Great Falls tribune., 1921-01-16

The legislative RECOMMENDATIONS OF
the farm interests of the state COIN
eide in general way with the rec
concentrations embodied in the mes
sage to the legislature Of Governor
Joseph NJ. Dixon for enlarged and
consolidated department of agricul-
ture.
The farm bureau committee COM
posed of Clark Bumgarner of Cas-
cade county, W. s. Mccormack of
Flathead county, and J. E. keyes Of
Lewis and Clark county, presented
recommendations as follows:
s'Strict enforcement of the milling
laws.
abolition Of the present plan Of
having lands classified for the purpose
of taxation by private individuals, and
comforting authority to make such
classification only upon duly elected
officials of the state.
.'Indorsement of Governor Dixon's
plan to create department of agri-
culture, which shall include the live
stock industry, all to be under the
jurisdiction of a secretary Of agricu1-
ture.
Endorsement of the so-called Ward
plan of organizing agricultural dis
trcts and the bill to be presented in
which this plan is embodied.
Recommend the adoption of the
non stock. non-profit marketing sys-
TEN, as embodied in the several bills
suggested, but suggest that the au-
thors of the various bills touching the
subjects coordinate their ideas in n
single bill.
Endorse the recommendations made
by representatives and county com
missioners at the meeting at Havre,
Dec. 8, 1920.
"a Desert Capitol.
Although "a members of the house
ard the senate in body went home
for the week end, the house met Sat
urday morning and transacted much
business on Senator Booths codifica
ton bills and then recessed for an
hour at noon to complete the task and
keep ahead of a steadily growing cal
endar. Dillavou gave notice of bill
to license every gasoline dealer, i'm
porter. refiner and manufacturer one
cent a gallon on all fuels used for
propelling motor driven vehicles and
a license Of one-half of l per cent on
iistillate Kerosene is not taxed in
the bill.
The judiciary committee asked that
house bill a, by Hathaway, to license
hydro electric companies, re-referred
to the committee on taxation. The
report was adopted.
Electoral Expenses.
The house committee on appropria
tons was given permission to intro
duce without previous notice two bills
One provides 5000 with which to meet
the expenses and mileage of the pres
idential electors trip from their homes
to Helena and S4OO for expenses of
the messenger to 60 from Helena to
the electoral college at Washington
and return. The other measure appro-
PIRATES funds for the increased sal
aries Of the secretary Of state. treas
urer., auditor and school superintcnd-
ent and for 81 800 for office expenses
during the next two months of the
attorney general and also deficiency
Of 1926 in the expense account Of that
office
The Butte women's council appealed
to the house to delay indefinitely ac-
ton on the Slattery bill to abolish the
trade commission.
Weekly Wage $3,I92.
The payroll for employees and at
assembly the second week of the ses-
sion is $1,736, less than it was for
the same week of the session Of the
sixteenth assembly two years ago. ac-
cording to figures in the state audit
or's office. This time the total pay
roll is S3,192, compared with $4.92S
two years ago. The employees payroll
in the senate this week was 1,475
compared with $2,240 two years ago
and in the house it was $1.717 this
week compared with $2,6S8 the sec
ond week two years ago.