The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-12

question promises now 10 20 upon
the floor.
A resolution will be presented by
PARROT in the House for a constitu-
tional convention to meet in Novem.
Der, 1912. The western members
r up in arms over y proposal to
abolish the Office of state engineer,
and will fight It to a finish.
PROPOSE STANDARD FOR
SEEDS SOLD IN STATE.
Pierre, S. D.-There will be con-
siderable attention to bills relating
to the quality of products shipped
into this state at the coming ses-
sion. Among these will be one bill
which attempts to fix the standard
Of seeds shipped into and exposed for
sale in the state, a bill for that pur-
pos having been prepared by Repre-
sentative Kerr of Brookings. The
state food and drug department will
not take up any changes in present
drug laws, but will watch food
measures. Among some of the pro-
posed legislation coming from differ
ent sources along these lines will be
for inspection of food stuffs shipped
into the state. This is aimed at
catalogue houses alleged to be ship
ping inferior products. Another is
a net weight law, requiring all pack
ages to show the net weight Of con-
tents, and sanitary inspection of plac-
es where food stuffs are prepared for
or offered for sale. A few minor
measures will be proposed correcting
errors or omissions in existing laws,
but the above will be the leaders in
the pure food line.
PROPOSED ROAD LAW
CUTS OUT TIME WORK
Pierre, S. D.-The new road law,
presented by Issenhuth in the house
is the bill which was prepared at the
good roads meeting at Aberdeen. 1t
cuts out "time work" on roads, and
requires all road taxes to be paid in
cash, and road work to be done I'M
der contract. 1t gives a divided jur-
isdiction over roads to the counties
and townships. and provides for such
improvement at the general expense
of the state where state lands are
affected. 1t provides an annual au-
tomobile tax Of five dollars, to be
collected by the state and RENTED
to the counties in which 1t is paid, to
be used for road purposes. II gives
the counties and townships the right
to go upon private property for nee
essary drainage, and when the land
owner is benefited, a share Of the
expense of such drainage may be
taxed to the land. 1t is a compre-
hensive good road proposition, and
while former sessions have SHE'D at
road laws, 1t is expected that the
proposed law will get a show in this
session.
OLAF NELSON is ONLY
SOUTH DAKOTA "DELEGATE''
Pierre. s. Done Of the onlook-
ers at the opening Of the session was
Olaf Nelson, of Lyman county. Mel
son is the only man who ever sat as
a delegate" in the South Dakota OF
probably any other state legislature.
At enc of the early sessions Lyman
county elected and sent Nelson to
Pierre to represent the county. Ly-
man had never been included in q
legislative district, and the repre-.
sentative had no standing under the
law. But it was suggested and
adopted that Nelson be given a seat
on the floor Of the house, with the
right Of talking, but not that of vot.
ing: in fact with like powers so far
as the state was concerned, as are
given to a territorial delegate in con.
gress. His pay raj provided BY
making him clerk Of the committee
on rules. which held no meetings.. and
he sat through the session in q po-
sition which has probably never been
held by any other man in the coun,
try. He is now a prosperous real
estate dealer and banker, and ha,
at a legislative session to see what IL
doing.
WOULD RAISE PERCENTAGE
ON REFERENDUM PETITIONS
Pierre, s. Din the senate yes
terday Bartine attempted to go az
ter the long ballot through q resolu'
ton for q constitutional amendmen,
to require twenty-five per cent O