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Rear Admiral Shoemaker la Charged
With Refining to Fermit Pubii.
cation of Truth of Teat
Washington.—The house aircraft
committee tapped a new vein In the
controversy that has developed as a
result of statements by Brigadier Gen
eral Mitchell, assistant army air
chief, on the value of aircraft In war
fare. When W. C. Schauffler, a lieut
enant colonel in the army air reserve,
testified that Rear Admiral Shoemak
er, commanding naval officer of the
1928 airplane bombing tests against
the battleships Virginia and New Jer
sey, had "blue pended" a magazine
article describing the tests to such an
extent that "upon completion, there
was absolutely no resemblance to the
original statement."
Major General Patrick, chief of the
army air arm, had approved the ar
ticle, Mr. Schauffler said, before It was
submitted to Admiral Shoemaker,
whom the witness quoted as saying:
"It's true, every bit of It. but we
can't let this get out or it would ruin
the navy."
"We would not want to leave the
record as it stands no«'," said Mr.
Perkins, who expressed the opinion
that the admiral would desire to pres
ent his side of the matter.
Mr. Schauffler explained that the
Article was to have been made public
over tbe signature of General Pershing
In a radio talk. General Pershing had
agreed to the arrangement, he said,
provided the article was approved by
the admiral. When shown the article
after it had been read "carefully" by
General Patrick, the witness said Ad
miral Shoemaker remarked;
"We will hove to change this some
und see If it can be put out under the
general's (Pershing) signature the way
we want It."
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NEW CONGRESS HAS MANY
CHURCH MEMBERS, REPORT
Washington.—More than 90 per cent
of the members of the Incoming con
gress are adherents of some religions
denomination, according to a state
ment from the Board of Temperance.
Prohibition and Public Morals of the
Methodist Bplscöpal church, this city.
"Methodists lead In. both the house
and senate," says the statement, "with
Presbyterians and Episcopalians fol
lowing closely. In the house of repre
sentatives there are 90 Method'sts and
27 in the senate. The Presbyterians
have 68 members of the house and
(here are 11 Presbyterian senators. The
Episcopalians number 27 representa
tives and 22 senators. Thirty-two rep
resentatives are Catholics, with four
oeoators of that church. There are
eight Hebrews in the house and none
"There are 804 Masons in the house,
BB in the senate. Ninety-eight repre
sentatives are Knights of Pythias and
(here are 18 Knights in the senate.
The Odd Fellows have 74 representa
tives and seven senators. Of the 35
men in the house of representatives
with no religious affiliation, 28 are
Masons and two are Pythian : while of
tbe seven whose religious affiliations
are unknown, four are Masons. The
10 senator* with no religious affilia
tions Include six Masons, and all three
of those whose religious affiliations
ore unknown are Masons."
Kill Convict Labor BUI
Cheyenne, Wyo.—The lower branch
of the Wyoming legislature Indefinite
ly postponed a bill providing that con
victs of the state penitentiary may be
utilized to manufacture producta
neede d by Wyo ming in state institu
tions and by other states in such Insti
tationa.
Flour Prieaa Slump
Minneapolis.—Flour prices have re
ceded more than a dollar a barrel from
tbe recent high record of two weeks
ago. The almost daily fluctations have
been In reflection of increases or de
clines In cash wheat premiums.
Epidemic Has Abated
Washington.—Secretary Work h t's
received a report from Governor Bone
of Alaska that the Nome diphtheria
epidemic apparently has abated and
«hot ample antitoxin la .on band or en
Too Modest to Register
Chicago.—Mrs. Frank T. Brown, al
though a candidate for alderman of
Chicago, failed to register. She gave
hier reason for refraining as modesty
which would prevent her from voting
for herself.
Men Destroy Vineyard
Ftettip, CUT .—Reports received here
*sW « pony of 800 men In automobile«
took possessions of the 460-acre vlne
yard «a the K. Arakelian conch near
" ' night last week, and cut
■jtMMw. im times.
