Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-18
TWO UNITS
STATE UNIVERSITY
BILLS ATTACHING NORTH MON
TaNA AND BILLINGS SCHOOLS
NOW IN EFFECT
Great Falls Gets Setback; Mothers
Pension Act Passes; Three Road
Bills Meet Favor; Tierney's Wom-
en- Employment Bill Killed
By Our Helena Correspondent,

Wy Vuf Helena tOrrfspOndenf1
Two new units were added to the
greater university of Montana. Gov
ernor Erickson n few days ago sixnad
the measure by which the Montana leg
isnture has Included the college of agri-
culture and manual training at HAVE
and the eastern Montana normal school
at Billings In the organization with the
university nc MissouIa, the college Mt
bozeman, the school of mines mt Butte
and the normal at Dillon.
Acceding to requests for the pen with
which the measure was signed, the gov
ernor used three. One went to the Hayre
commercial club. one to Billings and one
TO Il, {. Carruth of Havre. Mr.. Carruth.
recently appointed by Governor Erickson
10 be a member of the state tax commits.
sion, already has the pens with which Gov.
ernor Norris signed the initiative measure
creating Hill county, and the one which
Governor Stewart used to sign the measure
ny when the Fort Assinniboine property
was purchased from the government.
Great Falls, which also seeks a state
school, met Il setback. The measure in
PRODUCED by Shields. came back to the
house with the appropriation eliminated
anu with a recommendation that 1t be re-
ferred TO the committee on education, Eff
forts TO have Great Falls included In the
nilI nNing the status of the Hayre and
Billings schools had been unsuccessful.
Two Measures Enacted
TWO more measures finished their jour
MY tHiVuSu tHc legislature successfully.
Ihey extend the provisions of the mothers
pension act to non-citizens and extend the
liability OF administrators and executors.
introduced by Senator Walker, of Silver
Bow, and passed by the senate. they were
among those approved by the house.
Tn house also passed two Of the three
road bills designed to supplement the ini-
tiative bill approved by the voters last
November. They would exempt from taxa
ton motor fuel used on farms and in
other machines not using the highways,
and enact into law the highway districting
OF the state commission.
Discovery by members of the senate that
senate bill II, by Senator Ruffcorn, already
was on the statute books. caused the sem
ate to recall II from the house and kin 1t.
Curiously enough, the senator from Val
house, was one of the authors OF the bill
which was passed last session. He has
been under the impression that the meas
ure failed during the crowded last hours
of the session.
Tieruey's Biz Killed
Tierney's bill, to further restrict the
hours Of employment for women, was
condition, 1t seemed to impose un-
hardships on other classes of
workers than those to be reached and COM
approval was withheld.
New construction amounting to $52s 900
at the Boulder deaf and dumb school, and
$50. 1000 at the Miles City industrial school
and S12,S00 for. purchase of 100 acres of
Ian at Miles City, are provided
In bills sent to the house by the appropria-
ions committee. Among other measures
introduced were bills to reimburse the
of the state terminal elevator for
TO codify the state laws, to ex-
tend the provisions of the narcotics act to