Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-25
OFFICIALS ASK MORE PAY
Supervisors and Treasurers to Present New
sohedu.e to Legislature.
LAW TO COMPEL THG CUTTING OF WEEDS
QuRck Grass aud Russian Thistle
Proving a Menace TO the Farm
Ing industry in Many Por-
lions of the state.
From a stan Correspondent

NF'rOm a stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Jan. 2L-(special Tele-
gram.)-At the meetings Of the state SUI
pervisors' association and State Associa-
ton of County Treasurers today it was de-
cided to ask the legislature for higher
salaries for county officials. The super
visors passed resolution asking that they
be allowed 81 per day for committee as
well as session work. At present they get
$3.50 for committee and "a for session.
The treasurers passed a resolution to be
referred to the Legislature fixing salaries
as follows: Counties Of 1900 or less, treas
urer 81 500, with not less than $500 for
deputy; counties of 1900 to 5000 treas
urer 81 800, with not less than $500 for
deputy; counties from 5000 to 5000, $2,Vo,
with $1,000 for deputies.
The county auditors failed to act on this
matter.
The supervisors appointed the following
committee to lobby bills through the legis-
lature: A. ]. Gordon, Wapello; l. II. Tag
CART, Page; L. II. Deford, Polk; s. A.
Wilson. Scott; w. f. Baker, Council Bluns
At the county treasurers convention III
the Slavery officers were elected as FOL
lows: G. E. Kellogg of Audubon, presi-
dent p. j. Brandrup of Hamilton, vice
president; f d. Carlton OF Dickinson, sec
II.
The delegates voted down two propo-
sitions. One was to ask a law giving the
county treasurer the sole handling of the
school funds. The other was to ask the
legislature to pass uniform tax book act
The legislative committee of the State
Bankers association met this afternoon
with State Auditor Il. +. Carroll. num-
Der of important measures were decided
upon and bills will be drawn to present to
the legislature affecting banking interests
Fight on Weed Nuisance.
A movement was started here today to
get a bill through the legislature that
will kill off the obnoxious weeds along the
highways and in the fields of the state.
A committee of the Board of Directors of
the Department of Agriculture met with
the State Association of Supervisors In re-
gard to framing a law. 1t is proposed to
give the supervisors authority and power
to order and COMPEL the township trustees
to kill Off the obnoxious weeds along the
highways and to give a man action In the
courts to compel a neighbor to kill the
weeds in his field. 1t is asserted that in
the last year or two quack grass has
spread so rapidly over the state that it is
a serious menace and that about the only
way to kill 1t out is to cultivate the field
several times and then SOW 1t to sorgum
and smother the grass. Canadian thistle
and other weeds are also said to be null
tiplylng rapidly, to the detriment of the
agricultural interests of the state. Under
present arrangements a farmer with a
pasture has no means at law for compelling
the farmer adjoining him to kill out his
weeds and the weeds may spread so as
to ruin his pasture and force him TO pillow
1t up, making direct monetary loss tc
him.
At the meeting OF the State Supervisors
association today it was decided to hold the
next convention at Spirit Lake, and the
| good roads movement was unanimously en-
\ dorsed.
| state University to Celebrate.
At a meeting OF the regents of the state
university plans for the celebration OF the
| sixtieth anniversary of the university were
made. It was decided to leave to a com
! mittee consisting of a member OF tn,
Board of Regents, an alumnus and a mem
Der of the faculty, the work of carrying
out the details of the plans for the ceIe
| bration at commencement. Secretary o.
War Taft will make the commencement
| address.
Art Gallery for Des MOines.
Informal agreement has been reached
between the Des Moines Woman's clul
and the park commissioners that the Parl
commission will buy a suitable site ant
the Woman's club will erect thereon