Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-02

(By Our Helena Correspondent
with the receipts for the first Is days
of November in the hands of the state
treasurer the three cent gasoline tax
has Melted the state since the 1rst Of
the year 81, 404, 1850 figures compiled
In the offices OF the state board of
equalization show. The November re-
ceipts for the first Is days reached
S2O4 ,OSO.93, as compared to 2 6,Os0.0S
for the entire month of October. 1t Is
expected that the November income
will about equal hat Of the preceding
month.
Collections from various taxes for the
first part of this month received by the
state board amount to e223. 367 So, the
tax on oil being the greatest outside OF
the three cont tax. The oil tax account-
ed for . 1905. 80; metal mines. t75o .20;
corporation, u. O28. 1T: car line, eS. 020. o6.
coal. IS. 400. ~; cement. $500, and 1870
gasoline tax. $3.50. The coal tax Is OK
pected to reach q high mark this month.
Due to the cold weather. collections
from he three cent tax during Deem
Der are expected by state officials to be
rather light. The money derived from
this tax. under laws enacted by the last
session OF the legislature, is placed In
the state highway fund to be expended
in matching federal aid for improvement
Of Montana highways.
The Helena Gas and Electric company
has adopted the new schedule OF rates
proposed by the Montana public service
commission for the city of Helena and
consumers will be saved approximately
$500 a year. it is said.
Investigation by the public service
commission found the present rates to
be unequitable and submitted a new rate
In which the small consumer as well as
the large consumer is placed on a more
equitable basis.
for commercial purposes is charged at
the rate of eight cents per kilowatt hour
for the first 200 hours, seven cents for
the next 800 and SIX cents for the next
500 or q total charge Of 367 for 1000
kilowatt hours. Under the new schedule
this same amount OF current can be pur-
chased by the commercial user for $50.
The rate Is as follows. Eight cents for
the first 100 kilowatt hours, six cents for
the next 400 n four cents for the next
500 kilowatt hours.
Due to injuries sustained by Miss May
Trumper, state superintendent OF public
instruction. the meeting of the state
board OF education has been postponed
confined to the hospital in Glendive, but
expects to return to Helena in a short
time.
The greatest item In Importance to be
considered by the educators next month
will be the distribution Of the equaliza-
ton FUND to the needy school districts
of Montana. Hundreds OF claims are now
on file in the state office and it is ex-
pected that the work will occupy two full
days.
Lloyd w. Swords. Billings attorney. has
been appointed assistant United States
district attorney, according to an an
nouncement made public by Wellington
ID. Rankin. district attorney. Mr.. Swords
is a son OF George w. Swords. receiver
Of the First National bank of Billings.
He graduated from the law school Of the
Montana State university in 1923 and
shortly afterward formed a partnership
with the late Judge Charles A. Taylor,
which lasted until the judges death.
Since that time MIR. Swords has been
practicing alone In Billings.
Mr.. Swords will retain his residence at
Billings and his family will remain there.
His wife is the daughter OF MIR. and Mrs.
w. D. Mowre OF that city. He will also
continue to maintain a law office In
Billings.