The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-29
CONGRESS ASKED TO
FIX WHEAT PRICE
HAGAN AND ANDERSON MEMORIAL
FOR S1.50 MINIMUM ADOPTED
BY LEGISLATURE.

House joint memorial No. 3, by Re
representatives. Hagan and Anderson, of
Latah county, praying congress to
empower the president or some other
federal authority to fix the price of
wheat at $3.50 bushel for a period
of five years, at the shipping point,
passed the house Saturday. The OBJ
ject of this action is to bring about
a stabilization of wheat prices. But
five votes were cast against the
memorial
Two weeks ago the Moscow cham
Der Of commerce adopted a resolu-
tion, offered by G. P. Mix, asking the
Latah county members of the 1egis1a
ture to introduce a memorial request
ing congress to fix price of $1.25
on wheat at shipping point. Before
this resolution from the local organ
ization had reached Boise, however,
Representatives Hagan and Anderson
had introduced their memorial, asking
for minimum price of $3.50 per
bushel.
Boise, Ida-House bill No IL, by
Keeton, to give the state of Idaho
a provision in it's jury system for
the impaneling and use of substitute
jurors was passed Saturday. The
bill had the recommendation of pro-
1ulu0QC u0u1D0IS Ol Lie U6uCH anu
bar The only opposing votes were
those of Miss Abercrombie, of Nez
Perce, Bedell, of Adams, Kirby, of
Elmore, and Peck, of Camas, all
democrats.
Many Senate Bills introduced.
Nine new bills presented to the
senate carried the number of meas |
ures before that body past the CEN
tury mark, the last one to be intro
duced being given the No. 102. The
senate also passed house concurrent
resolution No. 3, providing employ
ment of legal counsel to aid in draft
ing bills. Most of the session was
given over to discussions of measures
in committee Of the whole.
One of the most important meas
ures to be introduced was No. SO, by
the committee on banks and banking.
This is an act which would authorize
and direct the state of Idaho to bor-
row money in anticipation of the col
lection of taxes by the sale of treas
ury notes. The purpose of the meas
ure is to put the state on a cash basis
and do away with the issuing and
registering of warrants.
Including the physically disabled as
among those who could do absent
voting is the purpose of No. 101, by
Disney. Senate bill 102 by Boughton
would make the property of widows
up to $1,000 in value exempt from
taxation if the owner is financially ,
unable to meet the burden. House
bill 81, by Brainard, puts teeth in the
safety provisions of the traffic law
by requiring the cancellation for six
to one year of any chauf-
feur's license, if the holder be con-
victed of driving on the highways @
while under the influence of intoxi- i
eating liquors. The other bill, intro C
duced by Taylor, would require the a
promoter or manager of any dance '
where fees are charged to procure a o
permit from the sheriff, and would b
give the sheriff authority to deny the S
permit if he thought the dance might S
become disorderly. 1t would also I
provide fine of 500 for violation. tt
A joint resolution embodying the {
,irst proposal for constitutional t.
amendment to appear in the lower il
house was also introduced. Its OBJ J
ect is to lengthen the terms of coun- S
,y commissioners from two to six
years, the question to be submitted
1t the general election in 1924 The C
resolution is signed by Huffaker and 1
of Bonneville county, John p
,on, of Cassia and Swift, of Lemhi. a
Ezra P Monson, of Franklin, will y
'epresent Franklin county in the is
louse of Representatives for the rest O
If the 18th session He was appoint a
ID by Governor G.. G. Moore to fill al
he vacancy caused by the resignation
# Thomas Preston, of Weston, and m
he appointment was affirmed by the g.
enate today. Mr.. Preston, who has bt
erved his county in several sessions, w
me as senator and twice as represen- ST
ative, was compelled to resign by ILL
ealth, being unable to recover from II
n operation in an Ogden hospital in
ime to take his seat Mr. Monson
las also served in both houses of
revious Idaho legislatures. He was
franklin county's representative in
he 14th and 18th sessions, and sena
or in the 18th He is a pioneer in y. -,
outhwest Idaho. 80 -