Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
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IllSlOIlCdl SOClely, ln6 olu odI NaS
reelected, consisting of c. e. De-
Land, b. A. Cummings, job Hays and
Chaplain DAILY. The officers selected
for he ensuing year were R. F.
Ker, president; DR.. DeLorme W.. Rob-
inson, vice president; Doane Robinson,
secretary. The state treasurer is by
law made treasurer of the association.
Those who attended the annual meet
ing expected to hear an address from
Dean Sterling, of the state law school,
but he was detained through missing
a train, and could not reach the city
in time. The meeting at the hall of the
house of representatives drew a large
audience, and interesting addresses
We're made by r. e. Grimshaw, of
Deadwood, A. L. Var Csdeli, of Yank-
ton, and J. L. Browne of Aberdeen.
Grimshaw and Van Osdell are among
the Oldest of South Dakota settlers,
and could tell of the early day expert
ences when most of the territory was
Indian country.
Members of the State Firemen's as.
ISOLATION, who have just held a meet
ing at Huron, put in n day in Pierre
looking after the bills they desire to
have enacted for the benefit of the
NOluilleeT lire lSilleTS ol Tie Sld u, anu
have started the two bills they want
on their way. One of these is to pay
to towns which failed to get the re-
CURED reports to the state auditor in
1904, the tax which they sould have
received for that year had the reports
been properly mad The amount is
over $4,000, and they think they are
entitled to it. The principal towns to
lose by the lack of attention were HUI
ron and Deadwood, and they will go
after the amount. Their other bill
was to amend the law to require mu-
tual fire companies to pay the fire.
mems tax, as well as the outside com
panies, and both bills have been in.
troduced to secure what they desire.
: Lyman county politicians have been
numerous in the city to look after
county division matters. The towns of
Murdo and Presho both want to be
county seats, and the only way they
see to accomplish this is to cut Lyman
into three counties, leaving the eastern
end as Lyman with Oacoma remaining
the county seat, and give Presho and
Murdo each a new county for their
honors. To do this they want to X
END the boundaries of their new III
ties south of White river, taking in
portions of Gregory, Trip and Meyer
counties. A two county division would
leave one of the towns without VI
ty seat opportunities, and the three
county scheme has been evolved to
prevent difficulties which would arise
between jealous towns, which might
wreck the whole division movement.
The state real estate dealers have
prepared their bill for an immigration
department which will in a few days
be presented to the legislature. The
main features of the bill provide for q
commissioner at a salary of 81, SOC a,
year, whose office shall be at the state.
capital, and who shall collect and dis
tribute information in regard to the
resources of the state in the line of
agriculture, manufacture and mining.
The commissioner to be appointed by.
the governor for a term of two years.
This bill they are very DESTROYS of hay
ing enacted into law, especially with
the anti-pass provisions of the state
and national law which prevents their
agents from securing transportation to
go out and hunt up purchasers and
settlers.
The railroad representatives here
have a grievance, claiming that they
are not given any notice as to the time
and place Of the meetings of the rail-
road committees to consider bills in
which they are interested, and that
such bills are being reported into the
house without their having been heard
in any way in regard to the same.
They say they at least ought to be-
given a hearing, on the bills in which
they are interested, and hat it is not
fair to them to report such bills for
action without it, as they are deferred
from a statement of their case at any
other place except before committee,
and when the bills get before either
them to be heard.
The proposed new game law has
been introduced in both branches of
the legislature, and quite a strong lob
by in its interest is now at the capital
city. Senator Englesby, of W~atertowl,,
introduced the bill in the upper house
and Representative Hare, of Penning-
ton county, introduced it in the lower
house. The much talked of Sioux City
lobby, which wants the bill defeated,
has not put in an appearance.
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w. E. Upton and d. c.. Thoms.
members of the state board of chart
ties and corrections are here to look
after the provisions of the Mundt bill,
which allows the Dakota Central rail-
way a right of way across the peni-
Tertiary farm. They want to know
in what way it will affect their suit
to GUST that company from the prop
erty under their control.
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Johnson, Of Clay. says that the pro-
visions of his subscription bill have
beer misquoted in press reports, and
hat it's intention as a written one, and
order as good as a written one, and
that he will so state in an amendment
to the bill. But as the committee has
amended it to apply only to papers
from outside the state, what its fate
will be is hard to tell.
The Black Hills part of the state
will get into the capitol building stone
game in a bill which will be introduce
ed by Eastman, of Fall River county
who wants the capitol commission to
be ordered to change the plans Of the
building If necessary to allow the use
Of nome stone. He says they deal in