Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-24

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it varies from to 1S per cent.
The appropriation bill for The sal
aries and mileage of the members
was passed this tfternoon after it
had been before a conference COM
mittee. AS passed by the senate.
it provided for $40 postage for each
senator and $40 for each represen-
tativs. The house amended by elm
ating from the bill all appropria-
tions for postage. The senate held
its first executive session this after
noon for the purpose of considering
appointments by the governor. The
names were referred to the senate
committees for action and it will
probably report and recommend
that all of the appointees be con-
firmed.
The appointees We're:
John w. Radford, to be state
grain inspector to the committee of
agriculture; w. H. Haskell, to be
warden of the penitentiary, to the
committee on penal institutions;
Thomas Ballinger of Coffey, John
Seaton of Atchison and w. l. Biddle
of Leavenworth. to be directors of
the. penitentiary, to the committee
of penal institutions, and John Q.
Royce, to be bank commissioner, re-
ferred to the committee on banks
and. banking.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported for passage the bill prohibit
ing such amusements on the Sab
bath day The bill was introduced
in the house by Representative
Fraser of Clay.
Topeka, kans., Jan. II. - An i'm
portant measure introduced in the
house today by Stannard of Lyon
creates the Office of dairy commits
sioner, prescribing rules and meth
DDS for the education of Kansas
dairymen and producers of dairy
products regulating the production
sale and shipment of milk, cream,
butter and cheese and providing for
the inspection of creameries. cheese
factories, dairy barns and utensils.
Representative Bird introduced a
bill fixing maximum rates for Pull
man car berths at rs cents for a
lower and so cents for an upper
berth for $50 miles or less, and not
more than S125 for lower and two
thirds of the amount for an upper
berth for distances ranging between
$50 and 300 miles. The fares for
day seats in the Pullman cars are
reduced so per cent.
Other bills introduced in the
house were:
By White - Providing terms and
conditions on which railroads may
increase capital stock.
Leland - Relating to changes in
the methods of adopting school
books for use in the common
schools.
Policy Prohibiting incompetent
patton of telegrapher and creating
a board of examiners for telegraph
ers.
Stone Requiring railroads to cor
rectly bulletin the time of arrival
and departure of passenger trains.
Davis - Requiring railroad COM
panies to keep telephones in their
depots
The house in committee of the
whole spent the afternoon discuss
ing the bill abolishing the death
penalty and recommended it for pas
sage.
B. P. Waggener, member of the
senate from Atchison county and a
general attorney for the Missouri
Pacific railway, has introduced an
anti-pass bill in the senate. The
measure provides that passes shall
be issued to state officers and mem
bers of the legislatures. All of these
passes are to be handled through
the Office of the secretary of state
and the railroads are required under
penalty of forfeiture of charter to
furnish them. No passes are to be
issued to the ordinary politician OF
to delegates to conventions. The
bill also prohibits the issuance OF
passes to shippers who might be in
fuenced by such favor to shir
goods over one railroad in prefer
| ence to another
The square deal' primary bill
has been introduced in the house by
Mr.. Stubbs. 1t is a direct primary
bill and is intended to do away with
the party convention entirely as a
part of the machinery for the nomi
nation for candidates for public
| office.
. Topeka, Jan. Ex-senator Robert
son introduced an anti-pass bill il
| the senate today. 1t is modelled af
ter the Iowa law and prohibits theil
issuance to state officers or dele
gates to convention. The bill does
not prevent railroad companies from
bestowing their favors on the ordi
nary citizen.
A bill by Senator Stewart pro
vides for a tax commission to be ap
| pointed by the governor and to con
sist of three members. The same bill
was introduced in the house las
week. 1t is the square deal" tag
bill.
Other bills introduced in the
| house were:
By Stannard - Prohibiting the
catching of fish by other means thar
a rod and line. This prohibits the
use of trot lines as we'll as seines.
! Martin. of Bourbon-Providing foI
copies of the session of laws to be
given to state officers. judges of the
| courts. members of the Legislature
and exchanged with other states.
| Martin, of Woodson - For fire es
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or more in height.
| Neftzger-P horse races
baseball games and similar sport!
on Memorial day.
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am feeding now 100 head of steer!
and 200 head of hogs. l intend tt
make them good before l marke
them, and l am confident they will
bring a good price"
Corn Going to Waist.-Piled UP
on the ground alongside of the rail
road tracks at Valeda is 10000 t
$4,000 bushels of corn awaiting
shipment. This corn has been Their
for a long time. A rough boar
shelter has been built around it an
an attemDt made to place roo