The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-03

hearers of the effect of the creamery
upon business conditions in the valley.
We paid out more than 800, 900 last
year." he said, and any Stevensville
merchant will tell YOU that the nunber
of his cash customers has double since
the creamery began operations"
Judge Bickford next took up the sub
ject of the greater university, which,
as he said, divided itself into two parts.
To Charles H. Hall he assigned the
discussion for consolidation.
The Greater University.
II don't know" said Mr.. Hall, that
l can give you the facts in the matter,
for l do not know much o the
scheme. 1t is not the plan of the state
board, as the evening paper seems to
think, but a plan suggested to the
board by a number of interested peo-
pie. Last month we held our annual
meeting of the state board of educa-
ton. The university asked us at that
meeting for $377, 900 for the next two
years and the agricultural college
asked for $4,000 900 for the same period.
When we came to look over the states
finances we found that after the peni-
Tertiary and insane asylum had been
provided for and the other necessary
expenses had been paid. only 100000
would remain for the maintenance of
seven educational institutions through
a period of two years. We postponed
the meeting until the state accountant
could check over the figures, but when
~, ,,,n4 n rnip ,yn found fhn cit11nttnn
unchanged. Then this movement for
consolidation was started by represeE-
tative men from all parts of the state.
They elected Lieutenant Governor Al
len president, and called upon us. The
plan of which you have read was pre-
scented to us. But it is not our plan,
whatever we may think of it as indi-
viduals.
cone thing I will say though. SO tar
as / know, gentlemen, no n town is
back of this movement; no group of
men is trying to engineer the scheme
for the advantage of any locality. /
believe that this movement vas started
disinterestedly."
Too Early.
For further discussion Of the matter
the postmaster called upon j. NJ.
Keith. Mr. Keith likewise pleaded in
sufficient information.
II have not formed any de-
cided opinions regarding this plan,'
he said, "for | " not looked into it
enough. l do think, though, that the
plan demands serious consideration.
Unfortunately it came so close to a
meeting of the Legislature that | fear
the members of the assembly will not
have time to thoroughly inform them
selves. spoke to several members of
the faculty of the state normal school
about the matter when they We're in
Missoula last week, and found that
they were not at all interested. They
said hat wherever consolidation had
been effected in other states the nor
NAL schools had remained independent.
II am afraid, too, that the people of
Bozeman will be opposed to the move
ment unless they feel certain that their
city will be the seat of the new uni
versity. While it is undoubtedly the
best thing from the point of view of
economy, l feel that it is a little early
to begin working for it."
Judge Bickford then read to the din
pES wv ulIlcllulilClHtS "lllAh hS PAS-
pared with a view to providing funds,
either for the new university or for
| the schools as they exist at present.
The first amendment called for an an
nual tax levy of 1h mills, the money
thus secured to be used for the sup
port of the University of Montana.
The second amendment provided for a
similar levy, the money to be expended
| on the four state institutions of higher
| learning in such a manner as the legiS-
lature might direct. He turned these
amendments owe to Ronald Higgins.
As to Funds.
Mr.. Higgins was asked to say ome
thing about the different schemes for
providing funds for the educational in
situations. He said: I'm almost every
state of the union where state univer-
sites are maintained the funds for
maintenance are secured from a mill
tax. The western states AVE been
slow about this, but they are rapidly
falling into line. Last year Washing
ton passed a law levying a mill tax
upon all property for the maintenance
of her educational institutions, the
largest share of the fund going to the