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Show CIGARETTE FIGHT Ifl IDAHO Prohibitive Measure Makes Appearance in Senate and Knowing Ones Say It's Safe BOISE, Ida., Feb. 2. The anti-cigarette anti-cigarette bill made its appearance ap-pearance in the upper house of the (sixteenth session of the Idaho j; legislature this morning. The J t measure was Introduced by Senator I Harding. Democrat, of Oneida county. 1; Under the t-rms of tfie bill, the sale I) of cigarettes or cigarette papers Is 1 prohibited, and heavy fines are pro- I vided for violations, it will be unlirw-'r unlirw-'r ' ful to either wholesale or retail the ar-f ar-f titles mniloinl. I According to those In close touch I with members of the upper house, the I I measure will pns. However, thero will be a spirited fight wnen the bill reaches the'house, AUDITING OF CLAIMS. One of the most Important measures so far Introduced in the legislature was submitted in the lower house this morning by the committee on state affairs. It alms at an abrupt change in the manner in which claims against I the state shall be audited by the boa-d ; of examiners. i Another important bill introduced i hv McDonald of Kootenai county c-Hs i for the establishment of a state fund f for guaranty of bank deposits, j Two other new bills of more than t ordinary, siirnif icance nrovlds new reg-; reg-; illations governing the Admission of $ mental defectives and insane to the i: ' charitable Institutions. , AS TO TIMBER LANDS. & One of the really big legislative fights behind the curtains la now on J over the creation of a state foVestry I board to take the handling of all timber tim-ber lands out of the control of tha state land department and place it In the hands of a newly, created, bureau or board of forestry commissioners. Major Frank A. Ker.n is credited with the lendTrchlp gf the frrrn fnviMnK Hie-creation' of the board and repre- Isentatlves of northern Idaho timber interests are on the opposite siq. A. K. Douglas and K. N. Brown of St. , Marie's are expected to play an lm-t lm-t portant part In the controversy. |