Tombstone epitaph., 1921-03-13

pads bill vest rday afternoon were oisp6sed. after the house had feath- saturday were regarded as fatal. to l4ourn it as one dead. the prevailing Impression about both houses was tAat the senate would accept the amendments and that the vote would hs sufficient to carry the emergency clause. A good deal of work had been done over Sunday. There was added in the committee of tha whole to the total appropriation. Sl00.o GOO for Co ,hise county: the Holhrook-Lupton roject was stricken out of the list and for the amendmen; offered last saturday to eliminate the pot clause" permitting the temporary transfer of money from one project to another. Ia be returned. there was substituted an amendment by Mr. Barry providing that s2oo.ooo of the S500.ooo available this year may be applied to the pay g.ent of claims originating no; previ- ous to March l0 of tIis year
 Friends of the bill though admit ting the danger of amending it. were hopeful that it might get through the senate within the short time that will he left therce for its consideration, two days.
 Opposition to the bill developed early in the afternoon in motion to suspend all other business of the house and take mp the general ap- propriation bill This motion was of iered by AIr Curlee and was opposed by Messr kimhall. Jones and others Hho said that in the shape of an ap- propriation bill no time could be gain ed by its immediate consideration.
 The amendment; giving to Cochise county $1o0.000 was adopted. but an attempt to take S5o.000 from the Mi amiFlorence project appropriation If s2OO.0Ou and give il to a road south from Florence failed. largely through an address by Mir Barry. who showed that al of the money that had been expended on the Miami-Superior road had been expended in Pinal county
 A little later the bill as amended was returned to the house with the recommendation of the committee. The house recommended the passage of the bill prohibiting hotels and lods- ing house keepers from advertising that children would not be received.
 Bills Passed in House
 The house in the afternoon passed the following bills on third reading: 
 House bill 161. amending the mili- tary code: house bill l59. for the con trOl of the waters of Cave Creek: house bill IFS. making an appropria- ton of s12.500 to settle the claim Of the Aubrey Investment company against the state: senate bill s5. ! amending the law relating to absolute divorce by providing that the trial of a divorce suit may not take place un- til six months after the completion of service; senate bill so the water code: ! senate bill 65, amending the law against selling tobacco to minors. ! changing the law by making it mis- demeanor for d minor to have the pre- scribed commodity in his possession: senate bill s6 and senate bill s7, re- lating to foreclosure and the cancella- ton of contracts of sale
 House bil 172. increasing the salary of the land commissioner to S60O0 a year. was recommended for indefinite postponement.
 The house then took d recess until .:30 o'clock for the holding of the first night session chiefly for the dis cussion of the workmen's compensa- tion act. in itself large order and night-filiing job.
 The morning session of the senate was devoted largely to a running dis cussion of various measures. and ,n