SÄ 4J»e of the. raiders was quoted as say
tap that they were "determined that
ttaer* eboald be bo outside competition
m td that It was up ts Arakelian to
.gp Ma acreage op in the Sun Maid
'a contract «ult pend
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«EAlffmi Of LIFE
Hundrad« Pariah in On* of Greatest
Mine Disasters In History
of German Natl oh
Dortmund, Germany.—It Is believed
that nearly 200 miners lost their lives
M the result of a terrific explosion of
fire damp which occurred in tbe Stein
mine here. Very few of the miners
engaged In the workings escaped. The
disaster which was one of the greatest
In tbe history of German mining. Many
sf them were killed outright, bot most
of them are said to have died ffôm
poison gases.
The tragedy was enhanced by the
fact that the heroic efforts of fellow
miners to reach their comrades not
killed In the explosion were blocked
by the destruction of the shafts lead
ing to the spot, so that perhaps 100
men died from the effect of the polson
ouse gases which filled the shafts after
;he explosion. Of the men in the work
ings, only six survived.
Heart-rending scenes occurred
around the mine, where relatives of
tbe men tried frantically to force their
way into the mine company's building.
Identification was difficult, because In
many cases the victims were burned
black. Most of the victims bad large
Ihmllle*.
With the exception of a slmlllnr Rhur
valley disaster In 1907, when 801 min
ers were killed, this was the most
serious mine explosion In Germany in
many decades.
LIQUOR CRAZED MAN RUNS
AMUCK IN PRINTING PLANT
Billings, Mont.—Crazed by liquor
and brooding over a fancied wrung.
Albert Running, formely an employe
of the Billings Gazette, shot and pain
fully wounded Owen Little, stereotyper
for the Gazette, after which he turned
the gun on E. A. Swan, mechanical
superintendent, but the weapon, a 82
callher automatic pistol Jammed *nd It
failed to explode. JThe shooting oc
curred in the Gazette building.
Running, after pointing the gun at
Swan, attempted to eject the Jammed
cartridge.
Running escaped to the railroad
yards In the south side of town where
he Is reported to have pulled the pistol
out of bis overcoat pocket and placing
ft to his head fired five Shots. All of
the shots went through the brim and
a portion of the crown of bis hat, but
did not touch the scalp.
CREATION OF MARKETING
BOARD BEFORE CONGRESS
j Washington.—Creation of the fed
eral co-operative marketing board, one
of the principal recommendations of
the president's agricultural conference,
was proposed In the senate, by Senator
Copper, Republican, Kansas, while the
senate and house agriculture commit
tees both continued examination of
members of the conferecen with a view
to proposing other legislation to carry
out Its findings.
The Capper bill followed exactly the
terms of the measure offered in the
house by Representative Haugen, Re
publican. Iowa, chairman of the agri
cultural committee of that chamber,
which has the approval. In principle, of
Chairman Carey of the president'» con
ference.
REGARD USE OF FUNDS
ELSEWHERE AS VICIOUS
Washington.—Congress should give
serious consideration to the practice
of political organizations in collecting
large sums of money In certain states
for use In Influencing elections In
other states, the special senate cam
paign Investigating committee says In a
report submitted to congress.
Besides this recommendation the
committee proposes enactment of the
corrupt practices act recently approved
by the senate, as a rider to the postal
pay and rate Increase bill which Is
now pending as a part of the postal
bill recommended by the senate post
office committee as a substitute for
the house me a sure.
Wyoming Coal Land Leased
Washington.—Secretary Work has
authorized the leasing of 320 acres
of coal lands near Evanston, Wyo.
Under terms of the order, the Wyoming
lease will require a royalty of 10 cents
a ton, mine run. an investment of
$200,000 in the properties during the
first three years.
