Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-21
HOUSE ABOUT THROUGH.
Prospects Arc That Adjournment VIII
Be Taken This Afternoon.

The house completed its considera-
ton OF the appropriation bin at q
O'Clock last evening, and was on the
point OF sending the measure UP to the
SENATE for concurrence IN The amends
Insnts made, when a communication
was received from the upper body an
nOunclng that IL refused TO concur IN
the amendments of the house. and ans
nounoed the appointment OF a confer
cnce committee.
This WAS done In anticipation OF the
action of the house, The appropriation
10 the Agricultural college was ralsed
81 5000 and that to the university $zV,p"V'
making the total amount to be received
by tho first named institution s1OO,OOO,
and the latter s250,o The amount AL
lowed the board OF health was reduced
by $4,000 and the state engineers ollice
by 50 500. The national guard was re-
duced $40 000 the expense OF colleetihg
corpora ton tax was trimmed $4,000, ana
altogether deduC lions amounting 10
ST., 100 We're made from the senate lS-
tres, while additions agsregating sSV,'
600 were inserted. The appropriation
to the state fair association was an
tackled, and fight was preepltatea
over the proposition TO trim the anloNlt
by SIC 900, II was shown, however
that this amount WAS absolutely neees-
sary for the erection OF new centrum
building to- save the one already on me
premises. nd the cut was not maze.
Another cut Of $4,000 from me
amount allowed by the senate Tor inc
erection of a building for the female
Inmates of the Industrial school az Og-
den WAS attempted but did not caFry.
The Weber county members anu
Speaker Joseph, who IS one OF ihe truss
Lees OF mis- institution. made It so pllth
hat ahe building was absolutely neceS-
Fary that the house concluded 10 ieaNe
the amount foI this purpose IN the pltl'
HIT FOR TILE PIE COUNTER
one OF the amusing features IN com
nectIon with the consideration Of me
bll was the biennial rum for the PIE
counter. speaker Joseph STOOD there
nguratIyely speaking with CARVING
knife ia hand while the colill les caln'
UP for thelr share of pie In lhe SHAPE
81 appropriations for roads and bridges
IN Tho blll as Il came 10 the house, u
number OF counties were specified for
amounts varying from s 200 to $1,000
for the Improvement OF their roads
When this section on the bill was
reached. sutton wanted an allowance
ar s.. 900 ion Summit county added ON,
and Thompson Of Willard moved 10 IN
clude his county Eldredge M DAVIS
lut out the init for DAVIS, while
Fuller OF Weber, Westphal Of Utah,
Petersen OF Cache. and Clesg Of salt
lake followed up with their pipe for
the little old $1,000 These were All al
lowed, and ON motion The amount Tor
each county was raised to $1,000 The
run wenI on for some time, when some
serious member arose and said they
were lust simply ltIlling the goose that
lald th. Golden ege, Cache county had
beon gwen tlOO,O0O Salt Lake $4,000
Utah and Weber counties came IN ron
large amounts and it wns folly 70 tack
ali these counties In on tho road APP
nroprlatl0ns. The house rhereupon re-
considered Iis action and left the hlll
as II dilrno from The upper house as ilI
a. road appropriations were cohceshsu