The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-03-25
The South Dakota
Legislature


liver members the 1921 legislative ap-
,ortionment bill was put through the
aouse. The senate plan OF me house
member for each county ss adopted
~ the house after IL Wa. l'eea oy
Rosebud and Black Hills sud those
rom thinly settled counties between.
rhe senate Dill provided for this but
lid not largely increase .he house
membership Ut counties row having
more than Sne Representative" TIE
house plan Sh.ch No. sisSard' ior
he senate sld.o one .,.ember es.,h 30
5rown. Bea.le. M.nns ':..ha, 4ud lank-
.on countis. and Gu. Lawrence
county dowa trun fn4, q two. Floor
amendments e., che u.ii IL th> house
gave an tdt,'.'nr.si "esDbar u Browl.
hinnehae. -~a '1As u. but .efl -
lie out r.>.a ,aw,enc~ vas -aiied TO
with this ns..... .nE of prices OF other
evta,a -sS-is s.;s.s- sere ''uming bach
1. work .uA - -, alton VAS co.'s
,as up .sa,u corr al.
Tn. .-n.. >assed the aute mobile
the maJo, ,..,t,. u Of :a.ads sf,;-r ts25
10 snse, s,e 81 ~, y B. deral nd for
aigh~ay. r.t 81 o..e hills. tax is
BASED ~ >-,-n' ~ s.-s sno ranges
from sls toe -. sc gh l.: .ese shan
1000 soln5s a. to SIS or those OF
sre TO be tA1ax or a.n~ ty. This
bAx woyia 80 il liSS ~ nj ,ier as
iessmep sir,al 81 sts:4 al IS DOT e1-
rectec tc sveraEs o,uch higher than
Accur. e.At.;s.. Of pieernt .ss,s The
Ten1aindss 81 The federal I'D wiz OF
met by Asssolia. Ia Of '.-e ,eni
si.t by . xSsoiins -. II one cent =
ways.
This country is goor iippy on ed
ucation With town aud country peo-
pie alike striving 10 give their boys .
college education SO they ~nl Tot have
TO do manual labor. and who in
thunder % going to do the work."
This vac the challenge put up to the
house b, former Representative W.
H. Lyons Of Sioux Falls He prophe-
sled tina, II would soon be necessary
to import japanese or Mexicans to till
the coil End thought it more honor to
a mas to own his home than to have .
college education Owning his home
Ae believed every man with land
.noues ~ hts disposal should have .
wood lot and relieve the coal demand
ny furnishing bis own fuel.
Farn. sa-e we're called to the colors in
the hove 10 protect themselves and
their ssered right Of assessing them
selves against the county assessor bill
which has passed the senate. Nelson
At Roberts sAid it was declaration
hat farmers were too stupid to do
what thay had done for so years.
E'.lk said II was another step away
rpm home rule. and other farmer
ss.nlhars tell in lira Nordness urged
% .AA efficient and economical
ne.hod but Bailey Of Minnehaha.
another city man. quilted his argu-
Asnts Bailey feared II would be too
ssprns,ve and bulky. and the bill went
Aawr
West Of ne river delegations won
ont in the frat fight on the legislative
appcrtioun.sMi in the house. The son.
ate has passed Z bill providing one
house member for each county and
msmhers from thinly settled country
west Of the Missouri river favor. this.
The house committees had buried that
bill and had put IN one Of its own.
basins representation strictly ON pop.
aaatton. The house bin took one
aembsr from west-river county and
sddsA four new members east of the
rvse. The Rosebnd and Black Hills
nsmbsrs succeeded IN smoking OUT
the senate bill which vas IN COM
aittee.
Home .;-.:.ding was finally put over
ne top ~ sa.service msn even after
\ had. ossn originally killed In the
senate. The original bill had passed
10th houses but an effort was made
- kin The apportionment Of t2s. 900
- carry "a the work Of organization.
he bin Was killed but vas resurrsct.
q aud after being amended to pro.
vids only $4,000 was passed. Senator
Wagner. oaly democrat In she senate
proved biz worth when - shengsd
~ Noto eeo0 - % Aye end allow ~