Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-17

ton is held there shall not be another
on the same subject in the same county
for two years.
TO RESTRICT LIQUOR SALE
No beer or liquor could be sold on
licensed premises from Saturday night
at midnight until o'clock the follow
ing Monday morning, under provisions
of bill which has been introduced
IN the state senate by Senator Pauline
OF FIathead county. The measure also
would prohibit retail sale of liquor or
beer from a. m. on election day to
8 a. m. the following day.
BOARD OF CONTROL
plan to create a state board of
control, to replace the present state
the house by ]. H. Leuthold of Still
water. His bill would provide that the
board of control consist of the gov
ernor and two members to be appoint
ed by the governor. The present board
OF examiners is made up of the gov
ernor. the attorney general and the
secretary of state.
FOR SALES TAX
Among house bills introduced is one
calling for 2 percent sales tax to nav
old age pensions. Its sponsor, Charles
Stevens, Cascade county democrat. es-
tlmated 1t would raise 100000
month for 10000 people who would re-
ceive $50 each. If the tax raises more,
or the number of eligible beneficiaries
-65 years old-is less. payments would
mount, Stevens said. He said food and
work clothing would be exempt.
LIQUOR EXCISE TAX
A graduated excise tax on liquor sold
by the Montana liquor control board
would be provided by a measure pro-
posed by Metlen of Beaverhead. The
tax is now SO cents per gallon. The
bill would graduate the tax according
TO the kind and quality of the liquor,
Inc average tax would be the same
and the revenue expected would be
about the amount which is now COL
lected.
LITTLE MISSOURI PROJECT
Senator c. L. Wood was named bv
the Montana legislature to appear be-
fore committees of the Wyoming legis-
lature to urge enactment of measures
there designed to bring about con-
struction of the Little Missouri river
water conservation project. Senator
the section to be benefited by the
Little Missouri project in northeastern
Wyoming.
FOR PNEUMONIA SERUM
state control board which would
be empowered to provide pneumonia
serum for Montana people, is proposed
by Morrison of Lewis and Clark. II
would be division OF the state board
OF health. Serum now costs 500 to
$50 per treatment, Morrison says. The
board would provide it at cost. 1t is
estimated serum would save one-fourth
Of the 500 lives lost annually from
pneumonia.
COAL TONNAGE TAX
Repeal of the coal tonnage tax in
Montana which yielded S144O 900 last
year was rejected by the house of rep
resentatives: Proponents urged it to
relieve the burden on marginal mines
which are now losing money, in order
to assure employment of mine workers.
Opponents asserted that other indus
tries in the state are in Just as critical
condition and the repeal would act
as precedent for proposing repeal or
reduction of other similar taxes.
BILLS ON DAIRYING
One Of the four important bills pre-
sented by the diaries and dairying
committee would allow for Montana's
participation in the nationwide dairy
promotion campaign. Another would
put restrictions upon wholesalers or
retailers who sold oleomargarine in
Montana, providing for $3.50 quarterly
licenses for wholesalers, % quarterly
for retailers and . stamp tax of 10