White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Idaho News


hairpin in her stomach two days
without suffering any inconvenience
physicians at the Gritman hospital are
confident that 20-month-old Betty
Jane Sly, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Sly, will not need to submit te
an operation. The, child swallowed
the hairpin, with which she had beer
playing. She will be kept at the hos
pital for few days, until the physi
clans feel certain that the foreign
substance is not going to occasion any
trouble.
BOISE-Th fight to abolish the
fire insurance rating broke out OF
the floor of the senate of the Eigh
teenth Legislature recently, wher
S. b. No. IS, increasing the power OF
1.-THE state insurance commissioner
came up for final passage. The bill
was passed by a vote of So to 6.
Enlarged dog teams will
be used this year by nearly every en-
trant in the American dog derby. This
is apparent by the addition Of new
dogs to the already we'll trained
strings. One Of the reasons for the
enlarged teams is the excessive snow
fall this season which makes the trail
heavy and hard on the dogs. Nearly
40 inches of snow lies on the level at
Ashton. Nothing definite has been
heard from the northland yet The
big Pas race comes off this year,
February 8, before the Aston event
and it is possible that the racers will
wait until after that event before
notifying the American Dog Derby
association of their entries. Purses
for the big event have not been an
nounced yet, but it is understood they
will be considerably larger than last
year.
NAMPA-Nampa with a population
of 5000 now has the distinction of be-
ing the smallest city in the United
States with community safety coun-
Gil chartered by the National Safety
Council. The Industries and public
institutions of this young Idaho city
have combined for the purpose of car
rying on accident prevention work
One feature of the Nampa safety pro-
gram will be the correlation of safety
with subjects taught in the elemen-
tary schools of that city. Sixty other
American cities have community
safety councils
BOISE-Herman Taylor of Sand
Point, judge of the eighth judicial
district and former lieutenant-gov
ernor, was recently appointed by Gov
ernor @. G. Moore as justice of the
Idaho Supreme Court, succeeding
Robert N. Dunn, who died here.
Charles L. Hoffman Of Rathdrum has
been named to succeed Judge Taylor
for the eighth district.
BOISE-By a vote Of 43 to II mem
bers of the lower house of the Idaho
legislature, recently voted to give
court reporters more money by al
lowing them to retain fees paid them
for transcripts. Formerly this money
was paid to the state. The measure
was introduced by the judiciary com
mittee Of which Kiger of Kootenai is
chairman.
BOISE-By a vote of 55 to the
lower house of the Idaho Legislature
voted to authorize the state treasurer
to invest surplus funds in school war
rants and certain additional United
States securities. The measure WAS
introduced by state affairs committee.
BOISE.-By a vote of So to 8 mem
bers of the lower house of the Idaho
Legislature voted to authorize the
state treasurer to retire bonds wiIh
the proceeds resulting from the sale
Of investments made with public
building funds and authorizing the
commissioner of public investments
to sell these investments. The meas
ure was introduced by state affairs
committee.