Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-02-15
HIGHWAYS IN FOREST
Bill introduced By Representative Miner
Provides Appropriation for Roads
in State Forest.

in State Forest
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 9.-One of the
propositions which will be presented to
the legislature which is of more than
passing interest to the Black Hills is that
of transferring the State Forest Reserve
to Special Park Commission to be Gre
ated to handle it, instead of leaving it
under the control of the State Land De-
partment, with the State Game Com
mission assisting in its care. The trans
fer would be made from one fund to
another so far as the state part Of the
deal is concerned. The amount involved
would be transfer from the state gem
eral fund TO the permanent school fund
and from that time on the receipts from
the reserve would go into the general
fund instead of the school income fund,
and the interest from the fund trans
ferred would take the place of the in
come from the reserve to help along the
school fund This would mean more
Improvements and put more direct con.
troll of the tract as a state park instead
of it's being held as state school land.
Along with this is the bill by Miner, of
Custer, providing an appropriation for
construction Of highways in the park as
that is the only way to get such con-
struction.
The western part of the state will be
| interested in the defeat of the bin which
was introduced by Slifer, of Brule,
which fixed triple damages for trespass
upon lands of another without his con
sent 1t was charged as being bill to
allow nonresident property owners to
hold up owners of stock which was
ranging, and later an objection came
from east of the river that it would open
the way for contention as to the use of
pastures when a tennant moves from
one farm to another and needs a little
time to get his new location ready for
caring for his stock The bill went
down with soant ceremony when it got
out onto the floor. A like fate met the
bill to change the requirements for
embalmers in the state which was being
pushed by the embamers association,
on which are several residents of the
Black Hills who were present when the
bill was drawn and urged its adoption.
Warren, of Lawrence, has introduced
his bill to provide for teachers old age
pension fund to be collected by a small
percentage of teachers wages, and to APP
ply after a certain age has been reached,
and q certain number of years ofservices
as teacher.
Cock, of Butte, has started his county
hospital bill to place the different coun-
ties OF the state in shape to care for any
further such epidemics as that of the
"Flu" last fall, which was a heavy drain
on many Of the towns especially in the
western part of the state. He has also
introduced bill which provides com
pensation for the owners ofhorses which
were killed on account of dourine infecs
ton in 1917,
The future OF the Angostura project is
being looked after by bill by Guilfoyle,
carrying an appropriation for annual
measurements of the flow of the Chey-
enne River to know specifically the
amount Of water which can be relied up
on, and get basis for the acreage which
can he - irrigated from such flow.
The elimination ofprairie dogs ia the
desire of bill by Watwood, of Haakon,
| in which he provides for the selection
of trapper to destroy those and other
rodent pests at a salary of five dollars
day, the same to be paid by the counties
which desire such work done.
| Along the lines of range legislation is
the bill by Cock, of Butte, which has
passed the House for the re-registration
of brands annually and the elimination
of old brands. That by Mosher, of
Ziebaeb, who fixes a penalty for the cut
ting of pasture fences, and the removal
or leaving open of gates, and the bill
not yet introduced but being framed,
providing for inspection of cattle at the
point Of shipment, the compensation be.
ing fee from the owners for such in
spection. This is put up on the ground
that it is practically impossible to get
men to remain at the terminal markets
for the proper inspection, and that in
spection at the shipping point will cover
the needs along that line at less expense
than attempting to get men to do the
inspecting when the cattle arrive at the
terminals. The local inspection to be
in force at every station in the state
where there are any cattle loading
chutes.
The Rapid City School of Mines had
easy shedding in the House for its one
hundred thousand dollars for a new
building. There was not dissenting
vote on the proposition, and the indica.
tions are that the Senate will act Just as
favorably when it comes up for action in
that House and the School will be given
new lease of life and its activities
widened.
Milne, of Butte, who was on the com
mittee which favored the enactment of
the county nurse bill called down some
hct comment on his head when he at
tempted to make coed on the reputation
which some one had given him of being
on the Christian Science side of the is
sue. His proposed amendment was
beaten to pulp by the opposition while