Tombstone epitaph., 1921-02-06

 islature was engaged today with d mass of legislation including cer- tain amount of attention which the house paid to the day of rest and anti dancing bills. the state auditors of flee was engaged in a computation of the expense of the legislature and af- terward announced that the present legislature was more economical in the matter uf attaches than that of 1919 The attache salary roll in 1919 amounted to S2.632 d week. il was said. while the 1921 legislature has kept the payroll down to S2.ii6. em ploying 65 persons as against T who were employed in 1919
 The senate. under suspension of the rules. late today passed the bill barring from land ownership certain classes of Orientals non-eligible to citizenship Notwithstanding same opposition. the house. in committee of the whole. this afternoon recom- me nded for passage the bill to class cotton gins as public utilities. The vote was 25 to r.. Representative F. F. A Kimball. Pima county. explain ed his opposition. saying he was against placing the gins in the hands of the corporation commission. which he said. invariably increased rates on the applications of corporations Tn reply To an inquiry by Representative John P Wylie. Cochise County, Rep 'esentatiye U. F. Jones, of Maricopa, said control of the stock of the gins was held by great rubber companies Representative O. D. Belts urged the law b" given q trial 10 ascertain whether cotton growers really had d well founded grievance concerning the way the gins had been conducted
 The house committee of the whole voted. 25 to 12. to table the bill ex- tending 5,00h relief to the widow 0t C. Ai Spangler. town marshal of Tempe. killed in performance of his duty In the course of debate it Was stated that if this bill passed. others of similar character from at least two counties would be offered.
 The bill creating the office f county school superintendent and deputy superintendent has been re- turned by the standing committee with an unfavorable recommendation but when it's author. Representative W. Curtis Miller. Yavapai. explained there was no adequate supervision of schools in the larger counties and could he none under the present sys. ten. sentiment changed and the com mittee of the whole recomemnded the bill for passage
 The committee of the whole also recommended for passage the bill amending the law relative to widows exemption fro mtaxation. The bill providing for state burial of deceased honorably discharged soldiers. sailors and marines were favorably reported as was also the bill remodeling the salaries of officers of Apache county. The biii relating to division of coun- ties into sIpervisoral district was. sen: back to the committee on counties and county affairs.
 The senate this afternoon passed the following bills:
 The bill effecting a change in the law relating to articles of incorpor- ation to permit churches and frater; nal organization to change their articles without first disincorporatins
 The following new bills were intro duced in the house:
 House bill s2. by Mir. Krebs. declar- ing irrigation districts to be munici- pal corporations.
 House bill S3. by Mir. Krebs. propos- ing an amendment to the constitution to permit the issuance of bonds in ex cess of the amount to which the state