The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-17

SlSt vi IOlulilS DOAeS tlidl can De SET |
up in the shape of a book case and
are of great value to rural commune |
ties. Other states have introduced
travelling libraries and they have
proved uniformly successful. The
members and officers of the commits
sion are public spirited women and
with the exception of the secretary,
serve without compensation.
The commissioners of the Pan
islature to make appropriation of
$4,000 with which to make an ex-
hbit of the resources of this state
at the Buffalo exposition next sum-
mer. In view of the large appropri-
ations that are asked for from many
quarters, it is possible that the plan
may meet with some opposition.
In their annual reports the state
mine inspector and the state boiler
inspector both ask for assistance
Several other new offices will also be
The national guard will require an
appropriation of $500 and the reor-
ganization bill which is now being
drafted will doubtless take up some
little time.
From Silver Bow county will come
an effort when the legislature is or
ganized and gets down to business,
to repeal the law now on the statutes,
making certain employees of rail
road officers of the law in certain
emergency cases.
The law is obnoxious to the labor
ing classes" said Representative j.
j. Quinn. of Silver Bow, "and a bill
for it's repeal will be introduced by
a member from our county. BY whom
will it be introduced? cannot state,
but it will be presented to the house.
This, the passage of an eight-hour
law and the repeal of house bill 1872,
passed at the last session will, think,
constitute the principal legisla-
tion the members of our county will
ask for, though of course, do not
know what the plans Of all the mem
bers are. Personally | shall report
any measure intended for the benefit
of the iaboring man, as l was nomi-
mated and elected as representative
of the labOring interests
From Silvr Bow, it is also said,
will come bill to re-establish the
old system of licensed gambling.
though none of the members who
have arrived thus far from Silver
Bow is willing to admit that he pro
poses to father such a measure.
Granite county will present a united
front in favor of the eight-hour law.
The full delegation from that county
reached the city yesterday. The mem
bers are State Senator Jerry Connol
ly ana Representatives Thomas +.
Ward and Henry Lewney.
The great thing our people are in,
lClSolCu ooIu MI Volu,
for the delegation, lis naturally the
eight-hour law The bill, as | under
stand it, is now being prepared, but is
not yet completed | presume it's pro
visions will only extend the eight
hour day to men employed in mines
and smelters, but personally | would
favor making eight hours days
work for every man working for
wages"
interested in said Representative
Lewney, lis the school law. | think
we ought to have an entire new school
law, but if we do not get that there
should be some radical changes mat!e
in the present law. In our county we
at present have to take up collections
in order to keep our schools going
and we want no more pauper schools
We want at least to have the law so
amended as to give us nine and a half
months school and to provide the
means of raising the money to pay
for it
There is nothing definite about it
as yet, but | expect a proposition will
come up to annex portion of Deer
Lodge county to Granite" said Sena-
tor Connolly. 81 think the inten-
ton is to ask that portion of Deer
Lodge extending, say, from about
Drummond north and to Valley on the
west be taken from Deer Lodge and
annexed to Granite. 1t would bring
the people living in that district clos
er to the county seat and understand
that the great majority of them are
in favor of such action being taken"
"The people of Ravalli are much in
favor of doing away with the bounty
law said Representative George r..
Baggs, of that county. "We have large
stock interests, but the stockmen feel