Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-20
RANK|N'S SPY
BILL IS Up To
THE GOVERNOR.
Veto Is Foreshadowed;
Heron Has Measure
for State Sheriff.
House Votes Down Re-
submission of lrriga-
ton Bond Question.
BY WARREN W. MOSES
Staff CORRESPONDENT, Z

Starr correspondent.
Helena, Feb. 19.-By vote Of 47 10
81 the house Saturday afternoon killed
the pari-mutuel machine measure, s
B. 156, when it was brought up on
third reading for concurrence.
The house was engaged in the pas.
sage Of house bills when s. G. Skulason
Of Sanders county. an opponent Of the
betting machine bill, Suddenly moved
that it be placed on third reading. His
motion was adopted, whereupon Dan
Mctluarrie of Missoula county, sup
ported By a sufficient number, moved
a call of the house. The sergeant at
arms succeeded in rounding up all ab-
sentees with the exception Of five, and
the bill was placed on third reading.
The vote resulted in its defeat a fol-
lows:
Ayes:-Arnold, Bell, Bergeson, Berg
lin. Brasier, Brooks, Brown Of Lewis
and CLARK; Cady. Charters, Chatfield.
Cooney. DAILY, Dunbar, Dunn, Eng
lish, FELTON,, Goodland, Goodman. Gull
lidge, Hunter. johnson, Of Deer Lodge;
Johnson of Silver Bow: Jones, Kemp,
hing. Larkin, Mcdonald Of Silver Bow;
McQuarrie, Ogden. PenneweT, Perrine,
Phelps. Reeves. Eeid, Rhoads, Rich.
ard, Roberts, Rouleau. Shoemaker Of
vens, Treloar, Troy. Wallace, Wilcomb,
Williams. Total-47.
Five Are Absent.
Noes: Allen. Anderson, Austin.
Black. Blomquist, Boiling, Boorman.
Brockway, Brown of Mineral Buell.,
Carlson. Conser, Coven, Crumbaker,
TNs4oA -
stone, Fairgrieve, Faust, Gels, Gillette.
Green of Dawson, Green Of Tlathead,
Hanson, hathaway, Haynes, Hills,
Johnson Of Fergus, Kenyon, Knudsyig.
Larson, Macdonald of Flathead, Nor.
they, O'HAra. Parsons, Peden, Pro-
vinse, Ray. Riggs, Rixon, Rodxers,
Sales, Sandy, Scofield, Shoemaker OF
Yellowstone, Skulason, Smith, Smell,
Spencer, Spratt. Stoner, Swift, Wade,
Worden. Total, 54.
Absent: Beley Cavanaugh, Has
kell, Dowin Of Rosebud, Speaker Glib
son.
Paired: scharnikow and Warren.
House Bill IS. empowering the at-
torney general 70 hire an unlimited mum.
Der OF agents" to enforce laws on pro-
hibition, gambling, the social eyil md
IN general. on all crime, passed fin.Ny
u the legislature when the house &C.
cepted the senate amendments. The
bill now goes to Governor Dixon.
Bitter Battles Fossht
The measure, which failed Of recon-
sideration in the senate has excited
some of the bitterest battles in tha an
,als of the legislature. its opponents,
many of whom declared themselves in
'avor Of enforcing the dry acts, be-
ieving, they state, that the law will
loose horde of smelling agents" ON
he state.
Veto Of the bill is considered BY
MEMBERS Of the legislature to be fore
hadowed by the introduction of a bill
n the senate by r. r. Heren, Of Custer
ounty. for the establishment of the Of
ice Of state sheriff. with the game
rarden filling the office. Senator
Ieren. when asked If the bill was an
measure, replied that It
!. Under the provision of the bill, all
expenses incurred by the state sheriff
,ould be paid out of the fish and
ame fund. The sheriff would be au-
horized to call county sheriffs for duty
nywhere in the state, and also to call
pom any able-bodied men he needed.
Card 6iil Passes.
The house bill by Mcdonald Of
liver Bow county. passed in the house
ermitting card playing in public for
erchandise. It is the noted ''stimu-
tors" act. It sets a license of SO
early for each card table in use and
rescribes that the merchandise played
y must equal in value the money
hanging hands.
In committee of whole Saturday
ght the house killed II. b. o41 to re-
limit the $4,000. 600 irrigation bond
iestion to the voters and II. b. 312
formation OF metropolitan
lrk districts.
The committee approved III. b. Ia
.oviding for semi-annual tax pay
ents after amending it to allow Z
scount of 2 1-2 of full tar paid at
rst period; III. b. 40, the bachelor
x; Fl. B. 923 to climate the presi-
initial primary: n. B. 295 to impose
.ense tax on hotels; III. b. 115, tax
& oil production and killed Fl. b. 500,
ensing insurance adjustors: II. b. sos
aking higher qualifications for county
rveyors; and H. b. 2o2 providing .
,sed season for bear.
After passing the deficiency printing
I, the house recessed shortly after
dni9ht to 10 q. M. Sunday.