Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-09
HlOPOSE WHEAT
MINIMUM OF $3.50
SHHO SENATE WOULD MEMOIR
ALLIE CONGRESS TO NAME
BODY TO FIX PRICE

Ooeted House Bill No. II repeating tn
41tocco license law. The vote cam
oztex debate of fully an hour.
~ senate also passed House Join
g1rSorial No. 8, which would memor
df6a congress to authorize the pres
go or some other person or body t.
n minimum Of wheat, at shippin.
-, At $3.50 per busheel. !Afte
Memorial passed by = vote Of 8
Senator Written gave notice tina
IS. Sould ask for reconsideration Of tn,
Era p. Munson, veteran legislator
v5ee member of the house and ono,
ri TIE Idaho senate, was appointed b,
Governor Charles C. Moore to fill thu
Veeancy caused by the resignation o.
Thomas Preston of Franklin county.
The appointment of Mr.. Munson wa.
tmmediately confirmed by the senate
"a followed the acceptance OF tn;
Preston resignation by the house.
Mr.. Munson has been a resident OF
Eranklin county since boyhood. He
was born at Richmond, Utah. He takes
the place of Representative Preston
who Is i'll, and who has not been able
70 attend the legislative sessions.
The economical axe of the house OF
representatives appropriations COM
mittec fell and struck squarely on the
neck of the appropriation bill for the
Lava Hot Springs sanitarium, cutting
off $500. The reduction was made
while the members were sitting as 3
( committee of the whole house and the
bin was reported back to the house
with the recommendation that it pass
Is amended.
The bill, as introduced by the ad-
ADMINISTRATION. called for an appropria-
tion of s28,370 and this amount was
reduced bv the house of representa-
tiyes to s25,870. All reductions were
made in the item in the bill calling for
salaries and wages.
County commissioners are given the
power to exempt from taxation the
property of widows in the sum of
$1,000, under the terms of bill in
troduced in the senate by Boughton of
Kootenai. The measure does not pro-
vide for a general exemption Of
Widows but leaves the matter to the
discretion of the county commits
Gioners.
Dance halls in Idaho charging ad-
mission fees or fees to dance may have
g get permit from the sheriff each
:. Gay they desire to hold dance If a
MI introduced in the house becomes
= law.
Proprietors Of dance halls are also
held responsible for any disorderly
conduct on the floor, in the hall or
anywhere on the premises where such
dances are held, the bill provides.
The measure was introduced by Tay-
Tor Of Kooten'i county and il known
as house bill No. 81.
Tie Democratic direct primary bill
made its appearance in the senate.
ba'r g SPONSORED BIZ Senators Trans
tru'n. Albrethsen, Clap,, Clark Of Gus
ter Games. Amonson, Evans, Graham.
Pollard, Pike. Brown and Harris. The
bill which is No. 40, was one of the 10
new measures Introduced. bringing
q e number Of bills II that body up to
md including 112.
The Democratic primary bill does
not differ greatly from the Re,ubli-
IAN primary measure presented in the
lower house. The principal points of
Inference are the date of the primary.
held later in the bill. selecting of
delegates to the national convention at
state convention and electing dele
rates to the state platform convention
~ county central committees.
All candidates of political parties
Tor United States senator, representa-
tfves in CONGRESS and all elective state. |
district and county offices at regular |
elections would be nominated at the |
prilnarv authorized in the Democratic |
bill. This primary would be held or
the second Tuesday in July, 1924, and
every two years thereafter. A pol
ftical party Is described by the act as
m affiliation Of voters representing a
political organization under a given
name which at the last preceding gen
erai election was represented on the
ballot by ticket m which there were
1t least three nominees for state Of
lice.
Senate hill IS, cutting the penalty
TOR allowing taxes TO go delin1uent
Irom to 2 per cent was passed un-
iDlmously by the senate. Approval ,yas
'lso given TO house bill rs which would
10 away with special bonds required
n tax collectors and assessors Tor
highway district assess
nepts.
Senstor Disney, Republican Of Lin,
'oin county, fsthsred the tax penalty
ABDUCTION measure and IL speakDQ on
hs bpl before IT'S passage he stated Il
Vas one of the Feeommensgf' 0Ds made
" Governor Moore IN addition 10
ptf ~ the tax penalty the BIN extends
~ r"e for redemption Of property