The people's voice., 1957-01-25
35th Legislature Cetting--

and the then State Supt. Mary M. Con-
don, backed up by Governor J. Hugo
Aronson, and the then Secretary of
State Steve Arnold, refused to accept
the unilaterally revamped agreement.
In the meantime, the park timber
grows more over-ripe with each pass
ing year. and, unless turned over 10
the Park Service, will be unfit for
lumber purposes in the not distant fu-
ture. At present prices, the timber is
worth almost a million dollars to the
State of Montana. HB 80 by Tonner
(D-Flathead) and others, would, if Civ
en- legislative approval, give the Land
Board the greenlight to break of
further trade negotiations and put this
sizeable block of timber up for sale
while stumpage prices are still high
and demand is great for saw logs.
HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR
STATE SUPT. SOUGHT
Should a bill sponsored by Rep.
Parker (D-Pondera) be placed on the
statutes, candidates for the office OF
State superintendent of Public In
struction in the future will have to
have considerably higher qualifications
than at present Parker's bill would
require that State Superintendent
have: l. Montana teaching certifi-
cate for either elementary or second
airy schools, 2. a masters degree from
an accredited college or university, 3.
at least five years administrative ex-
perience in common schools or else
where in the educational field.
Parker's bill, while it would not eff
feet newly-elected Harriet Miller in
her first term, would make it necessary
for her to make up any deficiencies in
qualification in order to seek re-elec
ton in 1860.
oSTEoPATHS SEEK LARGER
FIELD OF PRACTICE
Osteopaths would be permitted a
considerably larger field of practice
should HB 81 by Conklin, Siderius, Mel
son and Holecek, be enacted under
terms of the bill, osteopaths, provided
they met standard prescribed by the
state as to education, internship, ex-
perience, etc, would be licensed TO
perform obstetrics and several minor
kinds of surgery, and to write pre-
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
AGENCY
The establishment of a bureau OF
agricultural marketing at Montana
State College is sought under HB So
~ Gray, Eskildsen, Langston and
Iolecek. Purpose would be to investi-
gate and encourage more effective
srading, processing, packaging and
of Montana's agricultural
PRODUCTS. To carry out the program an
appropriation of $4,000 would be made
or each year of the biennium ahead.
Another agricultural measure, House
Iemorial / by Holecek, McOmber.
Walton, Gray Reeder (Gallatin) and
IcInnis, seeks an adjustment by the
J. S. Department of Agriculture on
heat acreage allOtments for Montana
armers. The memorial points out that
here lis no surplus of the kind of
heat raised in Montana" which is in
reat demand by millers, yet the grow
RS in this state are subjected to the
anne restrictions as the growers of
oft low quality wheats which are IN
Irplus.
INCREASE PATROLMEN'S
ALARlES
A conservative $25 a month raise to
le various grades of Highway Patrol
zen will be forthcoming if HB "A by
roeder Haines (Missoula), McGarvey
nd Siderius, receives the legislative
'eenlight. Under HB "A, the patrol su-
ervisor would get base salary of
'25; captains $425; sergeants, $500;
ltrolmen 1915, and probationary pa
olmen, $500.