Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-03-08
DIRECT PRIMARY
BILL IS KILLED
TWO HOUSES OF STATE LEGISLA-
TURE COULD NOT AGREE ON
PROPOSED MEASURE
CIGARETTE LAW is MODIFIED
Tobacco Dealers Must Furnish $500
Bond and $50 Yearly License.

Boise, Ida. March 3, 1921.-To the
Herald: Today is the sixtieth legis-
lative day of the sixteenth legislature.
Clocks will be stopped and recesses
taken, probably working the solons to
late Saturday night or early Sunday.
The appropriation bills are half
done. Some have been passed by both
houses, some are on their way from
house to senate, and others have not
yet had final action by the lower
house. The vitality important issues
and taxes involved in the highway bills
were presented to the house only
Thursday morning.
The direct primary issue was at a
deadlock Thursday morning. Wednes-
day night the conference committees
of the two houses met and endeavored
to find common ground on which to
stand, but found none. The senate
committee, avowedly of a conviction
favoring the convention system, stood
out for the plan of elections proposed
in its senate bill No. 294, as sent to
the house and refused to make conces-
sions. An adjourned session was con-
sented to by both sides, to be held
Thursday evening.
Two bills embodying the program
for carrying on the states highway
work in the next two years were in
troduced in the house of representa-
tives Thursday morning. House bill
No 313 makes levy of nine-tenths
of mill and directs the apportionment
of it's proceeds, estimated at $S9S,645
House bill No. 314 apportions the pro-
ceeds from the fourth issue of state
highway bonds, $2,000,000.
Agreement on the program was
reached Wednesday night in caucus, by
acceptance of the report of the special
joint highway committee of senate and
house, which report gave the result
of a compromise agreement between
the committee and the state adminis-
tration
Under this agreement, Governor
Davis receded from his position stated
in his specisl message, in which he
recommended a two-cent tax on gaso-
line and the increase of the states
share of automobile registration fees
at the expense of the counties, it is
said On the other hand, the legisla-
tive committee agreed to permit the
commissioner of public works to prose-
cute work on state highways in neutral
zones and in isolated sections ire
spective of cooperation with counties
and federal government, and to the
use of a large part of the $2,000,000
bond issue for reimbursement of coun-
ties under contracts carried out in the
last biennium.
The lower branch of the sixteenth
legislature does not believe in re-
trenchment to the extent of doing away
with university extension work and
passed the university appropriation
bill with an amendment replacing in
it an allowance of $12S,627 for tht ex-
tension division. which had been rec
commended by the governor but ex-
cised by the appropriations committee
The house went further and in
, creased the $4,000 proposed by the
> committee for alfalfa weevil control to
$4,000 The total appropriation car
ried by the bill was increased from
! STAG, 100 to 1858, ,627 An item of $780,
900 for the bureau of mines and geol-
ogy was taken out, to be placed in an
! other bill.
A sitting of the committee of the
whole house. for the purpose of max
ing these amendments interrupted the
afternoon Work of passing bills. The
committee also worked on a house
. insurance bill and a senate road bill
but neither of these was passed.
, Senate bill No. 120 providing COM
: prehensive revision and recodifying of
: the school laws of the state, was
passed by the house of representatives
;, Thursday morning with only one dis
senting vote. The measure is said to
, be much the same as a school bill
! which passed both houses at the fif-
: teenth session but was rendered void
by an oversight which left off the en-
acting clause.
Though two voluminous to receive
extended discussion on the last day of
a the session, the bill was given more
than formal attention, and time was
: taken to hear spoken endorsement OF
n several members before it went to roll
j call
In caucus Thursday noon the repub-
a licans of the senate favored the amend
u ment of the anti-cigarette bill as sug-
gested by Governor Davis. Senator
King of Boundary county made the
proposal that the bill be so amended
ID that the tobacco dealers be licensed
-e and put under bond sufficiently large
te that they would take no chances In
s selling to minors. 1t is expected thi;
lg Iamendatory measure will be passed II
sr both houses tomorrow.
The letter sent to the senate Jus
before the noon recess by Governor
Davis in which he announces the ap
proval of the measure and makes Ger
Id tain recommendations is as follows:
ey March 3, 1921
% Hon G. c. Moore,
y President of the Senate,
q Boise. Idaho.
III Dear Sir: l have the honor to re
turn to you senate bill No. 1874 b,
Harding, with my approval.
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