The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-12

Gray moved that the vote be recon-
sidered by which the report of the san
itary committee, indefinitely postpon-
ing H. b. No. 226, by Gray, regulating
the sale of creamery butter, was
| adopted. He declared that many cream
| cries put out butter which was short
| in weight and that the consumers were
| sWindled constantly.
DR., Hammond, chairman of the san
tary committee, explained that job
Der informed him that only 10 per cent
| of the butter used in the state was
| made in Montana; that the jobbers
| received butter in So pound lots, cut
| ii up and then sold it in separate
packages and that owing to the loss
+ of water, the butter weighed several
ounces less than it did at the cream
cry, but that the jobber paid for full
weight. This jobber informed him
that there wasn't a creamery in the
state that put up pound packages Of
butter which contained more than IS
or II ounces. He was asked and gave
| the name of the jobber. Replying,
/ Gray remarked that DR.. Hammond had
spoken true, that this particular job
Der "jobbed" the public right along,
and that the bill was designed to reach
just such fellows.
Ordered Printed.
The bill was ordered printed and
placed on general orders.
Crutchfield, chairman of the demo-
cratic caucus, announced the apoint-
ment of Representative Pierson, as
the democratic member from the house
on the joint committee to draft a pri-
mary law, in accordance with Harbert's
resolution which the house yesterday
adopted. Maxwell, chairman of the
republican caucus, announced the re-
publicans had not yet decided upon
their member. On motion the clerk
was instructed to have the journal
show that the republicans refused or
neglected" to name their member of
the committee.
The following bills were killed on
committee reports
House Bill No. 252-To tax sleeping
car companies (another bill on the
same subject was favorably reported)
Fl. B. No. 12S-Relating to annual re-
ports of corporations.
II. B. No. 171-Relating to the pay
Hitll VI LAKES uIiuer protest.
H b. No. 191-Relating to an at
tempt to commit crime
H. B. No. 290-Providing separate
ballots for judicial and educational Of
fices.
H. B. No. officiating to the dis
qualification of judges and jurors
The house passed the following bills:
House joint memorial No. 4-Pray-
| ing congress to pass the bill opening
| the Crow reservation.
S. B. No. 6-Fixing the terms of sem
ators and representatives.
S. B. No 27-Requiring railroads to
equip engines with 1900 candle power
| headlights, by vote of Sc to 0. with
| IA absent.
H. B. No. 191-The Christler publi-
city bill, with ~ votes in the negative.
Bills Presented.
The following bills were introduced.
| No. 292, by Maxwell-To enable vot-
ers to vote by mail.
No. 29S, by Smith-Regulating and
| restraining the practice of midwifery
| and penalties for violation of act
No. 294, by Snith-Requiring per-
sons who treat communicable diseases
| to make a report TO the health off,
| GERS.
| No. 295, by Duncan-To amend sec
tion 622f, relating to the service Of
summons by publication.
| No. 296. by Norton-To impose on
contractors on state buildings and
state works certain conditions as to
labor and wages. Provides that none
but union men shall be employed, only
union wages paid, and that the con-
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