Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-03-02

he (Ward) wanted the pair dissolved.
The Journal showed that the pair was
recoI, died TO - aud until both members
appeared or 'irfiuur of the house and
, he speaker irci,iV.l that Wards re
quest couli not begranted. Ward re-
plie.i that say gone he would take his
medrrne." :hs ballot resulted Clark
25 Mantle 81, Dixon IL, Couch l.,
Hun; |, Necessary to choice 80, Coder
.ni Ward being the only one paired.
Tierney, of Meagher, cast the vote for
Hnnt and Apnear, of Silver Bow, that
Tor Couch.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22ud-Notwith-
standing today was Washington's
birthday and a legal holiday both
houses held IL short session. In the
senate Power introduced "a bill Great
ing the Eleventh judicial district to be
composed OF Teton and Valley coun-
ties, Choteau, Fergus and Flathead to
constitute the Tenth district. In COM
mittee of the whole favorable reports
were ordered on bills to increase jus
tices o. supreme court to five and to
se2regate parts OF Meagher county.
The latter bill annexes seven town
ships, including Monarch and Barker,
to Cascade and two townships to yell
lowstone. The house disposed of no
business. The joint ballot resulted
Mantle 27. Clark 81, Dixon IL, Couch
L, Hunt l, necessary to choice 81.
Five pairs were announced among
which were Coder and Ward.
THURSDAY, Feb. 23rd-The senate
killed the Broadwater county bill in
committee of whole and took favor
able action on the establishment OF a
Billings penitentiary. G. E. Mussig
brod, w. H. Eady, of Butte, and Mi
cheal Corbett, of Helena, We reap
pointed a state board OF arbitration
and DIR. C. K. Cole, OF Helena, and DIR.
Redill, of Elkhorn, a state board OF
medical examiners. Both appoint
ments were confirmed. The senate
passed the bill for Incorporating
cities and towns, allowing the state
board of education to select lands for
state institutions, increasing the num-
Der of judges of the supreme court to
five, ~annexing parts OF Meagher to Cas-
cade and Yellowstone by yeas 14nays
9, placing the historical library under
the care of the state, amending an act
relating to the compensation ofcounty
officers, all senate bills. The house is
now getting down TO work. Fleming
introduced a bill providing for repre-
sentation OF new counties, giving Flat
head and Ravalli each two, Dawson
and Valley one jointly and Teton and
Choteau n jointly. The following
house bills were passed: allowing only
taxpayers to vote on questions OF
raising money to protect state pro
perty; allowing separate trial OF per-
sons tried on information; allowing
semi-annual payment of taxes; allow
ing mortgagor to pay taxes on mort
gage and deduct from ind abtedness; to
pay assessors for statistics furnished
the state; also senate bill for reform
school at Miles City. The senate bill
regulating the practice OF dentistry
was defeated. On joint ballot Bray
and Matthews, the Silver Bow popu-
lists, voted for DR.. A. H. Mitchell for
senator. The speaker announced that
a pair between Coder and Ward would
end tomorrow. Ward made the pair
expecting it to last till today, but
Coder left town and the report is that
he don't mean to return. Ward
brought the matter up In the house
and asked to be released from the pair.
Tallant offered a resolution to that
effect. The house decided that the
pair was a matter between Ward and
Coder and if the latter was taking ad-
vantage of it Ward had alright to ter
inmate it whenever he saw fit. The
ballot resulted: Mantle 81, Clark 25,
Dixon 8, Mitchell 2, Couch l, Hunt i,
necessary to choice 35.
FRIDAY, Feb. oath - The senate
passed the following house bills: Lo-
eating state prisons at Billings and
Deer Lodge; to pay county officers
monthly instead of quarterly; to pro-
tect game and fish; Furnishing unau-
thorized expenditure OF school monies;
fixing state tax levy at two and one
half mills; also senate bill for the ap-
pointment of q fish warden. The
Broadwater county bill got a new life,
being referred to a special committee
of FIVE to hear arguments. The house
committee on revision of the calendar
reported a recommendation that all
appropriation bills and senate bills be
given precedence, which was adopted.
The state examiner bill was killed by
the adoption of an u~nfavorable re-
port from the committee. On Joint
ballot Smalley, of Missoula, a Dixon
man, voted for Toole, Tierney, of
Meagher, for Klienschmidt and the
two populists for DR.. Mitchell. Clark
received 25, Mantle 81, Dixon 8 and
Couch /.
SATURDAY, Feb. 25th The house
accomplished little, passing but two
bills: regulating the storage of high ex-
p~losives and to pay the Montana bank
money advanced to members of first
legislative assembly with interest
thereon. The senate held two ses-
sions and passed the following bills:
House bills allowing only tax payers
to vote on questions of raising money;
legalizing county funding bonds; estab-
fishing a deaf and dumb school at
Boulder; also senate bills creating a
Thirteenth judicial district; regulating
licenses and concerning sureties on un-
dertakings and bonds. House bill re-
lating to separate trials for persons
Jointly informed against a indefi-
nitely postponed. The joint ballot
| resulted: Clark 25, Mantle 80, Dixon
8, Klienschmidt 2, Mitchell 2, Toole 1,
Hall 1.