The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
KILLS SUNDAY CLOSING
Senate Recommends Herd
District Bill-Other Bus
mess Dispatched.

clean up all bills on general orders
the senate worked late this afternoon
and then held night session.
| H. B. 216 providing for the licens-
| ing by the state board of noaih of I'll
persons selling milk or cream was
| slaughtered after sharp fight. O'Shea,
Oliver, Mufly and Smith led the fight
| against the bill, characteriZing, it as
vicious piece Of legislation designed TO
! raise revenue to swell the maintenance
| fund of the state board OF health.
Heron and Kinney chamriored the
bill, Heron stating that because of the
| absence Of such a law he had lost a
wife and child who contracted tuhcr-
culosis drinking milk that came from
n diseased COW.
S. b. 81 by Morris. providing for the
creation of herd districts upon pei-
| ton of the residents, such districts 10
contain not less than so per cent till
| able land and % per cent grazing
land. was recommended for passage.
| IltIoIi oIpoStu tIc 'pilI, SttS II6
ers in his part of Montana did not
| want it, and charging that it was the
herd law that reduced the crop pro-
duction in North Dakota. Morris said
the law was not a drastic one. that it
was not giving the farmers very much.
but that he did believe they should
he given consideration as well as the
stockmen. He insisted the bill would
not hurt stockmen.
Fishbcck made a strong talk on be-
half of the bill. stating in localities
where a herd law was not wanted they
wouldn't have it. but that Sheridan
county wanted such a law above cvcy-
thing else.
acting clause was lost. IA to 10. but
Morris motion to favorably recon-
mend was later lost and then carried.
Section 16 of S. Il. 81 by McConc,
amending the farm loan law. provoked
n sharp fight. 1t provides for the ap-
pointmcnt of Il chief examiner of
loans by the state board of land COM
missoncrs ut Il salary of $500 q
year to examine all mortgag ed farms
at least once a year.
Edwards explained this provided
double check; the first examiners are
appointed by the land agent who is
named by the governor: the chief cx-
amincr will be named by the state
Ia hro ,4l r., GA NJ
that an official of the land office had
been lobbying against this provision
and said the action was most i'll adj
vised
O'Shea opposed the section upon the
grounds that IA chief examiner could do
no good after the loans were made,
| and it would be a waste of money.
Hogan said he became convinced of
. the necessity of the section after an
official of the land office asked him
to vote against it. He said he was
opposed to bureaucracy in all its
forms. regardless of party.
O'Sheas motion to strike out the
section was lost and the bill recon-
mended.
| After a long fight led on behalf of
the bill by Dwight and Smith and
against it by Hogan and Wilett, the
bill establishing a bureau of criminal
| identification at the state prison was
| favorably recommended.
| Except as otherwise noted the fol-
lowing bills We're recommended for
passage:
Sanitary drinking fountains in hotels.
killed: relating to practice of OPTIC
metry; authorizing levics in excess of
10 mills in school district upon ratifi-
cation of the electors; relating to as
sistant journal clerk of assembly re-
lating to laying out of townsitca: fish
hatchery in Park county; amending
gambling law to include dealers and
players: also the following senate
bills: relating to annual statements;
creating Of herd district; amending
state farm loan law; relating to north
crn Montana agricultural school; pro-
viding school funds shall be invested
first in farm mortgages, killed; cstab-
fishing bureau of criminal identified =
ton; state highway commission; re-
men and United states senators; coli
2 ficatioH of the fish ard same laws was
the last measure considered.
An investigation OF the affairs OF