Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-17
ried at home waiting for word from

which will allow the people of the
whole county to vote upon the ques-
ton whether any liquor shall be sold
within it's confines. Should they
succeed the county will vote on the
question first, then if license carries,
the city or town must hold al cleo
ton and vote license.
The state liquor dealers associa.
ton is represented at the session
asking that the provision of present
law which provides for annual cleo
tions be repealed, and that when a
a city or town has voted upon the
question once that the decision as
registered 10y a majority of the vot-
ers stand until another election is
invoked by petition.
Frank Stewart, who has looked
after the interests of the South
DdhOtd > dSSOCldblOI lOl
many sessions, is in Pierre trying to
head off the efforts of the new set
tiers west of the river to do away
with the free range law. At this
time it looks as though the farmers
and settlers would be successful in
having the law repealed.
Mesdames Picker, of Faulkton,
Ramsey, of W~oonsocket, and John
son, of Highmore, are interviewing
members of the present session urg-
ing them to submit the proposition
of equal suffrage to a vote of the
people again.
Secretary of State Wipf has sub
mitted to the legislature an estimate
of S37 1850, which he says it will
cost for the printing and distribu-
tion of the proceedings of the pres
ent session.
President Roosevelt through his
private secretary, after hearing the
result of the republican senatorial
caucus, sent a telegram of congratu-
lations to Senator Gamble.
State Oil Inspector Moulton, OF
this district, has paid into the state
treasury S2,123.73 as the surplus of
the collections of his office over and
above the cost of his deputies, the
expenses of his office and his salary
of 81, 800 per year.
Representative Glass has intro
duced the most dra site railroad bill
of the session. 1t arbitrarily cuts
all roilroad, telegraph, telephone
and express rates % per cent from
the existing rates on January |, OF
the present year.
The state board of regents at the
present session will ask $4,000 for
a ladies' dormitory at Brookings;
$4,000 for a law library at Vermil-
lion, $4,000 for a science building
at Madison; $4,000 for a labratory
at Rapid City; $4,000 for repairs
Spearfsh; $4,000 for an electric
light plant at Springfield.
The following is the list of Day
county members and the committees
to which they have been assigned;
Ewald-Chairman federal rela,
tions, a member Of banks and bank.
ing and food and dairy praducts.
Hamilton-Member of corpora.
tons, highways, bridges and ferries
and municipal corporations.
Palmer Membero of manufactures
medicine and surgery and ware.
houses, grain and grain grading.
Carpenter Member of banks and
banking, cities and municipal cor.
porations, Legislative expenses, pub.
lie buildings and warehouses and
grain grading.
Senator Kittredge and Representa-
tives Burke and Martin have sent
the following telegram to State Sen.
ator Dillon, of Yankton county, al
Pierre, which is self-explanatory;
The newspapers here have iusi
reciyed the report that you stated
before the senatorial caucus thai
Senator Gamble and his friend:
court a full investigation, but that il
must include the whole congressional
delegation. We accept the chal
lenge, and request an investigation
Immediately and ask the fulles
inquiry into all our official acts. Tc
this end we will respond to any cal
of the Legislature"
A. B. Ki.tredge.
Chas. III. Burke,
Eben w. Martin,
A. Norby, a banker of Sisseton
p1Lar&1 oornfu uoo a--o.,tal ~.