Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25

saw that while there may be a queS-
ton as to the moral right of the state
to accept such gifts. of bonds or other
| states, to test their validity, the money
was owed by North Carolina, anu
should have been paid, and that Soutn
Dakota having received the git shoulu
retain It. They also believe the law
through which the gift was received
should stand. as it allows the accept
auce of gifts such as are desirable at
any time. and the mere fact that the
law was passed practically for the
purpose of accepting the Shatfer GIT
in no way G~etracts from It's merits
when properly applied.
Ty an oversight in committee selec-
lions. the northern part of the state
was missed in the selection of the APP
p0rtionuent committee of the house,
and that committee viii very probably
be enlarged. and names from that sec
ton added. From tnis time on TIT
western and northern portions OF the
state VIII be pushing Tor greater rep
rescntation, but the southeastern part
of the state Will desire to hold all they
possibly can, and the probabilities are
for some close figuring and warm de-
bates on that proposition.
The state land department has been
/ rushed so far this month in getting
out patents for final purchasers OF
| state lands. on the 7th of this month
So patents were called for. Since the
first day of December 233 tracts have
] passed into complete ownership OF
| Seventy i've of these were
| called for in December, and 1913 uE
| to the middle of this month. The larg-
| est number went to the southern part
| of the state, Clay county calling for
! 81, Hutchinson 81, Minnehaha 20 and
| Lincoln q.
| Frank Stewart, of the Western
| South Dakota Stockman's association,
1 is in Pierre from Buffalo Gap to look
| after the proposed repeal of the free
! range law which is being asked for by
the settlers who are going onto the
I government lands west of the river.
He says all the stocktren want is to De
let alone. They arc not asking for any
legislation. Eut the man with the
hoe will not agree to let them go THEN
old way, and the matter Will be push
ed at this session.
Among the new. bills are<the new
educational bill, which is being pre-
pared by Prof. King, of CastleWood,
and Prof. Swanson, the new deputy
in the state educational department,
assisted by Attorney General Clark,
they being a part of a committee ap-
pointed by Gov. Elrod at the request
of the state Educational association to
frame up such a bill. The new meas
ure is to be practically a new educa,
| tiapal code for the state.
The repf c~sentatives of the railroads
in Pierre are r. w. Stewart for the
| Northwestern, and Harry Hunter and
Ben Hoover for the Milwaukee, and
the press bureaus will be operated
through the session just as of old.
But the representatives of the roads
say they have nothing to say against
any anti-pass bill which may be pre-
sented, as they are perfectly willing
to have any such as is presented pass
ed by the legislature.
John Breen the head of the liquor
association of the state is in Pierre
to look after anything which may in
terest that association If an attempt
is made to pass the county option la"
as a bill the action will be opposed,
| but if it comes up in the way of the
| initiative, there will be nothing left to
| do but look after it at the polls at the
next general election.
The ladies who are desiring tn,
| privilege of casting their votes along
| with their brothers, husbands and
fathers, are represented in Pierre by
Mrs. Picker of F~aulkton, Mrs. Ram
| sey of Woonsocket, and Mrs. johnson
u>1.-x, I'LL Il VII + fLnA
can in the opportunity they have to
secure action favorable to their way
of thinking on the suffrage question.
The state real estate dealers aSso-
| citation, in session in Pierre recently,
are evidently not strenuous advocates
of the anti-pasS law so far as it may
affect their business. They are will
ing that state officers and politicians
should pay fare, but when it comes To
homeseekers, they believe that the
pass is the thing to assist in building
up the state.
State Oil Inspector E. C. M,oulton,
for the northern district, has paid into
the state treasury $2,123.73 as enc sur
plus of inspection fees in his district
after paying the expenses of himself
and deputies and taking out his salary
of s1,500 for the year.
J. w. Boyce was in Pierre to act
with F. NJ. Mills, of Benton Harbor,
Mich, to secure extension of the term
of street railway franchises from
twenty to thirty years in relation to
the Sioux Falls system.
The stGte engineer and attorney
general have gone to Hot Springs to
straighten out the tangle between the
town and soldiers home owe the wa
ter supply.
The advocates of the prison twine
plant are on the lookout for whatever
further legislation may be required to
carry out their plans, since the adop-
ton of the amendment to the consti-
tuition allowing a special tax levy to
be made by the state board this year,
and Representative Hebel, who was
one of the leaders in the fight for the
plant at the last session, has the mat
ter in charge for the present. and will
not take any chances which may be
left open through failure of proper
legislation at the present session.
A satisfactory settlement of the dis.
pute Lawrence and Butte
! counties has been reached Butte
agreed to pay Lawrence 1892 to ap-
ply on an old judgment originally
amounting to $39,375- This account
dates back to the time of the segrega-