The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-28
MONTANA CITIES NOW HAVE NO
WAY TO ESCAPE ELECTRIC
LIGHTING ExToRTIoN.
GEORGE IS OvERRULED
Bill Permitting Boxing Bouts Passes
Houss-Women's Nine Hour-Per
Day Bill Advances in Upper House
House Passes Durkan's Water
Power BiII-Unificaton Gains.
(Staff Correspondence

Helena, Feb. 27.-The senate this
morning put to death house bills Nos.
66 and 110, both by Crippen of Yellow
stone. The first was to permit cities
aud towns to levy by a majority vote
of the Taxpayers a special levy for the
purpose of installing municipality
owned lighting plants. The second was
for constitutional amendment to au-
thorize cities and towns to increase the
existing limit of Indebtedness for a
purpose of installing similar plants.
Either of the bills would have satis-
fled the cities that were backing them,
az by either method those desiring to
do so might have gotten out from un-
der tie extortions of the electric light
ing monopoly of the state.
Senator George pleaded earnestly for
some legislation along the lines sought
for in the bills, but to no avail. They
We're beaten in turn by standing vote
of Is to 8.
Medical Bill.
There was a lively tilt over the ma
jority and minority reports of the
committee on public morals concerning
a bill to regulate the practice of medi-
cine. This bill was considered yester-
day and a majority of the committee,
Senators Whiteside and BroWnlee, re-
ported 1t with an amendment specifi-
caHy exempting Christian Science
practitioners from it's provisions. Sen
ator Leighton presented a minority re-
port recommending that the bill be
passed unamended.
Tho hot
tor Whitesde for the majority report
and by Senator Leighton for the min
ority. BY vote of 16 to 5 the minority
report was adopted.
The senate today appointed Senators
Minor, Byrnes and Edwards as con-
ferees on the two Workmen's compen-
sation bills heretofore adopted by the
two bodies The measures are as wide
apart as the poles in the principles
governing, and there will have to be a
very substantial backing down before
an agreement can be arrived at by the
conference committee.
Athletic Bill.
The bill providing for a state ath-
aetlc commission to he appointed by
the governor passed the house after
some vigorous speeches had been made
for and against it. The bill legalizes
boxing exhibitions of not to exceed II
rounds, always under the government
of the commission. The commission
would be above the courts, and the
boxing exhibitions might have a wide
range under the rules of a set of men
who enjoy the fistic sport. Cooking
ham, Pope and others protested against
the proposed legislation as really be-
ing to make prizefighting lawful, and
declared that the measure was a dis
tinct step backward for the growing
state that is getting it's new home
builders from sections of the country
where such things have long since
been under the ban of the law
The stockmen and "drylanders" had
another series of rounds on the LEGAL
fence question. The former want the
present definition to stand while the
latter want three wire fence made :
legal fence. Some time ago the stock
men won out in similar fight, but to.
day the "drylanders" We're victorious
and their bill was passed on third
reading, unamended.
In answer to inquiries, Brewer OF
Niissoula, for the committee to inves
tigate Carey projects, and Amin, fol
the committee to investigate freigh
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