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Show SITE PI1IT1 iEISMII UP Idaho Legislature Also Considering Con-sidering Establishment, of Utilities Commission. Special to The Tribune- J BOISE. Idiu. Fob. 3. The .senate of tho I twelfth Idaho leglslaturo was today swept by a wave of economy, and retrenchment, re-trenchment, which carried with it thc Job of distributing clerk at general elections elec-tions In this stale. At the same time the upper house went on record as in favor of the "Kenyon-Sheppard" "Kenyon-Sheppard" bill, pending before congress, and thoreby gave tho "weta" an Insight as to thc "dryness" of that body. Tho restilt will bo the introduction of a stalo-widc prohibition bill this session. Thc Ferguson bill, providing for county usslstnnco for tho burial of old soldiers, passed the senate, as did also a measuro providing for tho filing of affidavits? for work dono on mining claims. The hou3o adopted a motion of tho county lines committee that the St. Joe county division bill should not pass, but the representatives refused to kill tho measure so suddenly and doclded that inasmuch as tlie rules of the houso aro not clear tho rules of congress, giving tho author of a bill throe days In which to recall a committee report, should be followed. Many new bills were introduced, among tho more Important of which wero a revenue and taxation measure revising tho revenue laws of tho state; an appropriation appro-priation bill cnlllng for state nld for thc Albion Normal school to the extent of $15,000, $30,000 and $35,000 respectively: respective-ly: a measure appropriating $1500 for tho construction of a bridge across tho Snako river between Lincoln and Twin Falls counties. Representative Hunt of Fremont county coun-ty Introduced a substitute bill for tho creation of Madison county out of what Is at prcsont Fremont county in southeastern south-eastern Idaho. Victor O. Johnson of Shoshone today made a strong appeal bofore an open . meeting of tho legislature for a railroad and public utilities commission. Former Governor Gooding alBO apoke in behalf of tho measuro. which la ponding before the house- committee. |