Ku Klux Police« Town
St. Petersburg, Fla.—With lack of
funds preventing an increase in the
police force, John Trotter, chief of
detectives, has accepted an offer of the
Kn Klux Klan to patrol the streets
without compensation. 1
Indiana Get Feed Fund
Washington.—Secretary Work has
approved the expenditure of $88.400
for a per capita payment of $50 to
aasfst 1.768 Crow Indians in Montana
through the wioter. .
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Giant Stadium Planned
York.—Mepderaon's Crater, a
»port stadium now being erected in
Long Island City, will coat $300,000
and Will accommodate 110,000 person»
at a boxing hoot, according to specifi
cations filed with civic authorities
The promoters announced yesterday
that work op the uppqr strugtjtre at
the bowl will be sorted ,$* a°or. m,
QfiftlJl ■ Jivo
ia prospect. alteoh(ttf A YWx RldfeaW,
promoter, dato## will appeàr
for him
New
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STUDENT ADMITS
HE CAVE POISON
SNEAKED THE DEATH CAPSULES
FROM UNIVERSITY
PHARMACY
TWO OEM) FROM POISONING
Lewis Fleh Takes Responsibility for
But One Death at
Ohio State
Columbus, O.—Lewis Fish. Clanton,
Ohio, told authorities Investigating the
death of two Ohio State university
»tudents and the serious Illness of many
others from capsules of poison, that
he had filled the prescription of David
Puskin. Canton, Ohio, student at the
university's laboratory, PdSkin died
from poisoning.
Fish was arrested and Is held for In
vestigation.
Fish told officers that he had entered
the college dispensary without author
ity and filled a prescription for Pus
kin for "six It and W (six red or as
pirin capsules and six white or quinine
capsules)" Issued hy Dr. H. Shim!It
Wingert, head of the university health
service.
In addition to the strychnine cap
sules which caused Puskln's death, an
other capsule was found in bis posses
sion which, when analyzed, was found
to contain nothing but strychnine.
Fish, a friend of Pusktn's, said that
Puskin had come to him complaining
of a cold and that he volunteered to
go to the college dispensary and get
some medicine and, when refused ad
mission by attendants In charge, went
In another door and got the "quinine
capsules" and gave them to Puskin.
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ECCENTRIC LAWYER 18 GIVEN
LIFE TERM FOR WIFE MURDER
Geneva, HL —Warren J. Lincoln, the
eccentric Aurora lawyer florist, who
confessed he kill ed hl» wife and her
brother, Byron Shoup, burned their
bodies In his greenhouse furnace and
sealed their heads In a concrete block,
was found guilty of the murder of his
wife by a Jury, which fixed his punish
ment at life Imprisonment.
Lincoln's attorn eys , who had asked
the Jury to find their client Insane de
spite the fact that Lincoln himself In
sisted he was sane when he killed his
wife and her brother and Is sane now.
apparently determined to accept the
verdict without appeal, as no motions
were made.
Auto Smash Kills Three
Los Angelee.—Sidney Kahn, 85, "And
his 18-month-old child were killed- in
stantly when the automobile In which
they were riding collided with another
machine. Mrs. Kahn, who was with
him, Is dying at a local hospital. A
fourth member of the family Is alive
aa a result of a caesarian operation
upon the mother, when It had been
determined that she was fatally in
jured. The infant, a seven-pound boy,
was born within an hoar after the
accident.
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Japanese Sailors Drown
Vancouver, B. C.—Eleven Japanese
including five officers, two petty offi
cers and six sailors, were drowned In
the harbor here, when the phmnce In
which tlrey were returning to the
cruiser Idzuma, after enjoying shore
leave, collided with the Canadian tug
Nanoose. The bodies of the officer,
petty officers, and five seamen have
been recovered. Nine others are still
missing.
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Kill« Wife'« Annoyer
Ely. Nev.— O. G. Roreman, 58, attor
ney of this city, shot and killed Lester
Dnage, 25, local barber, when, it is
alleged, the latter attempted to en
force an entrance into the Boreman
residence.
