The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08

u start WOTu Was sent 10 tucuh lho
ii would be impossible to move tbs
herd until the next day, and whei
that time arrived most of the mem
bers would be well on their way Z,
their homes to spend the reces
period, and the anticipated trip wa
indefinitely postponed, as the ship
ments would be made and the rest o.
the herd back in the big pasture be
fore the return of the members from
their homes. The herd was brought
in for the purpose of sele tting about
200 head for shipment to Californis
for the purpose of starting a new herd
in that state.
The first direct reaction from the
efficiency survey report in South Da
kota came from the executive com
mittee of the state historical society
liz annual session here inst before the
legislative recess. The executive
committee endorsed s continuation OF
the present policy and activities OF
the department, and expressed theii
belief that valuable materials were
being collected and the work should
be continued. The efficiency survey
criticised several features OF the de
partment as now administered ano
suggested decentralization and re
distribution of several of Its activi
ties.
Senator Charles B. Frenzy, of Yank
ton county, says that he will not
allowance il the legislature does pass
it. Representative Roy Milliken OF
Yankton county, says ne will If the
rest Of the members do. Both are
democrats. That is about the way
the republicans and the n~on-partisar
leaguers are lined UP on the subject
1t is generally anticipated, however
that when the roll is called up yondeI
with the distribution of the severa
two hundred dollars allowances, Mr.
Milliken will have a majority of tn.
brethren on his side.
Joint highway committees were In
formed by Federal Engineer Hath
away that the present session mus,
authorize state maintenance of stat,
and federal aid roads and provide
some means of raising ne essary
funds if federal aid is to continue IL
the state. The work must be under
direction Of the state department, he
said, althoug h it was up to the legls
Iature to work out its own plan O.
administration.
There Is some agitation amons
members Of the present South-Da
kota legislature in favor of a reor
ganization of the rural credits depart
ment to provide for it's administration
through the counties Of the state, or
the same system as that used in the
distribution of school funds, under
which, it is said, loans have beer
made a~ggregating s27, eoo.o0O withou'
the loss Of a cent
A public utilities bill is being pre-
pared for introduction by Senator
; Frenzy, democrat, of Yankton. II
would give the railroad commission
authority over all utilities except
those municipality owned, includins
water, gas, electric light and power
and street car lines. Franchises anc
rates would be put under the board,
Jurisdiction. with special propositions
against discrimination.
A II
The jovial citizen who keeps II
good practice as a marksman by
potting highway guide posts, may
hereafter have to ~confine himself te
salmon cans and bits of wood. Rep
resentative Kneeland, of Custer, has
introduced a bill In the house pro
viding that II shall be a misdemeanor
burn, or otherwise abuse and mis-
treat such posts.
An effort was made by Senator
Atherton, Of Lake, to reconsider 8
b. I, the expense allowance bill, but
he could only get Is favorable voter
so that bill was dead beyond reviving
Senators voting mo" on reconsidera
ton were: Anderson, Bartling, Ben
nett, Bishop, Campbell, Cock. Convey
Dye, Erskine, Green, Howell, Kaas
Martens, Martens, Noodle, Sletter
and Woods.
n~nfriendly.
Senator Kaas, of Marshall, intro
duced a bin in the senate establish
ing a game preserve OF 81 square
miles on the old Sisseton reservation
1t includes the old Ford S~issetor
buildings now used as a gnn club b,
Minneapolis sport men and 80 sections,
Of lake country adjoining 1t.
The -four or five bridge program
indcr which boosters for different
sites for the location OF Missouri river
tate bridges had come to a TEN
porary truce, has blown up. 1t win
ne a fight and scramble for a suffi
cient vote in the legislature for one
Ocation.
The house refused to pass the Brow
nell concurrent resolution, passed by
he senate. requiring the general ap