Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
BAINVILLE BANKER
SECRETARY STATE
WILLIAM POWERS TO SUCCEED
CHARLES IT. STEWART ON
MAY FIRST
Porter VIII Not Appeal from Decision
of Board; Sheridan County to Sue
on Bonds; Dr.. Ii. l.. Pempel of Liv-
ingstOn President of Health Board

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(From Our Helena Correspondent
On May 1, william Powers of Bainvile,
will taxi over the office of secretary of
state under an appointment signed by
Governor j. Il. Erickson. MIR. Powers
will Indirectly succeed former Secretary
of State Charles t. Stewart, who was Inn
peached by the house of representatives
Of the recent legislative assembly and
whose impeachment was sustained by the
state senate after a trial during the lat
ter part of March.
He will directly succeed r. N. Hawkins,
resigned, who was appointed to serve pend
ing the determination Of the Impeachment
proceedings after the senate had refused 10
confirm an earlier appointment by the gov
ernor. Mr.. Hawkins virtually was bor-
rowed from the state examiners depart
ment, to which he will return as chief
deputy examiner.
Mr.. Powers, the new appointee, has been
located at Bainville for a number of years
where he has engaged In the livestock and
banking business. He is at the present
time cashier of the Farmers State bank OF
Bninville, In which he and his brothers
hold the control. For several years he was
q partner with former State Senator Henry
Lowe In the Mar-Car stock farm, known
for Its rurebred stock, and OF which he Is
now the sole owner.
No appeal will be taken from the opinion
Va IA w th1t
ter, a state auditor, cannot benent by the
5000 salary voted him by the legislature az
compensation for duties as insurance COM
missioner. Mr.. Porter made the announce
ment expressing his approval and apprecia-
tion to the members of the legislature for
their consideration In his behalf.
while Montana Is the only state which
does not provide a salary for its insurance
commissions and while the legislature APP
parently believed l was entitled to the
extra compensation, ! do not care to be
placed In the position of seeking to violate
the constitution and shall not give any
further consideration to the matter" Mr..
Porter said,
Attorney General Foot returned a few
DAYS ago from ~Plentywood, where he was
called in, conference with the board OF
county commissioners in reference to the
c~ounty's action against the National surety
company to recover on the bond OF Treas
urer Torstenson for the amount lost In the
robbery Of the county treasury last winter:
About 800, 900 is involved. The action will
be brought by County Attorney A.
Erickson, assisted by Paul Babcock. The
attorney general has agreed to give such
advisory assistance as Is necessary.
Protest Of the Northern Pacific railroad
against the application of Don Sutherland
motor bus line has been nled with the rail
road commission. A hearing Will be held
DR.. B. L. Pempel of Livingston has been
elected president of the state board OF
health, with DR.. George III. Jennings of
Missoula, vice president.
The board, holding It's quarterly meeting
at Helena, at the suggestion or j.. Y. koh-
Ter of Helena and c. n. March OF Missoula,
who have served many years az members
Of the board OF licensed embalmers, reor-
ganized that board with Sam White OF
Butte and Lawrence Opp Of Helena as the
new members.
The board vent on record as opposed to
sponsoring any corrective clinics, ON the
belief that 1t should conhne its work TO
preventive medicine.
Preparatory to taking appeal to the SUI
preme court, the Hart refineries of Missoula
have filed a bill of exceptions with the dis
trict court for Lewis and Clark county
Settlement Of the bill of exceptions will
prepare the way for submission, for the
second time, to the supreme court, the ques-
ton Of validity Of the 1925 gasoline tax
law. The court last winter, In another
case, upheld the statute after a previous
action 1t had successfully wiped out the
is operating under an initiative measure APP
proved at the November election and under
supplementary acts of the 1927 legislature,
"
Norman s. Poole, TO whom was recently
granted a certificate by the Montana rail
road commission authorizing him to oper-
ate a motor bus line between Helena and
Three Forks. via Townsend and Raiders
burg, has notified the commission that he
is obtaining motor equipment and expects
to be able to begin operations about May l.
In the mandamus proceeding brought by
Joseph Rogge against the county commits
sioners of Petroleum county to require
them to show cause why they should not
issue a certificate of election to the plain
tiff, Judge j. C. Huntoon has now made an
order that terminates this particular phase
of the litigation.
Judge Huntoon directs that the board
issue n certificate of election to Mr.. Rogge
as a commissioner, succeeding J. w. Beck
within five days. allowing him $500 for at
torney's fees and his costs in addition
This will be paid, by stipulation, by Petro.
leum county. 1t appears that the board