According to reports to the police,
Daage had been drinking and Is alleged
to have threatened Boreman earlier in
the evening when the attorney resent-,
ed Da age's attentions to his wife.
r Herrin to Have Paar«
Marion. Ill.—Despite objections from
some Herrin residents, the Williamson
county hoard of supervisors ratified
tbe tentative peace agreement reached
at Springfield last Thursday for re
moval from the county of Sheriff
<Vorge Galllgnn and the revocation of
gun carrying permits.
Battle Over Booze
Plymouth. Mass.—After a fight at a
North Plymouth lumber pier between
80 rum runners and coast guardsmen.'
mixed liquor and alcohol valued at
$100,000 was seised. Six prisoner«
Noted CHamtqt Oie«
Washington— W, F. BUIebrand. chief
chemist of the bureau of standards
Since 1908. and formerly president of
the American Chemical society, died in
a local hospital from an abdominal all
ment. MY. Hi Debrand waa operated on
—Search by a national de
tective agency and police throughout
the country has started for Tap M,
Harrison. 9S-$«ar-oid aslesman.
by his step-brother, Harry B. Given*,
secretary at the Vondeventure Trust
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cmnpany, as tbe robber who slugged
him. left htta bound la the bank and
eoeapsd with $18,600 to cash and $12.
600 4a «scorifies. Harrison
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amte waited wpaotlced from the bank
Sftf* «»totolsg tan
wtaer MHÄ «ocatitSe* after the darin«
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MBB IS CHOSEN
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Croat Northern to Open Offlco for
District Colonization
Work
Headquarters for the Milk River col
ODlzatlou work of the Orest Northern
railway will be located at Chinook. An
office is to be established in a few
days from which families and field
workers will be directed to the Milk
River valley, where 6,000 acres have
been contracted to supply sugar beets
for a fl.000,000 beet sugar plant
which. It Is reported, will be erected
at Chinook.
« T mnïl nt K ,8 .H e! ?f. ï'ïTu"?
Washington by the Vtah-KIahn; Sugar
company for shipment to the Milk Rlv
Pr J." /f' * _. v w . . .
, T '' .K 0rWlt haB contracted
with the sugar company to supply TO
families for the sugar beet field work
and other field workers required for
the 6,000 acres. It expects little dlffl
culty In getlng the required number,
due to the success It has had drnfng
the last two years in placing nearly 100
fnmlllas In that section of Montana
For the most part, the familles se- I
lected will be financed by local finance
organizations already well under way
at Chinook. Harlem. Malta and Glas
gow. Local business men have sub
scribed the capital to work with, and
by means of this the settlers will be
assisted in shipping equipment and
as a nucleus tor the sugar beet Indus
try.
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CHARGE
OUTSIDE PUPILS ANNUAL FEE
paying for field labor.
About 92,000 acres of Irrigable land
between Chinook and Glasgow will
supply the beets for the Utah-Idabo
company's plant.
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The board of trustees of school dis
trtet No. 1, Choteau, fixed $20 annually
for each child as the tuition fee to
be charge by district No. 1 against out
lying districts whose children attend
school In Choteau. The clerk of the
hoard was authorized to notify clerks)
of districts affected of the action of
the board and to advise that clerks
of such districts must turn over state
and county per capita apportionment
funds In that amount for such children.
This action was made necessary, ac
cording to board members, because the
local district has had to accomodate
no less than 40 children from other
districts, at a greatly increased cost
to district 1, including the cost of em
ployment of an additional teacher,
while school funds for such children
have continued to be held by the dis
tricts In which their parents live.
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Prize Baby Saved |
One of the most remarkanle exploits
In the annals of the United States
forest rapger service occurred at Gla
cier Park when Glacier parfc'p prize
winning baby, the 9-month-old son of
Forest Ranger Clyde C. Fauley and
Mrs. Fauley. became III with convul
sions In the Rocky mountains of Gla
cier National park.
