Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-01-19

In other words, that the game is NJ
worth the CANDLE" Governor Vesst
: recommended such a move to Il
legislature.
Representative Bruce, of Yanktol
has proposed a constitutional ament
ment which radically changes the legi.
lative ssystem. 1t provides for a
annual session of thirty days, term fc
legislators four years; half to chang
each session, and all bills except tn
appropriations or having two third
majority to lay over until the mex
session. Senator Curtiss and Repre-
sentative Sherman have introduced
constitutional amendment giving tn,
franchise to all women owning rea
property and fulfilling other qualifca
tons of electors.
One member is trying to figure out
where he can get action on land trans
fers where the land contains quacB
grass. He thinks that any man who
would sell a tract of land so infested
should be placed in the category of COM
hitting a misdemeanor at least, if not
one which would bring him under the
provisions of the penal code. The ques-
ton which is ~agitating his mind is just
how he is going at it to get the kind of
action he desires in such cases. He has
not yet been able to figure it into such
an o~ffense, but is looking for a way
through the tangle of foul growth which
will let him out at the place where he
wants to land.
The net weight law which was pre-
sented in the senate by Curtiss Friday
is n which is claimed will go a long
way toward helping solve the high cost
of living in Sourh Dakota, the saving
in cutting out short-weight packages
will be close to a million dollars a year
to the people of this state. At present
most of the food products offered for
sale in the state put in packages are
short weight, and while the new law
does not attempt to compel the manu-
f~acturer to change the size of his pack
ages, it does require him to stamp the
net weight of the contents upon the
package, and the buyer may know just
how much he is paying for, what he
buys, end not pay for something he
does not get,
The executive committee of the
Register of Deeds association of the
state held sessions in Pierre on Friday
and Saturday. The object of the meet
ing was to secure needed legislation.
The committee is composed of J.. M.
Miles, register of Sphinx county; w. R.
Cleland, of Clay; MI. Stephens, of
Roberts; J. A. McKillup, of Stanley;
and j. M. Latta, of Hughes. All were
in attendance. House bill No. 4, pro-
viding for fixing the salaries of county
auditors and register of deeds meets
with their approval and has their back
ing and will be pushed through the
legislature. Other matters affecting
these offices will be considered. The
out of town members of the committee
were entertained by Mr.. Latta, regis
ter of deeds of Hughes county.
Notwithstanding the statements OF
interested persons to the contrary, the
a%nti-lobby bill has a marked effect or
present conditions. In the old days g
great number oflobbyists, representing
every possible interest, button-holed
browbeat and made the life Of every
legislator almost a burden. The Glas:
anti lobby act, passed by the session o.
1907, provided that every lobbyist shoulC
register with the secretary of state
making plain his interest and the com
mittees before which he desires t
appear. Last session some eighty indi
viduals registered with the secretary
Thus far this session but few lobbyist
have appeared. Most of them ar
women in the interest of woman's suf
frage and temperance.
The senate Friday took another fal
out of the members of that body VIII
want to ditch the Dillon law of tw,
years ago, which limits Legislative
employees and fixes compensations
The house Thursday increased tn
compensation of its clerk to So a day
and a motion by Wyman in the senat
to that effect for its secretary starte'
things. Amsden insisted OF standing
by the committee report, and Hitch
cock insisted on a roll call on tn
proposition. After a little skirmishinl
by Cone and Bartine for the amende'
resolution it came up on roll call ant
was defeated by a vote of 80 to z
this is looked upon as an indication o
the fate of the Parrott bill in tn
house to repeal the limitation law il
case it ever gets past the house.
One of the questions of constan
friction in this state has been the mat
ter of compensation for owners of iv'
stock when such stock was killed b.
order of the state authorities oil