The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-21
TEXT BOOK BILL
STRONGLY BACKED
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Measures Provides for
Option on Supplying
Free Text Books.
HAIL ~SURAN
By State Is Vigorously Urged
by the Farmers Coop
erative Association.
HAIL URA
From Mondays Daily

Pierre, S. D.-The text book bill.
which provides for district selection
of books, with optional free books
by vote of the people of the different
districts, is the measure which has
the support of the state educational
association. In fact it is a measure
which las been drawn through the
efforts of a committee of that as
ISOLATION for that purpose. The
committee secured the assistance of
George r. Farmer, an attorney of
Madison, to al sist in the work, and
he secured the views of practically
all the heads of the different state
educational departments in the
United States before beginning the
work Of drawing the bill, which has
been presented in the House by An
derson of Clark, and in the Senate
by Laurson. The educational laws
of the state have been up for con-
sideration in some form and for some
purpose at practically every legisla-
tive session, but the present move
aims only at the text book feature,
and emhodies the ideas shown as best
by actual experience in a large ma
jority of the states of the union, ac-
cording to the showing of the CORE
s%pondence in the hands of Mr.. Far
mer. The possibility remains for
other measures on the same subject,
one for statewide uniformity, with
one firm contracting for the whole
state, but such a measure in the last
session did not get very far and if
may not come up again this session
The House bowling team proved
it's superiority over that of the sen
ate in the contest Saturday night
winning two out of three games or
the first contest, but the senate bowl
ers are not yet satisfied and will in
sist upon other games to allow then
to retrieve their loss in the openins
game of the season.
The idea OF state hail insurance
which has got as far as passage il
the house, and defeat in the senate
in past years, is coming strongly te
the front, so far as bills along that
line are concerned, and is being urg
ed by the Farmers Cooperative As.
ISOLATION OF the state with o. ID. An
Gerscn Of Aurora county on tho
ground as tho representative of the
movement. Tilc Association has
number of strong friends on the Iiool
of the house who viii work fer TIL;
bill which has been prepared by thai
association, and has been introduced
in both houses. Beside this Repre-
sentative Anderson, of Corson coun'
ty, has started an independent move
ment to the same end, with a bill
based on the North Dakota law OF
that subject. The Cooperative As
s~ociation bill is based on the Saskat
chewan law for public hail insurance
The theory of allowing civil town
ship authorities to enact ordinance i!
the same name as town authorities
and to provide for the enforcement
of the same is another of the idea
being advanced by Representative
Anderson of Corson. the apparen
theory being a better enforcement o
township regulations, than can b
secured by the present method.
Waltner is back of the bill to wip
the Springfield Normal off the ma,
so far as educational institutions ar
concerned. ard want the institution
wined off the LIST. with a division G
the personal property among othe
state institutions, and the sale of III
real property, with the town o
Springfield to have a preference RICH
in the bidding at the same figur
0fraved nv anv other bidder.