Far from a doctor the terrified par
ents traveled through two feet of snow
in ■ blinding storm, with the babe upon
the ranger's back. In order to reach
tbe railroad. Here they succeeded In
stopping the fast Oriental limited train
and at midnight reached Kallapell,
where the race with death ended, seven
hours after It had begun. The Infant
was rushed to the home of a specialist
where is speedily recovered.
Book for Many Citizens
The library building If the University
of Ml saoula, considered to be one of
the finest and moat complete structures
of Its kind In the United States, has,
through recent additions, brought up
Its total number of volumes to over
160,000, a book for every man, woman
and child In Butte. Missoula, Helena,
Great Falls and Billings. The total
estimate value of tbe library. Including
books and furniture, is $600,000. The
main reading rooms have a capacity of
24« student* Four hundred snd elgh
B e ntr e nt magasines are received
»very month.
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Te Conaarv* Rangs Hay
That the bureau of biological survey
will make an effort this spriqg to
conserve the wild grass supply on the
bison range west of Missoula le re
ported. It Is said that the biological
department is negotiating for the pur
chase of between four hundred and five
hundred tons of alfalfa or clover bay.
It ta also said that by feeding the buf
falo during tbe early spring while the
wild grass is getting a start that tbe
forage on the range will then afford
feed for the animels within the con
flues of the range through the season.
# Bums Provs Fatal
Mrs. Silva Hodge, wife of Charles
O. Hodge, who was badly burned when
hear clothes caught fire as she struck
a thatch at die Amett-MIMin ranch
oeor Manhattan, died at the Deaconess
Hospital, where abe was brought Mon
Another Large Milt
Anothed large mill for tbe treatment
of manga o»*se orp to to be built at
PhHiipshurg Ip the near future. It to
fhp«*rt«4.!i Last fall a large new mill
pot Into operats«* U was found that
the ftant boedtad only half of the de
Wlth the «oantaetiy in
tar the mineral. It to
ta build another with ft*
torg«'**' «Pta* ««toter capacity te tum
ÉMU of manganese
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from the vtatoy
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MONTANA NOTES
treasure state tales
TERSELY TOLD
Big Gamo Incrcaoo.—Elk, deer and
mountaJ goats have shown a slight In
crease in the. last year despite the rav
I "NT* 1 * predatory annual«, according
to *nlmal game census taken to the
national forests of Montana,
Huge Eagle Trapped.—A huge eagle,
weighing between 50 and «0 pounds
and measuring tlx feet and six Inches
from wing tip to wing tip. was caught
by T. B. Lewis on hie farm near «In
ton. The bird flew Into a coyote trap
j and Lewis had no difficulty in catching
Q * rr '* ,d Hog. Top Market.—A car
load of Garflel(1 ^ ^ rk ^
recently to Seattle topped the market
*0 that dty. bringing $11.75, according
to word received from the coast city
bjr tbe Jor , ]an 8hJpp i ng 88SO cIatlon. I
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"° uiere of carbonated beverages from
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho will
!n timings March 3 and 4 for
the annual convention of the In
terata te Bottlers association.
tbe bird alive.
Bottlers to Convene.—More than 100
Oppose Boosting License.—Lewis
town sportsmen are opposed to the
WH before the state legislature which
would increase the cost of hunting and
fishing licenses, a» contrary t<> ilw g**n
®ral policy of lowering as much as
possible the assessments against the J
public. The gun club expressed its at
tltnde In a membership vote. _ I
New Tourlat Ranch.—The district '
I cine river near the mouth of Mettler
creek.
forester at Missoula has Just issued
a permit for a term of 15 years for the
construction and operation of a tourist
( ranch and summer resort on the north-1
era pan of the Lewis and Clark forest.
It will be located south of Two Medi-1
Would Annex Town «It*.—Annexation!
