The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-21
PROPOSE WHEAT
MINIMUM OF $3.50
mIuo SENATE WOULD MEMOIR
ALIZE CONGRESS TO NAME
BODY TO FIX PRICE


sfter debate of fully an hour.
The senate also passed House JOINT
Memorial No. 8, which would memoir
f.lize congress to authorize the pres
ident or some other person or body to
Az the minimum Of wheat, at shipping
noints. at $3.50 per busheel. After
The memorial passed by vote Of 81
Ss 4. Senator Written gave notice that
he would ask for reconsideration OF the
vste.
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 resident of
Franklin county since boyhood. He
was born at Richmond, Utah. He takes
the place of Representative Preston
whe is i'll, and who has not been able
to 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 $3.50. 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 ad-.
,ninistration. called for an appropria-
tion of s28,370 and this amount was
reduced BY the house of representa-
6ves 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 a 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
to get permit from the sheriff each
day they desire to hold dance if
bill 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-
Ior of Kootenai county and Is known
rs Nouse bill No. 81.
Tie Democratic direct primary bill |
made its appearance in the senate,
ben sponsored by Senators Trans
tru'n. 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
lie number of bills in that body up to
,ld including 1I2.
The Democratic primary bill does
rot differ greatly from the Republi-
an primary measure presented in the
over house. The principal points of
Inference are the date of the primary.
leld later in the bill, selecting of
delegates to the national convention at
tate convention and electing dele
'ates to the state platform convention
y county central committees.
All candidates of political parties
or United States senator, representa-
ives in congress and all elective state.
istrict and county offices at regular l
lections would be nominated at the
rimarv authorized in the Democratic {
i'll. This primary would be held on :
ne second Tuesday in July, 1924, and c
very two years thereafter. A pol
ical party is described by the act as =
n affiliation of voters representing a s
olitical organization under a given !
anne which at the last preceding gen O
raj election was represented on the e
allot by ticket IN which there were
least three nominees for state of r
ce. Ii
Senate bill 35 cutting the penalty
II allowing taxes to go delinquent b
ON to 2 per cent was passed I'M
limously by the senate. Approval vas n
so given to house bill rs which would a
} away with special bonds required t.
tax collectors and assessors for /
Meeting highway district assess
ents. Il
Senator Disney, Republican of Lin Il
In county. fathered the tax penalty Il
duction measure and in speaking on 81
e bill before it's passage he stated it
as one of the recommendations made b.
; Governor Moore. In addition to F
tting the tax penalty the bill extends P
e tine for redemption of property D
which taxes have gone delinquent
ON three to four years. 1t also elm 81
ates the statement in the statutes ir
at in computing interest on delin- m
encies q part of q month shall be