The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-02-27

sorslip bill would eliminate all Of the
small town shows and leave hen only
in the larger towns Of the state, and
If 1t would have that effect it would
mean many smaller towns attractions
eliminated.
With eleven days more of work
both houses are pushing to get clear
without a long last night session, and
are apparently in IA fair way to get
through with that plan.
The small boy of the lake regions
Of the state will be allowed to do his
trapping for Christmas money with
out paying a license fee, through the
action of the house in changing the
senate bill eXempting boy %trappers UNI
der fourteen years of age from the
license provision. Ruden of Hamlin,
opposed this on the ground that it
vas hard enough to keep the boy pop
ulation In school under n conditions
in the trapping season, and with that
element allowed the free privilege the
schools were likely to be principally
feminine in their make up. Gill of
Brookings, was not particularly anx-
ious in special features, but so long
as the game committee had recon-
mended the bill he rather wanted il
as il was, then when Belk of Cooling
ton, wanted skunks ottlawed and left
to their own natural protection, it
started a bunch of skunk reminis.
cences which resulted in these am
mails being left out of the list Of fur
bearing animals of the state. There
came near being a fluke when the
house adopted an amendment to al
low trapping without license by a
lease holder, until some m raised
the issue hat it would open the way
to leasing land for this purpose, and
it was recalled and wiped out,
If the senate bin which has been
introduced is passed the fishermen of
the state will have to take out licenses
Just as do the hunters. The complaint
has become general that the heavy
expenditure of game license funds in
such work as that at several lakes in
the state. just at present to the work
on the ditch to drain flood waters OF
the Sioux into Lake P%oinsett, is not
fair to the hunters. and that If there
Is to be so much spent in building up
fish supplies of the state, the fisher
men should help, and the law is likely
to go through.
When the bills regulating bee in
spectio- came up for action in the
in relation to these, and Dalthorp of
B%rookings, added to the gayety by
asking that George Egan be put on
the bee pay roll. After the levity had
run its course the bee interests had
a hearing and both bills carrying ap-
preparations went through without
trouble.
Auto owners who are rather num-
erous, will be interested in the bill
which has passed the senate increas-
ing license fees from three to six dol
lars per year, and another which has
been introduced paying to the cou
ties ninety per cen of the auto IL
cense fee instead OF the present S5
per cent.
klseth of KinSsbury. was one of
the supporters of the provisions of
the state hail insurance bill which
places the assessments against all
cropped land unless it is especially
exempted. This was an attempt to
make the acceptance instead of the
rejection optional.
The Ruben bill to allow school dis
trict authorities to make repairs, built
barns or teachers cottages without a
vote Of the residents of the district
did not get far until after 1t was
amended to allow such only on a vote
of the people, as 1t vas learned too
much advantage would be taken OF
this privileges to suit the patrons OF
the districts. s. A. Travis.
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