The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-02-02

n Ttele 3S2thE That tho pres
TENT aessi6n make good on the prom
Ne OF thsNscssion ak years ago. which
located : northern insane hospital a
iWAtertown. whenever the attendant,
lat Yankton reached to one thou
sand. and as It has gone to such
point, Watertown people want an ap
Precipitation to start their asylum.
The new tax commission bill, pre-
pared by the commission appointed
by Governor Wesley for that purpose
was presented In the senate by Nor
beck today, its principal feature be
ling a permanent salaried tax com,
mission to look after taxation ant
assessments in the state.
Senator Weaver's bill Ito have al.
farms and ranches in the state nam
ed and registered is one which will
be of more than passing interest to
the farmers of the state.
|BOREsON HELPED TO SECURE
MUTUAL CYCLONE INSURANCE
Pierre,S. D.-The farmers of the
house, Saturday, led by Swanson OF
Brown. who was backed by Larson,
Slade. Tyler and Boreson. got what
they wanted in their bill, which al
lows county mutual insurance COM
.panies to write cyclone insurance in
case they desire to take up that
branch of the work. The principal
opponents were VanCamp and Kaas,
with others making side remarks in
regard to the proposed plan. This
bill was unfavorably reported by the
insurance committee, but their re-
port was overturned, and the bill
went on the calendar and on final &C
ton passed by a vote Of more than
two-thirds Of the house members.
The railway representatives here
are making a fight against the cleo
trio headlight bill, which has been
started on its way through the legis-
.lative mill again by the railway train
men who are here looking after leg
iislation which is in their interest.
The railway representatives are us
ing the argument that the bill was
lost on a vote at the election last
fall, as q pretty effective weapon in
their campaign, and It will be a hard
proposition for the trainmen to get
the measure through this SEES
sion on that ground. The posi-
ton taken by the railway represen-
tatives is that the people of the state
have expressed themselves In regard
to such a law, and that their express
sion means something which the leg
islature shoulr consider in acting. 1t
is going to be q warm fight between
the representatives of the trainmen
and the roads, and neither interest
liz sparing any effort. .
In past sessions 1t has not been
very hard for some town in the state
to come to the legislature with a
a state institution be located at their
town, contingent upon something
happening In the future. They new
Ell want an appropriation" and the
contingency is always a long way in
the FUTURE so the legislature has
been liberal with the "boys, as they
are not asking for any money" But
the contingency generally hobs up at
an early date, and the demand for
cash comes along. backed by the
fact that a former session has given
sanction to the proposition. The
Springfield normal and the state blind
asylum at Gary were both located in
this manner; and the proposition for
the Northern hospital for insane at
Watertown was worked out on the
same basis. But the other two came
along asking for cash and got it.
and now the watertown people are
on the spot. While they may get
the economy talk is yet too strong to
venture a guess as to what will hap
pen to such a bill as they will intro
duce, many apparently harder pro-
positions have come through with fly
ing colors in past sessions; and more
promising propositions have gone
down to hopeless defeat. and which
class this will land in cannot be
predicted this early.
FRAUDS ON INDIANS
UNDER AN INQUIRY