The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
PASS SCHOOL BILL
House Approves Senate Measure
for Cities of First Glass.
Will Cause Delay.
THOSE NATION BILLS.
Tom Kelly Using His Energies
to Defeat Them.
Enlists Treasurer TuIly's Aid to
Let Old Plan Stand.
THOSE NATION BILLS.

Four important bills were passed
by the house this morning The one
of the greatest importance to Topeka,
and other large cities of the state, was
the senate bill introduced by Porter
of Montgomery. providing for an in
crease in the board of education tax
levies to 20 mills The house tackled
on an amendment for the benefit of
the Wichita people, and the bill viii
have to go back TO the senate for con-
currence. which viii probably be Sc
cured without opposition The vote
on the bill in the house was So to o,
exactly the constitutional majority
voting for the bill
Another important bill passed was
the Stanuard bill regulating the sale
of concentrated feeding sturfs, forbid
ding the aduIterdtion of such foods,
and providing for their inspection
This bill is greatly favored by the
s1ockmen and shippers who have oc-
c7Sion to use the prepared stock Ioods
now on the market
The Leydig bill intended to prevent
the use of poisons in embalming fluids.
when the corpse is supposed TO nave
come TO death from poison, was pass
ed. after Mr. Leydfg had amended mis-
bill so that it simply prohibited the
use of arsenic in embalming fluid The
vote was "a to l.
Ryan's bill intended to help the
thief-catchings powers Of Policemen
May Kill Nation Bills
There is said to be a big fight rag
ing in the committee on state affairs
between Tom Kelly on the one side
and Good Government on the other
The fight is over the bills offered by
stop TO the bookkeeping irregularities
which have been permitted TO exist IN
the state departments Tom Kelly
and a few others want things LETT
a zf1 .
treasurer may be .independent and
Treasurer TuIIy has been enlisted on
their side
At first the committee was said to
stand strongly against the Nation bills,
but 1t is now said to be about evenly
divided. ard it IS possible that the bills
offered by Nation may be favorably
reported in spite of Kelly The state
IS getting very independent of Kelly.
Wants to Fight the Ants.
Each session produces its pest eradi-
Gator Once upon a time it was ''Prai-
RE Dos Cave" then tPocketgOpher
Policy" claimed the title. and today the
nest eradicator for 1907 appeared in the
person Of Prairie Ant Morgan
Morgan of Hodgeman has talked
matters over with the State Agr1cul-
turaI college authorities, and they have
decided that the prairie ants ought 10
be exterminated. These ants make big
burrows in the alfalfa fields. sometimes
spelling a square rod Of grain with each
other grain are thus destroyed by
multiplicity of burrows Mr. Morgan's
resolution introduced today was as fol-
lows:
ruound-bufIding prairie ant inhabits a
major portion of the area of the state
of kansas, and does considerable dam
age to all growing Vegetation. especial
" alfalfa. wheat and grain crops
BE it resolved That the State Agrf-
cultural college be requested to investi-
gate more thoroughly this animal, its
mode of life. habits. etc, TO the end
that the most practical and economical
way of exteruinattng this ant be aScer-
tanned also that said Agricultural col
Iege be requested to spend the neceS-
sary amount Of money to thoroughly
investigate this subject up to sl,5eo
with a view of reporting methods TO
eradicate this pest in ike manner as
the prairie dogs were treated
Railroads Must Help Kill Weeds
Robert stone of Shawnee county in
troduced a bill this morning which re-
eufres that all railroad companies cut
the weeds and brush growing on the
cou1pauy's right of way. The bill pro-
yides that II the weeds and brush are
not cut within thirty days after writ
ten notice has been served the company
shall be liable to fine OF one hundretl
dollars for each day the weeds are left |
standing any stretch of the track The
bill is intended to protect farmers OWL /
ing lands along a railroad track froI |
possible introduction Of uoxious weeds /
on their farms
Make stock Yards Report
John A Edwards, chairman OF the
live stock committee and. chairman of I
the legislative committee which Inves-
tigated the Kansas City stock yards
another bill today which /
has been determined on as q result OF 4
facts learned in the investigation The
bill requires annual sworn tatementS 4
regarding the business of all stock
Yards companies to be made to the sec
retary OF state
The report must show the number
Of cattle. hogs and sheep received dur
ing a year the gross income and the
the expenditures and the
principal items thereof the authorized
and paid up capital with the names
and addresses Of the stockholders and
how much each holds the amount OF
feed purchased and sold during the
year and the prices paid and received
and the amount of bonded and floating
debt The bill provides for a fine OF
five hundred dollars for companies
which do uo- present their reports.
This bill is intended TO give the state
actual figures on which can be based
legislation regulating feed and yard
age charges
Avalanche Kills Fifteen