The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Bills Authorizing Such Action
Before Legislature.
MEETS POPULAR APPROVAL
Measure BY Senator Jayne Would Per
nit Public Ownership OF Elee-
trio Power Plants.

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state engage In any work Of internal
Improvement" Is phrase injected
into our state constitution by the
trainers, who had in mind the costly
experience Of the state of Illinois in
railroad and canal enterprises in the
first half of the Nineteenth century.
For years we have been nibbling away
at that phrase until its foundations are
pretty we'll eaten out, and We are still
at it. The first attack upon it was All
amendment to permit the drainage OF
swamp lands by public initiative, and
| since then we have provided for high.
way building by the state, the mining
of coal. irrigation and the extension OF
rural credits. There is a strong senti
ment among the people against per.
| hitting the great natural resources of
! g., IN Dakota from passing out of the
hands of the people. The greatest Of
these resources are the coal deposits,
the water powers and the cement de-
posits.
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NhUouy wv lASl
I weakening the internal improvement"
clause have been introduced and at
least one other is upon the way. Sen
| ator Jayne has a resolution for an
amendment permitting the state to
own and develop power plants upon
the streams and at the coal mines.
This was recommended by Governor
Norbeck and Is immensely popular.
The public vision looks forward to a
time when every home and establish
MELT in the state will be enabled to
draw upon an unlimited supply of elec-
trio current, supplied at the cost of
production from massive power plants
upon our rivers and at the mouths of
the coal pits. The pending resolution
provides that the state may pledge
the properties to secure funds for de.
velopment, so that the state credit
will not be directly involved.
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Senator Gunderson has q resolution
for an amendment permitting the
state to own and develop the cement
deposits. 1t is certain that in the i'm
mediate future there Is to be a great
public demand for cement which the
state may well supply. 1t is an incl
dent OF the right of the state already
granted to build highways. A year
ago paved highways to any extent
would have been deemed an imprac-
tical dream, but today such highways
are an immediate possibility.
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1t Is not unlikely that Yankton
county will within a few months vote
upon $l.0O0,000 bond issue to be sup
plemented by state and federal funds
for paved roads throughout that coun-
ty. and other counties are awaiting ex-
pectantly the result of the propaganda
In iankton. The deposits OF cement
rock along the Missouri river and In
the Black Hills are great beyond com.
prehension and the present movement
is looking to the production of cement
by the state to be used In public road
building.
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az AC9t0AotubC kOuuu lISou muC0
disconnected by the crowded condi.
tion of the statehouse and by a reso-
luton compelled the banking depart
ment to- surrender the speakers pri.
vate omces. Every nook and Granny
Is filled with department work. This
condition has created some sentiment
for capital annex to accommodate
the supreme court and libraries. II
these departments are removed from
the capitol 1t will relieve some $4,000
square feet of floor space and the
present building will then accommo
date the state departments indefinite
ly. Mr.. Withee OF Turner has pre-
pared bill providing for supreme
court building to be located upon the
capitol grounds, to be erected Jointly
by the present capitol commission AMI
the judges Of the, supreme court, 70
cost not more than $4,000 completed.
The building Is directed to be planned
to accommodate the supreme court and
Its related ofiices, the attorney gen.
-eral and all OF the libraries now
housed in the capitol.
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The action Of the supreme court of
the United States in sustaining the
Webb-kenyon act has produced a
pleasant sensation among prohibition.
lists in the legislature and is hkely 10
produce some radical changes in the
legislative progrsm pertaining to the