Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-02-07
THE LEGISLATURE.
Epitome of the More Important Proceedings
Of That Body-Bills Passed and Others
Under Consideration.


! HORSE.
lea hill {" provide for the payment D.
The territory al houniie ON wolves. coyote,
bears. mountain lions and wildcats bruurI,
out - lively and fac-tinris disc,,ssio,
B'akely. "f GaIlatin county, moved 4
amend the bill 10y adding u bounty of i.
cents for prairie squirrels.
Jarrett raised "a point III order that al,
der the rules the title of the bill. which wa
Tor bountics orthe killing of cert a in 81 eel
destroying animals. would not permit "a
The Incorporation of such an amendment
squirrels were not gerlnane To the subject
Til" chair SUSTAINED the point. and -,
appeal from he ruling the chair was sus
tanned by vote of n too.
I Hunt offered AN amendment, which pro
vnled that one-haIf the money paid fo,
b"uniies should come from the Territorial
treasury and the ether half from the I reas
uries Of the counties in which the animal,
were killed. The amendment was lost D.,
an overwhelming vote.
At this point an interr~tin ing roIloIu, tooL
place, rs follows
Aiantle-I;eforc voting ON thi. uu.,t;op
] would like to know what u.bni.cat is
oLanghter.) ask in all seriousness.
HaskelI-Somebody else knows.
Davis-A bob eat il ~ bol.rat. Mou.b.
teri
Mantle thanked the chair for his eluc,,la.
tion "f the question. but insisted ON an ca.
PLANTATION.
.Ioslyn-The difference between "a bob-cat
and u wildcat is that one has a. long tail.
the other n bob tail.
Davis Are they both wild,
.loslyn-Both wild and woody.
BIakely-A bob-rat is usually known by
the name of lynx. Its ears are bobl,e,i and
il has n short tail. That is all the differ
enee between it aud the wildcat
Mantle Expressed himself satisfied, hut
suggested that the bill he amended ON the
subject of bobcats 50 that future genera
tions might not be us ignorant as ne was.
Pending Il vote "n .Ioslyn's amendment.
the committee arose aud house resumed.
lDaN is. chairman OF the committee III the
whole. WIS granted further time to- report
and the house took recess until = "'clock.
There were some amendments made to
the original bill The following are the
bounties to- he paid: For each mountain
lion. 50; FOR each bear. 81; for each wolf or
coyoic. 81; for each wildcat, lynx or bob.
eat. ~ cents.
The act does not apply to animals killed
prior To- Feb. 10 1889.
Jones, If Missoula county, has Introduced
u. u. No. IL, fixing the compensation If
lns'i,e ri the peace
\ hill before the house in rslat ion To the
drawing ri jurors provides that the grand
jury shall be drawn ~ At present, except
that the chairman Of the county board, the
county clerk aud the probate Judge are The
officers L. draw the jury instead oi the
county commissioners. For the trial jur-
ois ia" same officers select one hundred
narte~ 81 Taxpayers: these are To liz writ
names are drawn promisruously aud these
shah constitute the venirc. The box with
the remaining seventy names shall b- turn-,l
over To- the clerk of the court. and when
any additional jurors are required during II
term Of court they are to lie drawn from
this box. II II Juror is drawn whose resi-
d-nee is =" lar distant rs to seriously delay
the court, the clerk may return his name
to the box and draw another.
Waite introduced House Hill No. II, an
act Ia r.-establsh the western boundary
line ri Fergus county. The hill was read
sistins of the members Of the counties in.
t-r,sted.
l'irkman has introduced - hill to protect
fish. II relates Ia placin. screens over irri
eating bitches.
House Bill No. 1. which provides for the
transfer Of moneys to the ssn.ral fund Of
counties, has been amended aud recon-
mrnded for passage.
COUNCIL.
The council passed the memorial ,sking
the passage OF the omnibus bill. 4 major
its of the Republicans voted against il but
it wa. carried by voi. nf = to I, Brown.
Odds and Kennedy voting with the Demo-
crafts. II Is thought the memoriaI viii be
defeated in the house.
The special committee to which the gam
bling hill was referred reported "a substitute
and recommended its passage. There is
little difference between il and the Hunt
bin. Faro and poker are allowed. hut the
restrictions against skin games are
stronger. The substitute was aiterward
Withdrawn. aud will he made "a separate
bill il Hunts cannot he passed in both
houses. Either bill will he strong enough
tn accomplish the purposes intended. The
special committee claims that its substi-
tuie covers a number ri important points
that the Hunt hill does not.
II have used -. Pat rick's Pills." says
Mr.. j. Reynolds, "f Mayield. Ky, "ana
pronounce them superior toanyI haveeve
before used. I do not hesitate to RECON-
mend them. knowing them to he reliable. -
They arr thorough, vet gentle in their ae.
tion, aud leave the system in splendid con
'lition. As n catl,artic, or for disorder. Of
the liver. 81. Patrick Pills ha ve no equal
For sale 10y ". W. he Witt.
There is no danger in giving Chaml,sr-
lain s Cough Remedy to children, as il CON
tains NO injurious substance; bes,les, il is
f"r colds and Group. Children
like il. For sale by W. W. DE Witt.
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