The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-03-16


st. Anthony, $22O,S9S; school fol
the deaf and blind, $119,750.
The Legislature also gave the
soldiers home, $S6,005; state
sanitarium, $109,512; Orofno
asylum, $134 $50; Blackfoot asy
lum, 1854 ,975; penitentiary, $143
$40; state departments, $475,5S5
bureau of mines, $4,000; chill
dren's home finding and aid So
ciety. $17,700; vocational rehab-
ilitation, $4,000; relief of Her
rick Construction company, $12,-
94S. While the state constabul-
ary was abolished, $4,000 was
appropriated for state police
work in the department of law
enforcement.
One of the features of the clos
ing hours of the state senate was
a fight over the allowing of defic-
iency claims which finally result
ed in the recommendation of the
committee of the whole that the
bill be postponed indefinitely.
The measure asked for $54 ,289.-
81 for deficiencies incurred by
various state departments and
funds during the last biennium.
General opposition was expressed
to the provisions of the bill as
passed by the house, and it was
thrown in the committee of the
whole and all items except $43,-
9O2 for fire protection stricken
out. Late Friday night the bill
was again thrown back into the
committee and all amendments
stricken, leaving the measure IN
it's original form. After consider
able debate the committee recon-
mended "death" and the senate
adopted the report.
Revenue of the state are de-
creased approximately $4,000 a
year by the passage and approval
OF senate bill No. 119, which pro-
vides for an appropriation of
$40, 900 or so much thereof, as
may be necessary from the gen
eral fund for repaying and re-
funding the annual $50 tobacco
license for 1923 which has been
collected, according to Harry L.
Fisher, state director of the bur-
eau of license.
The senate passed the three
eighths mill tax levy bill to en-
able construction of buildings for
the state educational institu-
. tional institutions after getting
assurance that Governor Moore
would sign the bill.
Failure of the senate to in
dorse the Borah resolution. ask
Ing for an economic world con-
ference, featured the session.
when a senate joint memorial.
which had laid dormant for six
weeks, was brought out in the
upper house and by margin of
one vote, lacked the necessary
twothirds for rule suspension.
introduced by democrat, Sena-
tor SOlOn B. Clark Of Mackay, re-
publicans of the administration
wing had maneuvered to keep the
memorial from a vote.
The surprise slaughter of pro-
prosed legislation was the defeat
in the house of a senate bill
which would have made it pos
sible for the socialist party to
get place on Idaho ballots, by ,
a petition of 1900 names, which
have cost the progressive party
800 votes. Democrats whose
party would have been ma
terially affected in the election
two years hence, voted with 10
republicans and progressives to
kill the bill which failed to pass
by a vote of IA to 45.
The senate refused to take SER
iously a bill by TalbOy of Wash
ington county which makes hunt
ing a trespass unless consent of |
property owner has been OBJ
tanned, whether or not warning |
signs have been posted. Van |
Hoesen of Adams county made
a strong plea for the bill, but the
attempts to suspend the rules
failed to carry.