Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-28

Kansas legislature
Doings of fire Men i'm Topeka
Who are Making our Laws
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changes in the present Kansas laws
relating to the annulment of mar
riages and the granting of divorces,
was introduced in the house this
morning by W. B. Ham of Rocks
county.
Mr.. Ham drew his bill from the
one prepared by the National Di-
vorce Congress which was called by
Governor Pennypacker last year,
and the bill prepared by Judge Gates
Of the independence division of the
Missouri circuit court, and which has
been introduced in the Missouri leg.
islature. Mr. Ham took the two
bills and the Kansas statutes and
has INCORPORATED into his new bill
all the chief features of the two pro
posed measures and the present
laws regarding marriage and di.
vorce.
The bill also instructs the courts
of the state to give full faith and
credit to divorce DEGREES granted in
other states where the same causes
for legal separation are permitted.
The house this morning after con-
sidering few unimportant bills in
committee of the whole, adjourned
until o'clock Monday afternoon.
The senate was not in session to-
day.
Topeka, kans., Feb. 10. - Two
Kansas were introduced in the
house late this afternoon. One by
Mr.. Craddock. of Morton, provides
for the establishment of a state ex-
perimental farm in Morton county.
1t provides that the county shall do
nate 800 acres of land and that the
state shall appropriate $4,000 for the
maintenance of the farm. The 9TH
er bill was introduced by Mr. Miller,
of Haskell, and takes one represen-
tative each from the counties of
Jefferson. Usage and Marshall and
gives one to each of the counties Of
Seward, Gray and Greeley. This
bill was introduced because the
Rochester bill is meeting with OPP
position in the changes it makes il
representatives.
Senator Robertson, of Wilson,
asked the senate this afternoon for
permission TO tote a gun" to pro-
tect himself from irate supreme
court reporters. He said that he
was attacked by court reporter
Friday night because of his attitude
ioward the bill raising the salary of
an assistant supreme court report
er. He knashed his teeth and
smote his palm with his fist" said
the SENATOR until nv hair rose on
my head and all because | had seen
fit to oppose an increase of salary
for an assistant reporter" The
senators informed Senator Robert
son that his question of personal
privilege was one to discuss with
the chief of police.
The house committee on hygiene
and public health has introduced a
bill appropriating 100000 for the
establishment of state hospital for
the victims of tuberculosis The
hospital is to be established under
the auspices of the state board OF
control of charitable institutions and
is to be managed by the state board
of health. The site is to be selected
by the board of control
Representative ingalls, has intro
duced a bill making it a misdemean
or to use hobbies On race horses
The measure was introduced at the
suggestion of James Challis, a race
horse man. He SAYS: "a brute
with four legs tied together so that
it can only trot or pace pounded or
the back with a bat or billy in the
hands of another brute does not
help the racing business and this
bill will meet with opposition only
from some barber, hack driver OF
livery stable keeper who owns ar
old hobbled PAGER
NJ. Enright introduced a bill MAX
ing it felony for a person to sci
or barter to sell his vote. The pei
atty is Imprisonment in the peni
Tertiary and Acknowledgement fol
five years.
The house passed two bills of in
terest to the mining district of tbs
state. They are the Cowan powder
bill and the mine inspection bill. TIL,
powder bill provides for the manner
of handling black powder in the
mines. and is designed to protec
the lives of the miners. The inspec
ton bill gives the state mine in
spector more authority over the
mines, and allows him to take bet
ter care of the men working for thu
operators
The house killed the bill prohibit
ing the sale of merchandise in bull
without proper notice having beef
served on the wholesale houses ant
other creditors. The bill was urget
by Mr.. Hendricks.
B. P. Waggener introduced a reso
luton in the senate this afternoo,
that a committee of four be appoint
ed to investigate the charges of tn,
Kansas City Star that the senat,
was in control of the railroads,
and report The article referred t
was recently published in connec
ton with the senates action on tn
Filled With Fossil Remains. =
Thomas Lamb, of Scott county, ha
in his possession a jawbone of pre-
historic animal that was prot
ably forty feet long when alive. TIL
teeth cavities were filled with sui
stance resembling glass. This wa
taken from cliff north of Scot
City. The cliff is literally file
with fossiliged remains of unnumel
able prehistoric animals and rel
tiles. Whole skeletons have bee
taken out by Mr~-Lamb and he ha
another piece of jaw that belong
ed, to an animal even larger tina
the alleged forty foot monster
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Topeka Pigeons Best in Country. =
George NJ. Klauer. a Topeka maj
has just received five ribbons aware
ed to him for exhibits of pigeons Il
the show of the National Pigeo
Breeders and Fanciers' Associatio
held in Chicago. Young Klauer ha
only six birds at the show, among
total of $500, but five of them too
premiums. three irsts and one SCI
ond and one fourth. All of Klauer
pigeons were parlor tumblers.
I Judge of 18th District. = Go,
Hoch has announced the appoin
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