The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-10
MEMORIAL FOR
Low Freight RATE
CONGRESS- ASKED FOR LEGISLA-
TION IN BEHALF OF IDAHO
AGRICULTURISTS.

AGRICULTURISTS.
Boise-Embodying the plan dis
cussed and approved by the repub
lican caucus Of the house of repre-
Sentatives the several meetings, an(
expressing the consensus and gather
ings participated in by farmers, ban
kers, commercial organizations an(
state officials within the last few
months, house joint memorial No.
was introduced in the house Friday
It was addressed to the senate anG
house of representatives of congress-
at Washington and contains g
prayer for legislation that will bring
relief to the over-burdened industry
of Idaho through intolerable freight
rate and equipment conditions.
Speaker M. A. Kiger of Kootenai
county, Representative J. P. Congdon
of Ada county and Representative r
w. Katerndahl of Clark county are
the three members who have the
honor of attaching their names to the
memorial as introduced.
The Friday session Of the house
saw final action on only four bills, a
grocery inspection bill, a horticultural
pest abatement bill, county COM
missioner districting bill and pro-
baton appointment bill. The proba-
tion officer bill, senate bill No. 43, by
Sutc1iffe and Cowles, reopened quar-
rel of two years ago originating be-
tween probate judges and county COM
missioners. The bill requires all ap-
pointments OF probation officers by
probate judges to be subject to the
approval of the county commission
hill 70 0d in hn 18th
sion, but has now passed both houses
in the present legislature.
Commercial Autos.
House bill No. III, the most i'm
portant bill newly offered, seeks to
place under the control Of the public
utilities commission, as to license,
rates and regulations of all motor
busses, stages, trucks, taxicabs and
other automobiles using the high
ways for the transportation of per-
sons and things for hire. 1t would
supplant the law passed four years
ago for the same purpose, which was
declared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court as class legislation, the
present bill being broader in it's
terms.
House bill No. 2 appropriating
$161 ,404 from the state insurance fund
for the administration of the insur-
ance bureau was passed in the SEN
ate and is therefore the second ap-
preparation to receive the approval
of the 18th legislature so far. The
first bill so approved was the legisla-
tive appropriation measure carrying
$4,000. Three other bills were also
approved by the senate this morning
and three new measures introduced.
School Trustees.
Senate bill No. 1O2, by Cow1es, was
approved by unanimous vote. This
bill would provide that school trus-
tees must be freeholders and heads
of families.
Approval was also given by the
senate to Rehberg's bill No. 100,
which removes from the status the
expense limit of $100 for the district
judges when they hold court in their
district, but outside of their home
county.
Senator Rehberg stated that the
amendment was proposed because
sometimes district judges had to hold
terms of several months outside of
their home counties and that $100
would not cover their expenses. The
vote on the bill was 38 for and 6
against.
Senate bill No. 184, by Clark, of
Elmore, introduced on Friday morn
ing, would give relief to claimants
for state bounties, the total sum be-
ing $3,899.
Senate bill No. 1856, by the agricul-
tural committee, would allow mer-
chants and dealers who are not reg
istered pharmacists to sell formalde-
hyde, blue vitriol, denatured and al
cohol for spraying and dipping pur-
poses. Bill No. 1876 would allow ten
or more residents of the state to form
themselves into grazing associations
and take out grazing leases Senate |
committees were asked to make re- |
ports on four measures as provided |
by the rules, by senators this morn |
ing. Senator Wurtz asked that the |
judiciary committee report on SEN
ate joint resolutions Nos and 4,
the referendum amendments to the
state constitution. Senator Vanhoe-
sen asked that the same committee /
bring in a report on February 12 ON
senate bill 20, introduced by his
father, and which would abolish the
cabinet form of government. Sena-
tor Harris asked that the state af-
fairs committee make a report on
senate bill No 130, his anti-hooded
order measure.
JUDGE SAYS