Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-01-19

made from the general fund of the
state. Every safeguard is thrown
around the expenditures.
Institutes will be held at conven
lent places, as designated by the
board, and their duration will be
not less than one day or more than
three days. At the institutes the
subjects shall embrace the mainten-
ance of the fertility of the soil, the
improvement Of cerel crops, princi-
Piles Of breeding as applied TO
domestic animals, the making and
handling of dairy products, the
destruction of noxious weeds and
injurious insects, the eradication of
contagious diseases, promotion of
forestry and growing of fruits, feed
ing and management of live stock,
and Gin general such information as
will tend to promote the prosperity
of the home life and comfort Of the
farming community"
There is no question that the
adoption of this law would result in
immense benefit to the state. In
Iowa it is established that the corn
crop of the state has been increased
over 20 per cent by lectures on the
subject. When a specialist in this
line was first engaged at the agri-
cultural college the farmers refused
to turn out to listen to instructions
on the subject of corr planting and
raising and the selection of seed,
believing that a lifetime spent in
that pursuit made them superior to
scientific suggestions. Now the
professor goes about each spring
and fall on special trains, making
''tail-end" speeches at places where
he cannot stop for more than a short
time, and he draws bigger crowds
thau the president during a cam
paign.
Rev. Mr.. Ravens, who is here in
the interest Of the Anti-Saloon
League, has, it is reported, decided
to make a fight against the passage
of Senator Cooper's bill to legalize
the acts of city councils in issuing
licenses for the current license year
when the same were issued in good
faith under the belief that when a
city or town voted to license saloons
the vote stood as the wish of the
community until overthrown at a
subsequent election. This has been
the practice in Aberdeen and every
other city in the state prior to the
recent decision of the supreme court
in the Hetland case. Mr.. Havens
was at first inclined to favor a bill
authorizing the calling of special
license elections as soon as possible,
to cover the present emergency only,
but is said to have declared hostility
to the Cooper bill. This bill only
applies to licenses issued in good
faith for the current license year.
The bill for taking the state cen.
sus this year under the auspices of
the historical society provides that
assessors working Ola a salary shall
receive for the enumeration two cents
for each name. When assessors are
paid by the day they will receive
their regular per diem, so that they
will not he expected to do this work
without extra compensation.
The Legislature is shy on bills,
gagged by the number usually in
process of incubation at this stage
OF the proceedings, but this state of
affairs will be remidied soon after
the recess which ends on Tuesday.
The session began so early and the
fall was such an unusually busy
season that the Legislators as a rule
came to the capital only partially
prepared. These facts also account
for the anxiety Of the members to
spend the next few days at their
homes.
Promoters of the bogus primary
election scheme are credited with
the intention of introducing q mum.
Der of sand bagging bills soon after
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