The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15
MEMBERS
TO GAME BOARD
E. @. CARUTH OF HAVRH TAKES
PLACE OF E. T. RICHARDS
OF CHINOOK
Legislation Sought to Reimburse the
school Funds and the Fixing Of
qualifications Of County Superin-
tendents Of Schools.
(FrOm Our Helena correspondent,

(FFOm Our Helena Correspondent
r. c. Csrruth, well known Havre real
estate dealer and owner Of the .Havre
nOtei, mas been appointed by Gov. 7. n
Erickson to be a member Of the state fjs6
ana game commission in the DIace Of Eori
i: richards Of Chinook. In announcing
CarruChS appointment, Governor EricksO1
also announced that of w. K Moore 81
BillnRs TO membership Of the same com
mission as the successor OF II. q Crinnen
whose resignation had been given the gov
erhOr several weeks ago. The aDpOintment
OF moore was requested by the State
SpOrtsmen's association, and bv tIa snorfse
men OF Billings irrespective of priv affiI-
tatlOn. Mr.. Moore is a hardware Salesman
and active sportsman.
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Preparations are being made nv tho
state treasurer's office to call S63OOOO in
registered state general fund warrants.
One,haIL the 100000 inheritance tax pay
menu made by heirs Of the late w. A.
Clark, OF Butte, is available for the state
general Iund and is to be used for a nor
ton or these warrant calls. On January
y, Ine treasurer will redeem 100000 in
state general fund warrants registered or
or DeI0re January 81, 1925. Most of these
are held by the state land board On
January IA z, the treasurer redeemed $685.
OOO IN general fund warrants registered on
or before December u, 1924.
The $45O,OOO available to public schools
from the Clark Inheritance tax p9vmenf
will not be distributed bv the state
treasurer until next September as the law
provides for but one distribution each
year. It is allotted on the basis Of teach
Application has been filed with the state
TalIr0ad commission by the Northern
/ PaclLic railway for authority to operate
mixed train service on the Rapelje branch
two days Of each week instead Of three
days as at present.
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LEGISLATION sought by the Montana Edu-
cation association includes a measure
which would reimburse the perm9nenf
} scnOOl tund for the approximately S2.OOO.-
wv USED some years ago in the operation
E OF Che state land department, and an act
t fixing qualifications of county superin-
! tendents. The 1925 legislature Recommend
l ed reimbursement to the permanent fund
4 but took no further action. 1t killed 4
measure providing qualifications for cOun.
W suherintendents: The association also
e asks the repeal Of the present teachers
t pension law and has provided for the pre-.
! paration Of a new measure.
t Public opinion will modernize the school
D curriculum. May Trumper, state superin.
Z tendent of public instruction, told the
= high school section Of the Montana Educa.
+ ton association. She declared that t6,
f greatest progress in this direction haC
Deen MADE In the primary schools Blu.
pointed to, some tendency Oward chang,
: In the higher grades. 1--WE no longer pro.
= coed on the principle that tests are tn,
t sole guide for promotion, but require {,
e scientific scrutiny Of the results. There Il
e 6. noticeable tendency to modify the cur
d ricuium upon the basis OF it's social utili
ity," she said.
q State eighth grade examinations mus
e be given TO all eighth grade student com
o plet1ng their course at the end Of the tern
II January. May Trumper, state superin
tendent Of schools says. Until the stat,
4 board Of education at its December meet
O ing extended the examination ruling to in
a ciude all schools, public schools in frs
o class districts with school populations O
n more than 500 were permitted to substi