Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-20
TAXPAYERS ORGANIZE
STATE ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION Launched at Great Falls Meeting;
Members Say May Be Necessary to Enter
Politics to Accomplish Purpose.

before the committee retired, with the
explanation that it was patterned al
ter similar documents adopted by tax
payers associations of other states,
notably California.
The executive committee IS COM
posed by Mr.. Quickenden, chairman;
Senator G.. H. Williams of Powell
county, Fred Gibson Of Park county,
n. B. Hotter of Helena, Senator Vii.
liam Galway of Butte, 4. a. Morris OF
Roundup, B. J. Boorman Of Great
Falls, Ed krutz of Ravilli county and
G. D. Bourne Of Hill county. The at
fairs of the association will be man
aged by this committee, with general
council, composed by one representa-
tive from each county organization,
acting in an advisory capacity. Each
county organization may become mem
bers of the state body and the [ecu-
tive committee will determine the num-
Der of delegates and apportion them at
the general meeting.
Annual Meeting Next June
Whether the executive committee
should be elected for year or Whether
the first annual meeting should be call
ed when enough counties have been
organized to insure more representa-
tive membership was subject DIS,
cussed at length before it was decided
that the first meeting should be held
on the first Monday of next June. Inc
executive committee at first recon-
mended that the next meeting be held
next December. 1t was announced
, that an important feature of the asso-
cations work during the next few
| months would be that of organizing
county associations and it is the in
| tention to have every county IN Mon
| tana represented in the state organ
| ization.
The Cascade county association
claims to have been the first organ
| lied in the state and in describing its
activities Mr.. Gray stated that it had
placed some dynamite under some Of
} ficials' chairs and had effectually made
it's presence known. Meetings between
committees of the association and the
city and county officials have been ar
ranged for and, he stated. there Is
ample reason to believe that much
good will be accomplished. Business
men, he said are not SO much inter-
ested here rs farmers.
Condemns New Counties
Chairman Quickenden stated that in
! Fergus county many OF LeWlstown
| Leading business Iueu udNc LuhSu az
active part on the local association and
that interest was about evenly divided
between the city and the county. g. IL.
Campbell Of Great Falls stated that q
! feature of the associations business
| should be that Of discouraging the Gre
alton of new counties. He pays taxes
| in seven counties, he declared. and
found this fal! that property cut off last
year from Cascade by Judith BASIN
county paid a higher tax than had 1t
remained in the parent county.
| Among the delegates from other
! cities were Senator Ed Donlan of Mis-
soula, n. 3. Hotter of Helena, J. f.
Kelly Of Boulder, G. c. Bronson OF
Hill county, F. f. Haynes of Forsyth
| ". J. johnson of Lewistown, John
Quickenden of Lewistown, A: a
Frankie Of Lewistown, William
Brenna of Kalispell. w. S. McCor.
mack of Somers, L. G. kurtz Of Ham
| ilton, J. G.. Price of Conrad, g. L. Dean
Of Superior, Senator William Galway
of Butte, Senator Charles Williams OF
! Powell county, Frank Hazelbaker OF
Dillon, T. 2. Strobe of Whitefish
| George Bourne of Hill county. +. u
/ Stranahan of Fort Benton and A. a
Morris Of Roundup. f. II. Cooney OF
Great Falls held proxy from Fred
Gibson Of Park county: Present from
! Great Falls were A. H. Gray, II. IL
Rooney and r. III. Wright.