White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-03-20

Ders and attaches SMs%
of the house. TT.
Atkins of Ada ~ ..r,n.
County doing the
honors. He assur ed the presiding Of
ficer that all hisfellows held him in
great respect andaffection because
Of his ability, Instances and his
loyalty. The speaker responded feel
ingly, taking occasion to give credit
for the smooth efficiency of the house
to its attaches, naming each individ-
ual in the corps as far as time per-
mitted.
Constructive Code
One of the outstanding accomplish
ments was the enactment of senate
bill No. 16, writing into law new
banking code, embodying the work OF
year and a half by a commission
appointed by the governor, and the
joint deliberations and hearings of
both senate and house committees.
Much good is expected to result from
it's application to the administration
Of banks in the state.
Another act accepted as giving the
state an important step forward is
house bill No. 81, creating the office
of state forester, establishing for
estry advisory board to assist the
state board of land commissioners,
and providing for positive conserva-.
ton Of state and private timber re-
sources as we'll as irrigation water
Sheds
A state dairying director was pro-
vided in another act, placing in the
department Of agriculture a bureau
devoted to the industry now held to
be one Of the states largest potential
assets. Amendments were also made
to the laws affecting dairy products
marketing.
Two acts deemed of great import
ance to the northern part of the state
and its water resources were passed,
one denying the right Of other states
to appropriate waters of Idaho, and
the other providing an Appropriation
whereby the department Of reclama-
ton can make an adequate survey of
, what these resources are.
Public Health Acts
Various measures affecting the
publis health were passed, the bene-
fits of which may become known in
, various ways. In two specific bills
advanced methods were authorized in
the work of the public welfare de-
| partment. House bill No. So reap
propriated more than 100000 fol
the construction and maintenance fol
t two years of a state tuberculosis hos
i pital, an institution for which forces
. have been working more than si1
= years. House bill no. 203 provides the
! machinery to inaugurate- the custom
I. of sterlizing insane and feeble-mindet
persons, under certain restrictions, tt
prevent their reproducing their kind
Among the appropriation measures
passed by both houses in the closing
hours were also some providing fol
the purchase of additional land at the
Industrial training school, the insane
asylum at Orofino and the Namps
sanitarium-'additions which will per
NIT beneficial employment for in
mates of those institutions.
Education Cared For
Progress was also made in caring
for the higher educational institutions
of the state. Attempts to make radi
cal changes in the establishment O.
these were defeated, and when finall.
passed the appropriations for then
\ were foundto carry increases owe
/ those of the last biennium averaging
\ from 20 to 40 per cent.
/ In addition to provisions for the in
stitutions themselves, the legislator,
decided to allow salary for CON
missioner Of education, the executive
officer of the state board, an offic'
s left vacant two years ago by failure
l. to appropriate. ~
Publicity Program Fails
= Great disappointment was expert
enced in some quarters, however, b,
the almost complete failure Of Pre-
!. gram of publicity and promotion 70
!, the varied resources of the state. !
: bill to establish statewide agricul
:, tural fair at Boise, two bills to au
: thority county boards Of trade promo
: ton, and one to revive the constitu
;. tional Office of commissioner Of i'm
= migration, labor and statistics al
: were defeated Only one ofthis groul
: of measures was passed-7one enabling
counties to join in holding distric
: fairs--and because of its strict provi
sions it is doubtful whether this meas
ure will be workable.
:. In the final hour of the session the
i senate also defeated a house BILL No
!. 258, appropriating $4,000 for compile
ton of the North and South highway
Opponents of other parts Of the de
velopment program had united in sup
port Of this, in the belief that it was
the most beneficial single act for the
states good as whole that could
be passed.
Three additional states, Michigan,