The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28
STEAL BY THE CAR LOAD
STOCKMEN ASK FOR PROTECTION
AGAINST THIEVES OPERATING
ON A BIG SCALE
STAND UP FOR WOLF BOUNTY
Bill to Assist Needy Farmers to Pro-
cure Seed Grain Is Popular
Appropriation Question
Disposed Of.

BISMARCK, Feb. 27.-(Special. )-Thefts
of horses by the carload have become so
common in the western part of the state
that stocknen want a stock inspection
law enacted whereby the sheriff of each
county shall be constituted stock inspec-
tor with authority to examine brands of
animals shipped, to see that shippers
ship none but their own animals. 1t has
come to be no uncommon thing for
ruStlerS to gather carload of horses off
the ranges, belonging to various stock
owners, load them at some small ship
ping station and get them out of the
country and to some other state before
the horses are missed. Once in another
state the disposal of the animals is easy
and no less than three cases where a
Whole carload of horses has been stolen
nave been reported to the authorities of
Stark and Billings counties Sheriff
Goodall, of Stark county, has secured re-
QUESTION papers from Gov White for
rustler who went down into Iowa with a
car or stolen horses and had them prac-
t1cally disposed of when apprehended.
The fact that there is no inspection of
the brands of horses shipped from the
western shipping stations has made the
work OF these rustlers easy. There are
two men now i'll Jail in Billings county
charged with thefts of this sort. and
stCckmen realize that some action ia
OF horses or the ranges will be depleted
by rustlers.
Some of the stockmen have also walked
up to the fact that the wolf bounty law
has hard fight ahead of it, and have
come down to help out. The stockmen
claim that as this is the only appropria-
ton that is made by the state for the
cement or the country west of the river
III I'D -
peen Kicked up in the eastern part of
the state over the proposed bounty and
lt is stated that wolf farmers are Derry,
ing all the benefits of the appropriation
me stockmen say the Fasteners do not
realize the damage done by wolves
Many Of the large cattle owners nav a
private county of Sc for all wolves killed
"" 'neH range. The counties also paw a
bounty, but the abolition of the state
bounty would be a bad thing for tho
stockmen as it would result in bounties
pelhs PAID In some counties and not in
otners, and while wolves were being
thlnned out in some counties thew womb
thrive in others.
senator Sharpe's seed grain law. enab-
ing COUNTIES TO assist needy farmers to
procure seed grain, is proving non,,,ar
ne OIL mas been approved by the gov
efIfor ana many inquiries are coming in
regarding the provisions of the hIlI
meetings or farmers are also being called
IN several of the counties to present ne
titlons TO the commissioners to take ac-
tlcn. Extra copies of the law as passed
nave peen obtained by the secretary of
STATE Tor distribution in response to num-
erous requests for the law. Manv needy
settlers in counties of the state p,g,oro
there was total or partial crop failure
VIII De benefited by the provisions of the
bill % ''ie
Inc apportionment bill was taken to
the governor by Senator Little, of Bur-
lelgh county, after it had been signed nv
the officers Of the two houses of the leg
lslatlVe assembly. The pen with which it
was signed was presented to Senator
Sharpe, the author of the bill and he
Will also get the pen with which the
measure Is approved by the executive.
The first matters disposed of bv the
senate after the recess were the instftu-
tlon appropriation bills. All of these
were passed and sent to the house at
once. The time until the end of the ses-
sion Is short, and 1t is urgent that the
appropriation bills be reported back at
the earliest possible moment in the
house The following are In round figures
the amounts for the several institutions
that have been passed IN the senate and
that Will be passed practically without
change in the house:
Asylum as S133 O0O
Penttentiary at Bismarck .. so GOO
Agricultural college, Fargo. ..:..; l8'000
Deaf school, Devils Lake IL son
Industrial school, Glendale .... 1900
Soldiers Home, Lisbon ... 20 000
Normal school, Mayville ... 16, 0O1
Normal school, Valley City,. Is 900
In addition to this the one mill tax
bill has passed the senate to provide for
the educational institutions beginning
with January 1. 1902. This will raise
S125,OOO annually, which will be divided
among the state university at Grand
Forks, agricultural college at Fargo, deaf
school at Devils Lake and the two nor
NAL schools. No appropriation is made
by this assembly for the university at
Grand Forks because it is supported by
special tax levy of two-fifths of a mill
which will hold until January l next
when it will be merged into the general
levy for educational Institutions