The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
REVIEW OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
SHOWS RELUCTANCE TO RAISE TAXES
Problems of Financing Higher Educational Institutions Were
Referred 10 Voters-Senate Stands Against Creation
of Additional Boards.

provide for consideration of nro+ei IN
content Of wheat and favor the indus
try IN the matter of tariff protection.
While there were many measures
offered for the benefit of education,
the principal result was an increase
in maximum levies which NAV be made
for common schools and for district
and county high schools. Qualifica-
tics were established for county sun
erlntendents and salaries raised in the
smaller counties. Legislation to fur
Their establishment and operation of
junior high schools and junior colIeg-
es fell by the wayside.
Start Havre School
For the institutions of higher learn
ing, increased appropriations were
made available for the Billings nor
NAL and the Havre college of agricul-
ture and manual training, and refer
endum was submitted for a three mill
tax levy to care for the operating
needs of the university system for the
10 years after the present law ex-
pires. While the levy is double the
present tax for that purpose the meas
ure proposes that it shall take care
of the two additional schools and the
agricultural extension activities oper.
| ated in connection with the federal
government. These are not now pro-
vided for within the university lew
The senate was unimpressed with ar.
gument for abandonment of the chan.
cellorial system.
Labor Legislation
The workmen't COMPENSATION law
was amended to allow increased ben.
! eflts to married men and their de
pendents in case of injury or death
/ The scale remains the same for single
men. The penalty for violation of the
8-hour law was increased.
Aviation Encouraged
! Progress of aviation was recognized
by adoption of federal regulations fol
pilots and planes and by provisions
under which cities may acquire lane
for airports and operate them.
Among the other accomplishment:
of general interest were provision fol
a new building in the state capito
group to house the state historical
library, creation of state library ex
tension system, provision for state anC
county parks, location of the Levi.
and Clark memorial at Fort Benton
establishment of sanitary regulation
for tourist camps, extension of thu
scope of the state bureau of mines tt
include geological research and es
Establishment of a tannery at the stat,
prison.
Sheridan County Delegation
The Sheridan county delegation wa
composed of Charles E. Taylor, Far
mer-Labor, Senator, and Andrew Ue
land of Outlook and Lars Angvick O.
Reserve, republicans, representatives
This was the first legislative expert
ence for both Representative Uelant
and Angvlck. Both of these gentle
men, while a bit too modest, wer,
very earnest and conscientious work
ers and served Sheridan county faith
fully and we'll: their votes were thei
honest convictions and their vote
were as correct as it is possible fo
a legislators vote to be considerin.
the amount and variety of subjec
considered in the short space of sixt,
days. Both Mr.. Angvick and MI
LELAND are careful thinkers and goo,
students. They made many friends i
the Assembly and left with plenty o
prestige-in fact the voters of Sheri
dan county can't possibly have an
fault to find with their house mem
bers.