The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-27

tire official social function for the
opening of the session. There was no
inaugural ball for the first time in the
history OF the state. The American
Legion gave q dancing party at the
auditorium, which in an unofficial
way, took the place Of this usually
brilliant social gathering. Another
precedent was broken in the fact that
the receiving line was in the rotunda
OF the capitol instead of the governors
reception room.
Moving picture censorship will again
come before the legislature as a re-.
suit OF the introduction, by Represent
alive Lumard, Of Brule, of a bill pro-
viding for a board of three members.
the chairman receiving $4,000 and the
other W members 81, 800 each, to re-
view all films brought into the state
for exhibition. They would have head
quarters at the capitol. A fee Of 50
a reel would be charged manufacture
ers or exchanges, Or less, IL this pro-
vided more than sufficient to pay the
expenses OF the board. Fees on films
for educational and charitable institu.
tons may be RENTED under the bill.
According to plans formulated at a
meeting held at Huron, a bill will be
presented to the legislature, asking
that $4,000 be appropriated in 1929
and Sl5,os0 In 1921, for the purpose Of
Graduating wolves, coyoes, mountain
lions, bobcats, prairie dogs, ground
squirrels, pocket gophers, jack rab-
bits, and other predatory animals and
rodents which are destructive of live
stock and detrimental to crop and for.
age production. According to the Ten.
tative plans, the money will be used
to carry on a systematic campaign to
poison the animals and rid the country
Of them.
The soldier bonus bill for South Da.
kota has been prepared for introduc.
ton. 1T provides for a Sc, GOO, 0O0 bond
issue to raise funds to be distributed
by a soldiers compensation commits.
sion with the governor as chairman at
the rate Of SIS a month for each
month served and SO cents for each
additional day to each ualified person
who served at least thirty days, who
was a resident of the state at least
ninety days prior to entering the
service, and who was honorably dis.
charged, or is still in service and whQ
was not a conscientious objector.
Notes given physicians for medicl.
nal services which now must be
marked as such and are non-negotiable
would be put on a par with other
notes under a bill introduced by Rep.
resentative Perkins, Of Perkins coun
ty. The present law, he says, is a
relic of a condition which quack
ftinerant physicians travelled through
the country and took notes for future
health benefits similar to those taken
up by some stock statesmen in more
recent years, selling the notes and
falling to produce the health.
Sheep killing dogs do away with
5000 to 5000 sheep and lambs in
South Dakota every year, in the
opinion of J.. C. Holmes, of the exten.
sion department Of the South Dakota
State College, who has an 11-page Wis.
consin dog law in his pocket ready
for introduction If the time seems ripe.
with a $3.50 license on males and a
SIS license fee on females, there is a
detailed procedure for carrying out
the work Of protecting animals from
dogs, and doing away with strays
which have no excuse for living.
The first law of the session was en-
acted when the house passed senate
bill No. 2, an emergency measure re-
moving 5 per cent maximum on inter-
est offered on state revenue warrants,
when necessary for their sale. The
bill was explained before the house
by State Treasurer O'Brien as neces-
sary to provide funds to run on, and
safeguard the credit of the state as
there is now no sale for the 5 per cent
state paper.
A resolution was introduced by Err.
skine, Of Meade, asking congress to
make Armistice day, November IL, the
legal Thanksgiving day. Rules for the
session were submitted and adopted,
unchanged from last year, except in
that the committee ON cities under
commission form Of government is
combined with that on municipal cor
porations and the new committees Of
labor and uniform laws named.
Speaker Berdahl announced two
, committees as his first official act. On
the committee on rules he named
Buell., of Pennington, chairman; Nord-
ness, Of Day; Swanson, of Brown;
Wickre, Of EAy; Burlington, of Greg.
DRY, and Lumbar, Of Brule. On cor
rection of the Journal he appointed
Fred Coin, Of Trip, chairman; War.
rem, of Lawrence, and Carl. of Yank
ton.
The house set the fortieth day of the
session as the time limit for the in