The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27

held to arrange such covenants as
Twill please the attorney general or
there will be no bill passed at all.
At least, that is the status of the
inent member. 1t isn't hard to find
other members who now predict
there will be no bill passed at all,
and that will leave the governor and
attorney general with the same law
| they have had for the past two years
and $4,000 to fight booze and bad
women.
Regulating Consolidated Districts.
4 new consolidated school law
which Senator Smith of Winterset
is the author, and it clears up the
matter of fixing boundaries for con-
solidated school districts to take
uations that formerly came up;
Under this new, bill consolidated
district boundaries must conform to
! the boundaries of other school dis
tricts, and the notice of such pro-
posed district shall BE published in
time for those interested to file OBJ
from the county superintendent to
which, under the new school bill
recently passed, will hereafter be
composed of the superintendent and
six other men over the county es-
pecially selected for, such position
taken to the state superintendent,
and sometimes consolidated districts
meandered in and around farmers
house and sometimes into other
school districts to take away most
of the support of the smaller
schools.
mitted an hour for "horse play in
the senate Thursday forenoon when
a little bill by Senator Mitchell Of
Mahaska county came up. The bill
simply provided that rabbits should
be included in the list of game ami
mails which cannot be shipped out
ators had been preparing a burlesquee
attack on-tlris bill. Senator Haskell
of Cedar Rapids was called upon to
| preside for the time being-and that
was enough to stage a good comedy.
Amendments and jokes on rabbits
occupied the time for As minutes,
when the. lieutenant governor. resum-
ed his position and on a motion dis
carded all amendments and put the
bill up to a vote. 1t carried, by the
| way, but it will not become law,
it is said. Carrying bill thorough
either house does not signify that it
| will ever get. to the governors desk
have found that to be a fact long
Representative Lake of Sioux City,
went to the mat on his new boxing
exhibition bill in the house Thurs:
day-and the bill went down and
out by a vote. decisive enough to
good GOO bill, too, regulated boxing
bouts and exhibitions under the
authority of athletic clubs in the
state only, and under rules to, be
carried out by commission OF three
men to be named by the governor,
none Of whom should be boxers or
the bill was a real regulatory meas
ure for decent boxing in this state,
but too many were afraid of it to
pass it.
Public Utilities Bill Failed.
The public utilities bill got into
such danger in the senate Thursday
that its friends had TO- to rush US, to Its its
grace. This public utilities PROPOSE
ton is one that has been casting it's
shadow over the state house for 10,
these many years. This time It
passage with an array Of lobbyists
and Interested men that required
extra seating of the room with camp
chairs, This bill, which is long
one, provides that city and town
electric light and power plants,
water works, city. railways, teie-
phones, etc, shall come under the re
the latter power to fix rates and
otherwise to exercise a complete in
fluence over such public utilities in
cases Of dispute between them and
the towns in which they operate.
The bill also increased the number
Of state railway commissioners to
tricts who observed the friends of
the measure and the methods used
to help get the bill through, became
suspicious Of it as they have done
at other sessions, and test vote
showed they had majority of the
senate against the measure. The
passed-if it can get enough votes.
That Sioux City Jaunt:
1t is hard to tell whether the leg
islators captured Sioux City or Sioux
City captured the legislators when
the latter excursioned to the metro
polls of the northwestern part OF the
state last week, Friday, as mention
It surely was mutually beneficial
and pleasing experience for all con-
cerned, and the legislators saw
thirty or more miles Of paved coun..
try roads that convinced them OF
the utility and possibility of that
! sort of Improvement all over the
state. They have paved with con-
crete in and around Sioux. City for
eight years, and every important
ed to width of sixteen to twenty
feet, so that at no time is travel by
team or auto delayed or hindered ex-.
cept by heavy snow.
We made it a point to learn how
the Sioux Cityans provided for the
ing the legislators transported to
that city and entertained there SO
royalty, and why. Fifty. or more Of
the wealthy and far-seeing boosters
Of the city who care more to DO
down on the list for from one to two
hundred dollars each n,t, The hsn clearing wnn{
down for thousand dollars-and
there you are. With $500 contrib
uted SO easily and intellectually
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