The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-22
BONE DRY MEASURE
PASSED THE HOUSE
LAKE CONSERVATION MEASURE
UP FOR CONSIDERABLE Be.
FORE HOUSE
FREE TEXT BOOK BILL PASSE : ENAT
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Pierre. S. d., Feb. 10. 1917. Special
to the Register: Opportunity to take
food waters from the Sioux river and
fill Lake Poinsett is the desire OF
County Commissioner w. b. Boswell
and former Senator A. O. Arneson, OF
Hamlin county who were here looking
after the bill which authorized the
state game commission to condemn
property for the carrying out of pro
jects of different characters in the
state. Among these being the eStab-
lishment of a fish hatchery at some
point on the Sioux river in the east
central part of the state, and to secure
the necessary right of way where it is
desired to open bitches to secure
flood waters to fill lakes, and Poinsett
is one of these particular cases. The
bill has passed the house, and will soon
be up Tor senate consideration. Other
lakes in the state are under considera-
ton for like projects, and if the sen
ate approves the house bill, these
lakes will be storage reservoirs to
take a portion Of the floods of streams
and help conserve the water.
The fight of the week in the house
was ove the general prohibitOry bill,
which passed as a bone dry measure
by a vote Of So to ten, but not without
a lot of noise, and many attempts 10
amend, all of which were defeated.
While many of the proposed amend
ments secured around thirty votes,
when il came to the record on the bill,
there was a decided slump. Among
those who stood for the bill just as
presented, was Dalthorp, of Bookings,
who declared that the people had said
what they wanted, and IL intended TO
do what he could to give it to them,
and he opposed any amendments or
delays.
One of the bills of the senate of the
week was that by Whittemore, who
memorializes congress to authorize
the loaning of the postal savings banks
directly to public school districts upon
proper application for the same, this
to give the school districts an oppor-
tunity to secure funds at a low inter-
est rate for school house construction.
The fight in the senate for the week
vas the free text book bill by Amsden,
of Grant, in which Dowdell attempted
to get his amendment in requiring
state wide uniformity, which started
things generally after the senator from
Sanborn had declared his belief that
the book trust had control of all school
officers of the state, and nearly SO of
the legislature. Amsden resented any
intimation that he was backing any
book trust plans, ana showed why he
wants the bill. Alseth broke into the
game with a statement that if Dowdell
really wanted to save money for the
people of the state, he probably could
make more of a saving by going after
the corset trust, which cost more
money than did the book trust. After
the conflict ended and the roll was
called the Dowdell amendment vent
down and the Amsdem bill was passed.
The house passed the Alseth bill, in
creasing road poll rates in cities from
one dollar to two dollars, which was
explained as being to put the city
man on an equality with the farmer
when it came to paying road poll taxes.
The house killed the SCuthwick alb
.stractors bill which allowed a material
increase in abstract fees in this state,
over those which now prevail.
The rural credits committee has at
last prepared and introduced its bill
which provides for a state loan bank
and appropriates two hundred thous-
and dollars to put the system into
force. The business is conducted by
a board OF directors with a manager
and treasurer, who are given good
salaries, the other members being paid
only when called in to look after al
fairs of the system.
The house passed the new game bill,
which limits the daily bag of any kind
of land game birds to five, and makes
fifteen the greatest number which may
be in possession of any n person at
any one time. For water fowl the
daily bag is limited to fifteen, and
t~hirty-ive for the limit of possession.
The dates of the open and closed sea-
son are put identical with those of the
federal season, from September 7th to