The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
UNIVERSITY MUST
BALANCE BUDGET
BOARD ORDERS PRESIDENTS TO
REMAIN WITHIN
100000
Bridger Company Instructed to Inn
prove Water Services by Public Ser
vice Commission; Similar Order is
Issued Against MissOuIa Company
By Our Helena COrrespOndentl

Nby our Helena COrreBpOndentl
Heads OF the four units OF the Greaker
University of Montana have been in
formed by members of the special COM
mittee OF the state board of examiners
that they must cOnfine their budget for
the ensuing biennium to the income from
the us mills educational institution levy.
which is estimated t OprOduce S7OO,OOO per
year.
AS the budgets had NOT been comnIo+o5
at the time Of the last regular meeting of
the state board Of education, which must
approve the figures before they can be sub
mitted to the state board Of education, the
board delegated authority for passing upon
the budget to a committee Of its members
located in Helena.
This committee, consisting Of Governor
J. y. Erickson, Attorney General L. A.
Foot, State Superintendent May Trumper
and Professor John Dietrich, superintend-
ent or the Helena schools, met with Chan
cellor BrannOn and the executive council
Of the university a few days ago.
1t was then indicated that requests Of the
various institutions for the ensuing year
aggregated nearly 100000 in excess Of last
years expenditures, the requests including
considerable sums for repairs and upkeep
of buildings which in the past few years
have been met from the educational BOND
fund.
The committee informed the council that
the attitude, OF the state board, as ex-
pressed at the recent regular meeting was
that the institutions must keep within the
income Of the 1h mills levy, which the
state board Of equalization now estimates
at 100000 per year, and that any means
for construction, repairs or equipment of
buildings will have to be secured by special
legislative appropriations. The budgets will
now be pared down in keeping with this
instruction and then presented to the COM
mittee for approval.
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Bridger folks who have complained to the
public service commission Of fish, twigs
and mud in their drinking water, are to be
given immediate relief, according to an or
der issued by the state board.
The Bridger Coal Improvement company
which WINS and has operated the system
for som 20 years, is directed by the com.
mission to improve and correct deficiencies
in the water system before November 10
The order specifies that the company
which has been operating at an acknOwl
edged loss, shall repair leaks in the supply
line, protect the intake on the Clarks FOrl
rocks clean out the reservoir and MAKE
plans for a settling basin and chlOrinatiOI
unit.
Testimony before the commission at
recent hearing at Bridger revealed an emer
gency existing. Ample fire protection wa
missing and the water contained nue.
mineral sediment. The company has on sew
eral occasions attempted to sell the systen
to the municipality, but failed. The com
mission retains Jurisdiction Of the case un
til negotiations have been completed.
Montana has 227, 11S certified voters elig
ible to vote at the election, November 2, q
compared with 240S00 eligible to vote q
, official figures tabulated in the offices O
ICnQrpfQrU of State n ~ Stewart Wadnoc