The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-13


feet in the mind of the Mainstreeter
down here for the first time who is
away from the wholesome restraint OF
his home folks. Sad to say the
bankers dope does not seem to work.
The average member of the legisla-
ture knows the home folks will Know
and that it would be political 9icide
to vote against this important meas
ure.
WURTHENER WOULD
AID WEST SIDE
Rep. Wurthener has introduced a
bill to force The Montana Power Co.
to build street car line to the west
side in Great Falls. There was con-
siderabel agitation among the people
of the West Side last year, having
for its object the building of Street
Car line to the West Side. The mat
ter was thought to the attention of
the City Council with a view of hav-
ing them enforce the section of the
street car franchise which would COM
pei the company to build the line.
The Great Falls city council passed
the buck to the Railroad Commission
with the result that that august body
held a hearing at Great Falls and
denied the request of the West Sid
ers on some legal technicality. Wurth-
ener's bill proposed to remove that
technicality. For some dnaccountable
reason Holt voted against the bill
when it made its first appearance.
PARI MUTUAL
DOPE
The Pari Mutual bill is not some
kind of an insurance policy: it is a
bill intended TO legalize horse racing.
at State Fairs for the presumed pur-
pose Of helping the fairs. Discus
sion Of this bill was made a special
order Of business last Monday with
the result that much oratory, and not
q little personal abuse was let loose
/ upon an astonished Legislature. The
I gallery was packed with all the old
sports Of Helena, Of the type who are
always talking Of the "gOod old days.
before puritanical preachers and
church people reformed Montana.
/ They cheered vociferously whenever
the proponents Of the bill made 2
point and almost boohed when the
/ opposing side made a hit.
I LISTERINE
GALLERY GOD
Listerine Lobe, the foolish and
+ obsolete repeater eff sensible laws. saw
ms great opportunity to play to the
gallery and made a long speech of
4 the usua silly order for the bill. He
was quite a gallery God on this oc-
caslon. He made quite a hit with
/ the strenographers who MINCED with
+ the spectators. Expressions such as:
amt he the Cutest thing" Hasn't
he wonderful eyes" were common in
the vicinity of the giggling little
stenOs. But while Listerine made q
hit with the girls and old Helena
sports IN the gallery his speech had
the effect of killing the oil on the
floor. One man asked: Who are sun.
porting this bill and answered: "B0ot-
leggers pimps. tinhorn gamblers.
crooks and underworld characters. .
hep. Castles castigated the support-
ers of the bill in the foregoing Ian
guage. He also said he had six SONS
and each son had two sisters and tbai
he did rot went his family to 9eso.
cate with the foregoing kind Of peo.
ples Castles made the speech cf the
evening and had his audience in roar:
OF laughter at the discomforture oil
those whom he attacked during tbt
course OF his remarks. Rep. Neagle
who IS regarded In Helena as one Of
the higher class respectable voune
7 men, tried to repair the damage done
oy the advocacy of the bill bv Lis
terlne, made an excellent speech il
It's favor. He, made one telling poin
with The gallery when he said: "It &
not right for man who plays poke
at night to come in here and chal
lenge the character Of a man VIII,
is honest" Tommy Fox of Butt
spoke along the same line and sal;
4 one Of the men who attacked th
proponents of the bill was seer. ganbl
ing down town. These expression
were taken as referring to Castle
who promptly got on his feet and de
: MED ne played poker and added q
2 the gentlemen from Butte and Hell
D ma want satisfaction fnem me the
! can pick the time and place and
: will be there to meet them ''
!. Rutfcorn Pit the finishing touch t
e the death of the bill by saying tina
: Sam Stewart vetoed such a bill wins.
ne was Governor and that the peopl
OF Montana did not want to 90 int
the horse-racing business.
RAISES MORE HE'LL
THAN WHEAT
d Duncan of Cascade made a fer
I speech against the bill. He charac
Z terized the farmers who signed The;
d names to the bill as being the kin
: who raised more hell than wheat. Fl
3 made a plea for the protection of nos
; terity from the dangers Of gambling
S We ar inviting people to come ind
the state with money" said Duncan
I "do you want to have it taken ava,
. from them by sure thing artists an,
/ race track touts."
) A division showed the bill lost b
a vote eff 62 to 35.
TAYLOR SAVES
: BILL.
The Taxation committee in tn
Senate on Tuesday reported TAYLOR
e Classification bill referred to abov