The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-02-08
PROPOSE WHEAT
MINIMUM OF $3.50
IDAHO SENATE WOULD MEMORI-
ALIZE CONGRESS TO NAME
BODY To FIX PRICE

passed House Bill No. IL repeating tn
tobacco license law The vote cam,
after debate Of fully an hour.
The senate also passed House Join
Memorial No. 8, which would memoir
islize congress to authorize the pres
ident or some other person or body Il
m the minimum Of wheat, at shipping
points, at sl.50 per busheel. After
the memorial passed by vote Of 81
TO 4, Senator Written gave notice that
be would ask for reconsideration of the
vote.
Ezra P. Munson, veteran legislator
twice member of the house and once
In the Idaho senate, was appointed by
Governor Charles c. Moore to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Thomas Preston of Franklin county.
The appointment Of Mr. Munson was
Immediately confirmed by the senate
and followed the acceptance of the
Preston resignation by the house.
Mr.. Munson has been a resident Of
Franklin 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
mittee 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
committee of the whole house and the
bill was reported back to the house
with the Recommendation that it pass
As amended.
The bill, as introduced by the adj
ministration, called for an appropria-
ton of s2S,370 and this amount was
reduced by the house of representa-
lives 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 a bill in
troduced in the senate by Boughton of
kootenai. The measure does not pro-
vide for general exemption of
widows but leaves the matter to the
discretion of the county commits
sioners.
Dance halls in Idaho charging ad-
mission fees or fees to dance may have
10 get a permit from the sheriff each
day they desire to hold dance if
bill introduced in the house becomes
4 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 Kootenai county and is known
as house bill No. 81.
The Democratic direct primary bill |
made its appearance in the senate, |
being sponsored by Senators Trans
trum. Albrethsen. Clapp, Clark of Gus
ter, Eames, Amonson, Evans, Graham, /
Pollard, Pike, Brown and Harris. The
bill which is No. ITO, was one of the 10 /
new measures introduced, bringing
the number of bills in that body up to
and including 112.
The Democratic primary bill does
not differ greatly from the Republi-
can primary measure presented in the !
lower house The principal points Of
difference are the date of the primary,
held later in the bill, selecting Of
delegates to the national convention at
state convention and electing dele
gates to the state platform convention
by county central committees.
All candidates Of political parties
FOR United States senator, representa-
ives in congress and all elective state,
district and county office. at regular
elections would be nominated at the
primary authorized in the Democratic
Pill. This primary would be held on
he second Tuesday in July, 1924, and
very two years thereafter. A pol
teal party is described by the act as
In affiliation of voters representing q
political organization under a given
lame which at the last preceding gen ,
raj ELECTION was represented On the
'allot by ticket m which there were
L least three nominees for state Of I
ice.
Senate bill IS. cutting the penalty I
or allowing taxes to go delinquent
rom to per cent was passed I'M
nimously by the senate. Approval vas r
lso given to house bill rs which would q
o away with special bonds required {
Z tax collectors and assessors for i
ollecting highway district assess
rents. 3
Senator Disney, Republican Of Lin
DIN county, fsthered the tar penalty {
eduction measure and in speaking on 8
be bill before its passage he stated il
ras one Of the recommendations made b
Ex-Governor Moore In addition to z
utting the tar penalty the bin extends r
Ne time for redemption Of property Z
n which taxes have gone delinquent