Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-11
WEAK SCHOOLS TO.
RECEIVE HELP
APPROVES BILL CHANG.
ING DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL
FUNDS
Lewis ana Clark Memorial Bin Fails
TO Receive Action at This Assem-.
DIV county Printing Bill Gets
Axe; u" Funds Measure DefeatesI

distribution of four state fund. =.
mon schools through "a new method m n.
astinn 'ereo by the state board of edu-
carton was given approval of the Moptana
mouse OF representatives. Under tba nsas-
~, as explained by its supporters a.
u','rle's OF small valuation viii receive
a. issr pIoportion of state aid than will
fhat the latter are best nbIa inu
sehooI FUNDS through taxation Of thaIr
own property, 'he'
Dellwo of Lake. explaining the hin so,a
II would mean a loss of annroxima,aiu
$1,000 In Silver Bow conntr and ma.ely
S'Vuu IN Missoula. To make this M ~
SAM. a levy or seven-tenths of n min ,ro, y
ne heeessary In Silver Bow and ahout half
= a. n'' ~ Mlissoula county. lie compared
ssnnis auultional burden with leyies of o5 ta
81 mills, which he said were not 20 70
moh IN districts which Will benefit. IaavI,t
OF 'uster opposed the measure assartina
that the funds involved were the nronartss
y lug ehtire state and declared that every
school child was entitled 10 henast ~
nlalier what school the child ATTENDED, III
luuuS TO be distributed under this measnre
are those derived from the Inheritance tav
ROY al.es, OIL licenses and metal mines
moIIaaing as much time for disposition
W. tne TWO measures affecting the teach
ets retirement fund. While the senate was
apploNihg a general amendment RI tho
present law, the house passed . hin to
pseNent payment of administrator cost
WI III puuilc Iuhus and killed one which
Mu.iu prevent public contributions ne
nattie against the measure was hard
auusut; ohe vote saved 1t from death Tho
nrSt time when L.arSon's motion 70 sir
ra.ou' II was recommended for conenr.
renee by two votes. An attemnt RI s nor
gate, 1t from the report Of the eon,mie
u .ne Whoie and thus nullify the recon-.
inenaation failed by five votes ana ~ M
nnaiiy passed by q vote of Al to II.
Designation of Thrno Nj
ana Fort Benton as sites for lewis and
Sldih memorials, commemorative tho ey
peaition into Montana years arc. as rec
ohinlehded by a commission headed nv
nnirt Justice galloway OF the supreme
court, was not favored by \ senate stana'
ing committee. The adverse renort was
suopled without much opposition and go
Iar as the present session is concarpad
nothing VIII be done.
BY mailing tight the lid m tho coset.
OF senate bill 50. by Dell, the house d atil
nltely put the finishing touches to n meas.
NJ Wnlch was sought by some of the
msmners from smaller counties of the state
y ugte printing plants are fed aud com
petition in county printing is practically
MI This bill would have enabled tba va
eelVfng or bids for county printing from
neWspapers published In other counties
thah the one letting the contract
mad passed the senate and had come
,nsQ ihe mouse on a divided report. the
majority recommending non-concrrrence
Mhlie the minority report
that III be concurred in.
me house adopted the report of tha
rules committee which refused 10 susnend
tle rules on motion of Adair of Lewis and
1iark TO permit him to introduce a refer
thdliln measure providing for submission
70 the people in 1923 OF a proposal for n
one and m = half min levy for the greater
University for a l0-year period beginning
The house members reversed the nosi-
tlon previously taken in a resolution where
IN they invited a citizens committee to
come TO Helena to consider the problems
or financing the greater university Al
thet time the members represented the uni
sversity financing to be a critical matter 70
De dealt with at once, so that in the event
the referendum In 1923 should fail there
would still he time to lay other plans for
the university's financial support. The
present mill-and-a-half levy for the uniyer.
sity expires In 1890. The invitation to the
committee was made bv resolu-
tlon, signed by the governor. The chan
cellor appeared before the committee and
URGED action for the greater university
In stating its position today on the Adair
motion, the rules committee indicated that
It's refusal to suspend the rules is based
upon a statement from the chancellor that
emergency now exists and that there in
ample time for the legislative assembly in
1879 10 deal with the question.