©f approximately three and a half
townships to Judith Basin county Is
sought by residents of the Coffee Creek
section, In Choteau county, A petition
bearing 106 names, or 96 per cent of
| the freeholders. Is to be presented to I
the state legislature for consideration,
[ Well is Abandoned.—Announcement I
has been made by the Midwest Oil Oo. |
of the abandonment of the Red Lodge
Llndsay well in the Lake Basin field
I near Billings. The Dakota sand was |
found to be dry In this well and water j
tras encountered In the lower Kootenai. I
Indian Tepee Village—An Indian te
pee village Is maintained at the gate- j
way to Glacier national park, for the I
edification of America's tourists. In •
commémora tjon of the fact that the
Black feet Indians ceded to the United
States government these 1,500 square I
miles of Rocky mountain country which 1
congress set aside as Glacier national
park In 1010. This territory was famed
as the greatest hunting grounds of all}
American Indians.
47 Pigs Ylsld $1,105.17—1. A. Perry I
of Maschetah near Hardin found hog J
raising profitable. He recently re
ceiver a check for $1,105.17 covering
47 porkers, raised during the past nine j
months. The pigs were fattened on J
corn of his own raising. The oldest I
»f the pigs was nine months old and the I
heavlest of which weighed over 300 [
pounds Hubert Hobson, who Is buy- I
Ing for the Omaha market says he I
paid approximately $10,000 for porkers
during the month of January.
Experiment In Road Building.—As I
soon as material Is available work of
putting in a mile of experimental road
the highway between Whitehall and
Boulder will begin. The road is of a I
new character In the district, but It has I
on
begin.
new character In the district, but It has
been tried out quite considerably In the
vicinity of Great Falls, It consists of
first putting on a heavy layer of ein
ders, which is then scarified and mixed
thoroughly with gumbo and then grad-1
ed and treated with a heavy coating
or road oil. After this tbe road is
rolled and is then ready for use.
Fine Flock Smothered.— C. A. Dessn
sure, who lives near Poison, lost a val
uable flock of chickens in a most pecu
liar way. During the afternoon Mrs.
Dessasure emptied a pan of ashes in
the chicken house for the hens to
scratch In. The next morning when
Mr. Dessasure opened the dpor of the
chicken house be was greeted with a
burst of smoke and flame. He was
able to put out the fire without damage
•to tbe building but discovered that tbe
entire flock of about 200 fine Rhode
Inland Bed chickens bod bee« smoth
ered.
Expense of Running Butte.—The U.
S. department of commerce announces
that the total payments for expenses.
Interest and outlays for tbe city gov
ernment of Butte for the fiscal year
ending April 80, 1928. including tbs
Independent school district of Butte
for the fiscal year ending June SO, J923,
amounted to $1,106,868, or $28.17 per
this total. $881.898 ropro
aents tbe expenses of operating the
general departments of tbe city gov
eminent ; $144,877 Interest on debt, and
$28,888, outlays for permanent 1m
provements. In 1918 the total pay
ments fer the city were $1,994.380,
Band to Reorganized.—After a lapse
of seven years the Circle band
to be
come a valuable asset to tbe town. It
to composed of 80 members
Was Pi on e er Montanan.—Benjamin
at Re
TowtMsiey. who died
itoesao »
one of
doodo Beach. Cal., was
lest arrivals la Montana. He parties
te Banna etc,
the snri
la the goU
Alder Gulch, last Chance and Confed
erate gutabe*. between time« frolght
Halt Lake CHj. The body «t the
wax brought te To wns e n d for bon
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AND GOSSIP OF
MONTANA liSBLATURE
Although adversely reported by the
I
senate taxation committee a bill by
Taylor of Sheridan, to repeal the class
ification laws of Montana
printed.
ordered.
Aspirations of BlUings and
City tor a state normal school received
a setback when the boose killed two
bills for tbe establishment of teacher
training schools.
