Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-14
SPORISMEN URGE BILL
Ask Legislature to Protect the
Mississippi Bayous From
Seiners
FISH ARE BECOMING SCARCE
Claim Made That the Practice Of Sem
ing the Bayous for Benefit of Inland
Lakes and Streams is Spelling the
Fishing Along the Missisippi-Les-
isIative News.
FISH ARE BECOMING SCARCE
[By Ora williams.l
Special to Tf1nes-Republican

| Des Moines, Feb. IA delegation
of sportsmen from Dubuque is in the
city to urge upon the legislature the
| passage of the bill which is intended
to protect the bayous along the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers from the
| becoming scarce in the border rivers
and they believe this is largely due to
the fact that in the bayous along these
rivers not only is SEEMING permitted but
the United States government has for
years been engaged in taking out the
best fish for shipment to inland waters
in other states. BY giving protection
to these bayous they assert that in
few years the big rivers will again be-
come good fishing.
A lively fight has been precipitated
on the bill to change the method of
electing the members of the state
board of agriculture. The bill appears
to have originated down on "the reser-
vation' where somebody has been
|
come of some election The present
plan is for the state agricultural con-
vention to elect all directors in open
meeting. The change would place the
election into district caucuses which
would be easier handled. The present
system has given most excellent re-
suits in the selection of board mem
bers who have we'll managed the state
| e., To 80.
every meeting one or more districts
are represented by two or three men,
and if the new plan We're adopted these
few would have great Importance.
The plan for the legislative visit to
Ames is for a special train to go at
noon, reaching Ames about 1 o'clock,
and the return to be made at the pleas
ure of the party. The acceptance is for
Thursday afternoon. While the senate
did not accept as yet it is understood
| the senators will go with the house
members. An informal program is
being arranged at the college.
| In all counties of the state of more
than 10000 population three official
newspapers may be designated, and
under this a majority of the counties
of the state have three instead Of two.
A pending bill makes it possible for all
counties to have three instead of two
official newspapers.
| Representative Whitmer, of Sioux
| City, appears not to have been so anx-
| ious to do legislative work as he was
| to retain his seat. In the house yes
terday he was granted indefinite leave
i of absence. 1t is supposed that when
the primary bill comes up he will re-
| turn to vote upon it.
Unpatriotic' town property owners
| who refuse to pay for street sprinkling
will find themselves in a moose if the
Langan bill passes. 1t authorizes a
town or city council to have the streets
sprinkled and to have the cost charged
up to the abutting property. The
stingy merchant who would prefer
dust streak in front of his store will
not be able to block the whole street
| sprinkling game.
| The senate committee on senatorial
districts met yesterday afternoon ana
appointed sub committee to investi-
gate and report a plan of redistricting
| the state senatorially. Garst, Kimmel,
Whine. Lyons and Smith Of Mitchell
| were made the sub committee. From
the manner in which the committee is
going at the matter it is judged that
the state may be redistricted senator
tally at this session. Every member
fbo 1ao nf of no
districts. The conditions are the worst
up in the extreme northwestern cor
ner of the state where the population
of the districts far exceeds the aver
age. 1t will be necessary to make three
districts, there where there are two
now and this fact presents the
greatest difficulty in the matter for the
number of senators is limited to fifty
and if an extra district is created in
that section Of the state there will
| have to be one senator less in some
other section of the state.
At present Lyons, Sioux, Osceola and
| O'Brien form one district and Dickin-
son, Clay, Emmett, Palo Alto and Kos
suth for another. The proposition is
to make a district of Lyons, Sioux,
and Osceola, another of Dickinson,
O'Brien and Clay and another of En-
met, Palo Alto and Kossuth.
To make one less senator in some
other section of the state so as to keep
| the number down to fifty it is proposed
down in the southern section to. take
Adair from the Sixteenth and add it
to Adams and Taylor and Madison,
the other county in the Sixteenth is
added to Warren and Clarke of the
Eleventh. This would put Senator
| Crossley and Senator Jameson in the
same district. Another suggestion is
| to take Howard from the Forty second
and add 1t to Floyd and Chickasaw of
the Forty-fourth and make a district
out of Winneshiek and Fayette and
another out of Allamakee and Clay
ton. This would put Senators Lyons and
| Spaulding in the same district.
These suggestions were considered
informally by the committee at it's
session yesterday and then left to the
sub committee.
PRESIDENT STORMS ON HAzING.