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BIG CORN CROPS. :
=. CROWN in. STAGE
MONTANA PRODUCES 1000, ,ooos sU.
Shells ACCORDING TO Ex.,
80 80 PERTINENT STATION
TWO PRIMARIES IN MONTANA
n
tion of Preferential Law-DecIares
,i Intention of People to sesregatg
.a Tive Statutes is Apparent.

~ Tive Statutes is, Apparent.
''l'' ~ ''''. ~ "'br Helena
Those who believe corn cannot bt
successfully grown in Montana pwil
doubtless be surprised to learn thai
the state produced nearly 1000, 900 bu
4 shells, says new bulletin on,r' Corn in
Montana" issued by the Montana ex
pertinent station. The bulletin, which
is just off the press, contains, 12s
pages and is fully illustrated. The
authors, Prof. A. +. Atkinson, agrono
mist, and M. l.. Wilson, assistant
were both students of Professor .Hol-
den, the great Iowa corn authority
and have been investigating the corn
crop of the state for several years. =
Corn developed from the strains
| grown in the Northwest by the In
dians when the white man came will
prove of greater value in MontSna
than the larger middle western6sari-
1 cites from the corn belt, claim the au-
thors.
Eastern Montana climate is well
oulICu " NOlh anu d
able crop can be secured in sother
parts of the state. 1t is the belief of
| the experiment station that corn will
hold an important place among the
| crops Of the state before many years.
Two Primaries in Montana.
IF, as appears here, it was the ap-
parent intention of the people for rea-
sons satisfactory to themselves, to
segregate the primary, election for
presidential preference from that for
state and county offices, we know of
no legal obstacle to the accomplish
ment of that intention. '.Wes
The foregoing paragraph, staken
from an opinion by the state supreme
court, disposes of the mooted question
as to whether there will be two pri-
maries in Montana this year or one,
the court holding that the laws con-
templat two primaries. The opinion
was written by Associate Justice Sgd,
ney Sanner, and was concurred; in byi
Associate Justice VIM l.. Holloway.
! The opinion means that there will
be one primary held in April during
presidential years, at which electors
will be chosen and delegates to the
various national conventions, and
that every year, there wills be a
primary for the selection of candi-
dates for state, county, congressional
and senatorial nominees.
The case reached the supreme
court through mandamus proceedings
brought by VIM. Taylor, candidate
for public administrator, to compel
the county clerk to file his petition
and place his name upon the ballot in
the April primary.
Can't Charge Auto To County.
In an opinion by Attorney General |
J. B. Poindexter. county commission
ers were advised that they conld not 4
purchase automobiles for theirs use in
and building county roads,
at the expense of the county,
You are advised" says the opin-
ion, that when an expense, isssought !
to be incurred against the county,
there must be a law to authorize it.
Boards of county commissioners are
not clothed with general Jurisdiction, |
but have only statutory powers. and !
there is no statutory authority for |
The purchase of an automobile with |
county funds for the purpose of using
It in viewing roads and bridges, or for
any other purpose The law as it !
stands, makes provision for per |
liem and actual travelling expenses OF |.
he commissioners when. making in
,pections of any contract construction
work on any highway or bridge in the
county. The phrase actual travelling
expenses excludes, think, the doubt.
ul expedient of permitting the com
nissioners to conduct such inspec.
ions through the medium of an auto
Mobile purchased for such purpose
With public funds" 54 y
TX X k.s74
lew State Hospital at Galen.
Work on the proposed new build
ngs at the state tuberculosis sani-
arium at Galen, will begin April l,
ccording to DR.. A. d. Macdonald, su-
who was at the state
ouse to confer with the state board
f examiners. The building program |
new kitchen and din
lg room, 80 by 60 feet in dimensions,
nd a new outdoor hospital to ac-
ommodate 80 patients. The i'm
rovements will cost about $4,000.
he hospital will be a wooden struc-
ire with concrete foundation,
lille the other building will be of
rick. -@ sffs ssTs
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isbars Montana Attorney.
The supreme court has rendered a
ecision disbarring from efpractice
7 law in Montana H. W. Funston,
,unty attorney of Big Horn county,
no, 1t was charged, resorted to ell
Inds of chicanery in his practice.
is favorite effort was to threaten
ith criminal proceedings debtors
hose accounts had been PLACED in his
ands for collection. 1T is our opin-
n,' says the court, that attorneys
, q off1icfo o6 oro mt IN ho fyrfSfod xuifh l Il