On recommendation of the appropri
ations committee, the house killed a
bill to create a war memorial commis
sion to erect a memorial to World war
veterans at the state capitol at Helena.
A bill by tbe senate banking commit
tee, which would have placed on the
persons drawing a check all responsi
bility for Its payment, has been killed
by the senate.
One of tbe most Important measures
to come before the assembly is a bill
fathered by Senator «ark, Democrat,
Toole county, which carries a provision
to refund the state debt by selling
state certificates to cover it, and then
carry the debt along to 19S9.
The senate killed the Anderson
J house bill, which attempted to clarify
the lavv regarding the counting of
I names written In on ballots or placed
there w,th »tickers,
j blbltlng at te nda n ce of minors under 16
an<1 forbidding liquor on the premises
A bill to regulate dance halls, pro
w «s Introduced by Pauline and others
ln the senate.
The Garber bill to abolish the office
0 * chancellor of the university, res
cued once by Its author after an ad
Is rorse committee report, was Indeflnlte
*F postponed by the senate,
|
I which would have authorized countie»
fwhere there Is only one newspaper to
The senate killed the Dell measure.
I $° outside the county for bids for
| county printing,
| changes in the method of raising and
j administrating school finances in Mon
I tana, with particular regard to the
newte °* the raral schools, were mad?
j * n a report of a Joint senate and house
I committee. The report ia slg.-ed by
• Senator Griffin for the senate and
I In committee of the whole, the sen
1 ate approved for passage senate bill 45,
McQultty, requiring the county clerk to
report to the county superintendent, as
soon as received from the assessor,
I * he purpose of permitting a tentative
J valuation by school districts. -
j 20 and In the house 36 under the terms
J of a bill fostered by Senator Rhodes, of
I Teton.
I tlonal amendment under which the sen
[ ate would have one member from each
I Judicial district and the house one
I member from each county,
Several recommendations for
Davis for the house.
the valuation of county property for
Membership in the senate would b*
The bill proposes a conatilii
The measure to repeal the present
primary law and return to the con
ventlon system was passed by the sen
»te on sfoil call by a rote of 34 to
18. The primary repeal measure 1» offl
dally known as Senate BHI No. 59
I and was Introduced by Republican
I Floor Leader Hazelbaker and 15 other
of j senators,
1
killed house bill No. 171, providing
for the collection of special assess
is {meats at the same time other taxes
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The senate by a rote of 37 to 12
are collected. It was assertÄJ that the
J burden of payment of regular taxe»
was sufficient taxes without adding
the further cost of special assessment»
at the same time.
Among the measures approved by
the house tbe past few days are house
bill No. 280, placing insolvent ware
house men under the regulation of
ihe department of Justice through thp
same method now employed in the
regulation of elevator men; No. 211,
fixing tbe time of meetings of the
«ut* text book commission ; No. 210.
exempting Jnror fees and mileage fron»
attachment or execution.
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The bouse highway committee ha»
perfected two measures designed to
match federal funds available for road
work in Montana. Under one of these
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bills, the gasoline tax would be raised
from 2 to 3 cents per gal loo Tbe
would be diverted entirely to
the state highway fund to meet fed
eral aid allotments which are mid to
total $8,000,000 for the next three
years. Under the other measure the
motor license fees would be distributed
equally among tbe coon tie*. The pres
basts of distribution to the number
of cars registered from each county.
. was the
last day on which bflte cmdd be intro
duced in the senate, except with con
sent of two-thirds of the member*.
The bouse role mod« February 18, the
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da 7 *■ that body.
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™th an affirmativ« vote qf M. the
*»««» recommended tar _ ■ j
îapHs-KlnvÛie pill te permit the people
of Stiver Bow county to vote o*Ta plan
to consolidate the city of Botte and
county of Silver Bow. 'fete bill la a
the
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lengthy affair covering 47 printed