The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-28
HIGGINS GETS AID
FOR UNIVERSITY
House Passes Appropriation
Bill and Provisions for
New Buildings.

Ey W. G. Ferguson. Staff Correspond
cnt.S
Helena. Feb. 21--After Representa-
tive Higgins Of Missoula had secured
the adoption Of an amendment giving
the State University $4,000 for the
purchase of additional campus area the
house bills providing for the mainte-
nance of state institutions and the OK
ecutive and judicial branches of the
state government were passed today by
the house and sent to the senate.
The Higgins bill providing for a ST.
100000 bond issue to provide for new
buildings at state educational institu-
tons was amended almost with
out opposition to permit an
issue of $l.5O0,000 and passed after a
debate in which the house generally
displayed keen interest in the needs Of
the states schools. Lennon Of Deer
Lodge offered the amendment. Cults
Of Silver Bow spoke In behalf OF it.
Under the appropriation bin passed
by the house today the state lIniver-
sity receives, in addition to SIC, 900 for
campus extension. sa7O.O0O for main
tenance during the next two years.
Other Schools.
Appropriations for other state cdu-
cational institutions follows:
State College. $4,000: School OF
Mines. $3S,00O: Normal school, $780,
900: Northern Montana Agricultural
school. 100000.
Other appropriations are as follows:
Insane asylum. s2S5,oOo; state inebri-
ates' hospital. 10000: state prison.
s250,0O0; tuberculosis sanitarium, $75.-
900; reform school. $4,000; orphans
home. $4,000; school for deaf. blind
and feeble minded. $l0a,50O; soldiers
home. ss5,o5O: agricultural experiment
stations, $S5,250: farmers institutes.
$4,000: farmers extension work In CO.
operation with federal government,
$%s.500: state fair maintenance. wom-
ans building, improvements), $l2o, 900;
governors mansion. $1,000
When Higgins introduced his amend
ment calling for the $4,000, extra ap-
preparation for tho university he met
the opposition of the whole Fergus
county delegation. Belden and White,
the chief opponents. admitted that
Higgins fight against the creation Of
a new normal school at Lewistown
provoked their opposition. Higgins
spiritedly retorted that thousands
might be saved the state by the cx-
penditure of small amount mt this
time for additional campus area. lie
who drew Whites wrath. The Fergus
county man called Holt a traitor to tho
interests of central Montana,
Mr.. Holt replied that he hoped nc
was broad enough to realize that the
educational institutions of the state
belong to Montana and not to towns
or sections.
Almost no amendments were made
In the appropriations for the executive
and judicial departments OF the state
government. The only changes made
in the appropriation committees bin
were these: Expense of parole COM
missioner cut to $1,000: infantilc par
alysis fund increased from $4,000 to
$4,000: $1,000 allowed for expense of
national board of railway valuation.
and 81 200 for state steamboat inspec-
tor.
Representative Harbcrt secured the
steamship inspector amendment by n
statistical analysis OF travel over Flat
head lake.
DR. Husser OF Hill county argued for
the increase in the infantile paralysis
appropriation. He pointed out the need
of fighting the disease to prevent re-
currencc of the endemic OF 1916,