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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1923
Page
2
Two moonshine measures advance in Montana legislature. One broad bill tightens medicinal alcohol use and hospital dispensing rules, the other targets all moonshine production and distilling. Provisions include notations for druggists sales records, bonds, and penalties up to three years in prison.
In Helena on January 26 the Smith bill to legalize children born out of wedlock faces failure as Maury and committee moves block third reading and recommit the measure. Bills on four year legislative terms, county levies for indigent care, and public records are advanced amid votes on other measures and adjournment motions.
Oregon? Not applicable.
Helena Jan 26 The Montana Senate passed senate bill 16 requiring the state auditor to keep an accounting of all claims paid from revolving funds and to transmit them to the board of examiners. Debates highlighted 4 000 unpaid claims totaling about 300 000 held up in November December. The measure seeks openness in taxpayer money and to curb revolving fund secrecy.
Dr and Mrs Z C Witherspoon will leave Thursday for New York then sail to Buenos Aires for the annual College of Surgeons meeting. The trip includes a stop in Havana and Cajon before returning to New York April 14 and proceeding to Butte.
The funeral for Mary Sue McDonald aged r old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L McDonald was held yesterday at 9 am from the family home 609 West Silver Street to St Patrick’s church where a requiem mass was celebrated by Father Meehan. The choir sang Nearer My God to Thee as the casket left the church and interment followed in St Patrick’s cemetery with Father Venus at the grave. Pallbearers were Johnny Ozanne Jack Lynch Jimmy Gilmore Frank O’Connell Jack Walsh and Harvey Connelle. The piece notes the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic John F Reynolds circle No 14 will meet at the courthouse this evening at 8 o’clock with Miss Cora Jenkins presiding.
A legislative proposal details increased license fees based on weight and price, varying by vehicle type from autos to trucks and motorbikes. It sets truck tire width based rates, adds chauffeur and dealer licenses, and earmarks net revenues to the state highway fund with penalties for violations.
Deputies found a liquor still at a Chinese garden site described as the first of its kind in the area. A quantity of alcohol was recovered and officers began investigations into the setup and ownership.
Joint sponsors Bernard of Flathead and Cady of Lincoln announce a companion measure to the new motor vehicle license law imposing a 2 cent per gallon tax on motor vehicle fuel. Revenue funds would finance sewage maintenance under highway commission direction. The bill requires monthly reports from fuel dealers and places the license tax with the secretary of state.
Ledger style summary shows revenue from transportation and miscellaneous sources, total operating expenses including maintenance, equipment, general costs, and depreciation. It lists miles, passenger car miles, operating expenses per car mile, totals, and a profit figure with names and dates referencing J B Wharton and Charter A Blackburn.
Funeral services for John Olvert take place Saturday morning at 9 o clock at Sherman Reed funeral home. Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Church at 9 30. Interment follows in the family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery.
The funeral for Mea Catherine West Wil is set for Saturday morning at 8 45 at Richards Funeral Home. The service continues with a high mass at 10 at St Matthews Church followed by burial at St Patrick's Cemetery.
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