The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-01-30
CHAPMAN THE MAN
Bliss Selects Him for Office Of
Game Warden.
HIS TERM BEGINS MARCH Is
Senator Woodman Hot After the War.
ring Telephone companies-More
Appropriate Bills Introduced -
Hunt Wants Juvenile Court.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 2S.-The game
warden contest has been settled. Gov.
ernor Bliss last night told Charles H.
Chapman of Sault Ste. Marie that hi
would issue his commission today, the
appointment dating from March l.,
next, to run four years. 1t will not be
necessary for the governor to send
Chapman's name to the senate for con
firmation. The senate bills requiring
such procedure are in limbo, as are
the senate leaders, though they take
matters with an air Of resignation.
Chapman wouk not name his chief
deputy last night.
In the Senate.
Senator Woodman Of Van Buren, is
going to see to it that the public be no
longer made the victim OF warning tel
ephone companies. This state is be
ing gridironed with telephone lines"
he said, land the more we get the less
our opportunities for easy communica-
ton seem to become. My bill makes 1t
compulsory for every telephone com
pany to receive messages from othe,
companies, installing switchboards for
that purpose"
The sttnrnev-oeneral Is preparing
for his fight with the Michigan Gen.
trail, and wants more clerks. He needs
more money to pay for them. In bill
introduced by Senator Lockerby, it is
proposed to increase his salaries ap.
preparation from $4,000 to whatever
he needs for the extra expense, not to
exceed $4,000.
Three more appropriation bills were
presented. Mr.. Petit asks $55,45o
for each of the fiscal years 1904 and
1905 for the Michigan College of Mines
at Houghton. He also asks $65,1S0 ad
ditionaf to be expended as follows:
Metallurgical building, $4,000; equip.
ment for mining engineering, $4,000;
for chemistry, $4,000; for mechanical
engineering, $1,000; for geological
museum, $4,000; for improvements to
grounds, $4,1S0
Mr.. Baumgartner asked for Jackson
prison S171,4 for the years 1908 and
1904; $147, 900 of this amount to be ex'
pended for the construction Of new
cells in the west wing and $4,000 for
storage plant.
Mr.. Reynolds asked for $4,000 for
the reformatory at 1onia for the fiscal
year 1904, the estimate including $500
for library purposes.
MI. IldllSliDtSh VI LdlOH
his bill to provide for the election OF
county drain commissioners for terms
Of two years.
Mr.. Hunt of Detroit introduced in
the house bill providing for the es
Establishment of juvenile court in De-
troit and ito regulate the treatment
and control Of dependent, neglected
and delinquent children under the age
Of 16 years in Detroit" this court tc
have jurisdiction over children under
16; no child under IA to go to Ionia re
formatory or Detroit house of correc.
ton; no child under II to go to jail or
prison; Wayne county to provide a
suitable place for those to be detained.
The bill authorizes the appointment
by the governor of Judge of a mi.
niciple court, to be known as the juve-
nile court, with salary Of $4,000 a
year, ito be allowed monthly by the
board OF county auditors" The court
shall have power to appoint one or
more discreet persons" as probation
officers, without conversation