The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-16
WOULD MAKE STATE
PAY FARE OF
STUDENTS
House Passes Higgins Bill
in Committee of Whole
Helps Attendance.
APPROVE ELEVATOR
FOR GREAT FALLS
Bill for Division of State
Into Congressional Dis
tricts Ratified.

ITlCtS NdIlIleu.
Helena, Feb. 15.-(Staff Correspond
ence.)--H. 3. 2l5 by Higgins, which
provides for refunding all transporta-
| ton charges over IS to students trav-
cling to any branch of the University of
Montana and in this manner to equal
| ize the chance for education in the in
situations of higher learning passed the
committee of the whole today. although
| it was fought by Lewis, Chouteau, who
| held that the money could be better
| invested in scholarships. He said that
| the bill would be abused by students
who would travel to the various cities
| in which these schools arc located, stay
| Il short time and go home.
| Higgins defended the measure, say
| ing that it was in line with the most
progressive spirit of the age; that 1t
| would enable many students-partic-
ularly in the eastern part of the state
to attend their home institutions
rather than universities in Dakota and
| Minnesota and that the bill had the
sanction and endorsement of the state
board of education and the chancellor.
The bill passed the committee of the
| whole
| State Elevator Approved.
Some discussion was provided by II.
p. Is by Stmpert. which submits to
| the people the question of bonding the
state for $25O,00O for the purpose of
| building q terminal elevator at Great
| Falls for the storage and marketing of
! grain. The bill provides for the pay
! ment of two and a half cents a bushel
for handling the grain and provides
| that this money shall go into a fund
| for the purpose of paying interest and
retiring the bonds as they shall come
due.
| Gullidge, Prairie, and T.usll. Misson-
la, fought this measure. Lusk said that
| he could not see the reasoning where
by this elevator was to be established
in any city of the state. He said that
a terminal elevator should be located
at a primary market and that he did
| not set NIltIt aus, VI sths o''i''
town in the state. qualified along this
| line. He attacked the measure on the
| ground that the high rate of storage
| would prevent the successful operation
i Of the elevator. also that the bill lev
| led q tax of onc-half of one mill or
all agricultural lands in the state il
case the money paid for storage was
not sufficient to pay the interest ant
retire the bonds. The representative
from Missoula claimed that this elc'
vator would be of no benefit to thu
farmers in the western and southern
parts of the state.
The Cascade delegation. aided by tho
representatives from Fergus county
defended the bill and insisted tina
Great Falls would soon be the srail
market of Montana. The bill wa
passed by the committees.
II. y. ia by Hurd, called the print
ing bill, was again attacked in com
mittee of the whole, but received ia
vorable consideration. This measure
fixes the price which county commits
Z sioners shall pay for supplies and doe
away with the present system of let
, ting contracts.
Although Representative Higgin
: strove to have S. y. I by Lane pm
back on general orders on the pie
that it had not received sufficient con
sideration, his move was defeated an
the division of the state into congress
Recommended Favorable.
= The following measures were consid
= cred by the house in committee of tn
c whole and recommended for passage
:. S. i. 81 by Jones, regarding recort
= ing of instruments: S. B. 33 by Ste
vens, relating to the cleaning an
!, coopering of boNcars; II. 3. 259 /
committee on appropriations, takir
:. care of bounty claims; II. b. POI
Eaton, defining how mileage shall
computed, II. b. 256 by Spain, res'
lating sale and distribution of tube
c culin: II. b. 81 by Bernard, takil
y from jurisdiction of public serVi
commission municipality owned publ
Fl utilities; II. b. 1875 by Kehoe, providi,
for the commissions manager form
government for cities: II. B. S21
iLandstrum, reducing license on eli
arettes; II. Il. ia by Hurd. re-writi'
printing law and fixing price to be pa
> for supplies by county commissioners
~ II. j. 269 by Dcibel, providing month
"a pay for county officers paid by stat
I'd II. d. 270 by Charles Anderson, givi'
< threshermen lien on grain threshe
= = H. B. 10 by Husser. relating to REDEEM
lie ton of property sold under forecl
ep sure: II. ]. NJ. by McMahon, regar
~ ing policing of Yellowstone park; ii.
~ r. S by Eaton. relating to the loani
co of funds of postal savings bank
e. school districts: II. b. Pa by Kemm
OF refunding to Richland county stat
q" portion of uncxpired liquor licenses
lis that county; II. 3. 267 by Stimpe
'e. submitting to the voters the divisi
~ of counties into commissioner district
o. II. II. 215 by Higgins, providing t