceived the Endorsement of women's
clubs throughout Idaho, has been in
troduced in the senate by Senator Por-
ter of Latah county. The bill provides
for the refunding to students attend
ing state institutions, all monies paid
for fares in excess of Sc and makes an
appropriation of s12,5 500 for such pur-
pose.
House concurrent resolution No.
by Hall, was adopted by the house of
representatives Tuesday afternoon by
a vote of q to "a 1t provides for the
appointment of committee to con-
sist of two senators and three repre-
santatives from the members of the
Sixteenth legislature, to study and re-
port to the next session on the advisa-
bility of establishing an agricultural
college in the Snake river valley.
The author of the resolution, w
Scott Hall of Oneida county, is chair
man of the committee on education in
the lower house. He has fought
through three measures of a compre-
hensive program for changes in the
state school system which are now
pending in the senate; the county unit
consolidated school district bill, the
bill to abolish the office of commits
sioner of education. and this agricul-
tural college investigation resolution
A fourth measure, a bill for a 2-milI
statewide school tax, was defeated in
the house. Halls measure to abolish
the office of commissioner of educa-
ton was defeated in the senate Thurs
day morning by a large vote
G. w. KING.