The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-07-31
The Capitol
Week In Review

- Whether all of Montana's Sc
counties shall share in the leg
islature's $780, 900 welfare ap-
preparation for fiscal 1941-42, or
whether only % would share in
the sum, was up to the state
supreme court today.
The court, following a morn
ing-lOng session of arguments,
took the case under advisement.
There was no indication when
a ruling would be handed down.
The possibility of a split de-
ciSion was discussed freely in
capitol corridors.
The question of whether all
counties should share in the ap-
preparation on a basis of their
per capita taxable valuation, or
whether the amount should go
to % counties which the welfare
board determined as in need OF
state aid. was put before the
court by Lewis and Clark, one
! of the receive not counties.
Counsel for the county conten-
ded it was the legislatures in
tent to make an outright, pro-
portionate relief grant to all
counties. Attorneys for the well
fare board argued that it was
the Legislators intent to allo-
cate state aid only to those
counties which couldnot finance
their own relief burdens.
1t was up to the high court to
decide.
Late in the week, the welfare
board accepted the resignation
of Welfare Administrator L. M.
Brandjord. head of the depart
ment for nearly five years, and
confirmed Gov. Sam c. Ford'S
nomination of J. B. Convery,
| Carbon county commissioner,
for the post. Both resignation
and appointment were to be
effective Aug. |.
The proposed reorganization
of the state government got
under way when missionaries
were distributed to all officers
and departments in a move to
collect basic information for the
Chicago reorganization experts
employed to make a survey and
recommendations for changes.
Hugh R. Catherwood, represent
tative of the E. o. Griffenhagen
organization, said additional ex-
perts would be brought in as
the missionaries were re-
turned.
The reorganization was being
financed through a $4,000 ap-
| preparation by the legislature,
which authorized the governor
to make such changes as he
could be executive order, and
to submit others to the 1943
legislature.
The state liquor control board,
alarmed and angry over IS state
liquor store burglaries since
Jan. l., asked the cooperation
of state, county and city peace
officers in an attempt to halt
the raids. j. S. Benjamin, the
boards chief enforcement Off
Ger, suggested a network SyS-
ZEN by which the state would be
divided into eight districts, each
headed by a sheriff living at the
strategic center. Named as dis
trict heads were sheriffS at
Bozeman, Great Falls, Deer
Lodge, Billings, Kalispel, Miles
City, HarloWton, and Glasgow.
During the week, reorganiza-
ton of the fish and game de-
partment'S enforcement division
got under way. DR.. j. S. McFar-
land, state game warden, an
nounced the transfer of 10 dep
uty Wardens. He said many of
the changes represented pro-
motions, and that other trans
fers would be announced later.
Deputy wardens transferred
were: Frank Starina, Hardin to
Missoula; w. J. Darlington, Lib
by to Shelby; Louis Miller, Har-
lOWton to Anaconda; Allen T.
Holmes, Billings to Harlowton;
L. C. Clark, Havre to Bozeman;
w. NJ. Horst, Missoula to Sid
ney; John Cook, Shelby to Glen
dive; C. N. Lindsay, Anaconda
to Libby; Theo. Hargraves, sent
to Billings; Frank Marshall,
BOZeman to Hardin.
The fish and game commits
sion, to meet Aug. 9, was to fix
1941 upland bird and trapping
seasons, and consider a pro-
posal to allow an open season
on antelope in the Powder riv-
er country. The proposal was to
reduce the herd of 5000 head by
300.
SHORT SHOTS: The pre-
paredness and advisory commits
iSion recommended reduced