The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-25
WHEELSARES SLOW
The Legislative Grist Is Small
Today.
Provisions of Jackson Trust
Regulating Bill Discussed.
HASKELL SAYS NO.
Doesn't Intend to Release the
Oklahoma COnvicts.
Bill to Establish Model Farm in
Every County.

"A French king who had grown tired
OF the glory of his reign used to say
every evening to certain of his cour-
tiers, come, let us be bored together.
If this king had been in Topeka today
and attended the sessions of the house
] ne would nave been bored enough TO
have lasted him for some time. After
passing the two minor bills threShed
| out and agreed to Saturday in commit
| tee of the whole the house spent the
rest of the day wrangling over the
Fred Jackson bill strengthening, or
calculated to strengthen, the state law
providing for the collection and appll-
| cation of evidence against any trusts
| and monopolies doing business in TINS
state contrary to law.
| Moore of Harper, during the morn
| ing session, arose and stated that while
| he had intended to Introduce resolu-
| ton today against the proposed plan
| of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma 10
| have the prisoners of the new state
now confined at Lansing turned loose
| upon the public of this state, that he
had learned this morning that Cover
nor Haskell had written Governor
! Stubs that Oklahoma had no such in
| tention, and that, therefore, there be-
| ing now no danger of this threatened
act, the introduction of such resolu-
| ton was out of place.
Moore of Harper today introduced
the following bill providing Tor the
| esta blishment agricultural demonstra-
ton farms in the different counties of
the state, the text of which is of IN
terest to all farmers and will prove OF
great benefit if enacted into a law:
''The board of county commission
ers of any county in this state IN
which an agricultural demonstration
farm has been or is hereafter located
by the board of regents of the state
agricultural college is hereby author
lied to lease or donate to the said
L. - -. ~ n
owned by said county not exceeding
forty acres in extent, suitable for use
in demonstrating the value of crops
and method of farming, gardening,
horticulture and forestry, and to con-
tract for the carrying Of such demon
stration work under the plans, direc-
ton and representatives of the board
of regents of said college.
County commissioners shall fur
nish sufficient help and proper teams,
tools and materials, other than seeds
to do the work planned by the repre-
sentatives of the board and are hereby
authorized to levy a tax to pay the
cost of such expense and work, the to-
tai cost not to exceed $1,000 in any
year thereafter. %M&
"All crops grown upon such DEM
onstration farm to be the property of
the county I'm which it is located and
shall be sold to the citizens thereof
when desired for seed or propagation,
or used for public institutions; the re-
ceipts from such sales to be credited
to the farm so as to reduce said tax
to lowest amount possible.
THAT it may be known what is
planted. methods used and results,
each plot or planting shall be plainly
and Iegibly marked for information of
formation and results of said
work shall be engrafted in a re-
port and furnished the county clerk
who shall have the same printed and
2 ~ tel,
the same to each citizen of the county
when the latter pays his taxes, and the
same shall be published in the official
county paper"
Johnson of Atchison today intro
duced a guarantee deposit bill in the
house that contains features not dis
cussed this year among legislators or
in the papers of this state to any ex-
tent, but which was before the legis-
1ature two years ago This bill pro-
vides for the creation of guarantee de-
post insurance companies for the in
surance Of deposits of trust companies
and state, private and national banks
of the state from any loss which may
accrue to their depositors from failure
in whole or part of such insured banks
or trust companies and consequent in
ability to pay such sdepositors in full
Such deposit insurance company
shall have capital stock of not less
than one million dollars and no divi-
0en0 IN excess OF ten per cent ana
that no less than fifteen persons, two
thirds of whom shall live in the state
of Kansas can form such company.
Ham of Rocks county introduced a
similar bill in the house last session
and it was defeated. 1t passed the
senate, however The bill provides a
simpler method of guarantee of de-
posts if it is not SO practical or eff
fective as some of the more popular
measures for protection along this
line. This deposit insurance COM
pany, rather than a bankers guaran-
tee association assumes the burden of
responsibility and it is under the jul
risdiction of the state charter board
instead of the other state officials
Brighton, of Montgomery. introduced
a resolution today which called atten-
ton to the fact that Brown of King
man had just received the glad tidings
that he was a grandfather and resolv-
ed that he be fined a barrel of apples
in token thereof. Brown seconded the