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mission has absolutely sustained the
position Of the old commission In ev-
cry one OF Its acttons, and shows con-
c1usively that the old commission was
working for the best interests Of the
state, regardless OF the criticism
which was heaped upon that body
for the policy which they were carry
ing out. 1t Is now up to the home
stone people to show to contracting
firms between now and the 4th OF
June that they are able to fill con-
tracts for stone as 1t Is wanted for
the work. In this they are by the
terms Of the new bill given five per
cent preference over outside firms,
and If they cannot get within the pro-
visions outside stone will be used. The
plans have been changed to allow the
use of granite for the straight work
with softer stone to be used for the
carved cornice work, and with the
privilege and the preference the
home stone men certainly are not hav-
ing anything thrown into them in the
contract.
The commission has decided to Of
fer all the lands east of the Missouri
river at once. The sales Of these
ing nicely last fall when the selling
was stopped because the limit provid-
ed for had been reached, and there is
no reason that it should not continue
at the same price per acre this spring.
The lands west Of the river will all be
offered or lease for terms ex-
cept those in Meade county which will
only be offered for one year with ter
,iro Exyc l.
1t is expected that the Meade county
lands will be the first in the market
west Of the river with others to fol-
low later.
Senate bill No. 264 seeks to appro-
priate $500 for clerk hire and Incl
dentals in the office Of governor for
the fiscal year, ending June 80, 1907.
in addition to the balance Of $912.65
remaining in that fund January ).
1907, when Governor Elrod vacated
the office. The annual appropriation
for this fund is $500. In 1905 Gov
ernor Elrod turned back to the treas
ury the sum of $2O9.63, and this fis-
cal year, If Governor Crawford kept
up the same ratio established by Ell
rod during the first half, should show
a balance Of 3340. The bill passed the
senate and when up for passage in the
house it was stated by the chairman
Of the appropriations committee that
there was only about $40 remaining in
the fund. Parmley took issue with
the committee and quoted figures
from the state auditors office greatly
varying with those produced by the
committee on appropriations and in
the miXup a motion carried postpon-
ing consideration Of the bill.
The house has passed the military
bill, carrying $4,000 a year for the
state militia. After it had passed
Carver dug into the records and found
that at the encampment over a hun
dred dollars had been expended for
ice cream, and a bunch of money for
cigars. He secured reconsideration
Of the first action on the bill from the
senate, where it had gone, and the
farmers Of the house will be loaded
for the bill when it comes up for re-
consideration under his motion. They
will probably riddle it with heavy ar
tillery loaded with ice cream and ci-
gars and few other incidentais when
it gets out, and not leave much Of it.
The larger telephone interests had
a harpoon thrown into them by the
house Saturday afternoon in the pas
sage Of house bill No. 270, after a vain
effort to substitute senate bill 26S.
The motion to substitute brought
Glass to his feet with one of his radi-
cal speeches in which he charged that
the senate bill was drawn by represen-
tatives Of the Dakota Central, and
was perfectly satisfactory to them,
but the White bill was intended to
curb that monopoly. Browne opposed
Glass in favor Of the substitution and
cited the actions Of the service feder-
alton at Huron on the bill as mislead-
ing and false.
Following the action of the Scan
dinavians, the German members of
the legislature, the state house force
and the Legislative employees to the
number Of about forty met in a ban
quet. State Secretary Wipf acted rs
toastmaster and a number Of toasts
were responded to by the different
representatives present, and the COM
pany Joined in a number of patriotic
German and American songs before
their meeting was ended
The cOmmitte on printing has in
troduced a bill to provide for a state
printing commission composed Of the
governor. secretary of state and treas
urer: fixing maximum prices for
work, and followed it with a resolu-
tion for a constitutional amendment
to provide a special tax Of 3-S Of one
per cent to establish the plant and
give 1t a working fund.
The senate passed practically all the
special appropriation bills giving fifty
thousand to Vermillion; sixty thous-
and to Aberdeen; fifty thousand to
Brookings; about seventy-flve thou
sand to Yanxton and fifteen thousand
to Rapid City.