The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-21
WOULD REDUCE
JUDGESHIPS
Representative Brooks Would
Cut Number of Judges to 20
to Reduce Expense.
0'HARA'S Law IS KILLED
Chancellor Elliott is Called Upon for
Explanation of Disposition of
Funds Used for New Edu-
catiOnal Institutions.

Helena, Jan. 2O-Representative
Joseph Brooks, of Park County, on
Wednesday night advanced a plan for
the cutting of the number of district
judges from 80 to 20. He says saw
ing Of 100000 annually could be eff
fected by the step.
A formal statement by Representa-
tive Brooks was inspired by the de-
feat Wednesday of the O'Hara bill.
which sought to reduce the number of
judges in the fourth judicial district
from three to two.
Too Many Jurists
"As to the merits of the bill itself,
l have little information, except that
I know that generally there is abso-
lutely no need of as many judges as
we now have" said Representative
Brooks.
"In my own judicial district, for in
stance, we have three counties and
one Judge. Judge A. P. Stark takes
care of all the business in the coun-
ties of Park, Sweet Grass and Still
water and his calendar is never clut-
tered up.
Asks School Data
As the result of discussion which
arose in the Senate chamber on We'd
nesday, Chancellor Elliott was re-
quested to furnish data giving the
personnel of the four state schools,
the number of subjects that each in
structor teaches, the number of hours
each teaches per week, the number of
students in each subject under each
teacher and the total pay of each from
all sources and the same data for the
summer sessions.
"The legislature has been asked to
increase the appropriations over pre-
vious years for these institutions and
we simply desire to know what is
being done with it," Senator Booth
said.
The sergeant at arms of the SEN
ate was instructed to place no more
anonymous communications on the
desks of senator's, on motion of Sena-
tor J. Z. Edwards Of Rosebud county.
New Compensation Law
Acting upon the request of the Mon
tana State Federation of Labor by it's
president, Steve Ely, another bill pro-
viding changes in the workmen's COM
pensation act to conform to the desires
of the labor interests, will be intro
duced in the house by Representative
James Hunter of Musselshell county.
1t is extremely voluminous.
One of the radical changes pro-
posed by the Hunter measure is to
make all the hazardous industries to
come under the compensation act and
allows non-hazardous industries to ell
ect to come under the act.
House Kills O'Hara Bill
The house killed house bill 23 by
Representative R. A. O'Hara of Ra-
valli county, which was intended to
reduce from three to two the number
of jndges in the fourth judicial dis
trict embracing the counties of Mis-
soula, Ravalli, Sanders and Mineral.
The bill was under consideration in
committee of the whole upon motion
of O'Hara that it be recommended for
passage. Representative Daniel Nc
Quarrie of Missoula county moved that
the enacting clause be striker out
whereupon developed the first fight
that has occurred upon the floor of the
house this session.
Pass Loyalty Oath.
Senator w. j. Paul's measure re-
quiring all teachers, principals, super
intendents and professors in Montana
schools to take an oath of loyalty to
the state and nation, to show respect
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