The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-25
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
LANSING, April Is, 1879.

LANSING, Aprll 10, 1917
GIRLS IN THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
In response to q demand upon the
part of certain prominent agricultural
lists, the Senate, this week, agreed to
the bill making an appropriation pro-
viding for admission of young women
to the Agricultural College. The bill APP
prorpiates $4,000 for building, heating
and furnishing hall for the accommo-
dation of girls. 1t is also proposed to
employ an additional teacher for the
year 1880, at a salary of $1,000, and a
matron for the Same year at 5000.
Should this bill become law, the peo-
pie will watch its outcome with deep in
terest. Those who think it possible
and practicable to manufacture farm
ers no doubt see no good reason why
farmers wives may not also be manu-
featured at the same shop. At the time
of their graduation the girls ought to
leave the college branded thus: "F. for
F.'s W."-ftted for farmers wife.
Certainly there are no more USE
full members of society than the
intelligent wives of some of the farmers
in Michigan. But the doubt which
sticks in my crop is whether or no it
is possible to manufacture intelligent,
practical and common-sense wives for
our young farmers. Should my doubt
prove to have been well founded, the
taxpayers of the State will be out of
pocket $4,000 for the year 1880
that's all.
THE GAME LAW.
The House, in committee of the
whole, the other day, agreed to Senate
bill No. 46, to amend the Game law.
The debate upon the bill in both houses
sounded much alike, being substantial
ly repetition. The debate on the
question of still hunting VS.. hunting
with dogs, as usual, was quite pro-
longed, but the still hunters won vic
tory in the committee, as clause pro-
hibiting the use of hounds was adopted
by a vote of 30 to 30. Section / of the
bill as amended is as follows:
SECTION l. That no person shall pursue,
hunt or kill any wild elk, wild buck, wild doe
or fawn, in the Upper Peninsula, excep. from
the first day of August to the first day OF No
vember, and in the Lower Peninsula except
from the 18th day of September to the 18th day
of November, inclusive, in each year, or kill at
any time any deer when it is in its red coat or
any fawn when it is in its spotted coat, or have
in his possession the skin of such deer or fawn
in the red or spotted coat, aud the having in pos
session of the skin of such deer or fawn shall
be prima- facie evidence of such illegal killing.
No person shall at any time kill or capture any
deer in the waters of any of the streams, ponds
or lakes within the jurisdiction of this State.
PrOUided il shall be and hereby is declared un-
lawful to hunt deer with hounds or dogs at
any time on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
And no person, corporation or company shall
ship or carry out of this State, by any means
whatever, any of the game protected by this act.
No person shall kill or destroy, by any means
whatever, or attempt to take or destroy, tany
wild turkey at any time except in the months Of
October, November and Decembe rof each year,
or kin or destroy, by any means whatever, any
woodcock, except between the 18th day of July
in each year and the lst day of January next
following; or any prairie chicken, partridge or
grouse OF any species, or any wood duck, teal
duck, mallard duck or gray duck, cave only
from the lst day of September in each year to
wild water fowl between the LIST day of May and
the 1st day of September OF each year. And in
80 far as this act relates to ducks, the shooting
or killing of them upon the 1st day of the week
is prohibited, and upon other days of the week
the shooting or killing is prohibited in the night
time between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
STREET RAILWAY TAXATION.
In committee of the whole recently
the House INDUCED in lively debate
on House bill No. 211, which provides
that street railways shall pay taxes to
to the corporation in which they do
business. Messrs. Moore and McNabb
advocated the passage of the bill, and
Messrs. Donnelly and Kurth spoke
against it. The bill finally passed the
committee in this form:
SECTION l. The people of the State of Mich
igan enact, That section twenty-six Of an act
entitled can act to provide for the formation
of street railway companies" approved March
5, 1867, being compiler's section number 2, 527
of the compiled laws of 1871, be and the same is
hereby amended so as TO read rs follows:
SEC. 26. The real and personal property of
each and every corporation formed under this
act shall be subject TO taxation for local, State
and county purposes the same as like property
owned by private individuals.
THE MosHER LIQUOR BILL.
The debate in the House, Wednesday
night, upon the Mosher Prohibitory
Liquor bill attracted large audience.
Many ladies were present. The House
acted as a committee of the whole. The
Clerk read the long bill, occupying
much time and doing no good, as the
members had it before them in printed
form. At last the committee began to
consider the bill by sections. Many
amendments were offered by the enc
mics of the bill, but they were quickly
voted down.
Mr.. Cheney, of Kent, moved that
three new sections be added, providing
for submitting the bill to a popular
vote on the first Monday in April, 1880.
Mr.. Thorpe, of Branch, protested
against any such surrender by the tenn
perance folks of the whole ground, for
he was confident that the measure would
be opposed by majority of voters, who
only represented one-fifth of the people.
Mr.. Turnbull thought that if the bill
could not be carried through the Legis-
lature on its merits, it could not by pet
tifogging, nor could they blind the peo-
pie of the State. He was very bitter in
his denunciation of the bill, and of Pro-
hibitionists in particular.
Mr.. Robertson wanted the people to
decide this important question for them
selves.
Mr.. Moore, of Detroit, discussed the