Show KELENA ENA WINS A WATER SUIT company compelled to furnish a i supply pending a decision helens wont mont feb 20 special to tribune judge buck today to day sri in the district court decided the first phase of the famous water case in f favor avor of 0 tile the city in january the cites contract tr act with the helena consolidated water company expired and the company wanted it renewed at the 1 old I d rate which the city thought too high the matter matier was taken into court on a mandamus 0 to o compel the company io furnish 0 water pending the determination of a reasonable rate of pal men t judge fauck holds thet that the company in hutst supply the water until it comes 0 to o terms with the city one reason reamon tor for the decision dedsion is 13 that the consolidated Comp company tily ha has a monopoly of the water supply and that the city could not mot get it from crom any other dource on such auch short notice the die senate today to day flay killed the tha bill for a supreme court by indefinitely postponing it the bill on the sale ot of the plo property perty for i delinquent lelin quent taxes we was amended so as to make the penalty I 1 instead of 2 per cent per month and favorably acted upon abnit to create ft a state board of 0 health to protect hotel keepers to abolish the of mineral land awid Commie stoner and to compel owners of irrigating to keer keep them in repair were hamd d by acy the senate the house pammy the great falls pair fair bill and defeated the bill to abolish the office of county auditor |