The Bozeman courier., 1927-06-10


mended for Work Accomplished; Wool
worth Company Appeals Case
(By Our Helena Correspondent
The department of commerce an
nOunceS a summary of the financial
statistics of the state of Montana for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1926.
The payments for maintenance and op-
Grafton of the general departments Of
Montana for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1926, amounted to $5 ,272, ,745, or $7.71
per capita. This includes 81 ,244, 100, ap-
portionment for education to the minor
civil divisions of the state. In 1925 the
comparative per capita for maintenance
and operation of general departments
was S7e6, and in 1917. $8.46. The inter
est on debt amounted to $520,499; and
outlays for permanent improvements,
81 Sal 607. The total payments, there
fore, for expenses Of general departments,
interest, and outlays were $7,334, ,851. The
totals include all payments for the year,
whether made from current revenues or
from the proceeds Of bond issues.
Of the governmental costs reported
above, 81 ,163 ,846 was for highways, $780,
368 being for maintenance and 1,OO4, =
478 for construction.
The total revenue receipts Of Montana
for 1926 were $8,419, ,007, or $12.31 per
capita. This was $2,625, 763 more than
the total payments Of the year, exclusive
of the payments for permanent improve
ments, and 81 ,084, 1856 more than the total
payments including those for permanent
improvements. This excess OF revenue
receipts is reflected in purchase Of in
vestments and in cash balances, not
Eshown in this summary. Property and
special taxes represented 31.1 per cent OF
the total revenue for 1926, 1877 per cent
for 1925, and 23.1 per cent for 1917. The
increase in the amount Of property and
special taxes collected was 69.2 per cent
| from 1917 to 1925, and 5.4 per cent from
1925 to 1926. The per capita property
and special taxes were So .83 in 1926, SO go
in 1925, and 1892 in 1917.
Earnings Of general departments, OF
compensation for services rendered by
state officials, represented 9.9 per cent OF
the total revenue for 1926, "a per cent
for 1925, and 28.7 per cent for 1917.
Business and nonbusiness licenses con-
Stituted 242 per cent OF the total revenue
for 1925. 1874 per cent for 1925, and 29.7
per cent for 1917.
| Receipts from business licenses consist
chiefly of taxes eXacted from insurance
and other incorporated companies anc
of sales tax on gasoline, while those from
nonbuSineSS licenses comprise chiefly
amounts paid for hunting and fishing
privileges. The revenue derived from mo-
tor vehicle licenses is credited to th'
counties
The net indebtedness funded or fxeC
ueDJ less sinking IuIlQ dSSGISJ VI AOuJe11i
on June 80, 1925, was 50, ,785, ,178, or 500
per capita. In 1925 the per capita deb
was $6.77, and in 1917, $1.91.
For 1926 the assessed valuation o
property in Montana subject to ad va
loren taxation was S429 ,945, 1886; tn
amount of state taxes levied was S1,919,
sol; and the per capita levy, $2.81. Il
1925 the per capita levy was $3.13, AM
in 1917, $3.50.
Booths at the state Playground, wher
: for the past two years devotees OF horse
racing have purchased 50 shares in thei
favorite steeds in the hope of receivin
: percentages of the thus augmente
l purses, have been torn down, the lumbe
2 piled up and the space left free for som
/. other purpose.
''The law holds me responsible for til
, conduct of the fair, and so long as I al
= in charge the state will not be placed
i the position of conniving at breaking tt
e law" Mr.. Bowman declared recently, e1
: planning his position with regard to be-
ting on tn ehorse races during the fai
ST am not particularly opposed to be-
ting; but the state law prohibits bettin
and, so long as that is the law, I Sha
try to abide by it, personally and of
cially. In the hope that the matter ma
be considered settled, went down
the grounds and, with the caretaker, to-
down the booths which have been use
for the cooperative system, piled tt
boards at one side and left the space fir
for some other use"
High commentator for the work tn
the engineering force Of the Montal
highway commission has done in develo
ing the 1926-27 highway program in Il
period since the initiative act becar
effective the first OF the year has bel
received from Q. H. Purcell, district e.
gineer of the United States bureau
public roads. In letter to H. w. Holmt
state highway engineer, Mr.. Purcell say
"It is very pleasing to note that I
: quests for agreements covering all OF t
! funds involved in the federal aid appC
} tionment arc being submitted prompt
I This action on your part makes our wo
: very much easier than if the reque!
= come in at the last minute.
a ''The handling Of your work in such
4 expeditions manner and the building
of an organization for such work in
short a time should be a matter Of CO
siderable satisfaction to you. The h
1g lmony and close cooperation which hs
e. been evident in both your organizati
and ours in the handling Of the gre
amount Of work involved are gratifyi
oa to us"
w The F. w. Woolworth company has
pealed to the supreme court from
. SO $50 Judgment against it in the act
brought in the Silver Bow district CO.
by Jennie g. Robinson.
Miss Robinson fell while shopping
the store August 20, 1924. She blan
the oiled floor and sought $25. 900 da
ages for a broken wrist, sprains g
bruises. She said the injury preven
her from continuing teaching as a p
fession.
The company declares its floors
not been oiled for two weeks prior to
accident. It also points out that
- Robinson did not apply for re-elect
as teacher for the 1924-25 year but,
the summer Of 1925 studied art in G
cago and returned to Butte to open
art store, then studied law and langu
in Seattle in the summer Of 1926 and
not apply for a teachers position for
1926-27 term. 1t sought to prove by v
nesses that the injury to her wrist