Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-15
RIVAL ELEVATOR
BILL IS OFFERED
BY D|SSENTERS
Brown and Jones Draft
Third Measure and
Spring 1t.
FARM ORGANIZATIONS
WOULD MANAGE PLANT
By WARREN W. MOSES,

Helena, Feb. 14.-In spite of the fact
that eight members of the joint senate
and house committee on terminal grain
elevator had agreed upon bill provid-
ing for the appointment of commits
sion to carry out the expressed desire
of the voters of the state for the cree
ton and operation at Great Falls Of
such plant-which bill was introduced
in the senate and upon which the senate
committee returned n favorable report
yesterday-the two dissenting members
of the joint committee. Brown of Cas-
cade, and Jones of Richland, today, In
the house, without previous notice, ln-
trOduced counter bill.
This last measure, which was given
the number 3O4, is not the same bill
which those two members had present
ed before the joint committee for ats
approval, but was prepared IN such a
manner as to combine the features of
their original draft and of the senate
bill which had been approved by the ma
jority of the joint committee.
Provides Board of Five.
Under the provisions of the house bill
204. there would be created a board OF
five managers, to be named BY the gov
ernor within 80 days of the passage and
approval of the BILL one to be chosen
from list to be submitted by the
Equity, one from list from the Farm
ers' union, and one from the Montana
state grange. all members to be resi-
dent freeholders of the state and not
less than three of the five to be farm
crs engaged in the growing of grain
The terms of office of the five are to
be rs follows: Two to serve for three
years from and after April ], 1919; two
to serve for two years from and after
that date; and one for a period of one
year, and at the expiration of their
several terms the governor shall appoint
their successors for terms of three years
each. All vacancies from any cause what
ever are to be filled by the governor.
Are TO Study Every Phase.
This board of managers is to meet
at the state capitol on the second Mon
day in April. 1919, for the purpose of or
ganizing They shall each receive 50 a
day and actual expenses in attending
meetings. The board shall make careful
study and conduct a complete investiga-
ton into the operation of Canadian ter
minal and inland grain elevators and
port district terminal elevators in the
United States and Canada, into freight
rates on grain. facilities on the Pacific
coast for handling grain in bulk. ship
ping facilities for the transportation of
grain from Pacific port terminals to
points on the Atlantic coast and abroad |
and into conditions surrounding such |
shipments and the storage Of grain for
any considerable length OF time in n ter |
minal elevator, shall investigate prices
of construction materials and labor and
all other matters connected with the /
construction and successful operation of
4 terminal grain elevator at Great Falls. /
Would Build After Delay.
Upon the completion of its investiga.
tion, the board of managers shall adopt /
rules and regulations for the successful /
operation of the elevator and shall pro-
ceed to procure plans and specifications /
for its construction. 1t shall notify the |
state board of examiners that it is ready |
to proceed, whereupon the board of ex-
anners shall take action toward dispo-
sition of the bonds voted at the last sen
eral election.
The board OF managers is authorized
to employ the necessary engineers and
architects for the preparation Of suitable
plans which shall be submitted to the
board of examiners. which shall advertise
for bids and award the contract for the
erection of the elevator. The bill confcrs
upon the board of managers full power
to operate and manage the elevator. 1t
provides, as in the committee bill, for
superintendent whose salary shall not
exceed 5000 a year and who shall give
bond in the sum of $4,000. Members
Of the board of managers shall give
bonds in the sum Of $1,000. Other provi-
sions of the bill are similar or identical
to those of the committee bill.
Junod Sticks to First Bill.
Speaking of the committee bill. which
was introduced in the senate, Senator
Junod, chairman of the joint committee,
stated that all the members of the com
mittee excepting Brown and Jones, were
favorable to the bill which they had
reported He said the committee realiz-
ed that the operation Of the elevator
would be more or less of an experiment
but that the people at the last election
had voted for the proposition, the farm
ers appeared generally to desire 1t, and
the committee felt it was not up to the
members to essay to pass upon the judg
ment Of the voters, but to do the most
in their power to provide means for
carrying out the expressed wishes of the {
voters. He felt that the bill would pass /;
The senate unchanged. II