Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-14
MANY. FREAK BILLS.

1Ac PtCcCut lC6ASluN1hC SCdSoh hdo resulted in larger crop than usual of feak bills in the legislatures of the various states They relate to re forms on almost every conceivable subject and most of them had their incubation in the real or supposed grievance of their. sponsors.
 One of the members of the Wlscon- sin legislature evidently had a dis agreeable experience with the bed sheets in the hotels at which he has stopped. He has introduced a bill in the senate of that state requiring that the sheets shall be nine feet long and be folded over the quilts. They also must be changed and disinfected ev- cry day. The measure has been fay. orably acted on by a comittee.
 A legislator in Indiana wants to prohibit chickens and geese from run ming through his premise. Another would prohibit the killing of eagles, of which there is not one in the state. Still another thinks so much of the lawn around the statehouse that he would fine anyone $500 for walking on the grass. ..r-... <
 Missourians must be a profane loC. Representative Barry has introduced a bill prohibiting swearing under a penalty of fine of 50 cents to s1 for every "cuss' word uttered. The bill allows person to say Darn it." Mir. Barry says his measure wouii have a wonderful effect in purifying ;he ut. terances of careless men with whom swearing is a meaningless habit.
 Spendthrifts also need looking after there, it seems. Representative HouE. ton thinks they should be regulated He has introduced a bill to prevent them from making away with the money they may inherit.
 Mir. Carter, from the same state, recognizes the growth of the drinS habit from the practice of treating and has fathered bill to prevent, un, der heavy penalty, the treating of one person by another in a saloon.
 Representative StapI wants parlu, matches debarred from the state.
 Down in Kansas the legislators, by request, changed the name of a man because he didn't like it. They have had nothing but trouble since. It seems that the man, whose name was Denolf, forgot to i'm slude the name of his wife in the bill changing his name to Bell. Mrs. Denolf became suspi- cious at once. She suspected trick and refused to warm up to the ex. cuses made by her lord and master
 She told him to take the first train for Topeka and get busy. How faith fully he carried out his orders will be seen by the announcement that there is not a more energetic lobbyist at Topeka than Mr, Bell (nee Denolf) He makes daily reports on the pro gress of the family measure to Mrs. DenoIf. and says he expects to get the necessary law enacted to get the fam. fly together again. His plight has at. tracted the attention of the legisla- tors, and they are rushing his bill through so that he can return home.
 The most-talked of bill before the Maine legislature is one to allow any person the right to kill any dog found running at large. This bill was in troduced by Rev. Luther F. McKen- ney. of Bridgeton. formerly a con gressman from New Hampshire. and at one time minister to Columbia, who is rounding out his career with a term in the Maine house. Mir. McKenney's bill is entitled An act Sor the better protection of sheep" and it's author argues that dhe destructiveness of the dogs is the real reason for the de- cline of the sheep husbandry of that state. He advocates a ss license for keeping male dog and s1 for a fe- male.
 Representative Forest J. Martin, of Bangor. a dog fancier. has introduced a bill. the entire text of which is "A dog is domestic animal" If this should become law. 1t would be neces- sary for dog owners to keep their ami mals at home like other domestic ani- mals