Idaho Declares Telegraph Obsolete
After a unanimous House vote, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s pen stroke is all that stands between finally declaring
the telegraph obsolete in Idaho.
Tuesday’s 63-0 vote is part of the Idaho Supreme Court’s annual effort to excise archaic language from state code.
Back when trains dominated cross-country passenger travel, Idaho required stations to communicate late arrivals from waiting room to waiting room via telegraph.
Failure merited a $100 misdemeanor fine.
But even in Idaho, hardly anybody uses the telegraph these days/
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(Wikipedia: telegraph key)
Question: Can you think of other devices that the Idaho Legislature can declare obsolete?
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