Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-05

ino'e ana unsettled part OF tn
state. LambertSOn has introduce,
a resolution p.Ovid n, 10, a .ab
let to the memory of Ross to |
placed in tn mussum of the his
tOrical society.
The house went into commit
OF the whole this mo. ming to con
slider the bill byF eGer of Bar.
ton which provides that all new
paper publishers shall give co,le
and honest statements of their
circulation to advertisers who
apply for the same and failure tc
dO shall be regarded as a misde-
meanOr; also that the cireula-
iton Of the previous month may
be published the first of each
month, and a false publication
OF the same punishable by a fine
Of from $50 to $500. The bill
was recommended for passage.
There are a number of news
paper men in the house and di
ference of opinion arose among
them, Amerine of Morris and
Brighton of Montgomery being
against and Morgan of Reno, Krf
sci of Harvey and FEEDER of Bar
ton for the measure. The de-
bate lasted for an hour. Among
the amendments killed was one
by Westcott Of Cherokee which
read as follows: "That no men,
Iber of the legislature could have
an eulogy printed in any paper
except that he pay for the same
at regular advertising rates. -.
State journal 80.
Among other bills recommend
ed for passage by the house COM
mittee of the whole Saturday
were the Edwards anti-cigarette
bill and Krehbiel's bill against
the 2 per cent joints and dealers,
also the measure making it un-
for any person to drint
Intoxicating liquor on passenger
trans. ~ -
The new weights and measure
bill that has passed the senate
will be the law in Kansas IS soon
as The house can take up ald
pass the bill. 1t was drawn IN
der the supervision of the state
board of health and conforms ex-
actly to the standard weights
and measures system of t he Ul-
tied States government.
Under the provisions Of his
law, berries and small fruits
sold in boxes shall he
sold in boxes containing a stand
ard dry quart or dry pint, and
if said boxes contain less than
this amount, the information
must be given TO the purchaser
or such packages must be labeled
with a statement of the net
contents.
Ali milk or cream that shall
be sold in bottles shall be sold
only in bottles containing half
pints, pints, quarts, half gallons
or gallons. All other liquid COM
snail be sold only by
standard liquid measure or stand
ard weight unless each bottle or
container bear a label correctly
and plainly stating the true net
measure or weight.
A loaf of bread for sale shall
be two pounds in weight. Bread.
unless composed in chief part
of rye, or maize, shall be sold
only in whole, half and quarter
loaves and not otherwise. Bread,
when sold, shall, upon the re-
quest of the buyer, be weighed
in his presence, and if found de-
ficient in weight, additional
bread shall be delivered to make
up the legal weight, except that
this section shall not apply to
rolls or to fancy bread weighing
less than one-quarter of a pound.
Every loaf, half loaf or quarter
loaf of bread which does not
weigh the full weight required
by this section shall be plainly
labeled with the exact weight.
A print or package of butter
shall contain 10 ounces avOirdu-
pois, and when a print or pack
age of butter containing less thar
IL ounces of avOirdupOis shall
be sold, its net weight shall be
disclosed by the seller to the
buyer or a statement of the
net weight be made upon a label