Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
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.oun,d IN q manner which ought to bt
satisfactory to all parties concerned
The Carroll 2-cent rate bill, with II
mileage book and other provisions
after being dug out of the grave wa
again consigned, so far as any part O.
the bill is concerned, the ntroduc
moving to amend by striking out al
after the enacting clause and lnser'
ing in its stead a re-enactment or TN
present railroad laws of the state
with the change that the rallroat
commissioners can make a maximum
rate of not to exceed two and a hal
cents a mile, instead of the preseh'
three-cent provision in that law. TIL
change was generally discussed, Glass
who has been one of the most streno
pus advocates of the old bill when il
was out for action. explaining the
change as having been made
the United states supreme court has
held that when Legislators begin to
deal in mileage books they are out o.
their province, and cannot enforce
hneir DEGREES. Brown said h Dill
was Getting down to business and Il"
could not support it, although it die
contain the same enacting clausc
which was in the original bill. Price,
Hare and others approved the Prov
sions of the bill. although Price
bought his own bill. to be better. The
fnal vote showed every member of the
house to be in favor of the measure
And there is no reason why they
should not be. 1t allows the rate re.
formers to save their faces anc
there is no immediate need of h rail
roads worrying, as "a bill IS now under
consideration allowing the railroad
commission to employ expert assist
ants and ascertain the actual values OF
ali the railroads in the state as a basis
upon which to fix charges under tbs
avs already in existence, and VIII
we're slightly amended by the bill !
passed. 1t is estimated that it VIII
take over a year to carry out this in
vestigation, and in the meantime there
will be no effort on the part of tbs
commission to act until they have the
data they require, so the railroads
cannot find any great mount of fault
with it.
Frank Stewart has returned from
his Washington trip, where with q
number of other western cattlenen he
| appeared before the committee on ag
riculture in regard to a leasing propo-
| sion for government lands. h plar
now outlined is to allow leases II
tracts large enough to provide pastur-
| age. with the homesteader privileged
to take up the lane at any time. II
may go inside the pasture if he choos-
| es, but in that case he must fence hi.
Nuarter section, but is given the righ1
o run a certain specified number G
cattle and horses in h pasture a
large, without any cost to himself
The plan is proposed for the entire
grazing west. and while it will apply
to South Dakota, it cannot affect any
Trims in this part of the state, as it l.
too closely homesteaded to allow fo1
any government leases on tracts larg'
enough to be of any benefit to the par
les leasing.
Saturday night the Scandinavian of
hcials and employees at the state house
with the members and clerks of tina
nationality, gathered at the Capito
cafe and enjoyed a banquet in which
the toasts were responded to in tn
native language, where the party wa
yet we'll enough acquainted with it t
make his ak John F.. Erickson, pri
vate secretary of the governor mad
the opening address, and also acted q
POSTMASTER. Speeches We're made b.
o. j.. P. Sugstrum, o. w. Matson
Chris Olson. r. Fl. Storgaard, C.. Swan
son, J. F.. Larson, c. C. Bratrud ant
H. A. Ustrud. Hon. A. ]. Norby, o
Sisseton, the newly appointed membe
Of the board of regents of education
was present and made q happy littl
speech over the occasion About fort,
were present and all report a thor
ough enjoyment Of the occasion.
The words of warning uttered b.
Hon. Dick Lyons, of Vermillion, re
garding the condition of last year
corn crop for seed, and published il
the shape of an interview some week
ago., are bearing fruit. At first man,
farmers who thought their last year
crop was A No. 1 took the words y
Mr.. Lyon lightly. However, the mat
ter has been pretty thoroughly dis
cussed, and as a result even the farm
ers who were sure they had a frs
class quality Of seed corn are having
it tested and in every case the test ha
substantiated the claim of Mr.. Igor
The m of South Dakota viii
through this agitation started by tn
little talk of Mr.. Lyon, be many thou
sand dollars ahead on next season
corn crop.
E. C. Issenhuth, who introduced TIL
bill making Lincoln's birthday a lega
holiday in this state. has receive,
from Robert T. Lincoln the followin!
letter: 4Fs
II received your letter of Feb. 5, an.
L assure you that I appreciate mos
sincerely the sentiment which prompt
ed the legislative action to which yo,
refer. 1t is very gratifying to me t
receive such evidence of the esteem Il
which my fathers life and public serv
ice are held by his countrymen, afte
all the lapse of years"
4 Il q
An~ti-treating took probably it's las
round with other ''anti bills of tn
anti company at Wednesdays sessio-
by going down to defeat for lack
one vote in the senate.
Bids on the capitol building will b,
opened June 4. Bids will be receives
on a basis of a number of differen
classes of stone, and the plans hav.
been so far modified as to ALLOW
straight work of granite, and carved
work of softer stone.
A bill was signed by the governor
Tuesday which prohibits Sunday thea.
tiers and any Sunday games or sports
to which an admission fee is charged
making the penalty a fine of $25.