Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

mission reviews the wOrh % 'HS 80
mission and it's expenditures, ana con.
rains a COPY of the contract Win 1MI
architects, showing that the hrhl as
paid Q per cent of the cost %
the building for the plans 70 De @
bv them. which amounted 10 S1V'OOV-
u~,a commission shows that by secur-
ing the plans in the way they uiu' -
saved the state over $4,000 winch
mo,,Id have been necessary had they
gone into the market and advertised
FOR nlans. and at the same time saved
several months of time. The detalieo
work of the commission is outtlheu,
showing what points were visited IN
a search for suitable stone; and IA
fact all the details Of their Worh'
! They show that the interference OIL inc
/ Sioux Falls board of trade prevented
the letting of bids at the time adFer-
tised. and after the couT actloh on
the Sioux Falls suit had been an
nounced. sustaining the commission at
every point, il vas too late TO attempt
any work for the year anG the whore
matter was allowed to go over to the
present session of the legislature 10
deal with. The building fund now
has about $4,000 in il, with q suttl-
cient amount due in March to make
up the $4,000 0 provided or, less the
amount already expended.
The Black Hills representatives IL
the legislature will take special acton
regarding the game laws, hoping
thereby TO have them amended so thal
there will not be the danger which
now exists of all h game in the Hills
dying out Representative Joseph
Hare, of Penning county, is especially
interested in the matter, a meeting
of the Hills representatives the game
laws were gone over and a genera
discussion held, which resulted in the
adoption of several reTisions winch
will be presented to the legislature
and these will probably be passed. Ii
is proposed to change the present
deer season, which now extends from
Nov. / to Dec. /, and to allow instead
the time from Sept. l 10 Nov. 1. This
will increase the length of the season
by one month, but the change will be
made in the deer which may be killed.
AS at present each hunter will be al
lowed to kill only two deer during the
season. but under the new provision
only bucks may be slaughtered, the
law protecting the does and fawns.
provisions would make a mate
rial difference in the humble of deer
slaughtered and would more than off
set the extra month added TO the sea-
son,
The seventh annual meeting of the
South Dakota Bar association was
held at Pierre, S. D., on Wednesday
and Thursday. the 9Th and 10th of
Ton 1QN- Tho annual n rnSS haTp-a /
association was made by the
Hon Chas. B. Elliott, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, a justice of the supreme court
of the state of Minnesota, upon the |
international Arbitration"
were read before the asso-
by the Hon. J. II. Mccoy, of
upon Trial by Jury the |
Hon. Philo Hall. of Brookings, upon
The Police Power, Its Importance
md Development" the Hon. S. V.
Jones, OF Parker, Upon Contracts"
Hon J. E. Payne. of Vermillion.
lpon Suggestions for Strengthening
Tax Procedure" and the Hon. |
Eco. Rice. of Flandreau, upon Pro
posed Changes in the Fellow Servant
A paper was also presented
the Hon. Frank Turner. of Faux
on. Reports OF the various standing
committees of the association, with
discussions thereon, were made a
feature of the meeting.
The agricultural interests of the |
;tata will endeavor to have the legis- |
allure enact an effective tramp law.
Many a tiraid farmers wife lives in
error of tramps from spring until
and more than one has reluctant
y moved her family into town to
iyoid these isolated tramp holdups.
farmers wife and but few of the
men dare to refuse a gang of husky
ramps whatever they demand whAe
in the country precinnts.
refuse them means in many IN
burned buildings. smoking
-tacks and injured st cA The provi-
o n of the proposed new tramp law
or South Dakota ma follow the Gus
of the residents of some parts OF
where a man caught tramping
s at once put on the roads and made
0 work not less than thirty days. and
caught a second time. sixty days.
Maj. W. A. Hazel. of the cavaIrv
of South Dakota National
suard. announced that an effort will