The daily star-mirror., 1923-02-28
{. ]. HUGO RETURNS
FROM BOISE VISIT
HEARING ON HOUSE BILL NO. 211
HELPS CAUSE OF EDUCA-
TION.

The public hearing of the house pr1-
| vileges and elections committee last
Friday at Boise did great deal OF
good and changed the opinion of
number of people and legislators who
had been laboring under a wrong i'm
preston in reference to house bill No
211, according to a statement made
today by c. r. Hugo, who has recently
returned from Boise.
Mr.. Hugo attended the organization
meeting of the Idaho State Fish and
Game Protective association as the
representative of the Latah county
and Palouse associations. The state
association was formed to protect the
states fish and game resources and
to help provide for the preservation
of the game and fish in Idaho.
SpOrtsmen Indorse Jones.
1.-The outcome of the fight made by
the wool growers association on the
fish and game warden is still in doubt
but it is generally believed that the
overwhelmingly large number of en-
dorsements given Otto M. Jones from
all sections of the state will counter
act the propaganda of the sheepmen,
said Mr.. Hugo when asked about the
effort of the sheepmen to discounten-
ance the work of Mr.. Jones as game
warden.
The state game association went on
record unanimously as in favor or
Mr. Jones as game warden, irrespec-
tive of politics. Mr.. Jones has made
the best game warden that the state
has ever had and thee fight to remove
him by the sheepmen has been caused
by efforts of Mr. Jones to enforce GER
/ -. low hot 20 a l.
legged to be detrimental to the inter-
ests of the sheepmen.
Public Hearing Obtained.
When asked about the situation in
regard to house bill No. 211, which
seeks to abolish the commissioner
ship of education and generally play
havoc with the present efficient Idaho
educational system, Mr.. Hugo said:
d On Friday we secured the consent
of the house to adjourn at 8 o'clock
and give over the legislative chamber
to a hearing on house bill No. 211,
matter of tremendous Importance to
the entire state. At that time the
evidence brough in was almost with
out exception in favor of the commits
sioner of education, the board of edu-
cation, and the present educational
system. No arguments or statements
made on the success and efficiency OF
the present system were successfully
contradicted.
Hearing Changes Opinion.
Il feel sure that the meeting did
a world of good and that it changed
the opinion of number of people and
legislators, who had been laboring un-
der the wrong impression.
. It was brought out very clearly
<@f< Il,
between the commissioner of educa-
ton and the superintendent of public
instruction under the present system.
Miss Redfield, for six years superin-
tendent of public instruction, very
emphatically said that there was no
duplication or conflict.
"lt was also shown that the Idaho
system of education as carried out by
the board and the commissioner is
not an expensive system as had been
claimed but that the system is econo-
mical and that it did away with
great deal of confusion and duplica-
ton, which had in reality been in eff
feet to quite an extent before the pre-
sent system was inaugurated.
Pass Improvement Levy.
"The house held a night session to
make up for the time given at the
hearing and at that session the three
eighths mill levy, to provide for the
new science building at the univer-
sity among other improvements, was
passed by a large majority. The pas
sage of this bill by large majority
NAV be partially due to the good eff
feet of the hearing in the afternoon.
1.-The report came out that evening
that house bill 211 would come out
of the committee on privileges and
elections with an adverse report but
the following morning before leaving
for Moscow I was advised that this
might not be possible and that the
hill might have to be referred out OF
the committee without recommended
ton. This second report came from
]. P. Congdon, who is opposed to
house bill oil.
"Speaker Kiger and four others
withdrew their names from the bill
Friday night.
Praises Latah Representation.
Senator Lewis is a very strong
man in the senate. He is hard
worker from early in the morning un-
fiji late nj night Representative Ha-
gan is a good man in the house. He
/ is well liked and respected. He is
c1assed with the stable and consist.
emf men in the lower house. Repre-
sentative Anderson, who has served in
several legislative sessions, has good
standing.
With Bill Lee on the supreme
court and with E. w. Porter as COM
/ missioner of finance. Latah county.
esneciallv during the term of the leg
fsIature, has mighty fine. strong
raoroseptation at Boise"