Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-27
family has been built up then the
two young people must live togeth-

teI OHc year. lie new Dill makes 1t
two years and the only causes for
divorce which will permit of a de-
cree within two years after separa-
ton is bigamy and extreme cruelty.
The bill also provides that a decree
cannot become effective and abso-
lutte until after one year after the
hearing. The law also permits a
judge to dissolve a decree for cause.
At present decree becomes abso-
lutte in six months. The bill pro-
hiEits the guilty party in divorce
proceeding to remarry within three
years of the granting of the decree
under the penalties for bigamy.
Cyrus Leland has introduced in
the house resolution which is in
tended to stop one of the many
petty gratis around the state house.
An allowance of $1,000 each has
been made to the chief clerk of the
house and the secretary of the SEN
ate for indeing the house and SEN
ate journals.
Topeka, kans., Feb. 10. = Two
bills of interest to Southwestern
Kansas were introduced in the
house late this afternoon. One by
Mr.. Craddock, of Morton, provides
for the establishment of state ex-
perimental farm in Morton county.
1t provides that the county shall do
nate 800 acres of land and that the
state shall appropriate $4,000 for the
maintenance of the farm. The 9TH
er bill was introduced by Mr.. Miller,
of Haskell. and takes one represen-
tative each from the counties of
Jefferson, Usage and Marshall and
gives one to each of the counties of
Seward, Gray and Greeley. This
bill was introduced because the
Rochester bill is meeting with OPP
position in the changes it makes in
representatives
Senator Robertson, of Wilson,
asked the senate this afternoon for
permission to tote gum to pro-
tect himself from irate supreme
court reporters. He said that he
was attacked by court reporter
Friday night because of his attitude
toward the bill raising the salary of
an assistant supreme court report
er. He knashed his teeth and
smote his palm with his fist" said
the senator, until my hair rose on
my head and all because l had seen
fit to oppose an increase of salary
for an assistant reporter" The
senators informed Senator Robert
son that his question of personal
privilege was one to discuss with
the chief of police
The house committee on hygiene
and 4public health has introduced a
bill appropriating 100000 for the
establishment of state hospital for
the victims of tuberculosis. The
hospital is to be- established under
the auspices of the state board Of
control of charitable institutions and
is to be managed by the state board
OF health. The site is to be selected
by the board of control.
Representative ingalls, has intro
duced a bill making it a misdemean-
or to use hobbies on race horses.
The measure was introduced at the
suggestion of James Challis. a race
horse man. He says: "a brute
with four legs tied together so that
it can only trot or pace pounded on
the back with a bat or billy in the
hands of another brute does not
help the racing business and this
bill will meet with opposition only
from some barber, hack driver or
livery stable keeper who owns an
old hobbled pacer''
Mr.. Enright introduced a bill MAX
ing it a felony for a person to sell
or barter to sell his vote The perl
atty is Imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary and Acknowledgement for
five years.
The house passed two bills of in
terest to the mining district of the
state. They are the Cowan powder
bill and the mine inspection bill. The
powder bill provides for the manner
of handling black powder in the
mines. and is designed to protect
the lives of the miners. The inspec-
ton bill gives the state mine in
spector more authority over the
mines, and allows him to take bet
ter care of the men working for the
operators.
The house killed the bill prohibit
Ing Tic SdiS vi u0TCuduQlS0 III Dulk
without proper notice having been
served on the wholesale houses and
other creditors. The bill was urged
by Mr.. Hendricks.
B. P. Waggener introduced reso-
luton in the senate this afternoon
that committee of four be appoint
ed to investigate the charges of the
Kansas City Star that the senate
was in control of the railroads."
and report. The article referred to
was recently published in connec-
ton with the senate's action on the
tax commission bill. Immediately
after the resolution had been adopt
ed Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald
named the following committee:
Dolley, chairman; Young, Simcns,
Martin, of Bourbon, and Waggener.
Butler county. This company does
business on the Frisco and Santa
Fe railways. Judge Altman grant