More Bills End by Judicial Committee and Auditor Dispute
In a continuation of page one, the attorney general cites safety concerns for auditors and bondsmen amid ongoing contests. Representative Conner decries the auditor’s actions as precedent‑shattering. His seat faced a two‑year contest previously, though pay remained undisputed. Auditor actions previously authorized payments. Hilger moves to compel the auditor to explain why Silver Bow members were not paid.
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Conner
Hilger
Silver Bow
Senate Advances Game and Public Welfare Bills in Montana
Senate actions feature seven bills passed with adjournment to 10:30 tomorrow. Anderson: three game law measures include chief game warden salary of 1800 and deputies 1200. open season aligns Aug 15. Other measures address railroad crossings, fellow servant rules, education, deaf and blind institutes, census needs, and rules for joint session. Governor Toole arid land report sought.
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Anderson
Senate
Game and Fish
House
Committee On Game and Fish
Hoffman
Board of County Commissioners
Meyer
Senate Committees On Rules
Joint Assembly
Toole
Arid Land Commission
Commission
Flood of House Bills Is Not Abated
Helena January 22 A petition from King of Fergus county asks the legislature to pass a bill closing saloons from Saturday night 12 oclock until Monday 7 oclock. Notices of bill introductions include reforms in secretary of state fees fire insurance banks and game laws among others with actions on fences taxes and county boundaries. The session reports enrollment of a $10,000 incidental expense bill and favorable committee reports on several measures while a clash over new typewriters prompts the sergeant at arms to seize and restore machines to clerks. The day closes with new bills introduced and a junketing committee planned for state schools and a adjournment to 10 oclock tomorrow.
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Standard
Helena
King of
Fergus County
Noble
Hilger
Giltinan
Tooley
Park Counties
Steip
Park County
Sweet Iass
Downey
Schwend
Beaudry
Swindlehurst
Twin Bridges
Tolman
Conner
Farmers Institutes
Whiteley
Pearson
Linderman
Congress
Carbon
Park
Sweet Grass
Absarokee
Word Bill Could Redesign Montana Session Law Use
Helena report outlines Representative Word's plan to reindex and renumber laws as chapters, with side notes and amendments tracking. It notes revenue implications of repealing occupation and merchants licenses, potential county impacts, and a push for a new road law curriculum at the state experiment station.
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Helena
Representative Word
Secretary of State
Senate
Union
Calderhead
Ways and Means
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Miller
Lewis and Clarke
Lewis and Clarke County
Cascade County
Moet & Chandon White Seal Champagne Surges in 1992
Fashionable circles praise Moet & Chandon White Seal as the Acme of Perfection. Sales jumped 367,116 bottles in 1992, a record rise of 564 percent over 1901, outpacing all other champagne brands combined.
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Moet & Chandon
Great Falls Boy Honored in Carnot Debate Selection
Howard Lewis of Great Falls Montana is chosen to defend Stanford in the Carnot de bete against California state university. He joins Ovid Ritter of Chicago and Frank Roehr of San Jose as the three debaters, with Omar Spencer as alternate. The contest at Stanford February 13 awards a gold medal to the top speaker.
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Standard
Great Falls
Howard Lewis
Stanford University
Carnot
California State University
San Francisco Chronicle
Lewis
Cardinal
The
State University
Howard M. Lewis
Mont
Ovid H. Ritter
Chicago
Frank Roehr
San Jose
Omar C. Spencer
Portland
Ore
Newcomer and
Alden
Duniway
Department of History
Law
Lewis, Ritter and Spencer
Euphronis Literary Society
Roehr
Stanford
Crown Prince Still Ill in St. Petersburg
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany remains ill with influenza in St. Petersburg where the illness is widespread.
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Crown Prince
St. Petersburg
Frederick William
Centennial Valley Fears Sheep Invasion With New Forest Reserve
Madison county residents warn of a looming stock war as the Madison forest reserve may force sheep onto Centennial pastures. Sheepmen already encroach on Upper Ruby and Madison ranges, pushing cattle from summer ground and sparking fears of widespread conflict if the reserve closes vast grazing areas.
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The
Standard
Dillon
Jan
Centennial Valley
Madison County
Madison Forest Reserve
Centennial
Montana
Madison
Madison River
Ruby
Madison Ranges
Beaverhead
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ads Claim One-Day Cure
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes refunds if unsuccessful and carries E. W. Grove's signature on each box, with a 2 cent price.
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E. W. Grove
Patton Arrested in Gluten Cutting Affray at Globe
J. F. Patton, a Globe restaurant waiter, is jailed on a charge of participating in a cutting affray after he allegedly slashed J. L. Riley, the night cook, in the back of the head during a dispute when Patton tried to eject a drunken woman. Patton claims Riley or the woman attacked him first and he drew a knife in self defense.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
J. F. Patton
Globe
J. L. Riley
Patton
Reilly
Assessors Back State Equalization Power in Montana
Montana assessors vote to grant the state board of equalization power to level property values statewide. They urge bills to print county tax rolls, tax mortgages, extend assessment windows, repeal bank deductions, fund travel for assessors, and repeal specific political code sections. The group plans to reconvene in Great Falls next year.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
State House
Committee On Mines and Mining
Committee On Legislation
Great Falls
Queen Helena Receives American Ambassador in Rome
In Rome on January 22 Queen Helena received Ambassador and Mrs. Meyer in a private audience and expressed friendliest sentiments for America.
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Rome
Helena
Meyer
America
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Maddox
Tewey
Jefferson
Yegen
State Experiment Farm
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Conrow
Kennedy
Mahon
Boards of
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School of Mines
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Agricultural College
Reform School
Orphan Asylum
Solders’ Home
Gans & Klein
Cape Coats
Choice
State Experiment Station
Mississippi River
National Good Roads Association
Mr. Prank
Appropriations Committee
H. L. Frank
Capitol Building
Frank
Anaconda
Dean’s
Bright
James Hagan
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Washington Street
Dean
Smith Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
SION
Madison Reserve
LEGIS
State Board of Equaliza
Italy
Schatzlein Paint CO
W. Broadway
Butte
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