The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-03
HOUSE MAKES ClAYBERG BILL
SPECIAL ORDER OF sUsl.
NESS FOR TODAY.
.POOLROOM ACT ALTERED
Bill by DonIan Is Amended So as to
Permit Sale of Pools on Races Run
Within State Boundaries-Governo
Haney Of Indiana Invited to Address
Legislature.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, Feb. 2.-The men who have
advocated closed season in Montana
for feathered game won out today ir
committee of the whole in the house
the substitute bill making that pro-
vision being favorably reported. On
a committee report the bill regulating
the speed of motor vehicles on the
public highways was killed. Twenty
| four bills were introduced in the house
| and lot of notices given. There have
now been PA bills introduced in the
lower body and of that number four
are laws, Governor Norris signing to-
day the house bill adopting and legal
| izing the revised codes. The senate
moved along in it's usual fashion, max
| ing another cleanup and acting on a
number of house bills in addition.
The Donlan poolroom bill was taken
up in committee of the whole and
amended so as to allow pools to be
sold in this state on races run within
| it, but not on races outside. 1t was
also amended so as to make the length
Of meets six days.
The house today made the Clayberg
| primary law bill a special order for
| tomorrow afternoon.
The senate adopted a resolution in
viting Governor Hanly of Indiana, who
will be in Helena Thursday, to address
the joint assembly. 1t also adopted a
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to act with that
from the house on the state fair inves-
tigation. This committee consists OF
Romney, Mcdonnell, Rae, Fairbanks
and Conrow.
Slight Changes.
Practically no changes except to
reduce the severity of the penalties
provided for violation of the act were
made in the game season bill, which is
numbered 1876, being a substitute for
house bills No. "a and No. 32 While
every section of the measure had op-
ponents, they could not muster suffi-
cient strength. When that section was
reached providing for a permanent
closed season on all feathered game
except wild fowl, several of the mem
bers seemed to be in doubt but the
tide was turned in favor of the meas
ure by Colt (Sweetgrass), who stated
that Saturday night he held meet
ing with more than 800 of his consti-
tuents on this measure, and they unan-
imously directed him to support It,
On motion of Norton the bill was rec
commended back for passage. The
amendment made by the senate to
House Bill No. 3, by Gray, relating to
the use of voting machines in cities,
the house at first refused to concur
in, but later reconsidered it's vote and
recommended this bill for passage, the
report being adopted
Cummings (Chouteau) introduced a
resolution, which was referred. which |
rectes that "The state of Montana is |
vitality interested in and hereby, |
through her legislature, heartily in |
dorses the issue and the policy of i'm |
provement of internal waterways |
throughout the United States, includ- |
ing the Missouri river and it's nav
igable tributaries, the building Of the |
deep waterways canal from Lake
Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, and |
the deepening Of the channel Of the |
Missouri river and the Mississippi to
render such canal more practicable and
useful for large lines of commerce of |
the west and south and the systematic
Improvement of the upper Missouri
as part of the general process, thereby |
the seaboards, east and south.
much nearer the Missouri |
valley and to Montana producers,
and consumers, which i'm
will result in materially
cheapening and accelerating the car
riage of commodities in this state and
the northwest at large and of increas-
ing the value Of our products in the
markets of the world"
In the Senate.
In committee Of the whole Senate
Bill No. Is, providing stenographer
for the state treasurer, was unfavor-
ably acted upon; Senate Bill No. 10,
providing for the payment to the wild
ow of Game Warden Peyton Of $5, 900
was re-referred to the judiciary COM
mittee to determine as to the consti-
Of the measure; House
Bill No. 81, making an appropriation
to pay bounty claims, was favorably
acted upon, as was House Bill No. 9S.
relating to indecent pictures.
Bills introduced today were:
H. B. No. 201, by Wilhalm-Regulat-
ng the hours of labor of telephone op-
orators in cities and towns with a
population OF more than 1000; re-
erred to labor committee.
H. B. No. 202, by Woody-To amend
section 311S, relating to the salaries
If deputy and assistant county Off
,ers; referred to judiciary committee
H. B, No 203, by Ward-To amend
,
o the formation of boards of park
commissioners in cities of the first
,lass referred to affairs of cities
committee
H. B. No. 204, by Witmer-To amend
section 1859, relating to the seizure ]
md sale Of game heads and pelts and {