The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-01
.CH0PPING OFF HEADS
The State Legislature Gets q Fit Of
Economy.
GEORGE IRWIN MUST GO
But the Committee Clerks VIII Re-
main in All Their Glory-Yester-
day Was a Busy Session I'm
Both Houses.
spec,a, Dispatch to the Standard.

CpcCisti bispdANh " ehO
HELENA, Jan. I.-Thc senate convened
at 10 o'cloc.; to-day. Metzel introduced
senate bill No. 35, to forbid discrimination
by corporations fulfilling public func-
tions, and No. SO, for an act requiring
public reports from corporations.
Brosnan introduced No. 81, to provide
for the acceptance of the land grants
from the United States and for their
reclamation and irrigation.
Babcock introduced senate bill No. 38.
to amend tho act relating to county sur
voyors.
Notices of bills were given as follows:
Slich-For and act to give further pro-
lection to gamo and fur-bearIng animals.
Hurd-For an act to compel railroad
companies to protect their right-of-way
against fire.
The senate then went into committee of
tn whole and took up senate bill No. 10,
introduced bylHoffman. establishing an
equivalent for the miners inch.
On motion of Folsom Pr ofessor Ryon of
the Agricultural college at Bozeman was
| invited to explain the bill to the commit
tee. Professor Ryon said that the So
ciety of Civil Engineers had been asked to
define he statutary inch and the amount
of water allowed under n. Investigation
| at the experimental station had demon
| strated that 1t was hard to define it accu-
| rately, and different amounts of water
| would fl lOw through box constructed as
the statute provides at different times the
variation being from 10 per cent. 10 30 per
cent. in some instances. Experiments
| made at the station had shown that ap-
| proximatey 100 statutory inches would
| equal a flow of two and one-half cubic
| feet of water a second. 1t had been
| urged against the bill that a change
| in standard would involve sweeping
| change in measurements, and the
| construction of boxes and that 1t would
take n civil engineer to measure ac-
curatey by it. Professor Ryon stated
that this is not so. The experimental
station is prepared to furnish all data
needed by ranchers or miners to do their
own measuring and the measurement is
! simplified with the additional advantage
that it will be accurate and not approx
mate as under the present law. The
same boxes may be used and no expense
is involved by tho change. This proposed
law is tho same as the law now in force in
Wyoming and the Colorado law is similar.
The bill was recommended to pass.
House Joint memorial No. . was then
taken up and also recommended for pas
sage. The bill relative to the Fort Shaw
military reservation was also recon-
mended for passage, and the same action
was taken in regard to house bill 43, pro-
viding an appropriation of 5000 for sup
plies and stationery for tho house and
senate.
| Senate bill No. Il, TO authorize school
trustees to repay from the proceeds of the
sale of bonds any money borrowed for the
erection of school houses, was referred to
the judiciary committee.
Senate bill No. %, introduced by Flower
rec, to provide for the selection of a site for
a state capitol building, was recommended
for passage. 1t provides for board, to
be known as the capitol site commission,
to consist of five members, to be appointed
by the governor. They are to receive s. a
day while making up their critical minds
as to the proper site for the state house.
This site must be of not less than five nor
more than 30 acres. They are TO adver-
tise in two Helena papers and re-
ceive bids in writing, each to be
accompanied by a map and certified
check for 81, 900. The bill creates a state
capital building fund, into which shall be
paid all moneys accruing from tho sale OF
rental of such land as have been or may
be granted 10 the state of Montana fol
the purpose of constructing bills at the
. Sldle tADlAdls W Oll AhlS AhuN
must be accepted by the lucky bidder al
face value, and the expenses of the com
mission are to be paid in like manner.
A recess was then taken until . o'clocl
: p. IN. At that hour in regular session The
: following bills were passed:
7 Senate joint memorial No. 2. senate bill
, No. 4, senate bill No. :, house bill No. A.
and house Joint memorial No. >. The sen
ate joint memorial relates TO the Flat
head Indian reservation. 1t relates tha
| this reservations consists of 1900 squar,
miles; that it is largely agricultural anC
! mineral in character, there being on
/ range of mountains running across /
known 20 be mineral in character, ant
; much of the balance being fertile agri
cultural lands. There arc but 1,s0O In
Z dians on this reservation, and these ar
| far enough advanced to hav
} an allotment of lands in sev
. ! crafty. The memorial further rep
resents that the agricultural lands nov
remaining open TO the settlers in the stat
arc far from water and too expensive 70
| men with limited means. There ar
many who would he glad of an opportun
ity to get cheap homes and the memorial
lists state that the time has arrived L
throw open this reservation to actual set
tiers.
p Senate bill No. 1 Iegalizes the purchas
Of ground for park purposes outside o
the city limits by the city of Great Falls.
Senate bill No. is the much dlscusse#
biz. authorizing the county commission
ers Of Granite county TO pay bills 70
Office rent for county court house an
supply bills. The senate then adjournc
until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
HELENA, Jan. 5l.-The house convene
promptly 81 10 o'clock to-day. A join
memorial 70 congress was introduced b
Meyer setting forth thai homestead SET
tiers on tho lately cedcd Grow rcscrv
were required 10 pay $50 per acre beside
complying with other homestead entr
laws and paying other ea;ry fees; tia
1uc land was desert land aal require
artificial irrigation 10 grow crops success