Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-02-22
SCHOOL OF MINES
Gets 500, 100000 Appropriation for New
Building. Deputy Game Wardens
Get Raise in Salary.

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 1.-THE practically
unanimous vote Of the Senate for the
hundred thousand dollar appropriation
for the new building at the school OF
Mines at Rapid City, assures new era
for the educational institutions Of the
Black Hills. Only one vote was cast
| against the measure, that of Senator
Lincoln, of Brown county, who it is al
legged by the western representatives,
has been consistently a knocker against
anything for the western part Of the
state for ali the time he has been in the
Senate, and they are beginning to feel
just little rutled as to his attitude in
regard to everything west of the Jim
river valley. This appropriation is the
first recognition Of the School Of Mines
as an educational institution which is
entitled to the same treatment as other
tschools Of the state, and the people Of
the Hills can now feel that they have a
real start along the line of building up
that institution.
There was a tempest in teapot in the
House one afternoon the past week over
the Senate bill increasing the pay Of
Deputy State Game Wardens from one
hundred dollars a month to one hun
dred nifty dollars. This was amended
to one hundred twenty-five, and after
that general attack made with Pete
Edholm as,the center piece Of the TRADE
against any increase and the work ofthe
deputies. He was not in fact mention
ed, Individually, but the "Black Hills
Deputy" was the man who was used as a
horrible example, and after most Of the
members had themselves "het up to
the boiling point some one moved to
adjourn leaving the whole situation
hanging in the air, with plenty of light
ming apparent for the next day, but by
the time the session opened the temper
ature had cooled, aud the bill went
through without comment on either side,
and no votes against it.
The chiropractic bin gave a number Of
members an opportunity to express
themselves as to this class Of practice in
the state, with Warren, Of Lawrence,
taking part in his demand that ifthere
should be licensing of such practice in
the state that it be under regulations
and requirements along the same lines
as those required of all other practition-
ers, and the bill is yet hanging in the
air with so many amendments tied to it
that the author of the bill will not know
it when the House gets through with it,
even if they pass it, and then it will
have to run the Senate gauntlet before it
is law.
Since the bill has been passed reserv-
ing all oil and minerals under state
lands on transfers of such property,
Guilfoyle, of Fall River, has introduced
companion bill which makes provi.
sons for the leasing or sale of rights to
such deposits, for the purpose of their
development in manner in which the
state will get a share of the returns from
the products of that character which
are developed on lands yet owned by
the state or on which they hold the oil
and mineral rights after sale.
Stoner, of Lawrence, has started two
bills in the Senate, one to require the
state to provide &2,5OOO0 for the en-
couragement of tiremen's tournaments,
this to be available only in case the
host town puts up five hundred dollars,
which would make a fund of three
thousand dollars for each annual tourna-
ment. Another bill by him fixes the
annual salary of State Fire Marshals at
81, 10000.
Wentzy, of Pennington, wants an ade-
quate provision for the eradication of
wolves from the range country, and
asks that each county west of the Mis-
souri appropriate annually until this is
accomplished, not less than $2,50000 to
pay bounties in addition to the state
bounty, this schedule being $4,000 each
for grays, $1,000 for mountain lions, and
$500 for coyotes His doctrine being
that the stimulation of higher bounties
will start such raid that the number
of these providers will soon be cut 81 ort
The amendments to the prohibition
bill which limits church to eight gal
Ions of wine year, aud PROHIBITS drug
gists from handling liquors other than
pure grain alcohol, started long talk
in which Lyon, of Minnehaha, was the
head of the opposition. Warren wanted
the churches restricted to grape juice if
there was to be any restriction at all,
and Others wanted different changes.
The bill also confscates the vehicle used
in transporting liquor across the line,
and in the Senate weak attempt was
made to cut out that provision before
the bill was adopted on the ground that
il nigh. catch the team or car ofa livery
outfit who rented it without knowledge
of the use to which it was to be put, but
this was wiped off without any great
consideration, and the bill went through
lost as the House passed it, and the
iiveryman will have TO hook out for him
self il he rents car or team anywhere
near the border Of the state.
There is going to be warm fight over
the moving picture censorship MEASURE
when il comes out for discussion. 1t
requires all films and advertising to pass
the State Board of Censors which il
created, and leyies tax of two dollars
on every film shown in the state for
each time it is shown, which the picture