The river press., 1911-02-15

~ adopting the suggestion of Senator
Everett that the so.called fish-dam be
amended, and then killed. In addi.
ion, the senate handled it's daily grist
If routine business.
As preliminary today, Lieut.. Gov.
Allen announced his signature to S.
B. No. 80, livestock commission in
7estig alton; s. B. No. 10, election OF
school trustees In first class counties,
and s. B. No. rs, relating to free EN-.
ployment Offices in cities.
HELENA, Feb. 1l.-George's bank
guaranty bill was effectually killed In
The senate today. The judiciary COM
mittee reported adversely on tne bill
and George made a strong talk in the
effort to save it.
The SEN ate confirmed the governors
of George w. Pierson of
Red Lodge, to be the additional judge
In the thirteenth judicial district from
March Is, 1911, to January l, 1913.
Mr.. Pierson will remove to Billings.
Yesterdays fight over apportion-
ment was not rehearsed In the house
today. Routine business took up all
the forenoon until the joint session,
and after the joint session adjourn
ment was taken until Monday morn.
ing.
Yesterday the steering committee
had been requested to place the ap.
portionment bill on general orders
this morning. The bill did not appear
on the black board, but as that order
of business was not reached, no kick
was made. 1t is understood that the
steering committee will permit action
on the bill early in the week. The
rules committee offered q resolution
tn at visitors and lobbyists be permit.
ted on the floor only on the invitation
of members, and that cards for that
purpose be furnished by the sergeant.
alarms.
The bills for the creation of Blaine
and Hill counties out of Chouteau.
which had been killed yesterday, were
resurrected today and placed on gen.
eral orders.
Musselshell county is now an &C.
complished fact. Governor Norris
having signed the bill creating it, sub.
stitute for senate bill No. 4, at four
O'Clock this afternoon. The bill was
signed with pen provided by David
Hilger of Lewistown, which will be
presented to the Roundup board of
trade.
In addition to the Musselshell bill,
Governor Norris signed number of
others.
Among the important measures in.
troduced was one by Crouch for the
division of Montana into congres.
sional districts. The bill is:
Section l. The counties of Lincoln.
Flathead, Sanders, Missouls, Powell,
Lewis and Clark, Ravalli, Granite,
Deer Lodge, Jefferson, Broadwater,
Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Madison
and Gallatin, and all counties created
therefrom, shall be known and desig.
mated as congressional district No. l.
Sec. 2. The counties of Teton, Cas-.
cade, Chouteau, Valley, Dawson, Gus.
ter, Fergus, Meagher, Park, Rose
bud, Sweet Grass, Yellowstone and
Carbon, and all counties created there.
from, shall be known and designated
as congressional district No. 2.
HELENA, Feb. 13.-There was no
material change in the joint session
vote for United States sen ator today,
which was the thirtieth joint session
of the assembly. The democratic ma
jority appears to be hopelessly dead
locked on the senatorial question.
The features of today's session of
the senate were the passage in com.
mittee of the whole of the two bills
providing for the taking over by the
state at a cost of not to exceed $780,
OO0,t the Warm Springs insane asylum,
and the adoption of q committee re.
port which provided for the indefinite
POoVPOuCLAChV VI gA0 OAlA luCC005luS
the salaries OF the elective officials
from governor down, and another
raising the annual stipend of secre-
tary of the state board of health. In
addition the senate trausa acted q large
volume of routine business. The bill
closing saloons on Sunday was fav-
orably reported, while the bill requir.
ing grand juries to be assembled at
least once q year was recommended
for passage after q spirited debate
into which the gambling question was
injected as the ruling factor.
A bill which created q great deal OF
discussion was S. B. 13l, which pro.
vides that grand jury shall be called
in all counties once year. Senato
Meyer opposed the bill, and so did
Sen ator Dearborn, on the ground th at
it created an unnecessary expense and
accomplished nothing. The present