Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-01-20
IN THE HOTEL Aonn1Es,


Did the thought ever come to you that
the air OF the Pcmbina mountains, in
Cavalier county, must be very invigorat.
ing and productive to long life and splcn.
did development OF mankind? Wen. il
not, just took ut the representatives that
county has in the city nOw. Senator Bid
lake. Representative Mclean. Hon. w. j.
Mooney. lion. =. Mcllugh and others. Is
somcly hunt men? l will back them
agains: amy other county in the state for
SIZE, 10Th physically and intellectually.
Among the active ones in the lobby none
appear to have more friends or IT, be
greeted with Il more hearty smile and
handshakc than the Hon. Thomas Edison,
of Larimore. For To-, these mal,y years,
''Tom" has been Il familiar figure ut ali
gatherings political, and ii there is Il
person III the history of Dakota politics
for the past ten years that he las not
persona ~ known, he was OF the small
fry. sure. Always loyal to his friends:
never forgetting their interests; always
waiting Tor Il chance to swipe his enemies;
such are Il few of his characteristics.
Now that South Dakota has established
the precedent that it is necessary for the
entire membership of the legislature to go
in Il body to Chicago for purposes of in
spectinn Of the buildings being erected
there, hear quite IL few OF the North Da-
kOta statesmen think audiDly that perhaps
they made Il mistake the other day when
they voted down Speaker Walsh's recon-
mendation that a joint committee be ap-
pointed from our legislative body for a
railroad companies could be so manipu-
lated that they would give up the neces.
sary wherewith to make the journey, and
1t is q poor statesman that can not rustic
bed and board for a few days. Let that
ghost walk once more in the house and a
majority might favor the same. 1t strikes
me as being q rather good thing, es.
pecially in tile form previously introduced
without an appropriation.
My, what a time the committees on ap-
preparations in both houses are going to
have shortly. The bills are piling up
mountain high and the adage, "The old
flag and an appropriations" is the watch
word on the hill tops. And really, too, it
strikes me that the great majority of the
bills should have but a little pruning, if
state, especially the educational ones. are
meeting with unprecedented success and
pupils are piling in faster than any board
OF trustees can handle with the present
facilities. The emergency must be met
and the only way SO to do is by expanding
money.
My friend Ralph Hall says that he
wishes it understood that he had but a
small field of that wheat which yielded
forty bushels per acre, and the proceeds of
what he did have has already gone up the
cigar route and he wishes to be let alone
on that gag for q time. l understand he
rues the day when he made the statement
as to his crop of boom dimensions.
At least II of the pages who are rum
ming their legs off to carry the messages
of the Legislators, will have in a few years
something substantial to remember the
session of 1888. With the money which he
has in view at the close of the session he
has purchased a lot in this city, and for IL
kid THAT is no small item. When he at
tains his majority a snug little sum will be
his. The property will increase in price
as time rolls along and may be the mean
OF starting him in business on Il large scale
bye and bye.
am sorry to learn that my two friends,
Wineman, of Grand Forks, and Simpson.
OF Dickinson, have locked horns over that
divorce business which Jake is trying to
get through the house. 1t appears to Jake
that the present time Of residence, tO-wii:
ninety days, is too small and he wants it
made one year. On the contrary, Simpson
thinks the present statute is all right, aud
hence the divergence OF what | had SUP
posed was going to be a friendship at least
platonic. And after thinking the matter
over l hardly know as | agree with Wine
man. | am afraid lie is threatening M Of
our industries that as yet is in its Infancy.
Both are members Of the bar in active
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That the time limit should be extended.
Why hould Sioux Falls get all this rich
picking from those %unhappily mated in
what should be one continued ralnd Of
bliss? | understand there is money in it
and had been under the impression that it
was IL cardinal principle Of the bar and
others to take outside capital and call it
good. Asa matter OF practical business l
should be inclined to leave the statute as
now on the books.
The bill introduced yesterday by Repre-
sentative McCanna will strike his constit
uents, at least, as being excellent aud a
move in the proper direction. In sub
stance it makes ii compulsory for railroad
companies to operate every week day ut
Least one train over their main and. branch
INES. While the charge cannot be laid AZ
the door of the Northern Pacific thaC they
do not so keep up their service, up in the
northern portion of the state, where Mr..
Hill reaches his iron bands. it seems to be
the rule for him to run his trains about
twice each week.. While it may he pos
sibiy true that this is all the traffic will
warrant, yet the settlers who have gone on
the prairies on the assurance of railroad
connections have some rights and they will
insist that the measure will become a por-
ton Of our statutes. The Great Northern
company is not Il corporation of the state,
but we presume this will make no differ
ence in the constitutionality of the bill. If
passed and enforced it certainly would
prove a blessing to many Il family in
ToWner, BOttineau and Rolette counties.
Helped The m%selvss.
When Ed. PattersOn's barber shop was
opened for business on Sunday morning,
there was noticeable a %disarranged condi-
ton of things, Il few drops of candle grease
on the floor, and al especially conspicuous
absence of $3.50, which had been in the
safe, the evening before. As the employees
of the shop had been busy until after II
o'clock, Saturday night, the burglary must
nave taken nIacn. some time along in tha