The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-02
THE Legislature
NO APPROPRIATION FOR FARM.
Frs INSTITUTES-AS TO
GAME WARDENS.

Pierre, Feb. 2.-The proposal to
appropriate $4,000 for finishing up
the farmers institute work of the ifs
cal year was again up on a motion to
reconsider the vote by which il was
lost on a previous day. Bielski of
Stanley, objected to the appropria-
ton and suggested an investigation
to find out what was done with the
liberal appropriation made for this
work. He said young men just out
of college were getting 5000 a month
and expenses TO travel around and
lecture 10 farmers. Women, mo bet
ter, cooks than my wife," are getting
$40 a day to talk on home econom-
les. Young men are getting $4,000
a year for talking to farmers when
our state officers are receiving only
$500, and the people of the state
refuse to vote TO raise their salaries.
He did not want to oppose the farm
ers. but thought some of those posing
as friends of the farmer were
wolves i'm sleeps clothing" Ander-
son of Corson thought il was cheaper
to take a good farm paper than TO
come TO town to attend a farmers
institute. Bereson of Dawson. OBJ
jected to the practice of planning the
work so that there would always be
a deficiency. Discussion was stopped
by moving the previous question. and
the bill was again lost by a vote of
54 for TO AZ against. failing to get
the necessary two-thirds for an APP
preparation. Swanson OF Brown ask
ed to explain his vote and said he
voted mo" because he found that in
his town il was the sidewalk farm
ers who attended the Institutes.
The longest discussion in the sen-
ate came on house bill No. II. per
hitting the employment OF five as
sistant game wardens an a salary OF
s1D0 per month each. Mclean
thought this an unnecessary expense
and said the bill was a Joke over the
state. He thought the sheriffs would
do the work. He said the bill vas
good politics, but bad business.
Urdahl offered an amendment
ma king the number of wardens three
instead OF FIVE. He said the investi-
eating committee had reported that
there were too many forest men. He
thought the forest reserve in the
Black Hills should be able to take
care OF the buffalo. Stephens said
the money in forest reserves and buff
falo was an investment instead of an
Expenditure, and that the amend
ment would cripple the department.
MCKinnon said there was $4,000 on
hand in the game fund and that
hunters feel 1t should be spent in
protecting the game. Urdahl thought
the running expenses Of the game de-
partment equaled the income. The
bill was finally passed.
South Dakota got rid of n piece
of useless and expensive legislation
when Ii repealed the bill passed by
the 1913 legislature known as the
Richards Bureau of Information law.
This law provided for an elaborate
system of blank books and records TO
be kept in each county for the pur-
pose of recording applications of men
for jobs or articles for sale or trade.
Ii has been practically a dead letter
except as to the expense of securing
books which has been paid by the
several counties. Both houses have
pasedd the bill repeating this law
There was but one vote In its favor
in the senate and eight in the house
The bill passed the house with the
emergency clause and will go back
to the senate for a similar amend.
ment.