The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-02
N %lDgH Of DAKOTA
Farming Interests Of State
Recognized in Action
oh Herd Law.
(Contlnusc From Page one.)

s------- VI U ~
small fefniersin the eastern part Of
the state itDo took up small tract Of
land ana ma To whole crop destroyed
BY wandering1ange cattle.
Chaxiea AYderson. Fergus: Bernard
ana Ipgallss Fsathead, and Burnworth.
Rosebud. spoke IN defenJe Of the herd
law and BAxter. Meagher, and Kesley,
Custer, asked that the bill be sent back
to the livestock and public range COM
mittee.
A new angle was brought into the
discussion when Holt, Cascade. pointed
out that the livestock man Of today
was the small farmer: that the pro-
lection was badly needed and that the
bill should not bes. sent back to COM
mittee. The vote was then taken and
the measure went. to general orders.
Passsen Third Reading.
After recess the house took up third
reading OF bills and finally passed bills
No. 80 by Farmer, prohibiting Justices
of peace from practicing law il they
have not lheelr admitted to the bar of
the state Or hi any way participate in
collection CASES, or anything which
might be construed as the practice of
law: No.. % BY Cotter and johnson.
Ravalli. which prohibits minors from
frequenting pool or billiard halls. or
bowling alleys and fixes the hour OF
closing at 1e,o.ciock: No. ss by CARL,
prohibiting Inexperienced persons from
practicing optonetry. and No. 20 by
Mason. establishing an eight hour day
for all employees engaged in municipal
work of any kind, In sugar factories or
in any manufacturing plant or saw
mill.
Eight Hour gill Passes.
Mason's hill was the only one to
meet with the slightest opposition. An
ticipatinE "a determined effort to de-
feat the. bills Searies, Mineral, asked
FOR a call Of the house and the SER
geant-at-arms was instructed to look
for the missing members. It developed.
however that no fight was to be made
and the measure passed by a vote of
SO to 80. This bill was originally in
troduced by Mason with the idea OF
fixing an eight-hour day for janitors
in school districts. The riders at
tached to it by amendment provide for
eight hour days in practically every
manufacturing plant in the state, in
elusive of the beet sugar factories. 1t
will be, remembered that Higgins, Mis-
soula, made determined stand against
the inclusion of the sugar factories on
the ground that it was an infant in
dustry and that it would within short
time adopt this schedule of hours
without legislation. Mason, Missoula
father of the bill, voted for the meas
ure, although he opposed the addition
of the riders.
Eaton, Yellowstone, explained his
vote against the bill on the same
grounds an advanced in debate the
other day He thought the riders were
of such Importance that they should
be considered separately.
When the house resolved itself into
committee Of the whole Speaker O'Con.
nor called Representative Lennon
Deer Lodge, TO the cnalr. >. Is. IL D!
Jones, relating to the per diem ant
mileage of jurors called to attend
court: S. B. 80 by O'Shea, authorizing
the Investment of the permanent funds
OF the state in federal loan bonds
house joint memorial by Hathaway
for a national prohibition law; H. B
H. by Husser. providing for the pre-
vention Of infant blindness; H. B. Q
by Bernard fixing the compensation o
boards of election at 40 cents an hour
and H. B. 20, by Crismas. providing fo
tie sesni-annual payment of taxes wer'
favorably reported.
The joint memorial by Hathawa!
provides for the submission to the va
rious states Of the Union of an amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
the sale or manufacture of Intoxicating
liquors.
Infant Blindness Bill.
There was some discussion of d.
Husser's bill to prevent infant blind
ness. Explaining his bill the docto
stated that 80 per cent OF the blind