Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-22

lines OF which he h an officer without
paying the customary tolls for thu!
privilege. and to do so makes him liable
to the penalties. There are hundreds
of local telephones in existence in h
state, in which the principal citizens
are the organizers and officers. They
also hold the petty offices of their To-
c%aIitles, and all come under the pro-
visions Of the law, which will be very
inconvenient to them.
The railroads also claim that the
law will be a money loser to them.
They say that most of their passes
which were out, beyond those of state
officials, were in the hands of land
men who Travelled to the eastern states
to work up emigration to this state.
BY this they were constantly bringing
in people who were paying fare to the
roads, but with the pass provision shut
out they will no longer make these
trips east, bringing back cash fares
with them, and thus cutting down the
railway
Fight on Game Bill.
The farmer members of the house
are whetting their knives for the game
bill If it ever gets out into the open.
They say the bill was drawn by sports
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farmers can't look upon the PROPOSE
ton in the same light the hunter
does. One Of them has threatened to
present an amendment making 1t a
| misdemeanor for anyone to enter p
on the land of another for the purpose
of hunting, with a heavy fine for this
| o~ffense, and making the possession OF
a gun or a hunting dog evidence OF
hunting whenever a town sportsman
is found in the country. None OF
them are in favor of the bill. and II
will have hard shedding when they gel
at 1t.
Cs.eopaths Want Better Laws.
The representatives OF the osteo>
paths are on the ground and are look
ing after a measure which will be in
troduced to give them a better stand
| ing in the state. Up to the present
the old line physicians have been aRlA
to block anything in that line which
they have presented, and will no doubt
attempt to do Sc again.
House Bills Passed.
The house has passed house bills:
To transfer feeble minded from The
reform school to the Redfield asylum:
appropriating $1,000 for fling fees for
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ing $3.50 deficiency for state house
maintenance fund; appropriating $500
deficiency in expense account OF the
secretary of state department; in
creasing town library taxes from 1
mill to liz mills; authorizing the
state land COMMISSIONS to sell GER
tain pine timber in the Black Hills;
the Audubon bird bill.
Van Osdel attempted to secure an
amendment to the latter to exempt
blue jays from the protection Of the
law, and was opposed by Hare and
I%ssenhuth, and his amendment failed.
after which the bill passed.
CANDLES Frineds Upheld.
The house session opened Thursday
afternoon with a renewal of the fight
over the record in the Gamble investi-
cation, Parmley starting the row by
moving to amend the report to contain
what he declared by the record to be
the proper wording. and submitted a
certified statement from the official
stenographer as to what the correct
wording is. He made a speech declar-
ing himself for better morals in poll
tics and aid that he was asking no
quarter In his fight for thai end.
Glass opposed his amendment on
LIE 6IOuHu thht Liz JOuTlldl SIOul
show the truth, which it would not
show If the amendment was injected.
He declared hat Senator Gamble
did not use the language contained In
the stenographer's report In his ex-
animation and hat the change In the
record was made by the whole com.
mittee with a desire to have the re-
port corrected. He admitted that
Senator Gamble did make some re-
mark in the line OF the Parmley reso-
luton. but not as testimony, but In q
side conversation with judge Gafey
and at the time asked that 1t b. not
made Of record. He was sustained by
MichaeIs and Horribly, who declared
the whole thing was dirty politics and
of a piece with the action OF the same
crowd two years ago to smither action
on a primary petition.
Many New House Ellis.
A number Of new house bills were
presented Thursday. one to limit sa-
looms to one for eac 300 population
and another requiring telephone com
panies to connect with other lines
House bill No. SO, the 2-cent rate
bill. the will o. the wisp of the house
calendar for the past ten days. was
put up neal the head of the calendar
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ing 1t, but the fight on the journal and
the reading of the general education
bill put it over until Friday.
The Senate's Session.
The senate held a short session
Thursday. 1t confirmed the appoint
ments of Samuel Forest, of Britton, as
a member of the board Of regents OF
education, vice Greedy; David p.
Lamb, OF Geddes. as fol Inspector for
the southern district; w. S.. Demaree,
of Huron, for the northern district,
and william A. Clark, of Englewood,
for the western district. The senate
passed house bills allowing ~suretfes on
official bonds to limit their liabilities;
establishing a division of legislative
reference, ALLOWING cities to fix saloon
limits, and the amendments to the
trust company laws Of the state.
An Art A~necdote.
Edward Rosewater, founder and edi-
tor Of the Omaha Bee. had q sincere
love of art. He hated pictures that in
dicated scamped work, SO called inn
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