The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-13

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committee meetings. members Of
the house Of representatives
were resting Saturday from
their iabors of the first week of
the legislative session.
The house will not convene again
until o'clock Monday afternoon.
but In the meantime many OF the
Legislators are preparing pet" hiiis
which they intend 20 Introduce in
tho session.
The continued talk on the subject
of economy and reduction OF taxes
practically usurped the first week
Of the session. but as this theme IL
wearing out. a food OF bills ~ ex.
pected 70 greet the house members
when they again assemble for bust.
ness.
Fridays session was In direct con.
srast 20 tho stormy meeting OF the
preceding day. No pyrotcchnics
were In evidence Friday. as was the
case the day before. A truce had
evidently been declared and what
dynamite the house members had
brought they left outside the cham
Der.
The house convened at II q. m.
and adjourned 20 minutes later. A
total Of eight bills were introduced
and were referred to committees.
Lobbyists from women's clubs
about the state were preparing 10
bring every influence In their pow.
er to bear against tho measure
which was introduced BY Repre-.
sentative Harry r. Kennedy Of Co
lumbia and which has as its object
the aboiIshsng OF the women's In
dustrial Home and Clinic at Medl
cal Lake.
should the measure to abolish
thr clinic fall. the women win
have another fight on ti~ir
hands. n. II IL not believed that
the appropriations committee
will make any provisions for
this institution Chairman James
Dsvi. Of Pierce has declared
himself "a against appropriating
money for this institution and
ne Il expected to receive the
support Of the other members
Of the committee.
Folks who heretofore have expert.
enccd some difficulty in living up 20
the present dry law viii meet with
Increased trouble II the house bill
which was introduced by Representa-
tive Elmer r.. Halsey r. passed. This
bin stipulafes that the persons who
have In their possession any ufen
siis or apparatus which will be used
for the manufacture Of liquor shall
be guilty of a gross miademeanor
Possession of these utensils shall be
considered as prfma facie evidence
that the possessor intended TO use
them for the manufacture OF liquor
A bin containing provisions for
the establishment Of a highway
known as the Eastern route Of the
Inland Empire highway was intro
duced in the house Friday morning
by Representative Elmer r.. Halsey
OF Asotin county.
This route will start al Dayton,
will pass thru Pomeroy and Clark
ston TO the Lewiston and Charleston
bridge at the Waahington-Idaho line.
II viii then continue thru AAotin
and Anatone TO a connection with
the Oregon gtate highway at the
Oregon boundary in Asotin county
The second division of the route
shall commence at point on the
Idaho Washington line where II
crosses the Lewiston and uniontown
road, thence thru Pullman. Paiouse.
Garfield and oaksdaie. joining the
Inland Empire highway at some
point determined by the state high.
way commission.
House bill No. was intro
duced by Representative y.
Frank Spencer. Of Snohomish.
and Is an act dealing with the
payment Of cqualixed compensa-
ton To veterans Of the world
war.
House bill No. was introduced
by Representative Grant Il. Hunt, OF
Spokane county. and provides for