The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
TO REGULATE STOCK YARDS
A Measure introduced in the House
Is Patterned After One Now
Pending in Missouri.

Topeka.-A bill identical to one
pending in the Missouri legislature
relating to the Kansas City stock
yards was introduced in the Kansas
house the other day by Representa-
tive Mahurin of Coffey county. The
measure makes live stock commits
sions firms public service institutions
and requires annual reports to the
secretary of state, regardless y of
whether the yards at which they OPP
crate, are located wholly or only
partly within the state 1t also re-
stores the commission rates in effect
at the yards prior to the recent raise
of approximately 20 per cent. The
rates provided are:
For cattle, so cents head, not to
exceed $12 a car; hogs, Is cents a
head, not to exceed So a car, single
deck, or $12 double deck; mixed cars
OF cattle and hogs, so cents a head
for cattle, Is cents for hogs, 25 cents
for calves, not to exceed $14 a car;
sheep and goats, IL cents a head, not
to exceed So for a single or $12 for
a double deck car.
No commission firm can represent
both buyer and seller under the terms
of the bill. Violation is made felony
and a penalty of a fine of not less
than 800 or more than $1,000 for
each offense, or jail sentence up to
a year or a penitentiary sentence, not
to exceed two years is provided.
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House Passes Economy Bill.
The house of representatives passed
the first of the administration meas
ures when it adopted a resolution Gre
ating a joint legislative committee on
efficiency and economy. The resolu-
ton directs the committee to make a
study of all state departments and in
situations at once, seek out needless
offices and jobs, concentrate and CEN
tralize responsibilities, eliminate dup
1ication of authority and work and
seek to reduce the public business to
8 scientific and businesslike system.
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The Women's Kansas Day Club had
one of the best meetings of its his
tory this year. The club gave lunch
con with talks by Mrs. J. K. Hudson
and Mrs. John ]. Ingalls,. The Off
GERS chosen for the next year are:
Gd6CAAC w al Va LAoAS1O SAIS
president; Mrs. W. D. Atkinson, OF
Parsons, vice-president; Mrs. W. E.
Atchison, of Topeka, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Charles w. Smith,
formerly of Stockton, treasurer: Mrs.
A. G. Stitch, of independence, auditor;
Mrs. Noble Prentis, of Topeka, his
torian.
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Pension for City Employees.
The cities of Kansas will ask the
legislature to pass an enabling act
that will permit the cities to grant
pensions to old and faithful employees
Kansas City, Topeka and Pittsburg
are all anxious to get the bill through
Bride for churchgoers.
To attract the rural churchgoers tC
weekday prayer meetings. the North
Topeka Baptist church has announced
that Immediately after the services
hot coffee and doughnuts will be
served
Lobby Probe Starts.
The investigation of the Insurance.
lobby was really started by the senat,
when w. Y. Morgan, lieutenant Cover
nor, named Senators Troutman, Bow
man, Klein, Howe and Trott as al
investigating committee and the sen
ate gave the committee plenary pow
ers in summoning Witnesses
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Would Prevent Nepotism.
Representative Clark of Sheridan
County has introduced a bill prohibit
ing state or county officials employ
ing relatives in their own offices.